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The Motorola Edge Plus looks smooth and sleek with its waterfall display

Motorola embraces full-on elegance for the Edge Plus.

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The Motorola Edge Plus is the company's new 5G flagship phone, which costs $1,000. 

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It goes on sale in May and costs $1,000. 

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The Motorola Edge Plus has a 6.7-inch OLED screen.

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The screen wraps around the edges of the phone. 

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The edges can be turned off entirely if desired.

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Motorola says it has built-in grip and touch suppression to prevent you from touching the edges of the screen when using the phone.

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The phone's screen also has a 90Hz variable refresh rate.

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It's fastest to date on a Motorola phone.

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It runs on Android 10 out of the box.

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The phone has three cameras on its rear, led by a 108-megapixel main shooter.

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It also has a 8-megapixel telephoto camera, and a 16-megapixel ultrawide-angle macro camera. 

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On the front, there's a hole-punch notch, which houses a 25-megapixel selfie camera.

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The phone's main camera can produce a 27-megapixel image.

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Optical Image Stabilization is found on both the main camera and the telephoto camera.

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The Motorola Edge Plus phone can capture 6K video and has a cool video portrait mode, which blurs the background of a video.

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The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset and has 12GB RAM along with 256GB of internal storage.

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Motorola manages to cram a 5,000-mAh battery into the sleekly designed Edge Plus.

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It also offers 15-watt turbo charging and support for wireless charging.

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When the phone is facing down, the edges light up for notifications or to show how much battery you have left.

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Moto Gametime allows you to setup and customize two shoulder buttons for better gameplay.

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Stereo speakers also appear on the Edge Plus.

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Motorola claims the speakers are the loudest ever on a phone.

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The Edge Plus will be available on Verizon as an exclusive.

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The phone has a tall narrow screen which makes it easy to hold.

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The Edge Plus lacks an IP rating for water and dust resistance. 

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It does have a coating that protects the phone from splashes.

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The Motorola Edge Plus comes in two color options, Thunder Grey and Smoky Sangria.

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