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Motorola Moto G22 Review: Is it a worthy budget phone?
In recent days, some Moto G phones ask for similar prices to iPhones. But the Moto G series was initially targeted at users looking for low-budget phones offering great features. Motorola Moto G22 inherits the original Moto G idea. Motorola released Moto G22 on April 8 in India. For a less budget, this latest Motorola phone offers a sleek design, clean stock Android 12 software, great battery life, and a capable camera. However, like any other budget phone, Moto G22 has some caveats. Let's check out the pros, cons, and price of the Motorola Moto G22.
Key Features of Motorola Moto G22
Design
There are no major surprises in the Moto G22's appearance or feel. The company has a history of producing some of the most reassuringly robust budget phones on the market, and that tradition continues here.
Although the structure is entirely made of plastic, it does not feel cheap or tacky. The frame features a beautiful split angle, and the back cover has a glass-like gloss. It does, however, take up fingerprints very quickly.
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Our test model is Cosmic Black, although Iceberg Blue and Pearl White varieties are also available if you want to make a bigger impression. For such low-cost phones, users should prefer the sneaky approach.
With distinct dimensions of 163.95 x 74.94 x 8.49mm, this phone is huge. However, it has almost the same size as a typical flagship phone and weighs 185 grams less.
The Moto G22 is described as "water-resistant," although there is no IP classification to back up this claim. To be honest, its presence at this pricing can shock users a little.
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Display
The Moto G22's display is a huge 6.5 inches in size, and it can be stretched to an astounding (for the price) 90Hz refresh rate if you enable it in the Settings menu. But that's about the extent of the goodwill.
For starters, it's an LCD display rather than the OLED seen in the Moto G31, so it's a tad washed out. Worse, it doesn't get very bright at all. Even in shady indoor settings, users can keep it set to full or almost full the whole time and could have used more.
With a resolution of 1600 x 720 (HD+ or 720p), its screen isn't very crisp. It seems to be pretty clear in normal navigation, but compare it to a conventional 1080p competitor, and you'll notice the difference, particularly with site material and photographs. Let's face it; this phone will be used for a lot of different things.
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Other than that, although the presence of a 90Hz option is great for the money, it means little when the performance is so bad. More on this later. However, this gadget has a high shutter count. Simply said, a 60Hz OLED makes much more sense on such basic technology than a 90Hz LCD.
Camera
The Moto G22 has a quad-sensor camera system, but only two of them are noteworthy: a 50-megapixel f/1.8 wide camera and an 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide camera. The other two slots are taken up by a 2-megapixel macro and a 2-megapixel depth sensor, both of which will be of little use to most users.
It seems to be the same setup as the Moto G31, but with the addition of the depth sensor. This means you get a perfectly decent primary camera that uses a 4-to-1 pixel-binning technology to generate pretty crisp 12.5-megapixel images.
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If you give this sensor a lot of light, it will generate attractive results. On brighter components, there's a touch of overexposure, but overall, the auto-HDR does a good job of balancing light and shadow, and Motorola's colour science doesn't do anything out of the ordinary.
Lower illumination circumstances, on the other hand, make the Moto G22 struggle. While there is a Night setting, it produces images with so much noise that you'll give up trying to record your nights before long.
The Moto G22, unlike the Moto G50, has an ultra-wide camera, which is a plus. Of course, the tone is considerably colder and flatter than the findings from the primary sensor, and there's significantly less detail; but that's to be expected from a cheap gadget.
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There's also a 16-megapixel selfie camera on the front, which, in ideal lighting, may produce acceptable photos. HDR struggles in bright regions - but it gets the job done.
Performance and Software
The Moto G22's fatal weakness may be its performance, which is seeking to compete with the finest affordable phones. The phone is supported by a MediaTek Helio G37 processor, which falls short of the remainder of Motorola's current budget portfolio.
The Moto G22 fails to sustain the advertised 90Hz display refresh rate once started, with numerous halts and stutters even while browsing between home screens and applications and even between menus, as previously mentioned.
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This awful baseline performance is backed up by some dreadful benchmark results. A Geekbench 5 score of 171 single-core and 943 multi-core falls well short of competitors costing just a few dollars more.
In terms of graphics, the Moto G22 isn't very outstanding. The phone couldn't even perform 3DMark's Wild Life test, and it only got 460 in the Slingshot Extreme test. In contrast, the Nokia G50 had a score of 2462. For Genshin Impact, a notoriously demanding GPU test, the game's settings were set to Low, yet it was still unusable. Even lowering those settings to Lowest resulted in enormous big stops in action.
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It's worth noting that the software condition on the Moto G22 has nothing to do with these performance difficulties. One of the phone's primary strengths is its user interface.
There are no issues with the Moto G22's other specifications, which include 4GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of internal storage. With a microSD card reader, you may increase storage by up to 1TB.
Battery and Charging
You can depend on a Moto G phone to give excellent endurance in addition to competitive cost, good build quality, and clean software. The Moto G22 doesn't disappoint, thanks to a 5000mAh battery and a dull 720p display.
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With more than 50% in the tank, users will be able to go through a full day of usage with 90Hz active and roughly 3hrs 30mins of screen-on time. Users can make it through a second day if they don’t anticipate it being especially demanding.
Price of Moto G22 in Bangladesh
The Motorola Moto G22 has been released with 6GB RAM in the UK at GBP 139.99 or BDT 15,422. The conversion rate here is 1 GBP = 110.16 BDT. However, the official price of Motorola Moto G22 in Bangladesh may vary due to tax and other issues.
Verdict
Motorola Moto G22 is a budget Android phone that looks fantastic for the money and has good battery and camera capabilities, but it's let down by poor performance and a dim 720p LCD display. Considering the Moto G22's camera and battery life are good considering its low price. However, investing a little extra money will give you a far more fluid experience.
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Motorola Moto G10 Review with Full Specs and Price
Building some devices on razor-thin margins, the Motorola G series has lasted a long time. Since the debut of the original Moto G, Motorola has maintained its dominance in the low-budget price range, giving us a Moto G10 victory lap. Not to mention, many similarly priced rivals have vanished in this period. Even by Moto G standards, the Moto G10 is uncomfortably cheap. And as it seems, Motorola has managed to manufacture a good phone for a price less than that of the Moto G9 Play. This article will elaborate on all the details of that Motorola release.
Key Features of Motorola Moto G10
Design
The Moto G10 appears to have a large part of its DNA in common with that of the G9 series. However, this time, Motorola has attempted something a bit different with the shell. It has added 29 textured waves at the back. Unlike every other phone, the handset's trash disposal information is printed on the bottom of the phone near the USB charging connection rather than on the back.
The fingerprint scanner is placed in the circular Motorola logo on the phone's back, while the four cameras are housed within a rectangular hump in the upper left-hand corner, just like the G9 series. The phone comes in two color variants- Aurora Grey and Sakura Pearl.
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Screen
The display on the Moto G10 isn't going to blow you away in many aspects. But it's just about decent enough for movie watching and web browsing. However, it's low resolution (720 x 1600 pixels), lacks HDR capability, and is pretty dim.
In terms of canvas size, it's large and big, measuring 6.5 inches from corner to corner. So it'll suffice for your video streaming apps. Though the bottom chin is a bit wide, its bezels are slim. And, there's a teardrop -camera-notch on top of the screen that houses the selfie camera.
The screen comes with a low refresh rate of 60Hz. It's a serious step down if you're accustomed to the 90Hz or 120Hz refresh rates offered by many standard phones on the market.
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Cameras
On the front side, the phone sports an 8MP selfie camera. And on the back side, there's a quad-camera series featuring combination of a 48MP wide sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide sensor, a 2MP macro sensor, and a 2MP depth sensor.
The phone's photo and video-taking capabilities are on pace with what you'd expect from a phone with this price tag. In other words, it captures some good photos in good light but struggles when it comes to difficult photographs in low light or with moving subjects. The phone's slower internal components are seen in the interface, which can be fairly sluggish at times and has a shutter speed that isn't up to par with the best in the market.
The Moto G10 has a night mode that increases brightness and detail if you can keep the phone steady for a few seconds longer. It works fine, and it's safe to say that the Moto G10 can take some passable night images - even if you lose a lot of detail and clarity in low light.
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Hardware and Performance
The Moto G10 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 CPU powered by 4GB RAM. You shouldn't expect too much efficiency from this low-end processor in terms of performance.
The phone's low-level specs are reflected in Geekbench's 5 scores of 241 (single-core), 1094 (multi-core), and 267 (OpenCL), which are exceeded by the ancestor Moto G9 Play. T can be said that G10 is quite a sluggish phone.
The Moto G10 has been tested with a couple of pretty demanding racing games, and its performance was admirable. The games played smoothly, though frame rates and loading windows were occasionally choppy. Casual games will run smoothly on the device, but if you're serious about Android gaming, you can look for alternative gaming-centric devices.
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Battery Capacity and The Charger
The Moto G10's 5,000mAh battery does an admirable job of staying between charges, and the device can survive a couple of days of regular use with its battery capacity.
There's no wireless charging here, as is typical of budget phones. And, its wired charging speed is limited to 10W, which is rather low even for an entry-level phone nowadays. To get fully charged the phone would take several hours. At the very least, Motorola has chosen USB-C for the charging port, which is a welcome respite.
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Technical Specifications of Motorola Moto G10
Specs of Motorola Moto G10
Supported Network
GSM / HSPA / LTE
Dimension
165.2 x 75.7 x 9.2 mm
Weight
200 g
Materials
Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
Display Type
IPS LCD
Display Resolution
720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio
Display Size
6.5 inches
Internal Memory
128GB, 64GB
Ram
4 GB
Chipset
Qualcomm SM4250 Snapdragon 460 (11 nm)
CPU
Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 610
Primary Camera
48 MP (wide), f/1.7, OIS; 8 MP (ultrawide) f/2.2; 2 MP (macro), f/2.4; 2 MP (monochrome), f/2.4
Video
1080p@30/60fps
Secondary Camera
8 MP, f2.2
Video
1080p@30fps
Sound
Loudspeakers, 3.5mm Jack
Connectivity
WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, USB Type-C, NFC
Sensor
Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity, gyro
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh; Non-removable
Charging
10W
Colour
Aurora Grey, Iridescent Pearl
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Moto G10 Price in Bangladesh
The phone is currently available only in one variant in Bangladesh. This variant has 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The official price of the Motorola Moto G10 is BDT 15,599.
Final Verdict
Overall, Motorola Moto G10 offers a good package with a standard design, display, battery, camera, as well as brand value. Motorola's take on Android is also commendable, and the phone runs Android 11 as well, which is more than most other manufacturers' offers.
The Moto G10's camera will do the job and get you some good photographs. However, if you want photographs that really stand out, you'll have to spend a little more money.
The Moto G10's strongest selling point is probably its extremely low price. You can hardly find a good package in this price range
On the downside, Moto G10 lacks 5G connectivity, and its internal specifications result in a mediocre software experience. Under this price range we have seen better performance in the competitor phones. When it comes to this phone, it's best to stick to the essentials.
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