Motorola's latest device for the Indian marketis finished in "exceptionally elegant" vegan leather finished in thePantone Curated Colorsof Nautical Blue, Lattè (gold), Grisaille (gray) or Ponciana (red), yet is backed to have a "worry-free"MIL-STD-810H- andIP68-rated day-to-day experience.

Accordingly, itsflat-edgedchassis is also backed to last the user for years on the inside, as it is currently backed forclass-leadingsoftware support with access to no less than 5 Android upgrades and 5 years of security patch updates.

The Neo is also a particularlycompactaddition to theEdge 50series,with a display of 6.4 inches in diagonal length. Nevertheless, it packs specs once reserved for more expensive new Android smartphones, a120Hzrefresh rate, Always-on Display,HDR10 and 100% adherence to theDCI-P3color gamut included.

It also hits more trends with a relatively high peakbrightnessrating (2,800 nits in this case) and a1.5K(or Super HD, according to the OEM) resolution.

The 50 Neo is also rated to go particularly well with Motorola's68W Turbo Powerbrick, getting an estimated 12 hours of battery life out of just 11 minutes of charging.

However, these potential advantages imply a possibly significant drawback, which is that the 50 Neo can fit a battery of just 4,310mAh in rated capacity - an area in which it will fall far behind other newDimensity 7300-poweredsmartphones, theVivo V30ein particular.

That might be why the SonyLYTIA 700C-equipped Edge 50 Neo is now slated to go for just INR 23,999 (~$286, or about the same as the larger50 FusiononAmazon.inright now) with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage from its September 24, 2024release.