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Motorola Edge 40 vs Apple iPhone 15

59 out of 100
Motorola Edge 40
VS
74 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15
Motorola Edge 40
Apple iPhone 15

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.55-inch Motorola Edge 40 (with MediaTek Dimensity 8020) that was released on May 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 1051 mAh larger battery capacity: 4400 vs 3349 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 20W)
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
  • 70% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1672K versus 981K)
  • Delivers 58% higher peak brightness (1640 against 1039 nits)
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (25:31 vs 22:15 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • 14% higher pixel density (460 vs 402 PPI)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A16 Bionic
  • 2.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2612 and 1120 points
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 40 and Apple iPhone 15 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
35.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
86.3
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Edge 40
vs
iPhone 15

Display

Type POLED OLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 402 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 -
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 86.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.1% 99.6%
PWM 144 Hz 306 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 40
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Edge 40
1039 nits
iPhone 15 +58%
1640 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.43 mm (6.24 inches) 147.6 mm (5.81 inches)
Width 71.99 mm (2.83 inches) 71.6 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 7.49 mm (0.29 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Red Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.96/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Edge 40 +5%
90.8%
iPhone 15
86.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 40 and Apple iPhone 15
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 2600 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 570 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G77 MC9 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 288 640
GPU clock 836 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~481.5 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 40 and Apple iPhone 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Edge 40
1120
iPhone 15 +133%
2612
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Edge 40
3665
iPhone 15 +83%
6705
Compute Score (GPU)
Edge 40
4765
iPhone 15 +378%
22764
Compute Score (GPU) 4765 22764
Single-core score 1120 2612
Multi-core score 3665 6705
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Edge 40
981459
iPhone 15 +70%
1672293
CPU 349209 462812
GPU 150375 453603
Memory 181946 222511
UX 299929 533367
Total score 981459 1672293
Samples [12 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Edge 40
435
iPhone 15
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 435 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Edge 40
n/a
iPhone 15
3979
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 15 FPS
Section 1 - 20 FPS
Section 2 - 15 FPS
Section 3 - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 3979
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Edge 40
1260
iPhone 15 +128%
2868
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 7 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 1260 2868
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Edge 40
16124
iPhone 15
n/a
Web score 15979 -
Video editing 7875 -
Photo editing 46444 -
Data manipulation 10609 -
Writing score 18299 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 40
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 (GEKO973239)AnTuTu 111022272
📘 2026-05-03 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 111007624
📘 2026-04-29 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 11991321
📘 2026-04-15 (Poseidon)AnTuTu 11992657
📘 2026-03-05 (Otuab)AnTuTu 11947213
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Apple iPhone 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Iphone)AnTuTu 111585568
📘 2026-10-09 (Gurudev)AnTuTu 111226584
📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover)AnTuTu 111714105
📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu 111603687
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 GPU24336
Add View all (27)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM My UX -
OS size 22 GB 18 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 3 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4400 mAh 3349 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (58% in 15 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 1:50 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:43 hr 10:47 hr
Watching video 13:43 hr 16:55 hr
Gaming 05:18 hr 05:36 hr
Standby 108 hr 112 hr
General battery life
Edge 40
22:15 hr
iPhone 15 +15%
25:31 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.6
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50A -
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Edge 40
n/a
iPhone 15
147
Video quality
Edge 40
n/a
iPhone 15
153
Generic main camera score
Edge 40
n/a
iPhone 15
145
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 84
Zoom - 114
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 21 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Edge 40 +10%
89.4 dB
iPhone 15
81.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2023 September 2023
Release date May 2023 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $799
Successor - Motorola Edge 70 - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 68 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Edge 40:
    - The back cover could be made of eco-leather (optionally).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 15 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
9 (56.3%)
7 (43.8%)
Total votes: 16

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