Motorola’s iPhone Air rival brings a bigger battery, faster charging, and a much better price to the ultra-thin table

The Motorola Edge 70 in Bronze Green.

It’s well and truly the Year of the Thin Phone, as following the release of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge in May and the Apple iPhone Air in September, Motorola has entered the fray with the Motorola Edge 70 (known, hilariously, as the Motorola X70 Air in China).

Now, first things first: this is a mid-range handset, not a flagship, so it doesn’t go toe-to-toe with its premium rivals for raw performance (the current best Motorola phone is the Motorola Edge 60 Pro). But the Edge 70 might just be the best-value handset in its design category.