Is Motorola finally making a flagship?
What you need to know
- New leaks point to a new Motorola phone in the making.
- Like the RAZR, it's set to be a Verizon exclusive.
- It could be one of the new flagships Motorola promised to reveal this year.
Much like the wildly popular and , Motorola is cooking up yet another Verizon exclusive to go with the likes of its . However, unlike those phones, this one may be a proper flagship with top-of-the-line specs, as per the company's last year that it plans to return to the premium segment of the smartphone space in 2020.
A cryptic from the venerable Evan Blass (@evleaks) refers to a Motorola Edge+. Blass doesn't give too many other details about the phone, but he does mention the likelihood of it being a Verizon exclusive and adopting the hole-punch camera craze that's sweeping smartphone makers the world over.
Motorola already makes some of the best phones in the budget segment. It's , in particular, has become not only a fan favorite among budget-conscious buyers but has also helped ensure the company remains profitable in the increasingly competitive smartphone market.
Yet, the lack of a true flagship has meant the company often gets ignored by tech enthusiasts, who'd rather salivate over the latest Samsung or Huawei beauty with six cameras and a screen so pixel-rich, it'd make your eyes bleed.
Seeing all the release may have finally alerted the bosses at Motorola to the power and prestige a well-made flagship can grant a company, even if it doesn't sell as well as alternatives from the big players.
Hopefully, the Edge+ does all that, and more, for Motorola. I, for one, would certainly like to see Motorola make a $1,000+ phone that boasts the internals to back that price up, unlike the RAZR with its befuddling juxtaposition of a $1,500 asking price and that even budget phones from last year would feel uneasy with.