One of the best mobiles launched in india is moto G 3rd genration.Motorola Moto G(Gen 3) smartphone with 5.00-inch 720x1280 display powered by 1.4 GHz processor alongside 1GB RAM and 13-megapixel rear camera.The smartphone industry has a specifications problem and the tech press must share a large part of the blame. We are living in a world that’s obsessed with octa-core processors, 13-megapixel cameras, and gigabytes of RAM, but we don’t spend enough time talking about the thing that really matters - how it feels to use a phone on an everyday basis.
In a bizzaro alternate reality where the iPhone 6 launch happened in India and Apple hosted a Q&A at the event, we bet the first question Tim Cook would have been asked is how the company expects to sell a flagship phone that’s "just" dual core with "only" 1GB of RAM. Thankfully, most sensible people don’t judge the iPhone based only on its specifications - Apple has never even officially acknowledged half of them, unlike most other manufacturers who alternate between talking about the "price to specs ratio" and the "experience" depending upon which device they are talking about and whether they are the segment leader at that point or playing catch-up.
However, when it comes to entry-level smartphones, people rarely look beyond specifications. There seems to be an expectation that the customer in this segment is someone who doesn’t care about things like stability and user experience, worrying only about how good the phone’s spec sheet looks.
That’s not to say that specifications of a device don’t matter at all and can be completely disregarded. For the longest time entry-level smartphones came with sub-par hardware, so now that you can get a sub-Rs. 10, 000($170) phone with specifications that were found on flagship level smartphones not too long ago, it’s natural that people are excited.
This excitement, though, often tends to slip into the territory of unhealthy obsessions, where many have been happy to disregard the unpredictability of the latest Mi, Yu, and other self-proclaimed flagship killer only because they pack premium specs - the actual everyday experience of the end user be damned. At the same time, smartphones that trade specifications for a stable, if unglamorous, user experience find few takers even within the tech press. The flat response to last year’s Android One smartphones is perhaps the best example of this phenomenon.
The rise of companies like Lenovo(which incidentally now owns Motorola), Xiaomi, and Micromax has been rightly hailed, but the fact is that they have a long way to go in terms of matching the stability of software that companies like Apple, Motorola, HTC, and for all its bloat even Samsung, consistently manage to ship devices with. Some of these upstarts use paying customers as beta testers, saving money on actual testing, which allows them to undercut the competition in terms of price. Suddenly, devices by companies that follow a more traditional approach and respect their users’ time and money start looking expensive in comparison.
Which brings us to the Moto G 3rd gen. The smartphone boasts of relatively modest specifications when compared to the likes of the Lenovo K3 Note and Xiaomi Mi 4i, but packs in other goodies like water resistance that can potentially be a lifesaver(the phone’s life) and a software experience that’s extremely stable compared to some of the other smartphones at this price point. We used the Moto G 3rd gen as our primary smartphone for the best part of one week and found it to be a reliable companion. Let’s look at the various aspects of the phone in detail.
Design and display
The Moto G 3rd gen has a design that’s quintessential Motorola, but it still has a unique touch. While the smartphone doesn’t exactly stand out from the crowd in terms of looks, the in-hand feel is really