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Motorola announced the first phone in its midrange Edge 60 series, which ships with a novel twist: a faux-canvas finish. The Edge 60 Fusion looks the part otherwise, with its molded camera module and surprisingly slim body, but the basic specs match the low price tag \u2014 just \u00a3299.99 (around $390) in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The canvas-effect finish might be one of the phone\u2019s main draws, but it\u2019s only available on the \u201camazonite\u201d (read: teal) version of the phone. It\u2019s also launching in blue and pink colors, but these use a faux leather finish instead. Every version has IP68 and 69 ratings, meaning the phone is fully protected against dust, immersion in water, and high-pressure sprays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There\u2019s some international variation in the Edge 60 Fusion\u2019s specs, but the model launching in the UK is slim for its size, at less than 8mm thick, despite fitting in a fairly large 5,200mAh battery behind its 6.67-inch OLED screen. Models elsewhere pack an even bigger 5,500mAh cell, but run a touch thicker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Fusion comes with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, but is likely to be held back by the relatively basic MediaTek Dimensity chipset used \u2014 either a 7300 or 7400, depending on the market, but there\u2019s not much difference between them. Cameras are limited too \u2014 it may look like four on the back, but one is the flash and another a flicker sensor, so you only really get a 50 megapixel main lens and a 13 megapixel ultrawide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Fusion is expected to be the first in a series of Edge 60 phones \u2014 there were five models across last year\u2019s Edge 50 line. None of those launched in the US, and this year\u2019s phones likely won\u2019t either, so American buyers will have to make do with January\u2019s $299.99 Moto G Power<\/a>, which lacks the Fusion\u2019s OLED display and canvas feel, but has wireless charging. Motorola is expected to announce its updated Razr flip phones soon, with rumors predicting a wooden finish<\/a>, in a throwback to 2014\u2019s wood-backed Moto X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n