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Is this the Moto X70 Air or the Motorola Edge 70?

If that’s the case and Blass managed to get his hands on official promotional material for the Motorola Edge 70 already, the chances of seeing the phone take on the aforementioned Galaxy S25 Edge and iPhone Air in countries like India, various European markets, and perhaps even the US in 2025 are all of a sudden pretty solid.

It may not be thinner than an iPhone Air, but the Edge 70 is still impressively slim. | Image Credit — Evan Blass on X

That means very few technical details are etched in stone, although if you look closely, you’ll notice that the Pantone Lily Pad colorway rumored a few days ago is now essentially confirmed, and the same goes for a primary 50MP rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization.

Can Motorola provide stiff competition for Samsung and Apple?

That’s definitely way too early to tell, but the first signs are undeniably promising, starting with a vague but thrilling “sub-6mm” waist prediction from the man, the legend Evan Blass.

The Edge 70 is unlikely to rival the camera capabilities of the S25 Edge or iPhone Air, and that’s okay with me. | Image Credit — Evan Blass on X

But once again, this is unlikely to be a true rivalry, as Motorola’s first ultra-thin handset… of the last few years is almost definitely not a costly flagship. If the Edge 60 is any indication, this bad boy could be priced at around €500 ($585) in Europe with 12GB RAM, 512GB storage, and… the biggest battery that can possibly be squeezed into that sleek and elegant body.

In addition to Pantone Lily Pad, the Motorola Edge 70 is today depicted in “Gadget Gray” and “Bronze Green” hues, but even though those are all very eye-catching and nice, it’s not clear if any of them will use the company’s signature vegan leather finish or go the more conventional shiny glass route.

Just how excited should you be here?

Yes, I’d love to see the Edge 60‘s MediaTek Dimensity 7300 SoC replaced with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset (ideally, a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4), but because that wish is unlikely to come true, I’ll just focus on dreaming of a stylish and unusually robust Edge 70 with a 5,000mAh or so battery under the hood and a sub-$500 price point in the US. I know, that’s also hard to pull off for Motorola, but not impossible. Not in my (dream) world, at least.

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