The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion looks nice, but isn’t enough of an update over the Edge 50 Fusion to be truly compelling.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 12GB RAM plus 256B storage plus microSD expansion – nice! | Camera isn’t much changed from last year |
| Stylish curved screen | Some people LOATHE curved screens |
| Decent battery life | More expensive than the Edge 50 Fusion was last year |
Score: 3/5
 |
Buy The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion! | Buy On Amazon |
I may earn a small commission if you use the link above.
In this review
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Specifications
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Design
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Camera
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Performance
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Battery
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Conclusion
Ethical disclaimer: The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion used in this review was loaned to me by Motorola Australia and will return to them. This gets it reviewed; Motorola Australia has no input or influence over this review. Yes, I know, harping on about disclosure might not suit everyone, but I think there’s some serious issues with transparency in tech media right now, and I’m trying to do my bit to do right by my readers. Also, did you remember to turn the oven off before you left the house today?
For more on ART’s specific ethical position, click here.
Design
The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is – to the essential surprise of nobody – the successor to 2024’s Motorola Edge 50 Fusion, a phone I rather liked at its $599 price point.
Motorola’s upped the price point on the Edge 60 Fusion to $699, and while some of that might be explained away by simple inflation, I’d still want to ensure that I was getting more phone for my money given that price creep.
That’s certainly not something that’s apparent at first glance of the Edge 60 Fusion.
It is built around a 6.7 inch curved pOLED with a refresh rate of 120Hz and a resolution of 2712×1220. Compared to last year’s model that’s a slight downgrade in refresh rates, as the Edge 50 Fusion could hit 144Hz, though that’s a specification that’s not likely to trouble anyone outside some very specific Android gamers.
Of more use in the upgrade space is the brightness of the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion’s display, which hits a claimed peak of 4,500 nits. For those not up on your brightness settings, this is a very bright display, which means that it’s very easy to read even in direct sunlight.
Curved displays are, I’m aware, a rather divisive element. Some people love the sleek look, while others become annoyed by the way your finger slides downwards at the edges of the display. I remain somewhat on the fence on this, probably slightly leaning towards liking the look, but the reality here is that there’s no “flat” version of the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion, so if you hate that approach, this won’t be the phone for you.
Locally, Motorola Australia sells the Edge 60 Fusion in three colour choices named for their Pantone colour equivalents. I’ve mentioned before how I’m not a big fan of overblown colour names, but the Edge 60 Fusion takes this to an extreme. Here’s all three colours available locally.
Here’s my short quiz: Which of these is, respectively, Pantone Amazonite, Pantone Slipstream or Pantone Zephyr?
Yeah, me neither without a cheat sheet.
Amazonite is the Aqua/Green style that I’ve tested out, Slipstream is the Purple/Blue and Zephyr is the Pink. Internationally there’s a fourth colour it appears — Pantone Mykonos Blue – and I’ll go out on a limb and suggest that this might be some kind of blue tone. Call it a hunch.
All three colour choices feature a vegan leather back, and I remain resolute in just how much the feel of “vegan” leather (it’s plastic, folks, let’s not fool ourselves here) creeps me out. Thankfully Motorola does provide a simple rounded rear case for the phone in the box. It’s a shade or two lighter than the vegan leather back, but believe me, it’s been in place the entire time I’ve been testing out the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion.
In terms of durability, the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion does score some significant upgrades over last year’s model with Gorilla Glass 7i on the front and a water/dust ingress protection rating of IP69, up from the IP68 on the Edge 50 Fusion.
For more on how water protection ratings work, click here.
Camera
The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion features two primary rear sensors – a 50MP wide and 13MP ultrawide sensor – plus a light sensor, while at the front selfie action is handled by a 32MP sensor.
The comparison to last year’s Edge 50 Fusion is an interesting one – interesting in that they’re exactly the same, excluding that light sensor and the fact that they’re running on different underlying processor hardware. This is a factor not often considered, but the reality of mobile phone photography is that it’s not just a question of megapixel counts (or even sensor sizes for some phones) but also how the image signal processor in the phone actually interprets each image, and then how the phone post-processes that image as well.
Here, the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion performs about as well as you might expect from a mid-range phone in 2025, but then I said much the same about the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion last year – and that does somewhat present a problem.
The problem? It’s that in the intervening time, the competition in the mid-range space has gotten better, especially with phones like the Nothing Phone 3a which runs with triple rear lenses to give you more creative freedom. Standard wide and ultrawide is fine, as are selfies, and in isolation most people will be generally fine with the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion’s camera performance – but I’ve little doubt you can do better at this price point.
There’s no onboard zoom, just a digital crop with a default 2x crop built into the camera app, extendable up to 10x. That’s a sensible enough restraint, because even at 10x the digital cracks start showing.
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Wide shot.
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion 2x zoom shot (in-camera crop)
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion 10x zoom shot.
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Sample Photos
Performance
The Edge 60 Fusion makes a jump away from the Qualcomm processor found in its predecessor to a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor, paired up with a generous 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
One of my complaints about last year’s model was that it was a fixed storage device, but that’s not the case for the Edge 60 Fusion, which uses the flip side of its SIM card tray for microSD expansion.
Those are all nice upgrades, but then there’s the question of how well that MediaTek processor runs on a phone that’s a tad more expensive than the Edge 50 Fusion was. At $699 or thereabouts, there’s a lot of competition vying for your purchasing dollars.
First stop, Geekbench 6’s CPU test to see how it compares against similarly priced phones at the time of writing, as well as its predecessor.
Hmm. That’s not particularly compelling; while the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion does outpace its predecessor, it’s not by a truly significant margin – and you can clearly score better performing phones from other manufacturers, too.
It’s a very similar story if we look at GPU performance too. Here’s how that same crop of phones compares using the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Benchmark:
Benchmarks can only tell you so much, and within the mid-range space I certainly can’t call the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion an absolute slouch – but at the same time once you’re spending $699 it makes sense to get the most performance you can for your purchasing dollar.
The Edge 60 Fusion is an Android 15 device with the promise of 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security updates. While Motorola has gotten better on the update front over the years, it’s still trailing its competition in this regard; by way of example the similarly priced Samsung Galaxy A56 gets six years of both OS and security updates.
It’s 2025, so of course AI is a part of mid-range phones, and the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is no exception. You get access to Google’s typical Android AI tools – circle to search and so on – as well as Motorola’s own Moto AI, which provides quick AI tools for summarising notifications, AI image generation, note taking/recording and screenshot collection.
There’s nothing truly groundbreaking here, and you do have to sign up for a Motorola account to use these features if you’re keen.
Battery
The slimline nature of the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion could have given the company some leeway to ship with a smaller onboard battery, but that’s not what’s happened here. The Edge 60 Fusion features a 5,200mAh battery, slightly above the 5,000mAh level I’d typically expect for mid-range Android phones right now.
As always, I turn first to my YouTube battery test to see how the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion compares.
For more on how I test phone batteries, see here.
Being in the middle of the pack here is not a particular issue, and what it points to is a phone that under all but the most strenuous of circumstances should be easily able to make it through a day’s usage.
When it’s time for recharging the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion, it’ll take power at up to 68W via USB-C, but you’ll have to bring your own charger to the party, at least for Australian models. It’s slightly disappointing at this price point not to see wireless charging capabilities, though it’s not uncommon for it to be missed out either.
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion: Alex’s Verdict
Motorola’s mid-range phones have often presented good value, and in certain respects that’s true of the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion. Getting 12GB of RAM to help with heftier app loads and 256GB of onboard storage is quite welcome at this price point. It should be a nicely durable phone, and for some people, the curved screen and Pantone colour choices will be a highly attractive proposition.
However, there’s also plenty that will actively dislike the curved screen, and if you’re like me, you won’t be a fan of the vegan leather back either. The cameras are fine, but not significantly better or more capable than on last year’s cheaper phone, and overall performance isn’t as good as you can get at this price point.
As such, while I liked the balance of features that the Motorola Edge 50 Fusion presented last year, I feel that by only incrementally increasing specific parts of the phone, Motorola’s presenting a slightly less compelling phone option.
Was this review useful to you?
Support independent media by becoming a sponsor or buying me a coffee!
[kofi]
Donate via PayPal
Find out more about how you can support Alex Reviews Tech here.
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion: Pricing and availability
The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion retails in Australia for $699.
|
Buy The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion! | Buy On Amazon |
I may earn a small commission if you use the link above.
Was this review useful to you? Support independent media by dropping a dollar or two in the tip jar below!
[kofi]
About the Author
