Currently, I own a HTC Desire 820, Nexus 7, Spice dream Uno, I have owned Xiaomi Mi3, Galaxy Grand, Xperia ZL, Lumia 525, Canvas 2 colors, Sony LWW n MOTO E. so I have fair amount of knowledge about these electronic Gadgets and I am a gadgets freak.
THIS REVIEW IS FOR A NEUTRAL PERSON WHO IS CONFUSED FOR WHICH MOBILE TO CHOSE in the midrange segment.
PROS:
1) Its Motorola
2) Screen is bright and vivid
3) Best stock android phone under Rs 15000
4) Camera in daylight
5) Nice grip
6) Speakers somewhat
CONS:
1) Camera in night
2) Speakers give cracking noise at maximum volume level
3) Requires too much time for charging
SCREEN: The screen is pretty nice one. I like its vividness. Seriously my Mi3 didn’t had that colour punchiness that this moto g have.Also the Asus zenfone screen is comparatively less vivid.My friend own it. No problems with the screen
Performance:-
CAMERA:- Never expected that quality from a 13k phone, my canvas 2 colors’ 8mp camera was a lot better than this at 8k. Zenfone 5 has better camera than this one. The images appear blurry and lost focused. The mi3 camera is very good.
GAMING:- This is the place where it hits the sweet spot. It is lil bit better in gaming than Zenfone 5 but no way it could beat Xiaomi Mi3. You can play any high end game on medium graphics setting without a lag but on high graphics setting it will tend to miss a frame or two.
SPEAKERS AND HEADSET:- These are loud but while listening on the highest level of sound, they seem to be cracking a little bit. So they are better than the competition at this price but not the best. And dont even dare to compare them with HTC’s stereo speakers. HTC’s speakers are way too superior to those.
Headset output is good but here also nothing beats my HTC Desire 820.
(I own a sennheiser, skullcandy titan, Skullcandy Ink’d 2, Mi ear phones and Creative ep 630 sony MDR-XB30 .So I do have a little bit of knowledge and experience.)
CALL CLARITY AND "SAR" VALUE:-
The call clarity is good but not excellent. The best call clarity among the mobiles I used until now is from HTC Desire 820.
When I bought the phone, the SAR values mentioned on flipkart website were 0.55 and 1.01 W/Kg at body and head and suddenly after 2-3 days they changed them and increased the values on their product page. And I was UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SAR VALUE ON THE BOX AS WELL AS PRODUCT, WHILE ITS MANDATORY FOR THE MANUFACTURERS TO MENTION THE SAR VALUE ON PRODUCT ITSELF ACCORDING TO INDIAN REGULATIONS.
I bought that phone for my dad as my dad have strong affection for Motorola.
I feel that this is a downgrade to previous moto G in terms of the QUALITY. My 2-3 friends own gen 1 moto G and boy it feels way too superior to use than this cheap quality product.
I have owned Mi3 and now I understood that really XIAOMI is the best in cheaper phones.Mi3 no way feels cheap like this phone.
FIRST TIME BUYERS WILL FIND MOTO G 2nd gen TO BE ON PAR, but ones who have habit of changing mobiles like me, will find this phone to be costly in terms of what it offers power wise. It should have been 11999 as compared to the competition.
End result:
Friends if you want a real smartphone experience then please take a look at YU Yureka or go for Zenfone 5 so that you will save 3-4k and also will get more value for money. And lastly, if you have a strong affection for stock android, then go with Moto G2.