Motorola Moto G review: Little big G

11 December 2013
Having spent the best part of two years cleaning the Motorola pipeline of products conceived before the takeover, Google finally has a shop with its name on it. And it’s not afraid to use it to challenge some of the old habits and experienced players...

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  • AnonD-43136
  • 39x
  • 12 Dec 2013

Xperia M screen is too small for the actual size of the phone! I think moto g is actually a tiny bit shorter but packs bigger screen! Also xperia M does not last 3 days unless you hardly use it!

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    • AnonD-214508
    • 9Jw
    • 12 Dec 2013

    Sorry i should have stated; The glitch is a side effect of restoring from your Google account to the Moto G, when you setup the phone using a google account from a previous android. in some instances it can tell the Moto G to restore the notification LED setting from another phone, leaving the light disabled with no way to re-enable it. until you download the moto notification light widget.

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      • AnonD-187321
      • Xu}
      • 12 Dec 2013

      [deleted post]ok

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        • AnonD-92238
        • t1$
        • 12 Dec 2013

        AnonD-187321, 12 Dec 2013and G comes without charger and earphones and inbuilt memor... moreInstall a dictionary app in your M

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          • AnonD-187321
          • Xu}
          • 12 Dec 2013

          and G comes without charger and earphones and inbuilt memory is just like sd card embedded which reduces cost but very lil bit of effect in cache ,,,but G has awesome dispaly at this prize rang

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            • AnonD-92238
            • t1$
            • 12 Dec 2013

            AnonD-187321, 12 Dec 2013Advg of G G has 329ppi m has 228ppi approx 4.4 and u may ... moreSo the news is Moto g is lagging....and that too wrote on a review... Ok good news.


            btw how do you get internet connection ? Because I think you live under a rock

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              • AnonD-187321
              • Xu}
              • 12 Dec 2013

              Advg of G
              G has 329ppi m has 228ppi approx
              4.4 and u may get next update also
              but M may or may not get 4.4
              Advg of M
              M has NFC G No NFC
              M has sd slot G No
              M has Best look G is also good looking but M is wise choice
              M has Krait processor >>> G's quad A7 (even though it's 1.2ghz)
              GPU needs to render a 4inch in M but in G it needs to 4.5

              so battery drains more in G than M and Graphics in M are lil better in M
              finally both mob have avg cam but compared to G ,M has better cam and video recording color rendering is good in M ,
              you can read this in reviews that G lags a lil bit and skips some frames in games ....
              and removable Battery is one of the main advantage in M .G has no removable battery

              and M 's dual core krait means approx A15 architecture and G has Quad A7 which is far behind m's processor and i had both mobiles cam and video samples u can compare them in GSMarenas tool,and battery ? it's a 4.5 man u battery drains just in one day but M battery stand for 3 days ,M has OTG ,MHL,play station certified DLAN ,and more beautiful design
              so commenting without knowing any thing u dumb guys

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                • Cenas
                • mVA
                • 12 Dec 2013

                AnonD-214508, 12 Dec 2013The Moto G also has white notification light (just to the r... moreNo, it works out of the box. My girlfriend's Moto G did.

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                  • AnonD-214508
                  • 9Jw
                  • 12 Dec 2013

                  The Moto G also has white notification light (just to the right of the front camera) however, it only works if your download the motoroal mobility notification light widget from the play store.

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                    • Sean
                    • 3Jn
                    • 12 Dec 2013

                    I have one of these and the performance, build quality,display quality etc are all superb for the price. People stop comparing it to Xperia M that phone is crap. The camera is average on the G but still usable

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                      • AnonD-133355
                      • Xug
                      • 12 Dec 2013

                      AnonD-187321, 12 Dec 2013Sony Xperia M is better than G except G's display g has awe... moreXperia M has poor display, battery, processor compared to Moto G. Also very less internal memory. Only 4GB. RAM, GPU, Camera are same on both handsets. Build quailty is good on both the handsets. Moto G has 4.3 with no custom UI & will get kitkat(4.4) in january.
                      (note: android 4.4 i.e. Kitkat has been optimised for 512 MB RAM devices, so Moto G will get even better with the update.)
                      Only advantage Xperia M has over Moto G is NFC, which is not so useful & very few people use it.
                      Last but not least, Moto G supports USB OTG out of the box.

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                        • AnonD-92238
                        • t1$
                        • 12 Dec 2013

                        AnonD-187321, 12 Dec 2013Sony Xperia M is better than G except G's display g has awe... moreare you serious?? Or just saying???

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                          • AnonD-43136
                          • 39x
                          • 12 Dec 2013

                          AnonD-109004, 12 Dec 2013What about gaming buddy? How does the gpu performs?? And wh... moreChecked on youtube and gaming is fine - struggles a little on ultrahigh graphics - but so do many midrangers! Nothing to worry about here!

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                            • AnonD-43136
                            • 39x
                            • 12 Dec 2013

                            AnonD-187321, 12 Dec 2013Sony Xperia M is better than G except G's display g has awe... moreXperia M is far too big for considering its smaller display! Xperia M is actually as tall as the xperia T - I compared them! Also less internal storage in xperia M - talk sense as everyone knows that moto g is far better than the M!

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                              • keeplol
                              • CdX
                              • 12 Dec 2013

                              AnonD-187321, 12 Dec 2013Sony Xperia M is better than G except G's display g has awe... morexperia m it's more expensive here, moto g beats every phone at $200 price range

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                                • AnonD-187321
                                • Xu%
                                • 12 Dec 2013

                                Sony Xperia M is better than G except G's display g has awesome display but overall M is Better

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                                  • AnonD-214427
                                  • KA5
                                  • 12 Dec 2013

                                  wangsta, 12 Dec 2013after moto x should be moto y. does anyone remember their a... moremoto g mean & is google's moto which is affordable device for subsidized price..lol

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                                    • AnonD-92238
                                    • t1$
                                    • 12 Dec 2013

                                    arun, 12 Dec 2013I thnk it dosnt hav a good quality of camera at low surface... moreSmartphone cameras are for sharing on social media, and the 5mp on Moto g does that superbly...

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                                      • AnonD-132351
                                      • KI3
                                      • 12 Dec 2013

                                      A lot better then the more expensive Xperia C (330$ vs 200$)

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                                        • arun
                                        • 6iM
                                        • 12 Dec 2013

                                        I thnk it dosnt hav a good quality of camera at low surface as nokia nd its internal cpcty is low nd non upgradable.