Motorola Edge 70 Max: flagship hardware, only 2 Android OS upgrades guaranteed

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Motorola’s latest flagship-killer phone will only receive two Android OS upgrades and three years of security updates.

The phone has launched with Android 16 and is only guaranteed to receive updates through Android 18.

The short software commitment is a major weakness for a premium phone that costs £700 (~$947) in the UK and otherwise offers flagship-level hardware.

Motorola’s latest flagship-killer phone, the Edge 70 Max , checks almost every box you’d expect from a premium Android device . It packs Qualcomm’s latest flagship chip, a massive silicon-carbon battery, ultra-fast charging, Qi2.2 magnetic wireless charging, and high-end durability features. On paper, it looks like one of Motorola’s strongest value propositions in years.

Unfortunately, there’s one specification that significantly undermines the entire package — software support.