Motorola Edge 60 Fusion

The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion has a similar camera setup predecessor, featuring a 50MP Sony LYT-700C primary sensor paired with a 13MP ultrawide lens. On the front, you get a 32MP selfie camera. A new addition this year is what Motorola calls a 3-in-1 light sensor, which is designed to help with exposure, colour accuracy, and flicker reduction.In good lighting, the rear camera performs really well. It captures detailed, sharp images with vibrant colours. The colour profile is rather saturated, so if you prefer your photos to pop a bit, you'll likely enjoy the results. The selfie camera, on the other hand, does soften facial details a bit, even in well-lit conditions. It's something to keep in mind if you prefer more natural-looking selfies.Low light is where the Edge 60 Fusion drops the ball. The photos are decent, but that's about it. Colours, especially reds, can look off, and the camera struggles with managing strong light sources, even with night mode enabled.One other thing to note: the camera app can be a bit choppy at times, particularly when switching between different modes quickly. It's not a dealbreaker, but definitely an area where some optimisation could help.I compared the phone's cameras against its key rivals, the Nothing Phone (3a) (review) and Realme P3 Pro (review), to see how they fare:DaylightFor standard daylight shots, both the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion and Nothing Phone (3a) do a pretty decent job. Their colour science is a little different, with Motorola's colour tuning leaning towards a warmer hue and saturated colours. The Nothing Phone (3a)'s colours are also slightly saturated, but in comparison, it delivers more balanced colours. When it comes to the level of detail, the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is significantly better than its competitor as it delivers much sharper and detailed images. The Realme P3 Pro keeps the colours a lot more natural compared to the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion. In terms of detail level, both phones are evenly matched against one another as well. The primary difference comes down to exposure level, where the Realme P3 Pro drops the ball a little and ends up overexposing the image, in turn blowing out the shadows, which makes the image look flatter in comparison. Ultra-wideFor ultra-wide shots, the Edge 60 Fusion's 13MP camera delivers great results. It churns out detailed images with good dynamic range, although the colours appear heavily saturated with a yellowish hue present in this case. The Phone (3a), meanwhile, struggles with details but has a more balanced colour reproduction. The Realme P3 Pro does not have an ultra-wide lens, so there's no basis for a comparison.Portraits 2xThe Nothing Phone (3a) has an advantage in terms of portraits due to its dedicated telephoto lens, and it shows its value here. When compared against the portrait shot from the Moto Edge 60 Fusion, the former's image has a lot more clarity and facial details. The Phone (3a) also does a better job when it comes to edge detection. The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion, however, portrays the skin tone more realistically, while the Phone (3a) brightens it up. The Realme P3 Pro also does a slightly better job than the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion when it comes to portrait shots. It delivers more facial details and has better edge detection, making its shot look crisp. The Edge 60 Fusion's advantage here lies in colour correction, where its image appears more balanced, while the Realme P3 Pro's skin colour looks extremely brightened. SelfieThe Motorola Edge 60 Fusion and Nothing Phone (3a)'s colour science remains consistent in selfies. The former's image is a lot more vibrant compared to the Phone (3a), although its detail level isn't as good, particularly the facial details. The Phone (3a) also adds a slight bokeh effect to its selfie, which makes the subject stand out more. There are a few important differences between the Realme P3 Pro and the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion's image. The latter's image is sharper in comparison, brings out more facial details, and has more accurate skin colour reproduction. The Realme P3 Pro lightens up the skin tone too, but it smoothens out the skin texture a little. Low-lightEven with night mode enabled, both the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion and Nothing Phone (3a) struggle with low-light shots. In terms of details, the latter does a slightly better job but both phones face a lot of difficulty in managing light sources and flares. The Edge 60 Fusion also seems to struggle with portraying red hues and turns the signs orange instead of red.The Realme P3 Pro is the best low-light shooter of the lot, with excellent sharpness, good exposure and colour reproduction. While it has some issues with light sources, it manages the flares and reflections a lot more easily compared to the Edge 60 Fusion. 

As mentioned, the new Edge 60 Fusion comes with the MediaTek Dimensity 7400 SoC, paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The good news is that even the base variant comes with 256GB of storage alongside 8GB of RAM. If that's not enough, you can expand the storage with a microSD card in the hybrid SIM slot. I would have preferred UFS 3.1 storage for better future-proofing.Coming to the phone's performance, for regular everyday use, it works flawlessly. I didn't notice any performance dips or lags while scrolling through the app drawer, switching between different apps, or multitasking. There were no heating issues during general day-to-day tasks either. The RAM management is pretty great — the device keeps quite a few apps logged into the memory instead of shutting them down for battery efficiency. While the device isn't as powerful as some of its competitors in this price range, for example, the Nothing Phone (3a) (review), Vivo T3 Pro (review), OnePlus Nord CE4 (review), and Realme P3 Pro (review), it does a satisfactory job for regular lifestyle users. Coming to its gaming capabilities, it can play most modern titles, even demanding ones like BGMI & Genshin Impact, at medium graphical settings at a playable 40 fps. Moderately demanding battle royales like COD: Mobile does great at a consistent 55+ fps at medium settings.  Heat management, however, can be improved. Titles like COD: Mobile and Real Racing 3 ran pretty hot, with an average temperature increase of about 10 degrees Celsius for a 30-minute session each. With summer already here, it can further hamper the gaming experience. 

The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion runs Hello UI, based on Android 15, straight out of the box. Motorola's software is as close to stock Android as it gets, so there are no unnecessary pre-installed apps, and the interface feels clean and snappy. There are tons of customisation options on top, thanks to Android 15.SmartphoneSoftware supportPre-installed appsMotorola Edge 60 Fusion3 OS upgrades + 4 years security43Nothing Phone (3a)3 OS upgrades + 6 years security27Realme P3 Pro 2 OS upgrades + 3 years security65

The larger 5,500mAh battery is one of the more meaningful upgrades on the Edge 60 Fusion, especially when you compare it to the 5,000mAh unit on last year's Edge 50 Fusion. You still get 68W fast-charging support, and yes, there's a charger included in the box, which is always good to see.The battery's benchmark score, however, is fairly average for this price range, even when compared to a phone like the Nothing Phone (3a), which packs a smaller battery. In day-to-day use, though, I managed around 7 hours of screen-on time with 5G enabled. I'd consider myself a moderate user, but even so, battery efficiency here is pretty good.In our controlled two-hour lab test, which includes a mix of gaming and streaming, the phone dropped around 26 percent, slightly higher than the segment average of 23 percent. It's not a massive gap and nothing that should be a dealbreaker.SmartphoneBatteryCharging time (20-100%)Motorola Edge 60 Fusion5,500mAh44 minutes (68W)Nothing Phone (3a)5,000mAh52 minutes (50W)Realme P3 Pro6,000mAh39 minutes (80W)