Next Moto phone could fill that Samsung Galaxy Note 21-shaped hole in your heart
A premium stylus phone
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If you’re still mourning the fact that theSamsung Galaxy Note 21never ended up launching, and want an alternative stylus-toting premium phone in your life, Motorola might be gearing up to launch a device for you.
This is because it seems the rumored Motorola Edge 30 Ultra might be compatible with styli from the company.XDA Developershas received information on two accessories for the unannounced phone: a business-like folio case and, most relevantly to this story, a stylus.
We’ve seenMotorola phoneswith these control sticks before, but they’ve been budget mobiles like theMoto G Stylus (2021), and we generally don’t see the company (or any others, saveSamsung) put out premium mobiles that can be controlled with styli.
The folio case renders show a slot for the stick which suggests the phone itself doesn’t have a gap for it, unlike in Moto Stylus or Galaxy Note phones, so it sounds like the Edge 30 Ultra could have an arrangement like Samsung’s Galaxy S Ultra phones.
TheS21 Ultralet you use S Pen styli, but you had to contain it in a case when not in use. TheGalaxy S22’s Ultra version might actually have a stylus slot when it launches, if rumors are to be trusted.
Analysis: a super-premium Motorola phone
Motorola’s Edge phones, which are about to enter their third generation, have toyed, but not committed, to the top-end phone market.
While the originalEdge Pluswas a super-pricey ultra-premium phone, theEdge 20 Prohad a price more in line with base-level flagship phones like theOnePlus 9andSamsung Galaxy S21, much less than the Edge Plus.
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It seemed like Motorola had abandoned the ultra-premium phone price tier, but the Edge 30 Ultra specs we’ve been hearing suggest a return to it.
We’ve heard the device could get the top-end Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, multiple high-res rear cameras, super-fast charging and a big screen. It’s hard to know the exact specs, even from rumors, because some that referred to the Edge 30 Ultra actually turned out to describe theEdge X30which only launched in China.
But add stylus compatibility to the equation and it’s very likely that the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra will be a top-end phone to rival theXiaomi 12 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra andiPhone 14 Pro.
Tom Bedford was deputy phones editor on TechRadar until late 2022, having worked his way up from staff writer. Though he specialized in phones and tablets, he also took on other tech like electric scooters, smartwatches, fitness, mobile gaming and more. He is based in London, UK and now works for the entertainment site What To Watch.
He graduated in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Prior to working on TechRadar, he freelanced in tech, gaming and entertainment, and also spent many years working as a mixologist.
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