Moto G7 family hands-on review
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- softwaretester
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- 18 Feb 2019
Alex, 15 Feb 2019Nice to see a person with a common sense. (And manners. Bri... moreApple's quality is on top?
I just wonder why some basic and major functionalities have issues apprearing in their devices. Im pretty sure that they are testing their devices but i think not that well. I think their dev team is not doing unit and integration testing or their system test is just doing smoke testing because of the issues that were appearing. in other words i think theres something wrong in their process.
there is a quality quote that i can still recall way back college times: quality is expensive and beyond our means... but why apple? aw
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- Marco M
- Mu3
- 15 Feb 2019
Alex, 15 Feb 2019Nice to see a person with a common sense. (And manners. Bri... more"Apple's quality is still on top"
Hahaha! What a comedian xD
Apple's got a lot of money, and they obviosly save a lot on testing as they clearly don't do much of it.
Lucky for your wife she got the 5S. Where the 5 was the public beta device and paint coming off by touching it, Scrathgate. How about getting her a ipad pro that comes bent even new in box? "It's not a fault, it's a result of it's design", said apple.
Typical. It's a design flaw and it's clear for everyone to see, as always. But no, not in Apple's eyes. Just like you're holding it wrong (iphone 4, another public beta device, antennagate). Not to mention that this new bendgate is a tribute to the iphone 6 plus and it's bend gate. But there was more, the 6 and 6 plus were, as typical for non-s devices, public betas so they had that wonderful touch disease.
Not to mention their wonderful map app, quality stuff. Sure. . .
Relating to your ongoing war no the cracked back of your Moto X4, iphone 3G and ipod had crackgate, and apple blamed it on the obese. Just wonderful. Yellowgate, slowgate, battery gate. And super slow chargers in the box still in 2019.
Quality, hah!
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- Marco M
- Mu3
- 15 Feb 2019
George, 14 Feb 2019For those of you complaining about the processor, see how t... moreVanilla android is helpful on opening basic apps a milisencond faster, but that does not take away the performance advantage the SD660 have over the SD636 where it actually matters, games.
Not sure which version of the Note 7 they compare, 3, 4 or 6GB. Typically the base model is tested.
What I do know is that as standard Xiaomi has very efficient RAM and battery management. Keeping a game running in the background is the opposite of that, but if one wants such thing, MIUI allows for it trough battery options. Just disable battery saver for tha game and/or app you want running in background.
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- Alex
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- 15 Feb 2019
softwaretester, 14 Feb 2019chary dear. youve been answered already. if not satisfied d... moreNice to see a person with a common sense. (And manners. Brit?)
Let those who deny the need for testing get what they deserve: being a guinea pig for companies that release hardware frankensteins every other month, making users test those creatures for their own money.
The manufacturing and testing experience that big companies have worth a lot. Not that lot like Apple or Samsung ask for, but still. Unfortunately, they all cutting on expenses now trying to compete with China.
Take Motorola: reasonable prices. And my old G3 was totally worth it. It's unfortunate that the quality went down the drain last year: my new X4 cracked without even being dropped. Same complaints for G6 and Z3. (Most likely the marketing decision, not the lack of testing.)
Samsung: I do consider A8 to be the best mid-range phone last year (got it for my wife and she is happy), but this year their quality is also very concerning, see the reviews.
Apple's quality is still on top: just prices make their phones worthless. (My wife loved her 5S: it never failed her.)
Example of the startup company with no experience? HMD (use "Nokia" name): just terrible, the worst phone I ever had. No one in my family could use this piece of junk.
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- George
- n%P
- 14 Feb 2019
For those of you complaining about the processor, see how the One Power with 636 eats the Xiaomi with 660 for breakfast: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=64g75TLfuKI&feature=youtu.be and how much better the ram management is too.
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- George
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- 14 Feb 2019
Edwin, 13 Feb 2019Well is what a lot of chinese business do, they buy western... moreGo and try one at a retail store. It runs so fast in day to day tasks, I'm using the regular G7 with Snapdragon 632 and can't almost tell the difference from my Z2 Force with Snapdragon 835 and 6GB RAM. There is no lag. Best of all it's optimized for the Pixel 3 camera, everything works perfect.
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- 14 Feb 2019
1. Hardware spec
2. Software
Suck software? We discussion on forum
Suck hardware? Throw out your window
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- softwaretester
- PB%
- 14 Feb 2019
Chary, 13 Feb 2019Oh yes? Now show me le official documents that show that Mo... morechary dear. youve been answered already. if not satisfied dig deeper.
btw, we are people of discerning taste and style and youre not one of us. g continue with your cheap china brands. as long as youre happy with them, no need to argue.
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- Edwin
- 0Wf
- 13 Feb 2019
Well is what a lot of chinese business do, they buy western companies and brands well known by the local citizens and then send the profits (money) to China, as the owner is there.
A don't care where the money goes if i want a product, but ask 300 euros for a SD636 and a depth secondary camera with a regular fingerprint sensor too is too much for me. I liked the G6 Plus, but now i'm looking other brands for some phone more appealing than these ones that have small battery too and even with low display resolution some of them and old SoC.
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- Anonymous
- 2Au
- 13 Feb 2019
George, 13 Feb 2019Wikipedia is your friend: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... moreSuch a shame they don't know about this.
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- Anonymous
- 2Au
- 13 Feb 2019
George, 13 Feb 2019Wikipedia is your friend: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... moreCorrect!
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- 13 Feb 2019
Chary, 13 Feb 2019Oh yes? Now show me le official documents that show that Mo... moreWikipedia is your friend: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Mobility
Motorola is based in the US. They design the smartphones in Brazil, software is made in the US very closely with Google (the Moto Z3 and Z2 Force recieved Google AR Emojis from the Pixel in their oficial camera app) they manufacture them in China, they test their devices back in their Chicago headquarters. There are plenty of internal documents mentioning that Motorola is a US based company, even if it's owned by Lenovo.
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- Chary
- 0Wf
- 13 Feb 2019
softwaretester, 13 Feb 2019I can relate with your experience. I always, recommend Moto... moreOh yes? Now show me le official documents that show that Motorola is not part of a Chinese company.... sighl The world is clearly plenty of these.... Lenovo is the owner, Motorola a subsidiary of Lenovo. Perhaps in your wonderful world....
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- softwaretester
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- 13 Feb 2019
George, 12 Feb 2019Yes, there is, software. MIUI SUCKS. At one point people we... moreI can relate with your experience. I always, recommend Moto phones than those cheap china brands. We have discerning taste and style, thats why we chose motorola.
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- Jake
- 0Wf
- 12 Feb 2019
Bla bla bla bla.......... no one is interested in this anymore. You have bored everyone and lost sales. Good signal.
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- George
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- 12 Feb 2019
Marco M, 12 Feb 2019Motorola is not the same company now as it was just a few y... moreYes, there is, software. MIUI SUCKS. At one point people were getting ads. You can't watch Netflix in FullHD on most of them either.
People need to stop looking at the processor only. It's an overall awesome package for 250€. Plus, no one beats Motorola when it comes to software optimizations and ridiculously awesome gestures.
The quality control is also way superior, there's way less chance for a Moto to brake if they fall from the same distance.
We disassemble and repair phones all day, me and my colleagues do this for a living. Built quality is way superior, not to mention Motorola supplies official parts to Mobile Defenders and iFixit so you can repair your phone without the hassle of bad Chinese replicas.
There is so much more into a phone than just the processor, and the G7 is just that.
If you don't like it, don't buy it, go buy a Xiaomi and stop complaining. Everyone I sold a Motorola smartphone to is way happier with the phone than with a Xiaomi, Samsung, Apple or Huawei.
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- Marco M
- Mu3
- 12 Feb 2019
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2019Oh really? did you happen to know the situation in the west... moreThat's not "all over the world", but in their own neighborhood. Everyone in that area wants a peice, no shock really.
All around the world borders change and certain areas make for conflicts. Local conflicts and getting into other peoples business across the world are two very different things.
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Feb 2019
Anonymous, 11 Feb 2019And your motorola doesn't have malware?? Stop lying at you... moreOh really? did you happen to know the situation in the west Philippine sea?
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- Marco M
- Mu3
- 12 Feb 2019
George, 11 Feb 2019You are probably living in a Xiaomi dream that will end soo... moreXiaomi does however hav loads of Android Enterprise phones, but best to be used outside of the US.
I don't know if you are actually afraid of the chinese spying, or if you are just trolling. But Huawei is android enterprise recommended, despite the whole trade war and fake accusations.
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- Marco M
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- 12 Feb 2019
George, 11 Feb 2019You are probably living in a Xiaomi dream that will end soo... moreMotorola is not the same company now as it was just a few years ago when it was Google owned, nor the same as it was before it sold out to Google. There is nothing more high end with a $250 Moto over a $250 Xiaomi. Other way arond however, there is.
Xiaomi doesn't have enterprise recommendation because they are not US devices and does not have any wide support for the silly 4G bands in the US, that are different from the rest of the world just to be different.
Trolling about data stealing only makes you look like a fool. Just like the rest of your rant.