£109 from motorola with UKCRM165 and ukwelcome10 if you want to customise the colours a bit.

bought one of these today at Amazon - thanks

£109 from motorola with UKCRM165 and ukwelcome10 if you want to customise the colours a bit.

Ordered from Motorola with the discount codes for £109 with about £3 cashback for the 16gb/2gb model for the other half. She chose any interesting colour scheme :smiley:

All of the UK's main networks own some 800mhz 4G spectrum, however only O2 and Vodafone use 800mhz for their main 4G coverage. Three use it sparingly in rural areas, and EE have just started testing 800mhz in some rural areas, but 99% of their 4G coverage comes from 1800mhz and 2600mhz at the moment.

​ee and three both own licences for 800mhz spectrum. i can't imagine that they don't use it

basically its the compass. without it google maps can't tell which way you're facing

Nice deal but maximum sd is 32gb hmm

​i have this phone, I have tried two different SD cards both 64gb and eventually they have both failed.

I remember reading somewhere that if you buy from moto maker it is dual sim. Anyone know this is true?

Agree. Most manufacturers test up to a maximum size but that doesn't mean the phone cannot handle a large size card.

16 gb rom so no writing?

Is this a good phone for the price?

Watch out for "ghost touch" I am experiencing this with my Moto G 3rd gen, and its a very common problem with the Moto G line. Motorola have had my phone for almost three weeks now and really messing me around with getting it repaired.

WOOOOSSSSHHHHHH!!

I think ollie87 was referring to the "16GB Rom" mistake in the title. ROM stands for "Read Only Memory" which wouldn't be great for internal storage as you wouldn't be able to write anything to it.

Oh, and no. Adoptable storage in marshmallow does not extend the available system memory. The majority of apps still can't be installed to the SD card, and the ones that can usually don't work correctly (crashing, missing widgets...etc). The actual function of Adoptable Storage is no different to the apps2SD function in Lollipop, apart from that you don't have to move the apps manually anymore, and it also encrypts the SD card, so if the phone breaks there is no way to get the information back from the card.

The 16GB is read only? Sounds crappy!

this does NOT have magnetometer or gryroscope - if you wanted to use this for mapping and compass

Sensors
GLOSSARY
Modern mobile phones come with a variety of sensors that automate or easy many of our daily tasks. This field takes into account the presence of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a compass, and a barometer.

Accelerometer and gyroscope

Accelerometers in mobile phones are used to detect the orientation of the phone. The gyroscope, or gyro for short, adds an additional dimension to the information supplied by the accelerometer by tracking rotation or twist.

An accelerometer measures linear acceleration of movement, while a gyro on the other hand measures the angular rotational velocity. Both sensors measure rate of change; they just measure the rate of change for different things.

In practice, that means that an accelerometer will measure the directional movement of a device but will not be able to resolve its lateral orientation or tilt during that movement accurately unless a gyro is there to fill in that info.

With an accelerometer you can either get a really "noisy" info output that is responsive, or you can get a "clean" output that's sluggish. But when you combine the 3-axis accelerometer with a 3-axis gyro, you get an output that is both clean and responsive in the same time."

Digital compass

The digital compass that's usually based on a sensor called magnetometer provides mobile phones with a simple orientation in relation to the Earth's magnetic field. As a result, your phone always knows which way is North so it can auto rotate your digital maps depending on your physical orientation.

Barometer

And finally, you may see a device sporting a barometer in its specs sheet. Contrary to what you may suggest, it has nothing to do with weather. Instead, the barometer is there to help the GPS chip inside the device get a faster lock by instantly delivering altitude data.

Accelerometer
GLOSSARY
The accelerometer is a built-in electronic component that measures tilt and motion. It is also capable of detecting rotation and motion gestures such as swinging or shaking.

The most common use for it is to activate auto screen rotation on mobile devices when the user changes their orientation from portrait to landscape or vice-versa.

Another modern application for the accelerometer is to control the mobile device music player with gestures (Sony Ericsson Shake control or Samsung Motion play technologies).

Accelerometers are also utilized for enriching the gaming controls (navigating by tilting the device instead of by pressing keys).

Another popular mobile phone feature based on an accelerometer is turn-to-mute. It allows user to mute an incoming call, silence an alarm or pause the mobile music player simply by turning the device face down.

What are the sensors like gyroscope?
Good read gsmarena
http://m.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=sensors

Google Nexus 5 is available for under £100 refurbished. Plenty of older flagships are, often supplied with a year warranty.

I can't believe a phone these days doesn't have a gyroscope......where is that coming from?

Smart Ultra 6 is better

I can't justify parting with my Nokia Lumia 925. Seems to do all I want and the camera is decent enough. I'd like to upgrade to this just so I could start integrating google again.... but i don't really need to! Dammit! :smile:

Moto G4 for £10 more on Amazon with better specs. Or you can get a refurbished LG G3 for about the same price or less on Ebay with FAR better specs.

can someone explain in plain English about gyroscope please what is the big deal?

​Many thanks :smiley: -

Both the 64GB and 128GB SDXC cards in the picture above work fine in the Moto G, and they're both formatted as SDXC. Phil also uses a 128GB SDXC-formatted card in his Moto G 2015. Alex, however, has a 64GB card that won't work in the Moto G, even though it works fine elsewhere. Yes, this is all anecdotal evidence, but it's all we have.

Where do you get the info on the gyroscope? Not sure if thats a deal breaker or not though.

On the look out for a phone for my other half to replace her xperia z3 compact. She wants something less premium but good and not too big.

Was also considering the Honor 5C.

I am also on the look out to replace my LG G3. Am thinking oneplus 3 but cant decide on that either!!!

This or Lenovo K5?

It's basic by modern standards but I just want to say, I have this exact model and whereas Xperia Z3 Compacts and LG G4's have broke and fell apart on me, this phone has been a sturdy cheap little reliable gem - I bought it from Amazon.fr last Black Friday ish time for around £130 and it was probably the best phone investment I've made in a decade

Won't wow you on specs but I heartedly recommend.

​32GB is the maximum guaranteed size. Many phones still state 32GB but you'll probably find that all your bigger memory cards work in them too.

This does NOT have a gyroscope

So it does! Ordered for my wife for £109.01. Also tried 3.15% TCB is if goes through.

Yep that was my bad - I edited the original post. Typo on my part. UKcrm165 is the code.

I applied UKCRM165 first, which took the price down to £119. Then added ukwelcome10 and the price went down to £109.01.

It doesn't. The 2nd gen did.

No idea where he has got those figures from. Like you, I see it for £159, possibly with £10 off with the code.

Meh not so great IMO, picked up the g4 from tesco the other day for £130

oops sorry that's my fault! UKCRM165
Missed the UK bit. More code details over here http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/motorola-moto-x-play-16gb-155-32gb-195-191-unidays-code-with-code-motorola-2500267

Not accepting crm165 as a code, so even with ukwelcome10 it's £149

​No it definitely does not have a gyroscope as this is the same model that i have and was purchased from Amazon.

£79 for the 8GB

Isn't that price for the 8GB model?

boo hoo just got mother 8gb moto g 3rd gen oh well but got amazon £37.50 2 year insurance with it including accidental damage and lost

Thanks for the information.

What is the camera like for shooting video?

According to a number of sites that I have visited, they state that the 3rd gen does not have a gyroscope.

Nice deal, thanks. I'm looking to upgrade my mum's moto g2 4g phone which has become far too sluggish and always low on storage.

Just trying to decide between this model or the more powerful Chinese models.

This is the 16GB/2GB version though (which makes it closer to the newer G4 that currently retails Sim Free around £145)...and not the more common 8GB/2GB .....so at £119.99 it's a bit of a bargain!

some people are talking about compass and Google maps issue. I use lots of Google maps for navigation. is it any good

Great phone, definitely prefer this to the newer 4th gen. The price however is a touch too much for my taste.