Motorola has launched a few phones in its Edge 50 range, including the Neo (£330 from www.snipca.com/52504) – see Issue 696, page 25. The range has made quite a name for itself going head to head with Samsung and Google in the mid-range market (£200-£500), and the Edge 50 Fusion is the cheapest one so far. And while it can’t quite dislodge the Google Pixel 7a (£340 from www.snipca. com/46332, reviewed in Issue 660) as our favourite Android phone, it’s a decent alternative if you want to stay below £300.
Offers surpringly good cameras, screen and battery life
Where it lags behind the Pixel 7a is in performance. In our benchmark tests the Fusion’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 processor ran at around 85 per cent of the 7a, and fell further behind when attempting to run resource-hungry graphic apps such as games. However, it works perfectly well in everyday tasks, such as browsing and emailing.