You really want the version with 2gb RAM, which unfortunately is a lot more expensive.

Great price, thanks for sharing

This or the Ultra 6?

great find, thanks op! have some heat! :smiley:

Cheers everyone. I need one for travel over Christmas and was about to give in and pull the trigger on it at £130, lamenting that I'd missed out on getting it for £99 last week. Pretty happy with this stroke of good luck!

Not currently on Vodafone can I Purchase without a top up and any ideas on how to unlock it if that is the case?

Is the phone unlocked?

Good spot op :smiley:

You really want the version with 2gb RAM, which unfortunately is a lot more expensive.

It doesn't say anywhere on Vodafone's mobile site whether this is the 8GB model with 1GB of RAM or the 16GB model with 2GB of RAM. If it's the former, then the Smart Ultra 6 is a far better buy.

Lot's of sites being coy about the RAM.

is it a worth while upgrade from the E 2nd gen :smirk:

There are only two versions. The 8GB version has 1GB RAM, the 16GB version has 2GB RAM.

The 16GB/2GB RAM version is only available at Moto Maker or Amazon. It is not sold by other retailers.

Thanks got 1

Heat added for the price on this however I would recommend paying the extra and getting the 2GB/16GB model for £130. You will find that you fill this up very quickly!

8GB internal memory is not enough. Bought the Mrs one of these when they were on CPW upgrade offer in August. Now she keeps running out of storage space on it. We have tried moving photos to the Micro SD card, uploading them to Google Drive, even got rid of Angry Birds2 yesterday still it keeps on giving warnings that it is running low on space. 8GB = big mistake. Once you have put all your life's memories on a smart phone in a few months, it is not easy to just lose everything and change the phone.

I bought if from Amazon France and once converted it comes out to just under £130, probably should have checked that its still available at that price before making that suggestion though!

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/motorola-moto-g-3rd-gen-16gb-2gb-ram-version-black-amazon-fr-delivery-included-134-2334920


*edit... just checked and its gone up in price from there now, sorry :disappointed:

Thanks op, ordered. Yeah there are better phones out there but for 90 quid it's a great deal.

Thanks OP.

Does anyone know the maximum size SD card you can put in this would be?

For those concerned about the 8Gb, this phone will get the Android Marshmallow update which will allow the SD card to be used as internal memory. while the SD slot only supports 32Gb it will overcome most of the issues that a measly 8Gb internal storage present.
NOTE: once you've done this the SD card can't be removed and read by any other device. and you 'lose' the original 8Gb

bought phone can confirm it is supplied with usb cable but no mains plug

Bought this a couple of weeks ago for Xmas present at £99. Unlock for under £2 via Ebay worked fine. Look on youtube for 1GB vs 2GB comparison - hardly any difference. I said I had a business SIM and didn't need topup - worked fine. Heat!

Read above comments about marshmallow update to expand storage. You CAN get the 2gb version on contract with o2 through Amazon.

As said here, I'm using 64gb card in a second generation Moto G without issue. Of course there might be implications with using it as adoptive storage in marshmallow that could mean 32gb does become the working maximum, but I wouldn't have thought so.

This or wait till the X play drops in price? Obviously this is much better than the laggy ''smart'' 6

Cheers I am just starting to look for a new mobile will consider this

Thanks OP, I tried to set up an account but the Vodafone site was playing up and wouldn't tell me what the problem was (maybe work's 'computer' or Chrome) so the wife has gone to the Leicester Beaumont Leys store to get one instead.

Think its worth to upgrade from first gen moto g to this? I have cracked screen for my 1st gen but it still works fine even with it, I use the phone mostly for flashlight/radio anyway.

See screen grab here - should put your mind at rest...

https://www.androidpit.com/marshmallow-on-the-moto-g-2014

This definitely looks good. One of the greatest and most needed features on android.

Oos for home delivery but plenty of stock in local stores. Will they sell you the phone without top-up in store?

out of stock

Damn, thought I got a decent deal getting getting an "open box" but brand new 2nd gen one for £60 from amazon, worth paying the extra £29 for the 3rd gen? It's actually for the Mrs so she probably wouldn't notice the difference.

With G series and E series....the X Play comes with a 2-USB-port (but not fast) charger.

*correction. 1gb/8gb combo!!

Why on earth anyone would rely on such unstable technology to keep "your life's memories" on is a statement of how society has been brainwashed by the marketing and made people dumber.

OOS expired!

The Ultra 6 also has 16gb storage compared to the Moto G 8 gb which is just as important IMO. Yes they both have a micro SD slot but quite a lot of android apps cannot be moved to a micro SD card and even those apps that can be moved always end up back on the internal storage every time there is an app update so have to be moved again each time. I have a Moto G (2nd gen) and although I like it, the constant juggling of apps, videos, etc is so irritating I would now go for the Ultra 6 with the bigger screen and more internal storage myself now. My son has the Ultra 6 and it is a very good value phone.

How much to unlock this from Vodafone

Stock showing in Canada water but you can't add it to the basket. Good one Vodafone.

I picked up mine from the Moorgate store last night. Not sure about stock levels.

Read previous posts, storage no longer an issue once on marshmallow which should be soon. Already with a few users for soak testing

It's not all about storage though - they have different amounts of RAM too. The 8GB has 1GB of RAM where the 16GB has 2GB. A quick google suggests that 1GB is becoming a limitation. Eg How Much RAM does a phone need?

Reserved. That'll make a nice extra pressie. Cheers OP.

Just picked one up, had to argue the need for a topup but got there in the end, thanks OP

I have this phone, which I bought as a replacement for the second gen one (which was good, but sadly perished when I landed on it after tripping and flying into concrete at a full sprint and with a distinct lack of aerodynamic grace)

I have a handful of apps, and regularly have to delete some to allow space for updates. These are not large games, but banking apps, and a few utilities, along with a couple of small games. Everything possible has been moved onto my 64gb SD card.

The phone is laggy to the point where it's very difficult to scroll the web browser (the lag is so bad that scrolling gets interpreted as clicking on page elements - I've never had this problem with another phone, even going back to android 1.5). Hard resets and full reflashes have not helped.

The only thing this has going for it is that it's waterproof (though the screen can't be used whilst wet.)

This is a good price for this... object -though I suspect anyone would be better off with a Chinese off brand phone.

Scorching

is there much branding on it ?

Not sure if its been mentioned, but that faster cpu probably won't see much in real world gains as it's driving a much better screen and therefore uses more power. Like you said though, it's all personal preference.

The reason why I went for this phone over one of the Chinese ones is it seems to cover most (if not all?) of the 3G/4G bands, whereas the Chinese models I looked at (Doogee, etc) didn't seem to support as many. This will be a secondary phone for me - for travel - so the spectrum support was more important than RAM or storage space (and I didn't want to spend the extra on the 16 GB model!).

Cheers Op - awesome deal. Had it delivered today and unlocked via ebay. Sweet deal and the phone looks awesome. Shame it wasn't available in any other colour. This is my 3rd Moto G (I've had 1st and 2nd gen) and to my disappointment they have all been in black :-| But hey, a good phone is a good phone.

Voted hot.

I seem to remember the CPU is actually a slight upgrade, though not much. The Moto G2 I have still performs well normally although had a random slowdown this morning and is on 5.1.1.

Load of TOSH this ! I just ordered the Umi 3GB/16GB Dual Sim for £109.99 from Amazon last night....

No value for money at all here lol

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZYZ8NI2?ref_=pe_385721_51767431_TE_dp_1

maxmix

You pays yer money and yer takes yer chances, but the reviews are pretty mixed.

I put the deal up for the Uni with a review (Replacing my plastic 2GB ZTE S6 Blade) but the deal
was removed due to the Amazon seller not being allowed on here....

Awesome deal for £110 Del, mine was dispatched this morning :wink:

Why Motorola keep flogging these dead horses i've no idea :wink:

maxmix

Read the Amazon reviews for the Umi

I did, that's where the review are mixed.

Yeah I was surprised at running out of space, but with 8gb, most of it will be filled with the OS and bundled apps, and you need about 500mb empty to allow space for app updates to be downloaded before installing. Having to flush cached data continuously gets old too.

My new LG G4 has 10gb used of the 32gb before installing anything, though it admittedly has more bloat.

Frankly 8gb is ridiculous for an phone these days, and SD support doesn't make it less so, as many apps don't support it. Minimum should be 16gb for basic operation and apps.

Just for everyone commenting on sd card size, 32gb is the best to use, yes ones bigger will work but once you fill it more than 32gb you WILL notice issues with running apps, this isn't the phones fault but android itself since the changed the security for permissions on vanilla, hopefully marshmallow will fix this

As I say I still have some headroom - some apps are ridiculously bulky, but the facebook and messenger apps are 2 bulky ones that can ignored for a svelter and more usable shortcut to the website. As for your overall issue, as noted a number of times here, Marshmallow will do away with the issue when it comes (should be very soon) as all apps will be able to be stored on the SD as M can treat the card as main storage..

I've coped with 8gb space although even my E has some lag

i got one in blackburn systems where down and took 30minutes to get one as they had to fill out details lol

Thanks Op bought one ...was waiting for it to come down to a good price I bought a 32Gb class 10 70mb/s speed MicroSD as well. I heard Marshmallow will allow this SD to be used as internal storage so effectively a 40gb phone see HERE

Picked one up today in Milton Keynes store , would only sell the phone with the top up.

Sorry Lanius I have no citation, but speak from experience with having bother with my old phone and helping a few others with there's, confused me too till a bit investigating on xda forums.

If you just fill card with music, videos, pics, etc then it'll be fine, but app storage over the 32gb really messes it up to the point in some cases hard reset is needed .

definitely the ultra 6

whats the point in paying all this money just wait it will get a lot cheaper buy the 16gb 2gb ram one in 6 months price should go down to £80 and good news android 6.0 marshmellow is out so you can get 128gb micro sd use sd card memory as phone memory

Redmi note 2 is better deal they can be had for around this price now.

I do worry that people will be unknowingly using fake memory cards in adoptable storage mode and the phone will be crashing when the card fails, and the user will be blaming the phone.

got mine today for £71 with 20% staff discount as i know a few people who work in local Vodafone shop. even for full price this is a great phone. just need to buy a unlock code now

I got one Xmas eve and when I got home noticed that the cover around the camera was peeling off so need to go back again and replace it :disappointed:

back in stock :smiley:

oos again

If I order online to pick up in store it says I need to bring along debit card, photo ID and utility bill. Is all that really necessary? I only ask as I don't have any utility bills. I only have debit card and passport.

One thing that was a bit annoying was the fact that there is no way of having any song you want as your rington, apparently because there is no built-in music player. I just did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6g6NAUzi0Y and it's so simple now I can't understand why Moto have to make it so difficult.

That's stock Android for you :disappointed: Not Motorola's fault

Thanks for posting this - picked one up in local Vodafone shop. What covers do you all use? Need something very protective....my stone floors aren't v forgiving.

Awesome Deal, picked one up today after my Nexus 5 died yesterday/

Got mine delivered but came in white plain box. Did anyone else get in white box? Are store based ones in Motorola box or white box?

Nothing to worry about... probably true, but I still wouldn't be happy if it wasn't actually advertised as a refurb

It wasn't advertised as a Refurb so not happy. Cant be asked returning it.

great price.delivered today, unlocked for £1.69 via ebay. excellent