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The Moto G6 Plus is Motorola's latest mid-range phone (Lenovo). By "mid-range", I must say that the G6 Plus is the high end of the range of G6 phones that also includes the Moto G6 Play and Moto G6 which are both low-end phones, but similar. The G6 Plus definitely aims for a more upscale segment this time with full screen display and stylish design.
Out of the G6 series, the Plus has the largest screen, at 5.9 "and in the NZ market at least, it has a second sim slot, for those who like to separate work and home accounts or any simply suppliers.
My most recent phone was the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 SE, which was OK on the spec plan with a Snapdragon 650 SoC, but was running under Xiaomi's proprietary Android version and was stuck on Android 6.0 Marshmallow For the basics, my frame of reference is my old device, but my wife had a Moto G5 Plus, and recently updated the G5S Plus after breaking her screen, so I have a little experience with the precursors of the G6 Plus.
I received the Deep Indigo version with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage .I really dig the color, although i would say that c & rsquo; Is more a blue than an indigo.With a glass bottom, the G6 Plus definitely has an appearance and a first quality. There does not seem to be too much fingerprint because it has an oil repellent coating and I suspect something that also distorts the water – because it seems to run right away when it splashes (I've a toddler who loves to kick as a dolphin in the bath).
It is classified as splash-proof, but not waterproof. I have not broken it yet, but I suspect that having a glass back is a risky area for those who are prone to dropping their phone, and yes that makes it a little slippery . Is it time to order a AliExpress case? I think so.
Note that I have received some cases from AliExpress before finishing this review and now my phone is nice and safe with a tempered glass screen protector and an armor case robust. The use of a case however removes some of its charm.
Who is it?
Anyone looking for a decent Android phone that does not break the bank, but has the appearance, feel and features of a more premium device. Keep in mind that this is not a small device, although physically it is not much bigger than most phones with a 5.5 "display because of the report of appearance.
More
- No worries of battery and fast charging
- An impressive camera quality
- A lot of storage and expandable with MicroSD
- Processor fast enough for all hardcore
- Awesome 5.9 inches 18: 9
Disadvantage
- Features of the camera a little gadget
- The position of the fingerprint sensor is not ideal for one-handed use
- Potentially breakable glass body
Specification List
- Dimensions: 75.5 x 160 x 8mm
- Weight: 167g
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 (Octa-core up to To 2.2GHz)
- RAM: 4 GB
- Storage: 64 GB
- MicroSD: Yes, up to To 256 GB
- Screen: 5.9 inches, 1080 x 2160, 18: 9 409ppi with Gorilla Glass 3
- Front camera: 8MP
- Rear camera (s): 12MP Primary with 1.4μm pixels and f / 1.7 aperture, 5MP secondary
- Video: 2160p @ 30fps, 1080p @ 30 / 60fps
- Battery: 32 00mAh
- Connectivity: dual Nano-SIM (NZ); USB Type-C (v2.0); Wi-Fi dual band a / b / g / n / ac; GPS, GLONASS; NFC; Bluetooth 5.
- LTE (4G): bands 1,3,5,7,8,18,19,26,28,38,40,41
- UMTS (3G): bands 1,2,5, 8,19
- Operating System: Android 8.0 Oreo (At Launch)
Sensors: Fingerprint (Front), Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity, Compass
Design and Ergonomics
As mentioned earlier, the G6 Plus is primarily made of glass. This makes the device very nice to hand, but also makes it very slippery. If that becomes a problem, you can of course use a case but, in a way, it goes against the goal.
The headphone jack is located at the bottom of the phone, which is probably the most convenient place for general use, especially when mounting the phone in the car and connecting an auxiliary cable .
The USB-C slot is also located at the bottom of the phone. I've never had a USB-C device before, and I wondered what all the hype was. Maybe there are more things, but I find that not putting the charger in the wrong way can be a pretty solid selling point.
The top of the device has a secondary microphone, which I suppose to be for noise cancellation, as well as the location for the Micro SD card, and two SIM card slots. This requires a paper clip or pin provided to extract it.
The bottom of the phone has the standard microphone and fingerprint sensor, which is much smaller than the G5S Plus. This does not seem to interfere with the functionality and the sensor is both fast and accurate. I am not the biggest fan of fingerprint sensors on the front and I find that having it at the back is much more convenient most of the time. Where it is more useful though, it is when you have the phone on a flat surface and want to unlock it without picking it up, eg. when cooking and want to quickly check the recipe again.
The camera hump protrudes in a fair way on the back of the camera, which seems to be a recipe for additional stripes. Until now, it's been ok, but really draws dust on the edges of the bump
View
The display is larger than the average phone at 5 , 9 ", but the screen / body ratio is quite high, so the phone does not feel heavy.The G6 Plus has a one-hand mode that can be activated using a gesture too.
Compared to its predecessor the Moto G5S Plus, the G6 Plus is only 6.5 mm longer.The screen has an aspect ratio of 18: 9 at a resolution of 1080×2160, so most videos will have black borders because of the recording in 16: 9, for example 1080p.Gorilla Glass 3 offers scratch resistance, and until now, I have not managed to pick up the scratches, so it seems In terms of quality, the screen offers excellent readability in the sun and the oleophobic coating helps prevent your fingers from staining. Too much screen.
Adaptive brightness works well enough and can be adjusted to a low enough level for those who like to use their device in a dark room, while working well in direct sunlight (including there is very little for the moment) since his winter). I often read on my phone while my daughter sleeps in a dark room, so the minimum brightness levels are a key feature for me. Fortunately, the Moto G6 Plus works well in this regard.
Camera
The G6S Plus has a dual camera on the back, similar to the G5S Plus – but the quality looks significantly better compared to the previous version. The main sensor is 12MP, with a 5MP sensor used for depth search to support bokeh portrait mode and cutting functions.
Here is a comparison of the quality of the photo between the Moto G5S Plus and the Moto G6 Plus:
Moto G5S Plus
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Moto G6 Plus
As you can see, the G5S Plus seems to have some problems with the ceiling lights that cause halos and ruin the picture. The G6 Plus seems to be able to handle the same conditions a lot more gracefully.
One of the stupid but useful features, is the twist gesture, which will open the camera directly even when the screen is off.
The shutter speed is not super fast, but passable for most occasions. I have not been able to find different modes in the camera application for different situations, such as when you need a faster shutter speed. There is a manual mode that allows you to adjust the white balance, ISO, shutter speed, focus and other settings that I suspect to be an exposure. I really wish that there were selectable modes, eg. Sports for faster shutter speeds – but if it exists, I have not figured out where it is.
The G6 Plus has three additional features that are provided by the additional sensor; Portrait mode, cutting mode and accompaniment color.
The portrait mode lets you take a picture of a subject and adjust the blur in the background. This seems to work fine if you are close enough to the subject, but sometimes has strange results with fuzzy elements in the foreground. It also tends to work more reliably when photographing people as opposed to objects.
The cutting mode is much less reliable, and I have not been able to make it work properly. In theory, it is intended to allow you to take a picture of a subject and then replace the background behind them. In reality, it does not do a great job of cutting the subject – and does not work reliably either.
The accompaniment color is intended to allow you to take a picture and select the color you want to keep, while the rest of the picture becomes grayscale. This can work properly depending on the subject – with the definition between objects that must be of fairly uniform color to function effectively. I've certainly had some strange results playing with this mode.
On the video front, the default setting is 1080p 30fps, but you can upgrade to 1080p 60fps or 4K @ 30fps. You will need a fairly fast SD card if you want to record in 4K because of the 51Mbps bitrate, but the internal storage will work just as well for that. I've only provided an example of 1080p video @ 30fps because I could not find anything interesting to film that was not my daughter, so you'll have to watch on Youtube for more videos d & # 39; examples. The quality of what I've recorded is good though, although the wind noise is a bit of a killer.
Some additional video features are Slow Motion, Timelapse, Youtube Live and Face Filters. Face filters let you layer fun hats, cat ears, and more. It works for both videos and photos.
For selfie fans, there is also a face-to-face flash and a beauty mode, which I suppose to soften your wrinkles.
Here are some more photos to show how the camera works on several scenarios:
Audio
I am not an audiophile so I can not give a definitive opinion on the audio capabilities of the Moto G6 Plus. That said, what I have experienced has been great. Most of the time, I listen to music with Phayer BHS-750 Bluetooth headphones and the connection is stable without loss of quality and the audio quality is excellent. I usually play music using Google Play Music at the highest rate available.
The speaker uses the speaker from the earphone, which does not affect the maximum volume at all. Like an alarm clock the phone is very capable and efficient. In calls, the quality is clear, and I guess it supports HD Voice or something because, man, it seems a lot brighter than my old Redmi Note 3 which was very muddy and smothered.
The G6 Plus also includes software enhancements via Dolby Audio, which is essentially a more flexible equalizer that allows you to set different settings for movies, music, gaming, voice and two custom settings. It has a volume leveler to standardize the sound across applications.
Performance
The G6 Plus is not designed to be a demon of speed. It has a midrange Snapdragon 630 that uses A53 Cortex cores, and despite 8 of them, it will not reach the same level of performance as a flagship device. Despite this, the G6 Plus works well in most tasks, with very good overall responsiveness across the entire user interface. Where he could fall is an intensive game. The Snapdragon 630 has an Adreno 508, which is a 30% improvement over the Adreno 506 of the Snapdragon 625, mainly thanks to an increase in clock speed from 650Mhz to 850Mhz and the passage of LPDDR3 to LPDDR4.
With an Antutu score of around 89,000, the Moto G6 Plus does not win any speed competition, but that 's not really what it is for. Of course, he could have had a Snapdragon 636 and probably stayed at a similar price, but for most people he will not make a difference.
With Geekbench 4, the G6 Plus is again rather average and offers no improvement in performance compared to the G5S Plus or other devices running Snapdragon 625 despite a increase of 200Mhz. Where the G6 Plus is better, it is on the GPU side, where it is between 3,600 and 3,800.
When it comes to play, I'm not really sure what kids are playing these days, and Fortnite is not available for Android, so I could not test it. I've tried PUBG Mobile, as well as some classic games like KOTOR and GTAIII. PUBG Mobile seems to work well with low settings, but I ended up playing with Korean kids. All I've heard is "anyong haseyo" from my teammates, some of whom have tried to shoot me permanently. Fortunately, killing teams has not been activated. I also briefly tried Need for Speed: No Limits and the performance was good in this regard.
Connectivity
The G6 Plus has fairly high connectivity features with Bluetooth 5.0, LTE up to 600 Mbps and Wi-Fi dual band 802.11ac.
It supports almost all bands available in NZ for UMTS (3G) and LTE (4G), so you will get coverage just about anywhere you are.
I found that on LTE with Vodafone I average just over 50Mbps, but up to 70Mbps in normal use. With 3G (HSPA +), I arrive at 20Mbps, at 2Mbps.
GPS basically supports all types of satellites, and I found that it locks quickly, and the tracks are accurate enough for navigation. I have not tested it for fitness purposes, so I can not attest to his abilities in this regard. Using a GPS test application, it was set in less than 10 seconds and had an accuracy of +/- 3M to +/- 5M with 10 locked satellites.
At home, I have 100Mbps fiber with Vodafone and can almost max that over Wi-Fi with the Moto G6 Plus with an average of 90Mbps. The Wi-Fi antenna seems to be pretty well designed, and I get a good reception everywhere in my house, which is ~ 190 m² and my router is a Vodafone Ultra Hub, with support for 802.11AC and MIMO.
With Bluetooth, I have not tested the bit rates, but I regularly connect my Sena Intercom on my bike, my Asus Zenwatch 3 and my Phaiser Bluetooth headset. I had zero problem. I found that the connection on my Zenwatch is much more reliable than on my Redmi Note 3, which was constantly disconnected and Google services did not even work most of the time. I've been incredibly impressed by the stability of the Bluetooth stack on this device. Congratulations to Motorola / Lenovo for making this component so often forgotten.
Battery Life
The Moto G6 Plus battery is only 3200 mAH, which does not seem terribly impressive on paper, but the Snapdragon 630 seems to be even more effective than the 625 , and despite the 5.9 "display, the G6 Plus does not drain particularly quickly.Your battery life will be strongly affected by the features you use so YMMV .I have found that disabling Google's "OK Google" keyword detection dramatically improved battery life, but other than that, I'm not too worried about that.If a particular application is emptying the battery, Android 8.0 warns you – something that happens every time I run Antutu.At all, I found that after waking up at 5:45 in the evening, around 10 pm, I still have more than 50 % of battery life.
G6 Plus also supports Turbo charge using the charger with which it is delivered. This significantly increases the charging speed and will apparently reduce the total charging time to less than 2 hours, with 30 minutes to go from 0% to 38% (according to GSMArena). I have not done any scientific tests myself, but it costs a lot faster than my old Redmi Note 3. It's also nice to have USB-C when you plug in, and not have to s & ds Worry about the good charger upstairs.
Features of the Software
The Moto G6 Plus comes with an almost complete Android 8.0 Oreo, which is pretty awesome, and a huge improvement over Marshmallow (and a custom Xiaomi one to this). It comes with a few extras and during installation will try to connect to your email accounts using Microsoft Outlook. You can of course ignore this, but it can be a bit confusing at first. I do not think you can delete Outlook either, which I think could be considered boring for some – but storage is not really a problem.
An app that does not go awry is the Moto app, which offers helpful suggestions – for example removing similar photos to free up space or tips to save energy as well as a host of useful features.
The main additional Motorola features have been added:
- Moto Key
- Moto Actions
- Moto Display
- Moto Voice (Beta)
Moto Key allows you to manage connections to websites, as well as other devices such as a PC using the fingerprint sensor. I found that it worked well for website connections, but the computer connection feature was a bit buggy, which prevented me from logging in and I was ended up turning it off.
Moto Actions is a set of gestures that you can activate and deactivate. Some of the most useful gestures are:
- A Nav button – which allows you to use the fingerprint sensor to navigate, instead of buttons on the screen. It takes a little while to get used to it, but is pretty good if you want the extra screen of real estate
- Chop twice for the flashlight – where you shake the phone two times to turn on or turn off the flashlight. It's my number one gesture, for obvious reasons. It can also be used for an impromptu rave / strobe light – sometimes accidentally.
- Twist for a quick capture – twist the wrist twice quickly and open the camera – even if the screen is off
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Motorcycle Display includes the following:
- Night Display – which provides a blue light filter to prevent the use of night to affect your sleep. Something I really recommend.
- Attentive Display so that the screen stays on when you watch it (something I believe Samsung has had for a number of years, but still a welcome feature)
- when they arrive, or when you choose your phone. It also provides quick response methods to these from the lock screen.
Strangely, there is also a MotoVoice app that seems to duplicate the features that the Google Assistant already provides but you say "Hello Moto" to activate it. It also has a similar functionality to Android Auto where it can announce text messages and voice calls while driving. Not really sure what Motorola is trying to do here, just say I do not see it being widely used.
Conclusion
With its almost full screen 18: 9 screen and its glass all around, the G6 Plus certainly looks like a bonus phone. The only cost reduction index is the processor, which will not affect the majority of users. It is powerful enough for most tasks, including recording 4K videos. The camera is also a pretty strong point, with low light situations and shutter speed being the only weak spots. Everything else on the phone is good enough and I do not see anyone complaining.
That said, the idealist in me thinks that at $ 580 retail I should not recommend the Moto G6 Plus without reserve, but the realist thinks the only way to get more from value for money is to buy a less polite Chinese phone such as a Xiaomi or Meizu, where you make compromises on the operating system updates, or the quality of construction.
There is mainstream competition at this price, including the new Nokia 7 Plus, which can be found for $ 630 and has a Snapdragon 660, the Sony Xperia XA2 which has similar but retail features for $ 550 , and the Moto X4 which is also very similar but is waterproof for $ 630. Of these, the Nokia is probably the only real competitor, but it is $ 50 more. Other options include the purchase of the less expensive version, the Moto G6 or G6 Play – where you compromise the size and performance of the screen, or the old G5S Plus – which has a much lower camera.
Overall, the Moto G6 Plus offers and is a great option for those looking to buy a quality phone for less than $ 600 NZD.
Where do I have one and how much is it?
CPP: $ 580 NZD – available at Noel Leeming
Compared to Moto G6 Play ~ $ 370 @PBTech and Moto G6 $ 466 @PBTech
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