Motorola is working on its upcoming flagship smartphone the moto X40 (XT2301-5), which will be the successor of last year's moto edge X30 in China. The phone's image has surfaced on TENAA, revealing a curved screen with a center punch-hole, triple rear cameras setup in a matrix arrangement, and a smooth finish on the back.
The Moto X40 is said to feature an FHD+ OLED screen with a 50-megapixel primary rear camera and supports up to 68W fast charging. This phone will be one of the affordable smartphones with the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor when it comes in November or maybe in December.
Based on the rumors, the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 SoC is said to feature 1+2+2+3 four-cluster architecture, compared to 1+3+4 tri-cluster architecture in the 8+ Gen1 SoC. It will have 1 x Cortex-X3 core + 2 x Cortex-A715 cores, 2 x Cortex-A710 cores and 3 x Cortex-A510 cores.
Lenovo China GM Chen Jin also hinted at the moto X40, confirming the name, and also said that the upcoming new flagship platform and LPDDR5X posts higher benchmark scores. We should know more details and the full specifications of the moto X40 and other phones in the X40 series in the coming weeks.
