Motorola Edge 70 Max Arrives in India with Snapdragon 8 Gen

Motorola has brought the Motorola Edge 70 Max to India, a flagship that pairs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor with a 7,100mAh silicon-carbon battery and introduces Qi2 magnetic wireless charging to the Android ecosystem for the first time. The device launched on July 15 and will be available from July 20 on Flipkart and Motorola's own website.

The Motorola Edge 70 Max features a 6.8-inch QHD+ Extreme AMOLED display that refreshes at 144Hz and peaks at 7,000 nits. Under the hood, the 3nm Qualcomm chipset is paired with 8GB or 12GB of LPDDR5x RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage. A 50-megapixel Sony LYT-710 sensor with OIS leads the rear camera setup, joined by an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens, while a 32-megapixel front camera handles selfies.

The 7,100mAh cell supports 90W TurboPower wired charging and 25W Qi2 magnetic wireless charging, making the Motorola Edge 70 Max the first Android handset to ship with the Qi2 standard. The phone carries IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance ratings, includes a vapor chamber cooling system, and runs Android 16 via Motorola's Hello UI with three years of OS updates promised. The 8GB variant is priced at ₹54,999 and the 12GB version at ₹59,999, with a ₹5,000 bank discount available at launch.

What the Motorola Edge 70 Max Changes

By combining a battery capacity that exceeds most current flagships with a wireless charging standard that Android has been slow to adopt, Motorola addresses two long-standing pain points in the premium segment. If the real-world performance matches the specs on paper, the Edge 70 Max could pressure rival brands to follow suit on both battery size and charging standard compliance in the Indian market.

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What the Motorola Edge 70 Max Changes

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