Motorola is set to launch its new smartphone Moto Edge 50 Neo (Specs) in India on 16 September 2024. It has a 6.4-inch 10-bit AMOLED HDR10+ display with 3000 nits peak brightness and 120Hz refresh rate. This phone has a powerful MediaTek Dimensity 7300 4nm processor and Mail G615 MC2 GPU with a 300Hz touch sampling rate for gaming. But it is a good casual gaming phone?
In this post, I share the Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G game test and antutu benchmark score review. Tested games like- BGMI, Call of Duty, and Free Fire.
Deep Hardware Review For Gaming
Motorola Edge 50 Neo Processor Review
| Specs | Edge 50 Neo 5G |
| Processor | MediaTek Dimensity 7300 |
| CPU | Octa-core |
| Core | (4×2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 + 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Mail G615 MC2 |
| AnTuTu Score | 662,307 |
| Touch Sampling Rate | 300Hz |
Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G is powered by a powerful mid-range budget series MediaTek Dimensity 7300 4nm 5G processor with an antutu score of 662,307. Which is good for this 22,999 price range. It uses Motorola another budget series phone Edge 50 Fusion and CMF Phone 1 for casual gaming and normal tasking.
It has an Octa-core CPU. It has four high-performance 2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 clocks for heavy tasking like gaming video editing with power-efficient four 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 for normal works like social media browsing online streaming power saving etc.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo Graphics
Every gaming phone requires good graphics for lag-free performance when you play games and other tasks. The Edge 50 Neo 5g has a Mail G615 MC2 GPU for casual gaming and normal day-to-day life tasks. Mail G615 GPU uses Redmi 13 5G and Moto G45 under 20,000 price range for casual works.
The MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor and Mail G615 MC2 GPU combination support popular games like 60FPS BGMI, Call of Duty, and Free Fire runs smoothly without any frame rate drop. Additionally, this display supports a 300Hz touch sampling rate.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo RAM Type
The Edge 50 Neo has a high-performance LPDDR4X RAM. Which is good for this price range. Because it uses all the smartphones for casual gaming and tasking, this LPDDR4X consumes less battery energy and has more power-saving capabilities.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo Storage Type
The Motorola Edge 50 Neo has UFS-2.2 storage, which is good for this price range. However, many other smartphones like Realme P2 Pro 5g use UFS-3.1 storage for better performance at this 19,999 price.
Overall, the Edge 50 Neo 5G High-performance RAM and UFS-2.2 storage support fast app opening, downloading, and file transfer for casual gaming and multitasking.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo AnTuTu Score in India
| Benchmark Score | Edge 50 Neo 5G |
| AnTuTu Score | 662,307 |
| GeekBench single-core score | 1046 |
| GeekBench multi-core score | 3007 |
| CPU Throttled score | 80% |
The Benchmark test, the Edge 50 Neo antutu score is 662,307, the GeekBench single-core score is 1056, and the multi-core score is 3049. Overall its antutu indicates good casual 60FPS gaming performance.
Because normal casual gaming performance requires a 700,000+ antutu score the Edge 50 neo almost achieves this antutu score.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo Display Test
The Moto Edge 50 Neo has a beautiful sleek and premium design like the Moto Edge 50 5G design. It has a plastic round frame and a Pantone color vegan leather design gives a premium feel and is comfortable to hold.
It is very lightweight weight just 171g and it has a MIL-STD 810H certification for scretch with an IP68 rating for dust & water protection.
| Display | Edge 50 Neo |
| Type | LTPO AMOLED |
| Size | 6.4-inch |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2670 Pixel |
| PPI | 460 PPI |
| Refresh rate | 120Hz |
| Touch Sampling rate | 300Hz |
| Peak Brightness | 3000 nits |
| HDR10+ Support | Yes |
| Protection | Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Extra | IP68 rating, SGS Low Blue Light, and SGS Low Motion Blur eye protection |
- The Edge 50 Neo has a 6.4-inch LTPO AMOLED 10-bit super HD always on display with 1220 x 2670 pixel resolution that offers a shape, clear, and realistic shadows.
- This display supports 1400 nits HBM and 3000 nits peak brightness offering excellent outdoor visibility. when we play outdoor games we do not feel any visual quality under the sunlight.
- Additionally, this display supports HDR video on YouTube but after a software update, HDR video supports Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Overall, the Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G provides excellent visual gaming and multimedia use.
Network Connectivity and Sound Quality
- Every gaming phone needs a strong network connection. The Edge 50 Neo 5G has 16 5G bands, 5G VoNR, all 4G bands, Worldwide L1, Wi-Fi 6E, and NFC.
- But it has no IR Blaster support. Overall, this phone network connectivity is excellent, When we play indoor gaming we do not feel any network connection issues.
Sound Quality: The Edge 50 Neo has a dual Dolby Atmos Stereo Speaker and Bluetooth 5.3 provides high-quality bass sound for multimedia uses.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo Gameplay Test
Do you find Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G supports the BGMI graphics setting? This table provides the Low to High gameplay setting. Additionally, the 300Hz touch sampling rate delivers smooth gaming performance.
| BGMI Graphics | Motorola Edge 50 Neo |
| Smooth + Extreme | 60FPS |
| Balance + Extreme | 60FPS |
| HD + HDR Ultra | 60FPS |
| HDR + Ultra | 40FPS |
Edge 50 Neo 5G BGMI Gameplay
- My Edge 50 Neo 5G delivered high performance during a one-hour BGMI session with smooth + Extreme, Balance + Extreme, and HD + HDR Ultra settings at 60fps smoothly ran, with no lag but long session heating issues were noticed.
- This setting BGMI TDM matches maintained a 56-60fps and it consistently maintained on various maps like Erangle, Sanhok, and Livik.
- The Highest setting HDR + Ultra supports 40FPS and consistently maintains 40-35FPS with minimum lag but in long sessions it has high heating issues.
Overall, Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G BGMI gaming performance is good but in long sessions, it has high heating issues.
Edge 50 Neo 5G COD and Free Fire Gameplay
- Moto Edge 50 Neo 5G Call of Duty Support 60fps high graphics setting delivers smooth gameplay consistently maintained 57-60fps frame rate, no lag but some heating issues were noticed.
- This device Free Fire support 60fps provides a good gaming experience. consistently maintained a 58-60fps frame rate, without lag.
Overall, Edge 50 neo 5G real-world BGMI, Call of Duty, and Free Fire mobile test is good. This phone is designed for casual gaming, not for heavy gaming.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G Battery and Charging Speed
- Battery: 43109mAh
- Charger: 68W TurboPower charger
Every gamer needs a high-performance battery gaming phone, the Edge 50 Neo 5G has a 4310mAh battery and 68W TurboPower charger support, this charger is included in the box.
Battery Drain: The Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G 1-hour BGMI gameplay battery drains 19%, which means you can play games, for around 4 hours and day-to-day screen on time for around 7-8 hours above.
Charging Time: The Motorola Edge 50 Neo 68W TurboPower charger 10-50% charge takes around 20 minutes and 0-100% full charge takes 45 minutes.
Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G Buying Guide
Reasons to buy
- It has a bright color AMOLED HDR10+ display
- IP68 protection for dust and Water
- High Charging Speed
- 5 years of OS and security patch updates
- Clean and user-friendly Hello UI
Reasons to not buy
- MediaTek Dimensity 7300 not built for gaming
- it has a 4310mAh battery
Final verdict
If you are found casual gaming and normal day-to-day life use the Motorola Edge 50 Neo 5G is best for you. Because it has Motorola’s fast long-time software updates phone with a good camera, a beautiful design, and impressive charging speed it is an all-rounder casual works phone.
If you are a hardcore gamer you found a high-performance gaming phone under 25,000 price the Oneplus Nord 5G is best for you. it has a Qualcomm snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor and Adreno 710 GPU delivering 90FPS gaming performance. If you have any questions about the Motorola Edge 50Neo 5G game test to comment us.
