Managed to get a £179.99 5" Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen 16GB Storage (2GB RAM) down to £149.99 delivered using UKMUM16 (10% off code) and also using a 2nd code: UKWELCOME10 (£10 off). From Motorola.co.uk
This phone was £209.99 when released last year.
As a bonus Topcashback tracks for 6.3% cashback (£9.15 for me) so possible £141 paid. I believe quidco tracks at 5%
8GB storage version is £30 less but just 1GB RAM so slightly slower when multitasking. I read it's about a second longer when switching between apps (when comparing the 1GB RAM version to the 2GB RAM version). Maybe an option for those on a budget who don't mind waiting a second longer :-)
Takes an SD memory card. Waterproof if dropped into bath\toilet which is handy! FM radio. Good battery life (24 hrs of mixed use)
Can also use Moto Maker to customise your new phone. Choose colour of front\back\accent, personal engraving message & startup message for no extra cost. Normally this costs £20 extra.
I think the UKMUM16 expires 6th March 2016.
I used to have the 1st Gen years ago & it was a great phone at the time. So I hope this 3rd gen will impress. Smashed my Nexus 5 screen so need a new phone. Hope I'm not downgrading. I chose the white front, white back, metallic light chrome accent, no engraving (hinders resale value) and added a personal bootup message.
It isn't the latest cutting edge processor but will be fine for most people.
Top comments
Scorpion to qw3rtyhhng
1 Mar 164#3
You don't need a high end processor in a phone unless you're playing games or editing videos really. For lots of us who do neither of these things a low end processor is absolutely fit for purpose.
Chz
2 Mar 163#58
Not really, no, and yes.
There's nothing wrong with the camera, but the default Android camera app really doesn't play to its strengths. The physical camera is better than almost all other 8MP phone cameras, but you really need a 3rd party app and some tweaking to get the best out of it.
The screen tests as extremely accurate. But some people actually *like* the wildly oversaturated screens that other phones give you. There's certainly nothing wrong with it, and again it's better than most.
The battery life is poor, yes. I find it acceptable, but only just, and there are plenty of phones that offer much better battery life. If you're not crazy for stock Android, the G2/G3 are a lot better for the same sort of money.
As for the Moto G. It's not a bad deal, but it's not the only obvious choice that it used to be at this price level. Motorola's handling of the OS is better than anyone else at £150, but the physical hardware is so-so. Not bad, but not setting the world afire. If the water resistance and timely OS updates (along with a fairly stock Android) matter to you, you're not crippling yourself by buying it; however on pure specs there's better out there.
Rarnik
1 Mar 163#7
I think the problem is the price you're paying for such a processor. Why charge so much?
God, remember when these first came out in Phones4U (well, first gen) and they were priced at 99 quid. Got popular and price slowly went up.
RiverDragon8 to 229mel
2 Mar 163#45
This phone should have been this price when it launched. I wouldn't pay £179.99 let alone £149.99 for a budget Snap dragon 410 chipset. £119.99 or below is a fair price.
All comments (114)
qw3rtyhhng
1 Mar 162#1
Good find...
But low end processor, I don't know how Motorola get away with it.
Scorpion to qw3rtyhhng
1 Mar 164#3
You don't need a high end processor in a phone unless you're playing games or editing videos really. For lots of us who do neither of these things a low end processor is absolutely fit for purpose.
Masteryates to qw3rtyhhng
1 Mar 161#11
Moto really work on optimising there software. You really have to have a lot of apps open or play a 3D game to expose this CPU. Performance is therefore more mid range than budget.
LIPSEAL
1 Mar 16#2
NETWORK Technology
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2015, July
Status Available. Released 2015, July
BODY Dimensions 142.1 x 72.4 x 11.6 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.46 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Micro-SIM
- IPX7 certified - water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 5.0 inches (~67.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PLATFORM OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary 13 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, auto-HDR
Video [email protected], HDR, check quality
Secondary 5 MP, f/2.2 auto-HDR
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host
FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, proximity sensor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Java No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2470 mAh battery
Stand-by
Talk time
MISC Colors Black, White
Price group 4/10
TESTS Camera Photo / Video
joedastudd
1 Mar 16#4
My original first gen moto G is finally giving up the ghost which to be fair I had since release and I'm 99% sure I managed to drive over it a few weeks back :neutral_face:.
I've been looking at a few placement for a while, so for ~£140 (after cashback) looks like it will be this.
tightar5e
1 Mar 162#5
If it was dual sim, I'd upgrade a Moto G 2014 3G version that I use, but Moto/Lenovo missed a trick, by failing to offer UK customers a dual-sim upgrade path. Great phones, but looks like UK Network Operators put pressure on, to stop them selling a dual sim version, going forward.
living2000
1 Mar 16#6
Is it not still better a LG G2?
Masteryates to living2000
1 Mar 161#10
In some ways the G2 is still better. If you need power/camera/screen go G2 or Nexus 5. Battery life and storage are better on the Moto G, (as in the case of the G2, there are all used now with worn batteries.)
Rarnik
1 Mar 163#7
I think the problem is the price you're paying for such a processor. Why charge so much?
God, remember when these first came out in Phones4U (well, first gen) and they were priced at 99 quid. Got popular and price slowly went up.
LIPSEAL
1 Mar 16#8
I think you're not just paying for the CPU but also for the waterproofing to 1 metre. That's a big plus point. How many people know someone who have dropped their phone in a toilet/bath/drink/pool/sea? If you're not playing the latest power hungry games (on a tiny screen) then this CPU will suffice for a lot of people I reckon. Don't the £300-£500 flagship phones have the faster processors? This is a lot cheaper......
Rarnik
1 Mar 16#9
I've never dropped my phone in water or the toilet so I'd rather not pay for something I hopefully won't need. But I get your point that people might like the reassurance.
Moto g still has an excellent reputation so I guess your paying for that and for frequent updates which a lot of people like. I know my dad likes that his 2nd gen just works, where as his wife and children have iphones, samsungs and so on that are always going wrong or have software bugs. My girlfriends 1st gen was far more reliable than my sony Xperia T which went wrong 4 times.
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Opening post
This phone was £209.99 when released last year.
As a bonus Topcashback tracks for 6.3% cashback (£9.15 for me) so possible £141 paid. I believe quidco tracks at 5%
8GB storage version is £30 less but just 1GB RAM so slightly slower when multitasking. I read it's about a second longer when switching between apps (when comparing the 1GB RAM version to the 2GB RAM version). Maybe an option for those on a budget who don't mind waiting a second longer :-)
Takes an SD memory card. Waterproof if dropped into bath\toilet which is handy! FM radio. Good battery life (24 hrs of mixed use)
Can also use Moto Maker to customise your new phone. Choose colour of front\back\accent, personal engraving message & startup message for no extra cost. Normally this costs £20 extra.
I think the UKMUM16 expires 6th March 2016.
I used to have the 1st Gen years ago & it was a great phone at the time. So I hope this 3rd gen will impress. Smashed my Nexus 5 screen so need a new phone. Hope I'm not downgrading. I chose the white front, white back, metallic light chrome accent, no engraving (hinders resale value) and added a personal bootup message.
It isn't the latest cutting edge processor but will be fine for most people.
Top comments
There's nothing wrong with the camera, but the default Android camera app really doesn't play to its strengths. The physical camera is better than almost all other 8MP phone cameras, but you really need a 3rd party app and some tweaking to get the best out of it.
The screen tests as extremely accurate. But some people actually *like* the wildly oversaturated screens that other phones give you. There's certainly nothing wrong with it, and again it's better than most.
The battery life is poor, yes. I find it acceptable, but only just, and there are plenty of phones that offer much better battery life. If you're not crazy for stock Android, the G2/G3 are a lot better for the same sort of money.
As for the Moto G. It's not a bad deal, but it's not the only obvious choice that it used to be at this price level. Motorola's handling of the OS is better than anyone else at £150, but the physical hardware is so-so. Not bad, but not setting the world afire. If the water resistance and timely OS updates (along with a fairly stock Android) matter to you, you're not crippling yourself by buying it; however on pure specs there's better out there.
God, remember when these first came out in Phones4U (well, first gen) and they were priced at 99 quid. Got popular and price slowly went up.
All comments (114)
But low end processor, I don't know how Motorola get away with it.
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2015, July
Status Available. Released 2015, July
BODY Dimensions 142.1 x 72.4 x 11.6 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.46 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Micro-SIM
- IPX7 certified - water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches (~67.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PLATFORM OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
16 GB, 2 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary 13 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, auto-HDR
Video [email protected], HDR, check quality
Secondary 5 MP, f/2.2 auto-HDR
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host
FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, proximity sensor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Java No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2470 mAh battery
Stand-by
Talk time
MISC Colors Black, White
Price group 4/10
TESTS Camera Photo / Video
I've been looking at a few placement for a while, so for ~£140 (after cashback) looks like it will be this.
God, remember when these first came out in Phones4U (well, first gen) and they were priced at 99 quid. Got popular and price slowly went up.
Moto g still has an excellent reputation so I guess your paying for that and for frequent updates which a lot of people like. I know my dad likes that his 2nd gen just works, where as his wife and children have iphones, samsungs and so on that are always going wrong or have software bugs. My girlfriends 1st gen was far more reliable than my sony Xperia T which went wrong 4 times.