Customers love the Edge 256GB (Unlocked) 2021 for its excellent camera, long battery life, and affordable price. They appreciate the high-resolution front camera and the powerful 4,500mAh battery with fast charging. At the same time, some customers have concerns about the lack of wireless charging, speaker quality, and occasional 5G connectivity issues.
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Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Motorola Phone's Rock
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Outstanding performance and battery life at an attractive price
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
One of the best low-budget phones, A++++++
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great low-budget phone, that performs well beyond it's price point. Exc photos and videos - I mean why not, it's over a 100 mp camera.
Light-weight, easy to use Android overlay. Not a lot of bloatware or crap programs sucking your battery.
Works on T-Mobile's system very well. Exc battery life.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
1 year later and still love it
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Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Ive had this phone for a year now and it has not let me down. Just purchased it as an inexpensive upgrade and it runs smooth and does everything I need. Battery lasts a few days without a charge with reguar use and gps off. with gps on it will still easily last a full day.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Storage
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Motorola Edge 21 Phone & Case
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
My new Nebular Blue 2021 Motorola Edge Phone is alright. My other Phone is a Motorola Moto Z. The only
Different between the 2 is $$. My first
Phone, Moto Z, had only 128 GB of
Phone Storage, where as the EdGE we has 256 GB of storage. They do both seem to be otherwise similar.
I bought the Z phone in 2015. That
shows how blaightenly the Edge has
developed. I've compared these
Motorola phone's to other's. Mine
are quite fast. I guess you pay for
Storage in the phone:
Moto Z: 128 GB storage/ $250.00
Back in 2015, @ Best Buy
Motorola 21 Edge: 256 GB storage/
Was $799.00 /:
got on sale Best Buy: $399.00
I'm 97.5% happy with phone.
Also got premium $199.00
Best Buy 2 year warranty,
You still have to pay $69
deductible for any service. I'm
thinking that made my star
Rating to 97.5 % from 100%
I'm happy, no screwups yet.
Not an Owner yet, $489 in
payments due. If ya'all be
Interested, I'll let you know
how I still feel bout the Phone
after 4 more payments. I know
the phone is outdated the minute
I bought it. I'm a verified person.
Bought 7/15/22
Oh, forgot I bought case for it:
price was $29.99 paid $24.99!
Really nice case.
Google the phone for Serious Phone
Description. It's like a Samsung high on priced phone, too.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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We are so thankful for giving us a positive rating, Beagle. Glad that you bought one of our phones and everything works for you. If you're interested, we'd like to hear your story and share it with other Edge 2021 users here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/motorola-edge-2021/bd-p/motorola_edge_2021_en. -Rizza
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best value going when on sale
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a fantastic phone and I think easily the best value for the sale price which as of this writing has dropped as low as $449. It is not a good value at the list price of $700.
The 120hz screens are a delight and the Edge 21 feels extremely fast and fluid. The CPU and RAM give it ample power to run multiple apps and games. The screen is an LCD, which is both better and worse than OLED. It is better in that it is crisper (no pentile matrix) and does not drain more battery when displaying mostly white screens like OLED. There is no risk of screen burn in with this phone, so go ahead and use it for navigation all day long. However, the contrast rations are not as good as OLED so blacks can look dark grey. Viewing angles are pretty good, but the screen is so tall that the top and bottom can look dimmer than the middle in dark settings. Overall, I have no complaints about the screen.
Cameras are good too, although not as good as flagship phones like iPhone 13 Pro or Galaxy S21. However, this phone costs less than half of what those phones do. It does not have optical image stabilization on any of its cameras, so that does hold it back a bit in low light, but overall for a $450 phone the images are fine.
The phone is gorgous and I personally love the Nebula Blue color and the 'glasstic' look of the back. Yes, it is plastic, but it looks fantastic, and the plastic helps keep the weight down. The phone is solid but light and a pleasure to carry even though it is physically quite large. The power-button fingerprint scanner works reliably. Phone call quality is excellent. The single speaker gets loud enough. Moto gestures are fantastic, every phone should have them. Build quality is very good.
Battery life is epic, easily lasting a full day of heavy use and often 2 days of light use. It charges quickly as well. Motorola takes a light touch to Android, not putting heavy skins on it. This makes it similar to a Pixel in being clean and fast, and what Moto does put there just improves android, like the gestures.
Overall at the sale price I have no problem recommending this phone!
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great phone still use it today camera is excellent and phone is fast
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Moto Edge Life
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
motorola doesn't miss. An industry standard that is overlooked inspite of its best camera and cutting edge exclusive features like the gestures. I have kepp this phone for years.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Budget Phone
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Phone is very reliable, battery life is excellent, camera is also decent. The best thing is it's unlocked and works with any carriers in the US.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life
Cons mentioned:
Speaker
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Buy it for battery life.
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's decent but don't expect much. Specially if used for gaming. Best thing is battery life. Worst thing is speakers. Definitely buy a case feels slippery in hands.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera, Fast, Storage
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great product a must have
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
A great phone. Starting price amazing for some of it's features. Camera quality is amazing, size and feel premium, speed and navigation up to par, display stunning, fingerprint sensor fast...
Strongly recommended for phone photography, speed and storage.
Drawbacks: had difficulty transferring apps from old android to this. No dedicated app, google stock transfer app didn't seem to get it right with my Huawei mate 20 pro
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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Hi Flea,
We appreciate your feedback to us and we're glad to hear that you like the phone's features. As for your concern about transferring apps, please do send us an email at [email protected] and use this link as a subject reference: BestBuy/Moto Edge2021_TransferFiles soo we can further assist you with this. Thank you. - Frank
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A True Best Buy
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a big upgrade from my iPhone 8 considering it is 4 years newer. It is much faster in everything it does and has a 108mp camera that can record video in 4k. The only negative is that there is no expansion slot for storage but it comes with 256gb so I’m okay with that. The battery lasts about 2 days but since I don’t use it constantly, I get double that. Considering I bought this camera when it was on sale for $400 off, it was the Best Buy (pun intended) I’ve made this year.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is my third Motorola phone and I was very satisfied with the first two. Motorola phones offers exceptional performance for the price and the 2021 Edge was on sale for only $450. The phone is very fast. The LCD screen is fine. The fingerprint scanner is very fast. It comes with plenty of storage, so it doesn't need an MicroSD card. Wireless charging and a headphone jack would have been nice but I could do without them at that price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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Wow! This is such awesome feedback, Jimmy. Thank you for patronizing our product and for being a loyal customer. We're glad that you're satisfied with your purchase and the phone's features. If you're interested, you can take a look at our official Motorola community page: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/motorola-edge-2021/bd-p/motorola_edge_2021_en. -Mitch
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great phone from Motorola.
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Got the phone on sale for around 450. Amazing phone at the price point. Screen is great, processor handles everyday apps and task. Brought down the display to 60hz and I'm getting full day and a half of charge.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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Hi Phonebuyer1, Thanks for purchasing our product and we're delighted to hear that you're happy with your purchase and phone's features. If you ever need help, give us a holler or reach out to our official Moto Edge community page: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/motorola-edge-2021/bd-p/motorola_edge_2021_en. -Mitch
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera
Cons mentioned:
Wireless charging
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A deal!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
5 stars at the $349.99 price point easily! So this is a fairly smooth experience and overall performance is better than any sub $400 phone I've ever used. Camera is good but I wouldn't compare it to a flagship. Lacks wireless charging but so does every other phone at this price. It has a very good quality feel and battery life and display are excellent especially in this price range.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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Hi Tibbs, Thanks for the awesome review and for being our valued customer. We’re so grateful for the trust you’ve placed in us. If you're interested, we'd like to hear your story and share it with other Motorola Edge 2021 users here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/motorola-edge-2021/bd-p/motorola_edge_2021_en. -Elle
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good Phone !!!
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Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Long Lasting Battery Life !!!! good quality for that price !!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Excellent!
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This was an open box item.
In great condition. My only gripe and I believe this to be a Moto Software issue, is during certain tasks the screen would quickly flicker. This made me fear the screen was going to give out completely. However I kept this phone and used frequently as a secondary phone for several months. Sadly we parted ways when I used it as trade in value for upgrade with Verizon!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing phone at a unbelievable price
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I love the excellent photographs I can take, even panoramic shots! Super fast clear downloads! My other half loves my new Motorola edge so much we're going to get him one tomorrow! Battery life is amazing too! I don't spend all day on my phone but I do use it though out the day and I don't need to charge it for 2 days!
If you're looking for a top notch phone at a unbelievable price then look no further!!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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Hi NativeGirl1,
Thanks for purchasing our products and your feedback is important to us. We'll relay this message to the team. If you're interested, we'd like to hear your story and share it with other Edge 2021 users here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/motorola-edge-2021/bd-p/motorola_edge_2021_en. We love to hear you from there. - Frank
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Motorola Edge 2021 Very Good Performance
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Overall a very solid phone. It was extremely easy to setup just connect your old phone to new Moto done, everything is copied. The camera is very good and fast. One issue when taking a picture no shutter sound even though I turned it on? Also if you try to use a weather radar app, you need to turn the screen refresh rate down. The phone's wireless connection to Android Auto works great. I can't comment on the 5G, since I don't use it, 4G is fine and fast enough for my needs. Battery life +2 days and super fast charging.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Motorola Customer Care
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Motorola would like to thank awesome customers like you for your amazing support, Njamps. Write us an email to [email protected] so we can directly communicate with you and get your concern resolved. Please refer to this post or provide this post's link on your email so we can further assist you. - Mike
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Camera
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Upgrade!!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great upgrade phone. Similar size to previous phone with better camera and battery time.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Budget Galaxy Competition
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Excellent phone at a great price! I was looking for something similar feature-wise to the Galaxy's without that price tag. Also wanted to avoid the curved screens and in-screen fingerprint readers so this was a great choice. Charging is fast and device battery life is great even after a year and a half. Camera takes good pictures as well.