The Motorola Edge 70 Ultra may not include an Elite processor. Motorola seems to be preparing for the introduction of the Edge 70 Ultra, representing the first non-folding Ultra device in two years. The Edge 70 Ultra is expected to utilize Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile platform. This flagship smartphone would combine the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip with an Adreno GPU and 16GB of RAM.
Motorola appears to be readying a new flagship smartphone named Edge 70 Ultra. It would enhance the current Edge 70 lineup, which launched in certain regions earlier this month. Now, credible leaker Evan Blass is indicating that the Motorola Edge 70 Ultra will indeed run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip, affirming a previous rumor. This positions the Edge 70 Ultra behind flagship models such as the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025, but ahead of the other Edge 70 variants.
This will be the first non-folding “Ultra” variant from Motorola in a few years, as the company omitted an Edge 60 Ultra for the previous lineup. In a post on X (previously Twitter), Evan Blass states that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip will be included in Motorola’s undisclosed flagship, codenamed “Urus.” Blass further notes that this model will likely carry the name Motorola Edge 70 Ultra.
The leak surfaced just days after Qualcomm formally unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile platform, which is a tier below the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile platform. The entry-level chip is still regarded as a flagship option, built on TSMC’s 3nm process node and offering impressive AI and gaming capabilities. This chip might be paired with an Adreno 829 GPU and 16GB of RAM in the Motorola Edge 70 Ultra.
Rumors surrounding the Motorola Edge 70 Ultra suggest the use of Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, not Elite. Blass’s report corroborates an earlier leak that exposed the Chinese variant of the Edge 70 Ultra in purported benchmark outcomes. That rumor speculated the phone’s model number as XT2603-1, and it was believed the device could carry the name Moto X70 Ultra. Now, it seems likely that Motorola will opt for the Motorola Edge 70 Ultra designation.
The leaked benchmarks indicate that the Edge 70 Ultra achieved a score of 2,636 on single-core tests and 7,475 for multi-core performance. While this is lower than what is typically expected from Qualcomm’s Elite-branded chips, it remains noteworthy.
With the Motorola non-folding flagship seemingly choosing the standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, the only device sporting the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor from the company may be the Motorola Razr Ultra 2026.
