Motorola Joins the Skinny Cellphone Development With the X70 Air

Cellphone corporations are making their merchandise thinner and thinner, with Motorola the most recent to affix the celebration. The corporate has launched the X70 Air in China, getting into the fray alongside the Samsung S25 Edge and the iPhone Air. 

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The X70 Air, which is now on Lenovo’s China website, is 5.99mm thick and weighs about 159 grams. For comparability, the iPhone Air is 5.6mm thick and weighs 165 grams, and the Samsung S25 Edge measures in at 5.8mm and 163 grams.

Motorola’s X70 Air is presently out there solely in China however is prone to attain North American shores inside the subsequent few months. The telephone may very well be rebranded the Motorola Edge 70 for its launch right here, in line with an unconfirmed Sept. 22 report from Evan Blass on X. A consultant for Motorola did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

Except for its smooth sizing, the X70 Air is available in three colours — gadget grey, lily pad inexperienced and bronze inexperienced — in a matte end.

Apparently, Motorola hasn’t sacrificed energy for thinness: the X70 Air is immune to mud and water, with IP68 and IP69 scores. That’s nearly as good because the Samsung Galaxy S25 collection, Apple iPhone 16 collection and Google Pixel 10 collection, all of which have IP68 scores. “IP” refers to “ingress safety,” which is principally how effectively a telephone’s design prevents mud and water from getting into the telephone. The primary quantity after IP refers to how effectively the telephone retains out mud, and the second quantity refers to how effectively IT retains out water.

By way of different specs:

• Battery: The X70 Air battery is considerably bigger at 4,800mAh than that of the Galaxy S25 Edge (3,900mAh) and iPhone Air (3,149mAh). The X70 Air helps 68-watt quick wired charging, in contrast with the Galaxy S25 Edge and iPhone Air (each about 25 watts).
• Storage: Powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, the X70 Air boasts as much as 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
• Show: The X70 Air has a 6.7-inch pOLED show with a 1,220×2,712-pixel decision, a 120Hz refresh price and a peak brightness of as much as 4,500 nits.
• Digicam: The X70 Air has three cameras, one within the entrance and two within the again. Every one is 50MP.
• OS: As with all Motorola telephones, X70 Air runs on Android, the most recent iteration being Android 16. There’s a built-in AI agent and an up to date Good Join for cross-device integration.

Why is skinny so in?

CNET senior author Abrar Al-Heeti “began as a thin-phone skeptic” however was offered on the idea after reviewing the Oppo Discover N5, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and the iPhone Air.

“IT‘s refreshing to make use of one thing that feels progressive, and I am stunned at how far more snug IT is to make use of a light-weight telephone,” Al-Heeti mentioned. “With all the skinny telephones I’ve examined, IT‘s that feather-light really feel that stands out to me much more than their thinness.”

Al-Heeti, who has written quite a few telephone evaluations for CNET, prefers gadgets with larger batteries and higher cameras, even when they’re thicker. 

“However nothing beats the texture of an ultra-thin telephone in my hand or pocket, and I’ve realized I am far more prepared to compromise on sure options in alternate for one thing a bit sleeker,” Al-Heeti mentioned.

Though 2025 has “develop into the 12 months of the ultra-thin telephone,” Al-Heeti mentioned IT‘s unclear whether or not ultra-thin telephones can have endurance.

“There may be trade-offs that many shoppers aren’t prepared to place up with, like shorter battery life and scaled-back cameras,” Al-Heeti mentioned. “The problem for telephone makers is to restrict these compromises, in order that skinny telephones may be extra interesting to a wider vary of individuals.”