Motorola’s Moto series has been one of best smartphone sold in the Mid-range segment. Last Month Motorola launched 3rd Generation Moto G in India. Moto G 3rd gen comes in two variant which is priced at Rs 11,999 with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM and other with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM priced at Rs 12,999 Exclusively via Flipkart Moto G has the same 720P display, comes with a better camera, faster processor 4G support and water resistant.
Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) specifications
- 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 1.4 GHz quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor with Adreno 306 GPU
- 1GB RAM with 8GB internal memory / 2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
- Dual SIM
- Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
- 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, IR filter, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video recording
- 5MP front-facing camera with 72-degree wide viewing angle
- IPX7 rating for water resistance
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- Dimensions: 142.1 x 72.4 x 6.1-11.6mm; Weight: 155g
- 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2,470 mAh battery
Design
Moto G 3rd Gen has a 5-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and a pixel density of about 294 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection display is bright, brighter than the last year’s Moto G. The colors are vibrant, has decent viewing angles and the sunlight legibility is good too. The phone has a curved design, similar to other Moto series phones. The main advantage of the smartphone is that it has IPX7 ratings for water resistance. Motorola claims the Moto G 3rd gen can survive underwater at a depth of 3 meters for up to 30 minutes, which sounds like enough of a safety net for most day-to-day usage scenarios – just don’t go swimming in the deep end with this smartphone in your pocket.
Above the Display, there is proximity and ambient light sensors, earpiece along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera on the front. It can record videos at 1080p resolution The 5MP camera with f/2.2 aperture is good for selfies and video chats. loudspeaker grill is below the display. dual front-facing speakers, the new Moto G only has a single loudspeaker. The microphone is also present somewhere within the grill. The smartphone has a chrome rim running on the sides.
The power button and the volume rockers are present on the right side. The power button has a rough feel. On the top, there is a 3.5mm audio jack along with a secondary microphone. The micro USB slot is present on the bottom .there is nothing on the Left side.
On the back there is a 13-megapixel camera with Sony IMX214 Exmor RS sensor, f/2.0 aperture and True-Tone LED flash. It is the same sensor used in the Nexus 6.back panel with rugged patterns also offers a good grip. Moto G (3rd Gen) has two micro SIM slots and a micro SD card slot (cards up to 32 GB) under the back cover. It has a 2470mAh battery, but the battery is not removable like previous generation Moto G smartphones. At 155 g, the phone is reasonably light, although, with the curved back, the sides measure 6.1mm on the edges and 11.6mm in the center.
Performance
Moto G 3rd Gen is powered by a 1.36 quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs with 2 GB RAM multitasking is smooth too.It has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400MHz. The gaming performance is good and the graphics decent in the high-end games we tried.
We have the 2GB RAM variant with 16GB storage. Out of 2 GB of RAM, you get 1914 MB of usable RAM, out of which 1.3GB of RAM is free on boot with just the default apps running in the background. Out of 16GB of internal storage, you get 10.98 GB of usable storage. You can also move apps to the SD card when you insert one, but it doesn’t have the option to install apps on the SD card by default. Coming to audio Speaker out is quite loud and clear also the call quality on Moto G 3rd Gen is Good. we tried some benchmark apps AnTuTu Benchmark by scoring 23836 points, Geekbench 3 scores 1571 on Multi core and 521 on a single core.
Software
Coming to the software, the phone runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), which is almost stock. Motorola devices get pure stock Android experience. It has Google Now launcher as default.Apart from the usual set of Google apps, it has Motorola Migrate that lets you migrate media, call, text messages and SIM contacts from your old phone or move these from this phone to a new phone. It also has Moto app This has Assist, Actions, and Display.
Assist is the usual Moto Assist with Meeting and Sleeping actions.Moto G 3rd Gen has Quick Capture, Chop twice for flashlight and Moto Display feature Quick Capture allows Instantly launch the camera by twisting your wrist twice. Twist twice again and switch to the front camera. Flick your wrist twice quickly to launch the flashlight and repeat to turn it off. No need to unlock your phone or take off your gloves to get the light that you need.Moto Display gives you a simple, discrete preview of notifications and updates, so you don’t have to wake your phone to see what’s going on.Check out some of the software features below
Moto G 3rd gen comes 13-megapixel camera with Sony IMX214 Exmor RS sensor, f/2.0 aperture and True-Tone LED flash. It is the same sensor used in the Nexus 6 and 5MP camera with the f/2.2 aperture which can record videos at 1080p resolution.The camera UI is simple, similar to other Moto smartphones. There is an option to control focus & exposure, drag the bracket where you need to set the focus. It also has quick capture feature that lets you just twist your wrist quickly to launch the camera. This doesn’t work always.Daylight images and macro shots were good with vibrant color output, but low-light shots have noise most of the time and lack details. The focus is a bit hard at times using the focus bracket. HDR shots are over saturated and too sharp.the rear camera can record 1080p as well as 720P slow motion Videos
Connectivity & battery.
It has Dual SIM option in the settings that lets you customize each SIM cards. It has 4G connectivity with support for LTE bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 28 and 40. Both the SIM slots have 4G support, but you can use 4G on only one SIM at a time, while the other remains in 2G. There is a connection priority option that lets you choose Data or Voice. If you prefer Data, when you receive incoming calls on the non-data enabled SIM, it will go to voicemail when data is active. Other connectivity features include WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and GPS. It also has USB OTG (on-the-go) support.The new Moto G packs a 2,470 mAh built-in battery. You can enable battery saver to extend the battery life when the battery is low. The battery will last you a complete day even if you put the screen brightness at the highest level and use 3G data all the time. we watched some videos and played comes for a couple of hours and we were able to get almost 12 hours out of the device.
Moto G3 is basically good device at price Point which is available.Moto G promises a good user experience, decent mid-range phone with a long-lasting battery life and a decent camera. The only advantage Moto G has over other device available below Rs 13,000 is water resistance, lag-free user interface, and a stock Android experience. we would recommend going for 2GB variant as the base model with 1GB RAM and 8GB storage for Rs 1,000 less is not really an ideal deal.