Moto X40 With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, 60-Megapixel Selfie Camera Launched: Price, Specifications

Moto X40 pricing starts at CNY 3,399 (roughly Rs. 40,000).

Written by Siddhant Chandra, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 15 December 2022 19:09 IST

Moto X40 With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, 60-Megapixel Selfie Camera Launched: Price, Specifications

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The Moto X40 features a 6.7-inch full-HD+ curved AMOLED display

Highlights

Moto X40 features a 50-megapixel triple rear camera setup
It packs a 4,600mAh battery with 125W fast charging support
The Moto X40 features an 11-layer cooling system

Moto X40 was launched in China on Thursday as the latest X-series flagship smartphone from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer. It comes equipped with Qualcomm's all-new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, paired with up to 12 GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 onboard storage. This smartphone gets a 6.7-inch full-HD+ curved AMOLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate. It features a 50-megapixel triple rear camera setup and a 60-megapixel selfie camera. It has received an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. Motorola also unveiled its Android 13-based MyUI 5.0 at the launch event on Thursday.

Moto X40 price, availability

The newly launched Moto X40 is available to pre-book on the Lenovo China store. Its base 8GB + 128GB storage model is priced at CNY 3,399 (roughly Rs. 41,000), while the 8GB + 256GB storage variant is priced at CNY 3,699 (roughly Rs. 45,000). The 12GB + 256GB storage configuration can be purchased for CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 49,000) and the top-of-the-line 12GB RAM + 512GB model costs CNY 4,299 (roughly Rs. 52,000).

This Motorola smartphone comes in Smoky Black and Tourmaline Blue (translated) colours. It will go on sale in China starting from December 22.

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Moto X40 specifications, features

The new Moto X40 boots the newly announced Android 13-based MyUI 5.0 out-of-the-box. The Moto X40 gets a 6.7-inch full-HD+ curved AMOLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support. Under the hood, this smartphone packs a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, paired with up to 12GB of LPPDR5x RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 onboard storage.

The Moto X40 is a dual-SIM 5G smartphone that also supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth v5.3 support. It features the company's MAXE technology that is claimed to reduce energy consumption. There is also an 11-layer cooling system for improved heat dissipation, according to Motorola.

For optics, the Moto X40 is equipped with a triple rear camera setup headlined by a 50-megapixel main camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS) support. There is also a 50-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel telephoto sensor on the back. In addition, the handset features a 60-megapixel selfie camera on the front.

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It packs a 4,600mAh battery that comes with support for 125W wired fast charging support. Motorola claims that this smartphone can get 50 percent of battery backup with a 7-minute charge. Furthermore, the Moto X40 supports 15W wireless charging and 15W reverse charging.

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Moto X40

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.70-inch

Front Camera 60-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 4600mAh

OS Android 13

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