Motorola Moto G 4G 5-Inch 2nd Generation UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Black (XT1072) - £84.99 @ Amazon UK

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Motorola Moto G 4G 5-Inch 2nd Generation UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Black (XT1072) @ Amazon £84.99

£84.99 Amazon UK13 Mar 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Mobiles

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mynameisthehulk

13 Mar 16

This is still a great device and brand new from Amazon without the need for unlocking means I think this is a decent deal. The 3rd Gen has been available for £89.99 locked and branded but it's not been near that price for a while and this is £5 cheaper and unlocked.

GSM / HSPA / LTE
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800)
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
Yes
Yes

141.5 x 70.7 x 11 mm (5.57 x 2.78 x 0.43 in)
155 g (5.47 oz)
Micro-SIM

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
5.0 inches (~68.9% screen-to-body ratio)
720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
Adreno 305
microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
8 GB, 1 GB RAM

8 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, LED flash
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
[email protected], stereo sound rec., HDR
2 MP
Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Yes, with stereo speakers
Yes

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
v4.0, A2DP, LE
Yes, with A-GPS
FM radio
microUSB v2.0, USB Host

Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
HTML5
No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer

Non-removable Li-Ion 2390 mAh battery

Top comments

bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 18 #3

Sold one of these on eBay, that 1gb of ram is pathetic. And the upgraded battery still doesn't last a day with Bluetooth and WiFi off and with battery saver on that renders the phone useless except for preserving power. nice looking phone though

Bl00dlegend

13 Mar 16 4 #6

not worth it with snapdragon 400 and 1gb ram, better to get smart ultra 6

diddydavro

13 Mar 16 4 #7

You've got a different Moto G2 to me. I have Location, Bluetooth and Data on all the time and the battery lasts at least a day.

johnnyss

13 Mar 16 4 #5

im using exactly the same model since may 2015 and its quite good. it's not extremely fast but let's say good enough for most tasks but i dont play any games on it. for this price I can recommend especially that moto has bloatware free lollipop. voted hot.

All comments (93)

bkpatel

13 Mar 16 #1

This or a zte blade 6s/vodaphone smart ultra 6?

mynameisthehulk to bkpatel

13 Mar 16 #2

If you can get either of them for £85 then get them! But SU6 is £115 at the moment I think and the 6S is usually about £125.

Elevation to bkpatel

13 Mar 16 3 #19

Neither. A Zenfone 5 from ebuyer which was posted recently - double the RAM AND double the ROM for about the same price as this. The battery is less yes - by an earth-shattering 160mah or so. No brainer. However this deal will still go mega-hot because most only read the deal headline.

jaydeeuk1 to bkpatel

13 Mar 16 #54

su6 is much better better imo. Hoping for a new model this year with better camera, android N and newer octo core chipset for same price.

bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 18 #3

mynameisthehulk to bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 #4

What problems did the low RAM give you, and are you comparing this to another device in particular?

andreasuk to bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 1 #11

Your right...1GB is not enough!
i have the 2GB but thats not enough anymore either

jazzuk777 to bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 1 #17

Try wiping the cache partition, it made a huge difference on my old one before I bought an x play

Gollywood to bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 #38

I have all of these set to ON 24/7

Get a days use comfortably

Plasmachaser to bigpoppadolph

13 Mar 16 #48

That's **** for a start, because i have one. It lasts me all day, granted i dont use it all that much. Bit of texting and the odd phonecall/checking this, but i've yet to experience a dead battery with this phone.

Also i've dropped it numerous times, not a scratch. It's also waterproof, basically it's a **** bargain of a phone and ahead of it's time with it basically being bombproof

johnnyss

13 Mar 16 4 #5

Bl00dlegend

13 Mar 16 4 #6

not worth it with snapdragon 400 and 1gb ram, better to get smart ultra 6

diddydavro

13 Mar 16 4 #7

You've got a different Moto G2 to me. I have Location, Bluetooth and Data on all the time and the battery lasts at least a day.

cas100uk

13 Mar 16 #8

I have one, battery lasts 11/2 days with average use which is ok. To be honest though it's a bit slow, more ram and storage would be better. Good price though but worth paying more for a 2gb ram and 16g storage device.

rohitmkiller to cas100uk

13 Mar 16 1 #18

eleven days!!!!??

b4dr1

13 Mar 16 2 #9

this phone hangs and gets slow! I have it and it sucks.. can be used by granny but wouldn't recommend for heavy usage. Only good thing is that it runs on Marshmallow - latest Android build

cikki100

13 Mar 16 1 #10

have had one for a year now, does exactly what I need it to, RAM is low which is quite irritating but 8gb is no bother as new marshmallow with adoptable storage coming soon

marty-401

13 Mar 16 #12

Blu win 5" hd for similar money also.

Argoj

13 Mar 16 3 #13

Had one since launch and its been a brilliant phone, good day and a half with wifi and bluetooth 24/7. Mine is dual sim. cannot see it mentioned in the ops posted specs? For this price its a steal and if I break mine I would be looking for a replacement of same and would pay higher.

chancooluk to Argoj

13 Mar 16 3 #14

You have the 3G Dual-SIM version (XT1068)

The one at Amazon is the 4G Single-SIM version (XT1072), which has faster 4G data speeds and a slightly larger battery.

steford

13 Mar 16 1 #15

Fits the bill perfectly for me - bought one the day it came out for £149.99. Runs CM13. Never experienced any slowdown or battery issues. I don't play games regularly but it's handled anything I've tried perfectly well. I would probably go for a bigger screen and NFC (with Android Pay coming soon) if I were to buy a new phone today.

MarioMan

13 Mar 16 1 #16

If you want a smartphone and Multi task, play games, youtube, music, chrome, etc

Do NOT buy this, sorry but 1gb RAM does not cut it anymore

Spend £20-£25 more get SU6!!!!

HEAT for the price, its a great phone, for limited, call text, whatsapp users only. Big display and average camera

MissionaryMan

13 Mar 16 3 #20

I've had one for over a year. Excellent phones. Nearly 2 days battery life still, with wifi and bluetooth enabled. I don't game. I use it for emails, messaging, viewranger and GPS tracking. Works perfectly and reliably. All these people whinign about not enough memory - meh. I'd buy another in a heartbeat, especially at this price. An excellent budget phone.

UnknownConcept

13 Mar 16 #21

If you can spend around £250, 4gb ram from the One plus two....im thinking about it, but may wait for the new one in June/July.

SFconvert

13 Mar 16 1 #22

I have the dual sim version non 4g version of this (the XT1068) and I've just got the Marshmallow update, haven't updated it yet though, presume this will also be getting the update

yozzman1234

13 Mar 16 1 #23

Got the ebuyer Zenfone 5 deal a few days ago , its virtually double the spec for £5 cheaper .1 GB of Ram is well dated now .

Elevation to yozzman1234

13 Mar 16 1 #24

I hope you love your Zenfone as much as I love mine although that would be very hard.

cymru1978

13 Mar 16 1 #25

I've had this phone since the carphone warehouse deal about a year ago maybe?
I don't use it for games apart from a couple of very basic ones and it runs great.

I've got a 16gb card installed and if you install app cache cleaner from the play store and set it to clear cache every day, it runs even better.

Also, the upgrade to Marshmallow is now also available and which runs just fine

rev6

13 Mar 16 #26

A decent phone. It has a stable CM12.1 and a stable CM13 build for anyone into doing things like that. It has just received official 6.0 firmware too.

malm

13 Mar 16 #27

Bought this at the same time as an Amazon fire for a third of the price as a spare,needless to say that its the Amazon fire which is now a spare.
Any one want to buy an Amazon Fire cheap nahhhh on second thoughts i would not lumber any one with the overpriced scrap.
Good deal if i didnt have one i would buy it.

andreasuk

13 Mar 16 #28

I would rather do that.
I think you need 4GB these days

rev6

13 Mar 16 #29

Depends what you use the phone for and which ROM you have installed.

Messiah

13 Mar 16 1 #30

5.5 days

nigelbutler

13 Mar 16 #31

I've got one and it's not very good really

Sometimes jams and needs hard reset

I had the original Moto G and this has same processor and 1gb ram but it just doesn't like Lollipop.... Plus it's on 5.0 even though meant to be 5.1

Put that £85 towards something with 2gb ram perhaps.... A few months and they're will be more Marshmallow cheap mobiles

This is meant to get it but it's a long wait so far

steford to nigelbutler

13 Mar 16 1 #40

My wife likes the form factor of the 1st one. Also running CM13. Works perfectly and as well as it ever did - never had a problem with it. Whilst the Moto G hasn't progressed hugely whilst Chinese imports have got cheaper they are well made and do the job without fuss. For me Cyanogenmod is a must which all of the cheaper Chinese phones don't have.

criclover

13 Mar 16 #32

Was looking for a decent phone for under £100. Think I'll go for it. Heat from me.

ToldGoat

13 Mar 16 1 #33

Always suprises me how people rave about these moto's. I've found it to be fair at lease, tough yes but also tends also overheat, freeze and also randomly decide to take the fluff out of its naval whilst switching between apps. Could be me being unlucky or that I have too high hopes for it. I have a dream, i have a dream one day that a phone will do what says on the box, I HAVE A DREAM!

rev6 to ToldGoat

13 Mar 16 #34

The earlier Moto G's running KitKat were much better for me. Lollipop doesn't feel as smooth and I've had more issues with it. Marshmallow more so.

rohitmkiller

13 Mar 16 1 #35

Brilliant reply!!!

UnknownConcept

13 Mar 16 #36

I agree with Rev, i tend to use a lot of apps, and open loads of tabs on chrome, so that much ram would be relevant to me.

229mel

13 Mar 16 #37

why is this even hot? you were able to get 3rd gen for 89.99 from vodaphone at xmas already!
Picked up used 3rd gen in mint condition for 65 tho.

criclover to 229mel

13 Mar 16 1 #39

Because it's not Christmas and also the phone is unlocked. Please feel free to share if you've a better deal.

horsepills

13 Mar 16 #41

Agree with all the people saying 1gb isn't enough - I've owned both the 1gb and 2gb models and they're completely different experiences. 2gb phone is pretty zippy, but the 1gb version lagged a lot.

vickyboy123

13 Mar 16 #42

had one of these for more than a year now. bit slow at times but screen res is good. just waiting for marshmallow so i can increase storage

thecresta

13 Mar 16 1 #43

I've had my 3G 2nd gen for over a year now, battery lasts around a day with moderate use, wifi enabled and bluetooth constantly connected to my running watch. Camera isn't too bad for the price too. Overall I've been very happy with it.

But like many on here, I'm starting to really struggle with the limited RAM. Most of the time it's manageable, but very often it slows the device down to a crawl. I know it all depends on the apps you have installed, but apps are naturally requiring more resources with each update, and it's only getting worse.

For example, I can no use google play music and google maps at the same time. The music jutters and then the app force closes. Every time.

Yes I do have other apps running too, but if it can't cope with this then 1Gb obviously isn't enough any more.

fishmaster

13 Mar 16 #44

What Marshmallow issues have you had so far? I've just updated my S6 to Marshmallow as Lollipop was an abomination. I also think KitKat is the best Android version they did so far and Lollipop their worst.

mekomeko

13 Mar 16 #45

writing it from moto g2 I drop it few times a day with no case it finally cracked screen and still works, great wee phone for browsing, you tube email etc it started to get a bit slower though recently and doesn't like too many apps on internal storage. I'm repairing my cracked screen and keeping the phone it does what I need it to I.e lasts all day, is great for watching vids and reading stuff online.

czechoslovakia

13 Mar 16 1 #46

My Moto G v2 Dual Sim upgraded to Marshmallow yesterday. Can`t say i`ve noticed any big difference. Little faster perhaps, and different date font. Battery still lasts 2 days. Good phones

fishmaster to czechoslovakia

13 Mar 16 1 #55

The main feature of Marshmallow is Doze mode, where it uses sensors in the phone to see if the phone is moving or not, if it isn't then it puts the phone in deep sleep mode, whereby the battery life should be improved.

dvisor

13 Mar 16 1 #47

I was all set to give up on my Moto G 2nd gen, having become very laggy in the last few months. Clearing the cache partition, as described at https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/99808 made a big difference to mine (and my wife's). Also, updated to Marshmallow a couple of days ago - main improvement was the ability to adopt my 64Gb SD card as internal storage.

little_green

13 Mar 16 1 #49

i'm in the asus z5 club too!!! :wink:

thecresta

13 Mar 16 #50

This version is only water resistant.
It can definitely take a knock, though.

Elevation

13 Mar 16 1 #51

So let me get this straight - he clearly uses it a lot, and you barely use yours, and yet you're qualified to tell him he's talking rubbish about the battery. Sounds reasonable.

Vatman95

13 Mar 16 #52

I believe Helen of Troy had one of these. Obsolete technology.

Lowonpower

13 Mar 16 #53

Also have this phone, use GSAM battery monitor to watch for badly behaved apps, and usually close apps after use. with Wifi ON and bluetooth and location Off. And minimal use, i.e. occasional Whatsapp I would get 5-6 days (GSM says 6 day average per charge cycle with 58 min screen on). With Wifi Off I get over a week. Granted it is minimal use, just a bit of messaging, but well pleased with battery life. Also changed the screen on a XT1068 yesterday, bit fiddly but something a normal user can do.

Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #56

How does 'Having blutooth and wi-fi switched' on equate to him using this phone a lot.

I'm an average user, not some 14 year old kid glued to it.

rev6

13 Mar 16 1 #57

The XT1072 doesn't support Doze as far as I know.

Q : Why doesnt Doze work on Moto G 2nd Gen's Official 6.0 Marshmallow ROM ?

A : Doze needs a significant motion detector (SMD) API implemented in a device's Sensor HAL. Devices that do not implement these APIs cannot support Doze. Moto didnt implement SMD in 2nd Gen's Stock 6.0 Marshmallow's Sensor HAL. 2nd Gen doesnt have a separate sensor hub but has a BMA2x2 Accelerometer in the SoC than can be used as a hardware for Doze, but Moto disabled it i.e. didnt make use of it to enable Doze.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/476kho/explained_why_doesnt_moto_g_2nd_gen_support_doze/

Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 1 #58

And as most people have said in this deal

1. Battery lasts all day for them.

2. And the phone can also take a beating

What more do you want exactly from a phone. The ability to fire Torpedo's

I had a Moto E, amazing phone, took a beating and was 10 times the phone a Galaxy S4 was

I now have a Moto G, and still the same applies. They're just better phones, better build quality overall.

fishmaster

13 Mar 16 1 #59

Q : Can we implement it by modifying or changing any setting?
A : No. 6.0 Stock Marshmallow Sensor HAL is closed sourced. Hence we cannot implement it manually on 2nd Gen's Stock 6.0 Marshmallow ROM. However Doze is fully functional on 2nd Gen's CyanogenMod 13 which uses its own open sourced HAL for its implementation using BMA2x2 Accelerometer.

So if you want Doze on this phone change to CM13 ROM.

Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #60

Women and 14 year old kids buy iphones and galaxy phones filled to the rafters with the latest gimmick or trickery

anyone that knows actually anything about quality phones go with Moto. they have me as a customer for life, they build proper phones. not flimsy pieces of ****

fishmaster to Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #64

Since the S6, Samsung have built decent quality phones, not sure where you're getting Apple iPhone aren't built well too. None of these phones are flimsy, they all break if you drop them though, apart from the Moto X Force which has a decent screen protector by default. A Moto G 2nd gen is just a plastic phone and the screen is easily smashed if dropped.

MrPuddington

13 Mar 16 1 #61

The price is good, but 1GB of RAM is really not appropriate for modern apps any more. Do yourself a favour and pay a bit extra for the 2GB version.

PS: I just noticed this is the second generation - no 2GB version there. Otherwise the hardware is excellent, and in some ways better than the third generation.

bigmouse84 to MrPuddington

13 Mar 16 #68

why is it better than 3rd? im thinking to buy this or 3rd? what do you advice then ?

Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #62

I'm a man, i'm going to drop it, throw it drunk, probably end up p1ssing on it.

I want a phone, something reliable and well built. Not a Toy, for all those looking for a banging phone. Get this, it'll serve you well

rev6 to Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #63

You're probably better off with the 3rd gen. It's "water" resistant.

Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #65

And the 1 Gig serves me well. I play music through my AV Receiver through it.

No lag.

I browse, film videos on it, take pictures on it. Does everything i need and more. Along with the netflix app

no issues here. bargain of a phone. 10/10

Plasmachaser

13 Mar 16 #66

Samsung don't make decent phones mate, they never have. Flimsy pieces of $hite filled to the rafters with gimmicks and a slight knock and they fall apart. Forcing you to spend £100 on a new screen.

UnclePotter

13 Mar 16 #67

Mrs has one of these,8GB is useless if you like your apps,she is always asking me to try and free up space so other apps can update.I move as much as I can to 32GB micro SD card. ,1GB ram doesn't seem too much of a problem though.Price is good but next time I would get at least 16GB,or 32GB if budget would allow.

rev6

13 Mar 16 1 #69

3rd, with 16/2GB.

bigmouse84

13 Mar 16 1 #70

3rd with 2G is still quite expensive at the moment , is Im tempted with 2nd. Do you think 3rd will go down with a price anytime soon ?

rev6

13 Mar 16 #71

The Smart Ultra 6?

mehmeh

13 Mar 16 #72

Link now showing £120 from marketplace seller fullfilled by Amazon. :man:

bigmouse84

13 Mar 16 #73

Thanks , looks good but screen is too big for me :(I would prefer 5 inch

rev6

13 Mar 16 #74

I know what you mean.

mynameisthehulk

13 Mar 16 #75

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/mShop/pay-as-you-go/huawei-p8-payg/sku88692?dfacid=1&callwinid=69025&awc=1257_1457909610_fa1fb8f9ea5fe126946852e66165ed68

mynameisthehulk

13 Mar 16 #76

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/htc/desire-626/#contractType=payasyougo

westendtoo

14 Mar 16 #77

I bought one of these a while ago, for about £100.

The most disappointing aspect for me was that it was pretty crap as a phone. Call quality was poor.

It is a bit sluggish but I didn't play games on it so didn't find that to be too much of an issues. Nothing was too slow to really get on my nerves.

rev6

14 Mar 16 #78

Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g_4g_%282nd_gen%29-7137.php

elgatto

14 Mar 16 #79

Everyone here complaining about this, and here I am still doing just fine with my regular old first gen Moto G XT1032...:disappointed:

format to elgatto

14 Mar 16 #80

yup. got a 3rd gen from the moto store on it's way but my xt1032 still does everything i need it to do - both call quality & sound suffer as i think i've walked home in the rain while playing on it once too many and wrecked the mic & speakers (hence why i went for 3rd with it's waterproofing) but otherwise it's still great ! still copes with games and app switching plus has a good battery life though i've had it over 2 years.

doesn't seem a great deal for a gen.2 though - great phone and all but the spec is poor for the price range so i'm sure you can do better - has stock android & marshmallow coming plus good quality hardware but i'd wait for deals on the gen.3 8gb over this (has been available for £90 before), marshmallow should make 8gb android phones usable.

zxh848

14 Mar 16 #81

cheap and handy, heat added

pemcl

14 Mar 16 #82

Heat added

think it's up in price now though.

oliver885

14 Mar 16 #83

I have problems with the 8GB storage - can't install hardly any apps! Even when putting them on Micro SD card.

oliver885 to oliver885

14 Mar 16 #84

Heat though, for £85 this is worth it, bare in mind I paid £130 a year ago.

horsepills to oliver885

14 Mar 16 #88

Depends which apps doesn't it. I have over 80 apps on mine

MungoSplodge

14 Mar 16 #85

I use this for making phone calls. Sometimes i even check old fashioned Facebook on it. The battery easily lasts me 2-3 days because i'm not trying to use it to hack into the Pentagon or cash machines like Jon Connor.

rbsjp

14 Mar 16 #86

117 now

MrPuddington

14 Mar 16 #87

This one has a gyroscope, and there were are few more corners cut with the 3rd generation. It is a shame that the 2nd generation did not come with a 2GB RAM option. That would have been a really nice phone, like the original Moto G...

flash2k

14 Mar 16 #89

bought samsung galaxy j5 on payg 130£ after loosing my iphone 6 quiet happy now, similar spec to iphone like no better

timj13

14 Mar 16 #90

Does this have the same Gorilla glass as the original Moto G's?

My mum just smashed her screen on a samsung galaxy and its too expensive to repair. Wanted to get her something with the strongest/toughest glass on her next phone.

Is this vodaphone smart ultra 6 much better that people have mentioned on here?

mynameisthehulk to timj13

14 Mar 16 1 #91

You want the Moto X Force!

rev6 to timj13

14 Mar 16 1 #92

I think it's better but also much larger.

YourUserNameIsTaken

14 Mar 16 #93

mine is still going strong. agree ram could be better, and onboard HD space is poor - but with the new android version (installed on weekend) it's been better and the OS utilises the SD card as local space instead.

good budget phone

Think this will come down in price more though.

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