Compared to devices just $100 more, it’s clear this is where the company chose to cut back. Still, the screen is the phone’s minor weak spot. While the 1280×720 pixel resolution is unchanged from last year’s model, the quality of the LCD panel is markedly improved, with brighter, more vibrant colours, wider viewing angles, and a contrast ratio that keeps black levels within acceptable levels, which is important for reasons that will become clear shortly. I do understand why Motorola bumped the screen to five inches in its second generation, and admire that the company kept it there for this one. It’s a small but important thing that simultaneously boosts perceived and actual value. Along with the graciously-textured back, the corners now slope to meet the phone’s bezel, resulting in easier entry into a pocket and more security in the hand. Motorola has addressed some of that malady by rounding out the edges of the phone’s rear casing. Curiously, too, the bezel around the display is actually larger in this version over the last one, likely a consequence of waterproofing. It’s still compact, but I’ll admit to having a bias for slightly smaller-screened devices and wish that it maintained the 4.5-inch screen size of its first generation. Holding the Moto G is as comfortable as ever, though the phone is slowly, generation upon generation, sneaking into that too-big-to-use-with-one-hand realm that companies seem to find irresistible. I almost learned that lesson the irreparably hard way.
For a $200 phone, it is remarkably well made, and the company even saw fit to add IPX7 water ingress protection this year, though you’ll have to ensure that the finicky rear cover is uniformly snapped into place. To keep costs down, the Moto G is still framed in plastic, though there is a strip of aluminum down the back to house, and accent, the 13MP camera sensor. My review unit had a lovely teal back that I grew quite fond of. Subtle curves on the top and sides meet a removable textured back that can be, as with prior generations, colourfully adorned. But in its third iteration, the Moto G is no longer a utility belt it is, for all intents and purposes, the same phone as the Moto X Play in a smaller body. Moto G’s two previous models always towed the line between simplicity and design scarcity, with the more expensive Moto X benefiting from the more generous nature of a high-margin flagship. The device used was the same version being sold by Canadian carriers, and features 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, with 4GB available out of the box. This review was written after testing for two weeks an unlocked Moto G on the Telus LTE network. 13MP rear camera, F2.0 lens, dual-tone LED flash.1.4GHz quad-core QualcommSnapdragon 410 processor.
And the first few products under that umbrella, the Moto X Play, Moto X Style and, what we’re reviewing today, the Moto G 2015, are all indicative of the kind of relentless focus on iteration we’ve come to expect from this new, mature company. What is learned under the guidance of Google itself, which owned the smartphone maker for two years, it has brought over to Lenovo, its new overlords. Motorola, the once-dominant player in the game, is having its roads resurfaced after years of slow, grinding decline. It is the world’s most pervasive operating system, with Google regularly boasting stats like “One billion devices,” and “Hundreds of millions of customers” as if they were announcing a new feature of Google Slideshow.Īs we’ve learned, things change quickly in the mobile market.
Statistically, nearly half of them are iPhone users almost all of the rest will be Android users.Īndroid is huge. If you’re in a public space, you’re 80% likely to be looking at someone with a smartphone in his or her pocket.
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