Moto G is quite frankly the best smart phone that money can buy!
Moto G was developed by Google and it comes at an amazing price of $179! (Rs. 14000)
The Specs of Moto G are as follows..
| Display | |
| Screen size (inches) | 4.50 |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Touchscreen type | Capacitive |
| Resolution | 720×1280 pixels |
| Pixels per inch (PPI) | 329 |
| Colours | 16M |
| Hardware | |
| Processor | 1.2GHz quad-core |
| Processor make | Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 |
| RAM | 1GB |
| Internal storage | 8GB/16GB |
| Camera | |
| Rear camera | 5-megapixel |
| Flash | Yes |
| Front camera | 1.3-megapixel |
| Software | |
| Operating System | Android 4.3 upgradable to 4.4 (KitKat) |
| Java support | Yes |
| Connectivity | |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards supported | 802.11 b/ g/ n |
| GPS | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v 4.00 |
Yes, this is a specification of a high-end mid rang phone! It is really surprising that comes under this price tag..
Flipkart.com is the only dealer in India for Moto G.
Flipkart is providing several offers and contests to promote the Moto G which is really beneficial in customer point of view.
Flipkart delivery is also very satisfactory.
I placed the Order on 17th April 2014, 2:46PM and it was delivered <48 Hours!
My Moto G had KitKat (Android 4.4.2) running right out of the box which was really surprising! Moto G was one of few phone which got KitKat update first.. The “Project butter” and KitKat OS is really smooth on the Moto G.
Here is a video of Moto G speed test with Nexus 5! (which is a Rs.30K phone)
and, we can see that Moto G was only tiiinny bit slower than the giant Nexus 5!!
Moto G also support HEAVY games as well
Cannot hesitate to say but all these heavy games is running without any lags and “smoothly” on this budget phone!
Build quality: Build quality of this phone is really good! It feels very solid in hands. It is a very good advantage that it has Gorilla Glass 3 protection for the screen and I’ve literally tried scratching my Moto G with keys and not surprisingly it didn’t got scratched! And also Moto G is water repellent. Very comfy and useful for daily use!
Camera is the only “disappointing” department in the Moto G, but this is the BEST we can except from this exceptional (price) phone! Even though its 5 MP rear camera, the photos it takes are very satisfactory. It is way better than all 5MP cameras of Samsung. The shutter speed and features are also exceptional!
I’ve seen many bloggers say the camera is poor in night.
But. This image is taken only with the LED Flash light at night. It’s way better than all the mid-range phones delivering low-light images. Also gotta say the LED light is very powerful in the Moto G.
Storage: Moto G comes with 8/16GB variants, but the fact is that it does NOT support SD cards, it could be a bit disappointing to some users, but not a big drawback as this phone supports USB Flash drives with OTG! The Bluetooth reception is very good than even Galaxy S4! It was playing music without any beat skips through Bluetooth speakers at a long distance while other phones were having trouble.
Here is Read & Write speed test of Moto G.
I can say the performance is exceptionally good. It has even defeated the giant Galaxy S5!
Gaming:
I’ve been using Moto G for almost two weeks now and it still amuse me. I’ve tried high-end games like NFS Most Wanted (1.91 GB), TDKR (The Dark Knight Rises) (2.3GB) etc on my Moto G and I couldn’t litreally find any frame-drops or lags in those games considering its high graphics and size. The lightning effects and all on TDKR is awesome! The 720p HD Screen also helps the viewing effects. The Adreno 305 GPU is handing all the games very smoothly.
One thing I found while playing Games like NFS Most wanted, is that the Phone get very hot while playing (probably because it uses a lot of GPU&CPU). It could sometimes harm the phone’s battery in the long run. And also 30 Minutes of gameplay with NFS Most wanted resulted in 18% battery drop (as I tested).
TIP: Don’t play games while charging as phone gets too hot (due to CPU & charging) and we know that battery life would be affected when it works in very hot conditions.
This is the Best phone for gaming if you’re looking for a <Rs.15000 phone!
The Usual games like Temple Run, Subway Surfers, Deer Hunter, etc also runs very smoothly and the Graphical details (shadows, infos) can be seen very clearly on the 720p display.
What I miss in the Moto G:
- 4G LTE – (Even though India doesn’t have 4G coverage all over, I still miss this feature. 4G is gonna be everywhere soon!)
- NFC. – They could’ve put a NFC in the MotoG. I don’t think NFC chips is that expensive 😉
- Removable Battery – (Non-removable batteries are quite common now, so can’t complain much)
- 2GB RAM – I am very happy with the 1GB ram of MotoG. But in a long-run with lots of multi-tasking, 2GB of ram would’ve been a blessing!
Update: Motorola has Just released a 4G LTE model with Expandable storage! (Yet to arrive in India)
KitKat:
The another good news is that the Phone comes Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box! (Phones which are not stock KitKat can be upgraded to KitKat OTA easily)
KitKat have some great additional features and Memory Management than the prior version of Android. Learn More >>
In short, MOTO G is the BEST VFM (Value For Money) Phone out there in the market!
Shop now! 8 GB – http://po.st/motog8gb
16 GB – http://po.st/motog16gb
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thank you good review. I am going to buy this mobile in few weeks
Cheers! Have fun with your Moto G 🙂
does this phone has led indication in front?
Hi ananya, Yes Moto G has White LED notification light in front. Sadly that’s the only colour we got. 🙂
i come from Samsung galaxy s3. is moto g good for me?
Yes! I’ve used S3 too! In my opinion Moto G is “smoother” (because no Touchwiz thing) and much better interface. Both the phone has similar specs too 🙂
Good phone….
Excellent review bro 🙂 Keep going
now i came up with moto g2 he he