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a moto X experience for a very affordable price hell yeah I'm in hey it's Josh regard from android authority what's going on everybody and it's time to unbox and give my first impressions on the Moto G and there it is already then if we get inside here we pretty much just have the micro USB charging cable and that's quite literally it after that we pretty much just have a quick start guide essentially the Moto G is looking to be as affordable as possible so assuming that the consumer probably has some sort of plug adapter already given a different smartphone or a different peripheral device then they should be able to just put the micro USB cord right into that in order to charge this or even into a laptop or computer generally speaking when you get a mid-range version of a flagship device it gets shrunken down a little but since the Moto X was already pretty small to begin with the Moto G didn't have too far to go 4.5 inches is what you get here four and a half inches compared to the 4.7 inch screen of the Moto X however despite all of that the general fuel is about the same and that's because the body the form factor is actually about the same so the handling is very similar it's very familiar and once you put this in your hand you get that feeling of well this is really a moto phone but then that's where the similarities kind of start to fade away starting on the front we do have the LCD screen and obviously what that means is it won't have active notifications active notifications after all required the AMOLED type screen that allows for the activation of particular pixels so this LCD screen despite coming in at 720p resolution does not have the particular feature that differentiated the Moto X when you come around the back it's not the soft touch let's say premium feeling plastic of the Moto X especially if you get sort of that mat back that is available however on the Moto G we have a much a bit of a hollow feeling plastic material that is somewhat soft touched but it's incredibly smooth and when you put it in your hand and you feel that plastic it does kind of feel like a real budget budget minded phone and also that back cover is removable allowing you to replace it with other colors in case you want to customize the Moto G to your liking to remove the back cover of your Moto G press the center and grip the bottom edge lift up from the bottom alright let's see how that looks it's definitely not as easy as it kind of sounds after all you're going to have your finger digging into the microUSB port good lord boy I'll tell ya this is definitely giving the Moto G a little bit more in the build quality column all the cover does come off and that also means that you can get a bunch of different colors of it maybe even different materials when you never know what moto will have in mind for the customization of the Moto G but there you go and of course here's the warning that the battery is not removable so don't even try to take it out it's also worth mentioning that you're not going to get the touchless control either and what that basically means for the Moto G is that it is a budget accessible way of getting into the Android ecosystem so quite obviously the most exciting part about this phone is its price $107 gets you the Moto G at the base 8 gigabyte model unlocked an unlocked phone at under two hundred dollars that's a pretty big deal especially for a phone that has the moto name you do get that sense that it will be a reliable phone it will have good performance even if it's not necessarily the fastest performing phone on the market but more than that the reason why I'm actually really excited to have this in my hand right now is because at that price point it's obvious to me that this is going to be a great way to get let's say someone who doesn't want to be in other ecosystems anymore an easy entry point into the Android ecosystem keep it tuned to android authority for our continuing moto g coverage we're going to have a lot of content for you regarding this really interesting budget phone so keep it tuned here drop us a like on our videos subscribe to our channel if you haven't already and follow us on social media including me my links are down below stay tuned to android authority because we're your source for all things android