Design

• Unique Pantone colours
• Canvas and leather-inspired finishes
• Up to IP68 protection

The design of the Moto Edge 60 Fusion is something of a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s unique, but on the other, a little dated. But let’s start with the positive: Motorola offers some of the most interesting colours on any phones you can buy, thanks to the ongoing partnership with Pantone. 

As a result, the Edge 60 Fusion comes in Pantone Zephyr (pink), Pantone Slipstream (grey), Pantone Amazonite (teal, as pictured here) and Pantone Mykonos Blue (blue). The Amazonite version I have comes in vegan leather, so it has a finish that feels way more premium than its price. 

That’s a common feature across Moto’s devices, but the result is a phone that looks good, feels good, doesn’t get covered in fingerprints. To encourage you to avoid immediately putting it in a case, it comes with MIL-STD 810D drop protection and an IP68 and IP69 protection rating, although it’s worth noting that the frame here is plastic.

While IP68 is common (meaning it can withstand complete immersion), the IP69 standard means it can withstand water jets too. It’s just something else to provide peace of mind and great on a phone at this price. 

But for all the good, I can’t help feeling that design is a little dated. The curved screen is a throwback to phones 5 years ago and although it makes it easy to grip and handle, there’s no avoiding that touch sensitivity on those edges is reduced. While most of the industry is moving towards flat displays, Motorola is one of the few that still offers this design in 2025.  

Still, the edges are narrower, making this 161 x 73 x 7.95mm phone easy to handle. At only 178g, it’s light too for the size.

Screen

• 6.67-inch pOLED display, 120Hz
• 4500 nits peak brightness
• Stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos

The display on the Moto Edge 60 Fusion is sharp, bright and has really punchy colours. Leaning on that Pantone partnership, this is also a Pantone Validated display. However, you still have the option to change the colour balance to suit your preference. I was happy with the “vivid” default option, but you can tweak it if you don’t want so much saturation.

I mentioned that the curves to the edge of this display have some drawbacks. Sure, they look pretty and make the phone feel a little thinner, but when playing games or navigating through content, you’ll find that those edges aren’t as responsive as the rest of the display. 

One thing that surprised a lot of people in 2024 was the Edge 50 Neo, which came with a 3000 nit peak brightness. Now we’re in 2025 and the Edge 60 Fusion has a 4500 nit peak brightness – on a phone that’s only £299.99. That’s higher than many of 2025’s flagship phones. 

But before you get too excited, I didn’t experience many benefits from that high peak brightness. While it certainly had no problem cutting through reflections on sunny days, I didn’t find HDR content popping as I’ve found elsewhere. 

One of the advantages of high peak brightness is that Google Photos will really show off highlights in your images. I compared the Edge 60 Fusion to the Pixel 9 Pro XL on my desk and the Pixel looked way better, with brighter highlights, despite only offering 3,000 nits. 

There’s also support for HDR10+ on the spec sheet, but when I opened Prime Video or Netflix looking for supported content, I didn’t find it. So it feels as though the Edge 60 Fusion might not be exploiting the technical skills that its display offers. 

There’s also been a change from the previous version of this phone, moving from 144Hz to a more conventional 120Hz. While some might think it’s going backwards, the 144Hz previously wasn’t really doing anything, so it’s no real loss.

The screen is flanked by stereo speakers which offer appreciable volume, so ad hoc videos or gaming sessions are well supported. There’s also device-wide Dolby Atmos support and while this won’t immerse you like the best Dolby Atmos soundbars, it does give a lift to the audio.

Cameras

• 50MP Lytia main camera
• 13MP ultra-wide camera
• 32MP selfie camera

Those familiar with the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion from 2024 might think there’s been a big change to the camera. While the previous device clearly had two cameras, at a quick glance the Edge 60 Fusion looks like it has four. One of those is clearly the flash, but it still looks like it’s evolved – with a design that’s basically the same as the Edge 60 Pro.

However, one of those “cameras” is actually a 3-in-1 light sensor. I took some test photos with the sensor covered and couldn’t tell them apart from photos taken with it uncovered, so I’m not convinced it’s doing anything. 

That takes us back to two cameras, which are basically the same as the previous phone. That’s not a bad thing, because the main camera on the Edge 50 Fusion was pretty good and I found the same thing on the Edge 60 Fusion too. In daylight conditions you’ll get nice bright results from the Edge 60 Fusion. 

It’s also adept in lower light, although it will sometimes lighten shadows a little more than I’d like and this can bring noise into images. But at this level, it’s a good performer.

There’s no zoom, instead the main camera offers a 2x shortcut (which is pretty good) and then goes on to offers 10x digital zoom. It’s worth avoiding that 10x zoom as the results aren’t good. Stick to shorter zooms and the results are good enough. 

The ultra-wide camera is typical fare for a phone in this position. There is a slight difference in colour tone between the two lenses, but it’s not as severe as some rival devices. 

I found the edge detection from the front camera was pretty good, so you can get that bokeh effect on selfies easily enough. 

Performance

• MediaTek Dimensity 7300
• 8GB RAM, 256GB storage + 1TB microSD
• Good for day-to-day use

Motorola has ditched Qualcomm for the Edge 60 Fusion, picking the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 over the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 it offered previously. It’s now paired with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, which is generous storage. There’s also support for up to 1TB microSD card. Other configurations are available in other regions.

Compared to last year’s model, there isn’t a huge change in performance. This is still a great phone for day-to-day use. It handles the humdrum of smartphone life with aplomb, so if you’re browsing your socials or catching up on emails, you won’t really notice the difference to a more powerful handset. 

However, while it will play games smoothly – and I put it through a lot of Call of Duty Mobile sessions – it can’t match the gaming experience of more powerful devices. In fact, I didn’t think it was as smooth as the Edge 50 Fusion. I also found that it dropped Wi-Fi fairly regularly during testing – which really isn’t great when you’re playing online. 

But as I outlined when talking about the screen, this isn’t the best device to choose if you want to spend a lot of time gaming. I’d recommend the Poco X7 Pro instead, as it’s a similar price, but a much better performer when gaming. However, I found that the phone stayed cool under load.

Finally, I found that call quality was generally good, and aside from occasional Wi-Fi problems, the connection was solid.

Software & AI

• Android 15 with Moto AI
• 3 OS updates, 4 years security updates
• Some bloatware

I’ve enjoyed Motorola’s approach to software recently. Thanks to a fairly clean Android install, Moto’s devices have felt like a good alternative to the Pixel, with few changes across the experience. That’s slowly changing, with Moto AI introducing a whole new layer of Motorolaness to this phone. 

But let’s start with the setup process. You’ll be asked if you want to install a collection of apps, which you can opt out of, but you’ll find that once you’re in the phone, there’s a healthy selection of pre-installed apps anyway. This sort of bloat is a little irritating, though they can be uninstalled, so you’re saved from the sort of duplication that you’ll get on a Poco phone. 

Generally, this is a clean Android experience, but as I said, Motorola is starting to stamp itself on the experience. Moto AI plays a big part here. You’ll be asked to sign into a Moto account to access these new services and the best thing is that if you choose not to, you can just use the phone as Google intended and ignore all of Moto’s AI offering. 

I wouldn’t blame you if you did, because for all the offers to summarise things, remember stuff or search a page, nothing really feels game-changing here. While Moto’s AI services are powered by Perplexity AI, this is in addition to Gemini, which Google includes with Android.

Moto AI finds its way into the apps tray, offering deeper AI searching from that location, which feels a little odd. It’s a sort of universal search with AI layered in there as well. You can also have AI power up and examine a screen you’re on to make suggestions (you’ll need a hardware shortcut for this, like a double press on the power button), but equally, that button can be reassigned if you don’t find the results useful. I switched to opening the camera instead. 

The other thing that Motorola has added to the apps tray is a news feed. This served me a collection of stories powered by Taboola. Seeing as Google Discover is already sitting just off the home page (and fully tuned into my Google Search history) having a second news feed feels a bit forced. Again, you can turn it off.

So it’s a mixed bag: a clean-ish Android experience that you can see Motorola is starting to try and inject itself into via Moto AI. I don’t think it really works here, it just adds more layers of confusion and duplicates some AI services that Google already offers, but as I said, you can turn it all off if you want. 

Finally, Motorola is offering 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security updates. That falls a little short of the best offering out there – the Samsung A36 5G offers 6 years of both – but it’s typical of device at this price point.

Battery life

• 5200mAh battery
• 68W wired charging
• Solid battery performance

The Moto Edge 60 Fusion houses a 5200mAh battery, which is larger than many flagship phones. It also supports 68W charging, which is common for Moto phones, but clearly faster than brands like Samsung, Google or Apple offer. 

There’s no charger in the box in Europe, but I tested it with a 90W charger I already had and found that a 15-minute blast would give me over 30%. A full charge takes less than an hour, so recharging this phone is a pleasure.

You’re advised, of course, to use some of the battery health measures offered in the software to preserve the longevity of this battery, as constant fast charging to 100% will lead to faster decay. 

This is also the sort of phone that performs well with the battery. The more restrained power paired with the large capacity means that getting through the day is easy, even when it’s a heavy day with lots of hotspotting, for example. As is often the case with mid-range devices, the battery life is definitely one of its strengths.

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