Motorola Edge 60 stylus

The motorola edge 60 stylus is a mid-range phone with a feature that has almost vanished from the market: a built-in pen. Around that pen Motorola has assembled a conventional but sensible package, with a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip, a 6.67-inch 120Hz pOLED screen, a 50MP main camera with optical stabilisation, a 5,000 mAh battery and 68W charging. This article is based on the specification table and marketing pages that Motorola publishes for India. Claims from the company are labelled as claims, and where the page says nothing, for example about the pen's technical details, the gap is stated openly.

What the stylus model is for

In the edge 60 family this is the phone for people who write, sketch or annotate. It is a different device from the motorola edge 60 pro, which has a stronger chip, a telephoto camera and a bigger battery, and from the standard motorola edge 60, which has a quad-curved screen and IP68/IP69 protection. The stylus model gives up some of those premium touches in exchange for the pen and the headphone jack. Motorola's folding line, represented by the motorola razr 60, targets a completely different buyer. For a numbers-first comparison against a popular rival, the edge 60 stylus vs Galaxy A56 page puts the specifications side by side.

The stylus and what it is meant to do

Motorola's page describes four uses for the pen. Sketch to Image, an AI feature, turns a basic drawing into a more polished picture. The stylus can also be used for doodling and for showing ideas, with everything saved in one place. A handwriting calculator solves a formula as you write it, and handwritten notes can be organised in the Moto Note app. The product photography shows a person drawing a puppy with the pen on the display. That is the full extent of what the company says. The page does not list technical details such as the number of pressure levels, the pen's battery or charging method, or where it is stored in the phone. Buyers who plan serious drawing work should look for those details before purchase, and should expect a lighter tool than the pen systems of high-end tablets or the Galaxy Ultra phones.

Display and design

The display is a 6.67-inch pOLED panel with a Super HD+ resolution of 2712 x 1220 pixels and a pixel density of 446 ppi. The page lists a 120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit colour, a high brightness mode of 1400 nits and an HDR peak of 3000 nits, with a 300Hz touch sampling rate in gaming mode. The aspect ratio is 20:9 and the screen-to-body ratio is 93.66%. The glass is Corning Gorilla Glass 3, an older generation than the Gorilla Glass 7i used on the Pro, and Motorola describes the panel as a "2.5D" display, with gently rounded glass edges rather than the quad-curved panel of the Pro. Colours are listed as Pantone Surf the Web and Pantone Gibraltar Sea.

The back is vegan leather and the frame is plastic. The phone measures 162.15 x 74.78 x 8.29 mm and weighs 191 g. Water protection is IP68 with MIL-STD-810H certification, which is a step below the IP68/IP69 rating of the siblings with curved glass. The phone also has dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos and, unusually for 2025, a 3.5mm headphone jack. The vegan-leather finish feels different from glass and resists fingerprints, though how it ages over time is not something a specification sheet can show.

Performance and software

The Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 uses four Cortex-A78 cores at 2.4GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8GHz, with an Adreno 710 GPU. It is a competent mid-range chip for messaging, video, social apps and casual games, but it sits below the Dimensity 8350 Extreme in the Pro and will be less comfortable with demanding games. Memory is 8GB of LPDDR4X with Motorola's RAM Boost feature, and storage is 256GB of UFS 2.2 with microSD expansion up to 1TB. LPDDR4X and UFS 2.2 are older and slower standards than the LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0 of the Pro, which affects app loading and file transfers more than ordinary scrolling.

The phone runs Android 15 and Motorola promises two OS upgrades and three years of security patches. That is one OS upgrade and one year of patches fewer than the Pro's policy, so the stylus model has a shorter safe lifespan on paper. The software is close to stock Android, with moto ai features such as "Remember this" for saving screenshots, photos and notes, a search tool that retrieves saved information, Moto Secure for privacy, Moto Unplugged for focus and Smart Connect for linking to a PC or TV. The sensor list includes a barometer, which many phones in this class omit. Dual SIM support is given as one nano SIM plus an eSIM, and connectivity covers Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4 and NFC.

Camera system

The main rear camera is a 50MP Sony LYTIA 700C sensor with an f/1.8 lens, Ultra Pixel technology that combines pixels for 2.0 micron light capture, quad-pixel autofocus and optical stabilisation. The second rear camera is a 13MP ultrawide with a 120-degree field of view and an f/2.2 lens that also serves as the macro camera. There is no telephoto module, so zoom is limited to digital cropping. The front camera is a 32MP unit with an f/2.2 lens that uses quad-pixel technology to combine four pixels for better low-light sensitivity.

Video recording is listed at up to 4K at 30 fps on the main and front cameras, with slow motion at up to 120 fps in Full HD and 240 fps in HD from the main camera. Software modes include Ultra-Res, Portrait with several focal lengths, Night Vision, Panorama, RAW capture and a document scanner powered by Adobe Scan. As with any camera description, these are the manufacturer's words, and real image quality has to be judged from independent reviews. The ultrawide sensor is a clear step down in resolution from the 50MP ultrawide on the Pro.

Battery and charging

The battery is a 5,000 mAh cell, which is the standard capacity for this segment. Wired charging is 68W TurboPower and the 68W charger is included in the box. The page also states support for 15W wireless charging but adds that the charger for it is not included, so that purchase would be an extra cost. Motorola does not publish a runtime figure on the page. A 5,000 mAh battery with an efficient mid-range chip and a 120Hz screen should be capable of a full day of normal use, with the exact result depending on screen brightness and how often the pen features are used.

Who the edge 60 stylus suits

• Note-takers and students who value handwriting, annotation and the handwriting calculator.
• Casual sketchers who like quick doodles and the AI sketch tool and do not need professional pen precision.
• Buyers who want a headphone jack and microSD expansion in a phone with a clean software experience.

Compromises

• The Gorilla Glass 3 display glass is older, and water protection is IP68 only, without the IP69 rating.
• Update support is shorter than the Pro's, with two OS upgrades and three years of security patches.
• No telephoto camera, and the ultrawide is only 13MP; memory and storage use older standards.
• Technical details of the pen are not published on the page, and the wireless charger is not included.

In short, the edge 60 stylus is a practical choice for people who actually want a pen, and the phone around it is well rounded without being exciting. Anyone who does not need the stylus will probably get more performance, battery and camera capability from a sibling such as the edge 60 pro.