Style and class for 4500 SEK

Review: Motorola Edge 60 Fusion - Affordable luxury

Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is the cheapest model in this year's Edge series. However, the fact that it is cheap is surprisingly unnoticeable.

Published 9 May 2025 - 16:26

The venerable brand Motorola, owned by the Chinese company Lenovo, has in recent years revived and carved out a niche for design mobiles. At a time when the mobile range is visually stunningly monotonous, they at least dare to push the boundaries a bit with colour and material choices, and according to Motorola, it has been well received by consumers. It's no wonder they continue on this path with the Motorola Edge 60 series.

The Motorola Edge 60 family consists (so far) of the three models Edge 60, Edge 60 Pro, and Edge 60 Fusion, with Fusion being the cheapest variant with a recommended price of 4500 kronor. This places it in the lower part of the mid-price segment, the same price range as, for example, the Samsung Galaxy A36.

What does not differentiate the three different Motorola Edge 60 models from each other is the design. They do not have identical dimensions and weight, there are a few tenths of a millimetre difference here and there, but it's nothing you notice with the naked eye. On the front is a curved screen, this time curved even at the top and bottom. The curvature on the short sides is less than on the long sides and is a fairly discreet aesthetic detail that gives the phone slightly softer shapes. The screen has a really thin black edge, especially on the sides. A narrow frame sits between the screen and a curved back with a softly designed camera island with four camera slots.

Plastic that doesn't feel cheap

The back is made of plastic, or perhaps one should say rubber. Plastic can make a phone feel cheap, but Motorola has really worked to counteract this. Partly through their original colour choices, made in collaboration with Pantone, but they vary not only the colour but also the surface texture so that the different colour variants have subtly different finishes. It looks expensive, and also provides a good grip in the hand and doesn't break as easily as a glass back.

The narrow side edges and an elongated screen give the phone an elongated format that fits well in the hand. However, it's not quite a compact mobile, as I notice when I try to use it with one hand; my thumb doesn't quite reach the opposite side of the screen.

The models in the Edge 60 series have the same shape, but that doesn't mean they look the same. All models have their own colour options with different surface finishes. The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion comes in three colour variants: a dark blue (the neutral option for those who don't want to stand out), a pinkish tone, and a blue-green, which is the one I have for testing. The surface has a kind of ribbed pattern that makes the phone comfortable in the hand. The package also includes a protective hard plastic case, but it's not transparent; it's made in the same colour tone. Since it's hard plastic, you miss out on the rubber's grip feel.

On the short sides, there are stereo speakers with good volume and clear sound, but of course without much bass reproduction.

Despite the sleek format, the phone is actually extra durable. It is IP-rated according to both IP68 and IP69, which means it can withstand both submersion in water and high-pressure washing. It should also withstand being dropped on the ground from a height of 1.2 meters.

The screen is of the OLED type and is very bright so that it works for reading even in sunlight. With a refresh rate of 120 Hz, it also has a quick response. The only thing I don't like about the screen is the side curves. Sure, it's part of what gives the phone its luxurious feel, but it also means I get more reflections on the screen, and when I try to press things near the edge of the screen, the response isn't as good, and sometimes I have to press more than once.

The fingerprint reader is in the screen and is not the best I've tried. Already after a week, it has difficulty recognising my fingertips.

Not slow

The phone is powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 7300 chipset, which appeared already last year. It doesn't provide top mobile performance exactly, but it's fast enough that I never really think about it not being a top model I'm using. Perhaps the phone feels slower in some graphically intensive games and photo editing apps.

The battery performance, on the other hand, is clearly impressive. The battery is 5200 mAh, slightly larger than we are used to, but not enough to explain the excellent battery life, both in our battery test where we stream video and in practical use where the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion handles the same battery-demanding tasks significantly better than my personal mobile. Motorola has simply done a good job with the phone's energy management.

No charger comes with the phone. If you buy a standard charger for it, it can be charged with up to 68 watts, which gives about from one to 30 percent in 10 minutes and 50 percent in 20 minutes.

The camera setup is the area where Motorola has economised in this cheapest model in the Edge series, but it is less noticeable than I expect. Of the four lenses on the back, one contains the photo lamp, and one is a light sensor that you don't notice much of. Then we have the main camera at 50 megapixels with a 1/1.56 inch large sensor, which is the same on all three Edge 60 models. The wide-angle camera, on the other hand, is a simpler variant at 13 megapixels and a telephoto camera is completely missing on the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion.

The sensor size on the main camera is the same as in Samsung's Galaxy S25 (but not S25 Ultra) and the image result is equivalent, that is to say really good in both daylight and darkness. The colour reproduction feels a bit more natural in the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion, but when you zoom in on the images, they are a bit more sharply enhanced than in the Galaxy S25. The result is nevertheless equivalent, and it is to Motorola's advantage since the phone costs less than half of the Galaxy S25.

I have compared the wide-angle camera between the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion and the more expensive Motorola Edge 60, and whether I take landscape photos, macro shots, or night photos, I find it difficult to say that one camera takes better pictures than the other. However, the images from the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion are less wide-angle, meaning you don't capture as much in the picture, and that can be a factor in itself.

When it comes to zoom, however, you have to settle for the zoom effect that can be achieved by utilizing the fact that the sensor has more pixels than are used in the image. With this, you get images with two times zoom that are still sharp. After that, the images are only digitally enlarged, and the limit for usable images is somewhere around 3-4 times magnification.

Moto AI

The phone comes with Android 15 and is promised three major system updates and four years of security updates. Motorola's user interface is quite similar to Google's own, but Motorola has become keen on installing third-party apps. There is even a feature where the phone installs new apps every month that you have to decline if you want to avoid them.

Like everyone else, Motorola also wants to make artificial intelligence a central feature in the mobile. Motorola's Moto AI feels a bit tentative. Of course, Google's own Gemini, Circle to Search, and more are in the mobile, but with Motorola's AI assistant, you can also ask it to pose a question to Copilot or Perplexity. It feels like an example of a situation where choice only makes it more confusing. Moto AI also replaces the phone's search function, which is not entirely successful. If I want to find an app on the mobile, a large language model must be called first, which takes a while.

With Moto AI, I can at least generate images from text prompts, polish text, and transcribe voice conversations to speech (not when you're calling, just face-to-face). These are functions familiar from other manufacturers and potentially useful. According to Motorola, Swedish language support will come later, but in practice, it mostly works to communicate in Swedish already. Transcribing text to speech, for example, is quite okay even in Swedish.

A unique feature that Motorola has added is called “remember.” Here you can take a picture or screenshot and add a few lines of text, and through AI, a kind of diary entry is created with a description based on both what the image depicts and your notes. A big downside, however, is that this diary is not easily accessible, either via Moto AI or in the app catalog. I often can't even search for them using the phone's search function. The only sure way to find the notes I've made is to create a new one. From the notification that a post has been created, I can then click my way to the diary. For this to become useful, the diary must, of course, become significantly easier to access.

The overall impression of the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion is that it is a mobile that feels light and smooth despite its large screen, with design choices that give a sense of luxury, and with few features that reveal it is not a top model. Not bad for 4500 kronor!

Questions and Answers

What distinguishes the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion from the other Edge 60 models? With the Edge 60 for an additional 1000 kronor, you mainly get a telephoto camera as well, but the performance is the same. The Motorola Edge 60 Pro for 7500 kronor has faster processors, more durable glass on the screen, faster fast charging, and more memory and storage, but the same camera setup as the Edge 60.

Does the phone have wireless charging? No, that feature is missing.

How many updates are promised? Three years of major system updates and four years of security updates.

An Alternative

If it has to be a Samsung, the Galaxy A36 is in the same price range. It has a significantly bulkier format but is otherwise comparable in terms of cameras and performance.