Motorola One Zoom review

22 Oct 2019


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  • Shiny Dave
  • mpy
  • 23 Oct 2019

This phone is proof of just how far ahead of the game on price-performance the likes of Realme are right now. If you don't trust those brands - and in the context of the Huawei ban and ongoing trade shenanigans it's understandable you wouldn't - this is a good solid phone, colliding head-on with the Galaxy A70 and its own teardrop-notch 1080p OLED/Snapdragon 675 combo.

But for the same money you can get an 855-powered device that doesn't get much else wrong either. And if you're scared off by Chinese brands, Motorola is owned by a Chinese firm too! So as far as I'm concerned it's basically a Galaxy A70 without the selling point that gives it any chance of justifying its premium over equivalent Realme and Redmi devices.

    Expected much more out of the quad camera setup

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      • Anonymous
      • T3E
      • 22 Oct 2019

      Why "dark mode still doesn't affect settings menu" as a con? That's a feature which is available beginning with Android 10, when using stock Android. Pixel phones and other phones with stock Android 9 or lower, also don't have a dark mode for settings, so it's pointless to say this is a con in this review.

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        • Anonymous
        • g3t
        • 22 Oct 2019

        Plenty of other devices providing Sd675 at 200$ price point.
        Spending 50$-100$ more gets you Sd855

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          • Mikey
          • 6jq
          • 22 Oct 2019

          Very interesting device, but I have to point out a couple of irregularities with the review for the Night camera section.
          A) No mention of the 8MP night shots.
          B) You say it always uses the telephoto lens at night yet provide no shots of it.
          C) No ultrawide night shots, no mention if Night mode is on ultrawide.

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            • mb1973
            • Svf
            • 22 Oct 2019

            There is just one aspect where this phone could live, IMHO - supported network frequencies. If you do need to travel to USA, Realme nor Xiaomi will not be your choice. But In every other aspect Motorola One Zoom is not a choice...

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              • ibby
              • 3H0
              • 22 Oct 2019

              I have a xperia 10 plus I dont know how its actual competition for this other than price, it isnt worth it, slower chipset and poor camera, it only has 21:9 going for it.

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                • Anonymous
                • S2T
                • 22 Oct 2019

                So you have 399 Euro to spend on a phone you will be using everyday for the next 2 years.
                Will you buy a 399 Euro Motorola One Zoom wirh sd 675 (no its not an Android One device inspite of the stupid naming),
                Or will you buy for the same amount but a Realme X2 Pro SD 855+, 6 gb ram, 90 hz display, way way better camera and so on..

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                  • Anonymous
                  • S2T
                  • 22 Oct 2019

                  So to sum it up:
                  Less than stellar battery life, inspite of 4000 mah
                  So so camera performance
                  Insanely overpriced. Should be 250 Euro instead of 399 !! Euro.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • S2T
                    • 22 Oct 2019

                    Whackcar, 22 Oct 2019Personally i think this is one of the more decent "Motorola... moreUntilnyou see the price.. at least a 100 Euro too much

                      Personally i think this is one of the more decent "Motorola" branded Lenovo phones I've seen as of late. Now if they could launch something like this with a more premium specsheet (say Lenovo Z6 Pro inspired), then nostalgic Motorola fans might feel compelled to come back to the Moto brand.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mx1
                        • 22 Oct 2019

                        hey gsmarena, slow down with reviews

                          "It's a bulky and heavy device"

                          Edit your reviews for Pixel 4 XL (193g), Note 10+ (196g), Mate 30 Pro (198g), OnePlus 7T Pro (208g), iPhone 11 Pro Max (226g), and many others like them & add that con about 'bulky, weighty' to them.

                          Before anyone says "but da dimentions brah", they're perfectly in line with those phones I've mentioned, even the thickness is in line.

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