However, more demanding apps might overwhelm the phone's processor and 4GB of RAM, which I consistently experienced when I tried to play Marvel Snap while toggling between other tasks. I didn't experience problems with most tasks such as making phone calls, reading articles, listening to music or playing games. It continues to be notable that the headphone jack and microSD card remain standard features in this price range, as they are otherwise rare finds on more expensive phones. It's a simple matte plastic design, which does pick up smudges.Īlong the sides of the phone are a power button that doubles as a fingerprint sensor, a headphone jack, a SIM card tray and a microSD card slot. The back of the phone highlights its two cameras, a 48-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel macro camera.

The display includes a hole punch for its 8-megapixel selfie camera.

The phone's otherwise basic design comes in two color options: Harbor Gray or Ink Blue. By comparison the Moto G 5G takes well over 90 minutes to do the same thing. The $300 OnePlus Nord N30 5G can quickly recharge its battery from nothing to 100% in 45 minutes with its included charger. The $300 Moto G Power 5G for instance doubles your available storage space to 256GB, which is the cheapest phone I'm currently aware of offering that much internal space. If you can swing it, $300 phones offer a lot of perks that are worth the upcharge. When I compare the Moto G 5G against phones that are just $50 more, I realize how much I'm sacrificing. It's typical for this price range, and is a similar issue across all of the Moto G phones that I've tested this year. But the opposite was true when I took the phone to a Kim Petras performance thrown by Motorola, where my photos on the crowded indoor dance floor came out blurry, noisy and lacked a lot of detail. I took the phone on a sunny Central Park picnic and got a lot of vibrant photos that I'm super happy with. Images come out nice in bright outdoor areas but struggle with getting detail in low-light environments. The 5G connectivity is noticeably fast compared with 4G-only phones like the Stylus, but the Moto G 5G's slower Snapdragon 480 Plus processor coupled with 4GB of RAM aren't quite enough to power resource-heavy multitasking that truly take advantage of 5G speeds.Įven though the Moto G 5G's cameras are similar those on other Moto G phones, photos are hit or miss.

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