This phone has been posted a few times recently but the price has come down a little more to £144 at Amazon. Obviously people have their own views, there are pros and cons to every phone but I've had the Moto G 1st gen forever and thought it was great so this price seems great for me...
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Gollywood to haggisheid
8 Apr 167#6
Quality wise...the others can't touch the MotoG. It has a premium feel to it
Gollywood to raulvibes
9 Apr 164#29
.....the suspense is killing me :smile:
Picard123
9 Apr 164#18
£144?
The just released Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro blows this out of the water despite being a lower price:
Network 2G bands: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Bands: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
TD-SCDMA
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed: HSPA, LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
Dimensions 139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.33 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches (~71.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616
CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB
Memory 32 GB
Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Primary camera 13 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama
Video [email protected]
Secondary camera 5 MP, f/2.2, [email protected]
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Infrared port Yes
NFC No
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB v2.0
Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery Non-removable Li-Ion 4100 mAh battery
Color Gray
litwoojczyznomoj
8 Apr 163#9
I agree about Moto G decent quality. The fact is Moto G is also Chinese. :wink:
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tearfly
8 Apr 16#1
My son has this phone, it's a solid performer. I'd still like this to come down below £130, as the Wileyfox Swift is currently better value.
haggisheid
8 Apr 163#2
I can't make my mind up between this, the wileyfox swift or Vodafone smart ultra, but this Motorola seems to stand out above them all, it is just a bit pricier, but think it is worth the extra and the prices is getting closer
Gollywood to haggisheid
8 Apr 167#6
Quality wise...the others can't touch the MotoG. It has a premium feel to it
FdjC to haggisheid
8 Apr 161#12
Don't bother with the Vodafone devices.
We tried the Smart 4 Power and Smart Prime 6, whilst they worked ok, decent size screen etc. The screens where absolutely crap for durability. Even with covers they are so prone to breaking. Numerous times we had users breaking a device in less than a week of it being issued.
We moved to Moto G 3rd gens about 5 months ago, still waiting (on my site at least) for first breakage.
Performance good on this device, and as someone else said does feel premium to other devices in similar price range.
EDIT:
Yes, go for the 2GB, 1GB isn't really enough any more for Android, does indeed cripple the phone at 1GB. (Vodafone devices I mentioned previously I think where all 1GB)
The Moto G performs quite well, not as good as my personal Sony Xperia Z3 though :smiley:
little_green to haggisheid
9 Apr 16#25
I have a su6 and dont rate it. Had issues like no unread badge notificattion for texts etc. Its also too big for me but if 5.5inch bother you....
Ive alqays been tempted by the wileyfox...
Have you considered the p8 lite?
saltyzip to haggisheid
9 Apr 16#48
Get Moto G, at least you'll get updates and be on Marshmallow.
Steve Mac to haggisheid
10 Apr 16#62
I had the Wileyfox Swift recently but sent it back after a couple of days. The build quality was ok but the speaker wasn't the greatest, as for the phone it just didn't feel powerful enough despite it's spec. Cyanogen was a really good OS but the phone just didn't seem to make much use of it. The Moto g just seems to have so much more punch to it.
That said, for the price it's amazing value for money and is an entry level but capable phone.
haggisheid
8 Apr 16#3
And it has now gone to £143.50
umar
8 Apr 16#4
you can customize this on Motorola site comes to 150 using codes and 5% on quidco so similar price but more personal
ali.24
8 Apr 16#5
This is a great phone, great battery life etc, only downside was when I installed the update it went wonky then packed in altogether. Bought it in December from amazon for £131 and unfortunately had to return it as it packed in. I would recommend reading about updates before installing them but all in all it is a great phone.
BPH77 to ali.24
9 Apr 16#21
I am new to android devices, and while I will read up about how new operating system updates affect older devices, I wonder if you'd share your own experiences?
Cheers!
mean1979 to ali.24
9 Apr 16#43
had the same problem. you need to delete system cache in the boot loader to sort it, but once that's done works a treat again.
229mel
8 Apr 16#7
exactly this! quality wise those 2 other chinese craps don't stand close to this, however you must be crazy to buy this one when you can get it with 1gb ram for 2x less. at £144 it's not a good value at all!
Askrulous
8 Apr 161#8
I agree, dropped my moto g 2nd gen loads of times and it just carries on regardless... as for chinese phones I've had, all sorts of wierd things happen to them after I dropped them.... and all phone had cases. Wouldn't waste my money on another chinese phone now.
litwoojczyznomoj
8 Apr 163#9
I agree about Moto G decent quality. The fact is Moto G is also Chinese. :wink:
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Top comments
The just released Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro blows this out of the water despite being a lower price:
http://xiaomi-mi.com/redmi-3-pro/
Network 2G bands: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Bands: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
TD-SCDMA
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed: HSPA, LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
Dimensions 139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.33 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches (~71.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616
CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB
Memory 32 GB
Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Primary camera 13 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama
Video [email protected]
Secondary camera 5 MP, f/2.2, [email protected]
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Infrared port Yes
NFC No
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB v2.0
Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery Non-removable Li-Ion 4100 mAh battery
Color Gray
All comments (64)
We tried the Smart 4 Power and Smart Prime 6, whilst they worked ok, decent size screen etc. The screens where absolutely crap for durability. Even with covers they are so prone to breaking. Numerous times we had users breaking a device in less than a week of it being issued.
We moved to Moto G 3rd gens about 5 months ago, still waiting (on my site at least) for first breakage.
Performance good on this device, and as someone else said does feel premium to other devices in similar price range.
EDIT:
Yes, go for the 2GB, 1GB isn't really enough any more for Android, does indeed cripple the phone at 1GB. (Vodafone devices I mentioned previously I think where all 1GB)
The Moto G performs quite well, not as good as my personal Sony Xperia Z3 though :smiley:
Ive alqays been tempted by the wileyfox...
Have you considered the p8 lite?
That said, for the price it's amazing value for money and is an entry level but capable phone.
Cheers!