Motorola Moto G7 Power
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- Samuel Oliveira
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- 27 Mar 2019
Spark, 06 Mar 2019Yes. The 32GB/3GB Ram is for the USA (not sure if Brazill o... moreIn Brazil, Motorola made available the 64GB version from March / 2019
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Mar 2019
Well, I finally got mine. Sorry if I get a little long-winded...
It is indeed a great mobile and everything I expected. It's nice to finally have a "universal unlocked phone" where, if I decide to, I can just switch carriers any time I like. This is the first phone I've ever had with a fingerprint sensor, and it works great. The 'face unlock' feature also works great, but has a little difficulty in low light. Oh, and regarding 'face unlock,' and another feature, or lack thereof, on this phone...
I still have an old backup phone I use every now and then, the Luge, which is basically a slightly updated 2014 version of the 2012 RAZR M, and they surprisingly had 'face unlock' all the way back in 2012, and it didn't work as good as this. But it DID HAVE NFC! In fact I bought a new RAZR M to harvest the screen off of when I accidentally dropped the Luge and cracked its screen. When I took the RAZR M apart, I noticed that basically all the NFC chip consisted of was a thin, square-shaped sticker with a small wiring connector coming out of it, stuck to the inside of the back of the phone. Nothing fancy. Didn't look like it would impact the cost of the phone, or the manufacturing of it, certainly not by much. So I'm trying to figure out why it's absent, in an otherwise perfectly good $250 phone. The Luge was only $70 brand new at Wal-Mart. In 2014. Five years later, we can't put NFC in a $250 phone in 2019?!
... anyway, back to this phone. I am very pleased with it overall. There are quite a few new or extra settings I wasn't expecting, upgrading from my previous phone, a G4 Play, which I got after the Luge screen incident. 'Digital wellbeing' is one of them, and it provides a way of making yourself "unplug" from your phone and "winding down," with settings like making the screen color change to black-and-white at a certain time, and then return to color at a scheduled time. It's also an app in the Play Store, and is only compatible with newer phones. This phone also has Google's AR Core, so I imagine there will be some useful utilities, if there aren't already, for Project Tango-type stuff. The weater/clock/calendar widget on the home screen is much more detailed, and the best one I've seen and used since the circles widget from the Luge.
There's only one wallpaper image that's included with the phone, and it's the green one you see in the image above. Of course I'm sure almost everyone changes that, but I would've expected at least a half-dozen or so pics like the ones from the G4 Play. There's also a wallpapers app that wasn't on the G4 Play either, that can download and display other images as well.
There's also the usual complement of Google apps installed, some of which I disable and never use. And under advanced display settings, there's a 'dark theme,' which I have selected, but I don't see too much of it. Navigating through nearly aspect of the software, it's still nearly all black text on a white background. I was expecting everything to look the way 'messages' does when you enable its 'dark mode.' I do miss the days of the Tron-Legacy-like appearance of Jelly Bean's darker, easy-on-the-eyes appearance. It would be nice to have that as an option.
I haven't had time to test out the camera or bluetooth or listening to audio yet, as I've only had the phone one day, so I can only guess how that is, but I imagine it'll be at least decent and probably way better than the G4 Play was. I'm glad they've kept the headphone jack, as I prefer using that over bluetooth when listening to audio. To me, bluetooth headphones are just another thing you have to keep charged up, and they have to be frequently recharged due to the small battery. I like at least still having the option to just plug in a pair of headphones in the 3.5mm jack and not have to use some dongle, especially one that has to share headphones and a charging cord. Incidentally, the Luge had very good sound quality via bluetooth and headphones. I actually had to turn down the sound in the car if I switched from the G4 Play to the Luge when listening to audio via bluetooth. I rarely use the camera on whatever phone I use, but it has the best specs out of all the phones I've ever used. Even a Pixel or an iPhone is no match for a real camera, or so I've heard, so I don't expect too much from this budget phone's camera.
The USB-C plug is a welcome change, I guess. All my previous phones had micro-USB. It seems to require a little more force when plugging and unplugging than micro-USB did, but I won't be doing that quite as often with this phone, I hope, unless I'm transferring files to and from the computer. I also got a couple of extra cables for the car and for work, just in case I need them. It's also going to take some time to get used to the power button being below the volume button. My older Motos had it above the volume button.
On a side note - one thing I REALLY miss, is the proprietary phone dock and ESP cable you could get for Moto phones. I still have those for my Luge (I bought and "modded" the Droid 3 dock by taking out the HDMI cable to fit the Luge), and I like the way it would go into desktop clock mode as soon as it was plugged in. That was one of the best features Moto phones ever had, in my opinion. It made switching from using an actual alarm clock to using the phone as an alarm clock much easier.
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- PhoneBro
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- 22 Mar 2019
Spark, 21 Mar 2019I am truly sorry for the error in my information. I played ... moreBro... smh. how could you. i got an iPhone because of you :(
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- Spark
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- 21 Mar 2019
Anonymous, 14 Mar 2019In which store did you see the NFC version?I am truly sorry for the error in my information. I played around with Motorola phones, mostly the G7 Power and the One. After seeing all the coments about No NFC in any of the European version distributed, i wend back an checked, and indeed, G7 Power does not have NFC. The retailer was Altex from Romania, but i don't think that matters any more.
Sorry about that once more.
I am also interested in this phone, the version with NFC as it is a deal breaker for me. The rest of the phone is perfect for me and my needs.
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- Dan
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- 21 Mar 2019
Anyone knows where we can get the NFC version in UK?
Thanks.
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Mar 2019
I'd buy it if Motorola supported their phones longer than a year.
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- ash99
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- 16 Mar 2019
Excellent phone in all aspects. It uses Qualcomm's newest chipset, the 632. And capable of recording even 4K videos. The screen display is very sharp and doesn't feel like a budget phone. Even the back doesn't feel plasticky, Motorola has used a very hard plastic. The camera sensor is Omnivision, which captures great pictures even at night. And then the insame battery life..Then again, brand conscious might go for expensive phones. The vast majority may prefer usable and practical devices which can last some years.
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- Anonymous
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- 14 Mar 2019
Anonymous, 18 Feb 2019Thank you for contacting Motorola/Lenovo Customer Service S... moreIn which countries is the NFC version distributed?
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- Anonymous
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- 14 Mar 2019
Spark, 06 Mar 2019Yes. The 32GB/3GB Ram is for the USA (not sure if Brazill o... moreIn which store did you see the NFC version?
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- AnonD-819322
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- 13 Mar 2019
Bromance, 13 Mar 2019Cool story broYeah, my comment should be a novel.
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- Bromance
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- 13 Mar 2019
AnonD-819322, 09 Mar 2019I have a Motorola Moto E2 with a Snapdragon 410 chipset, pe... moreCool story bro
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- Moto Fan
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- 13 Mar 2019
Best budget phone up to now. Battery last 4 days with normal usage and the speed is more than attractive.
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- pkogrt
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- 11 Mar 2019
Where does GsmArena get their info on LTE band coverage? According to FCC certifications found on XDA dev. There seem to be a few different model numbers for the G7 power. Can Gsm verify the accuracy? Thanks!
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- AnonD-819322
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- 09 Mar 2019
Anonymous, 16 Feb 2019Are u sure? First 3 gen moto g phones came with Snapdrago... moreI have a Motorola Moto E2 with a Snapdragon 410 chipset, perfectly capable in 2019.
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- Shan
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- 08 Mar 2019
AnonD-819322, 09 Feb 2019Yes, Lenovo is good but Google and Motorola made better phones.100%true
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- savemetrumpjesus
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- 07 Mar 2019
why o why must murika get the 3gb inferior model.
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- Spark
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- 06 Mar 2019
Isaac Zachary, 04 Mar 2019Does this mean that there's a 1. 32GB drive, 3GB RAM and ... moreYes. The 32GB/3GB Ram is for the USA (not sure if Brazill or other places). Europe gets the 64/4 with NFC. This I saw in store, testing it. (I'm from Europe)
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- First Moto-phone own
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- 06 Mar 2019
I've been using this phone few weeks. The batterylife has been excellent! With minimal usage(few phone calls, internet browsing, watching YouTube, and messaging) battery lasts about four days. TurboPower charging is really fast, took about 1,5 hours from 10%-100%. This is the first Motorola phone i've owned, and Im satisfied about the build quality although its fully plastic.
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- Anonymous
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- 06 Mar 2019
phone is very good
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- Isaac Zachary
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- 04 Mar 2019
Anonymous, 18 Feb 2019Thank you for contacting Motorola/Lenovo Customer Service S... moreDoes this mean that there's a
1. 32GB drive, 3GB RAM and no NFC version
and a
2. 64GB, 4GB RAM with NFC version?