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hey what's going on guys a mark in Sangin from technobuffalo and this is Motorola's latest budget smartphone the 2015 Moto G I've had the chance to use this phone for about a week and a half and I think it's time to give you guys our final thoughts on motorola's latest budget smart Motorola unveiled several new phones late last month during an event in New York City and while we were really excited to see the new flagship Moto X device it was really hard to be that excited about the Moto G however after playing with a new device for a few days my expectations change it's actually a really good device despite it being an entry-level smartphone inside the Moto G we have a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor 8 gigabytes or 16 gigabytes of expandable storage up to 32 gigabytes one gigabyte or two gigabytes of RAM a 5-inch 720p display a two thousand seven hundred forty million battery and it finally supports 4G LTE but in return lacks NFC onboard the Moto G isn't the best looking phone on the market though it's also not the worst you've seen it's not crafted out of high-end materials like aluminium or glass and is instead a mostly plastic and very plasticky feeling device before a 220 dollar smartphone you can't expect it to have the best features and hardware the design change is very refreshing in my opinion the back now features a crosshatch texture instead of the matte finish from previous iterations and it's still removable and swappable you can choose from 10 different colors and each backplate will only cost you fifteen dollars which seems like a pretty reasonable price to me opening up the back you'll actually see rubber gaskets along the top of the cover which helps protect the phone from moisture drop it into puddle or the toilet and you should be fine we took it for a quick swim and it didn't run into any issues but you're running the risk of damaging the phone should the back cover pop off after removing the back panel you'll be able to pop in your sim card and also expand your storage via a microSD card for up to 32 gigabytes though a 64 gigabytes microSD card we tested work just fine probably the weakest part of the new Moto G would have to be to display it's still a 5-inch 720p display and it's not the prettiest display of seeing color reproduction isn't the best text isn't as sharp and the colors looked a bit washed out of times then again it is a two hundred twenty dollar smartphone so I don't really have any reason to complain or compare it with other high-end displays I've seen and use plus that 720p screen will help save on energy consumption which translates to a better battery life in terms of overall performance it's just fine you'll be able to make calls text browse online email no problem the Snapdragon 410 processor works well though it can be a bit sluggish when trying to play a graphics heavy game like vainglory it works it's just not as smooth as on more powerful devices if you're just casually using the phone to check Twitter or Instagram or take pictures it gets the job done no problem also having LTE on a budget smartphone is big this means you'll be able to browse the web and watch videos without having a way too long for sites and videos to load so let's chat battery life the Moto G is packing a 2470 milliamp battery and it's not bad at all it lasts the entire work day from nine a.m. to 10pm which is perfectly fine for me i'm on twitter most of the time and making a few phone calls throughout the day but how you use the phone will definitely affect the battery life if you're constantly on your phone checking email Twitter and taking a lot of pictures that will hit it unfortunately there's no wireless charging or quick charge even though the Snapdragon 410 ship was built to support faster charging which isn't available on the Moto G but I didn't expect those features to make it to a two-hundred-dollar smartphone needless to say the battery life on the Moto G is decent it'll last an entire day if you're not constantly tinkering with the device though standby time is great I could leave it on for a few days and still have enough juice to use it for an entire day the next day which is very impressive probably one of the best things about the Moto G is the nearly pure stock Android experience it's running android 5.1 point 1 out of the box with a few customizations from Motorola such as moto ases action and active display moto active display essentially allows you to quickly glance at notifications and the time without waking your phone with actions you can simply flick of the wrist to activate the camera and chop twice you turn on the flashlight with assists it'll basically change your phone's behavior based on a time of day whether you're in a meeting or about to go to bed the fact that it's running stock Android the new Moto G could easily pass for an affordable Nexus device and speaking of a Nexus device the camera sensor on a moto G is actually the same sensor that was used on the Nexus 6 the Moto G is rocking a 13 megapixel camera with dual-led flash and I asked on Twitter what you guys wanted to see from the review and a lot of you guys wanted to know how good or bad the camera is to tell you the truth the camera isn't bad nor is it the best either Motorola hasn't exactly impresses with its camera the past couple of years whether we were using the 2014 Moto X or Nexus 6 but the Moto G has a pretty good camera for e 220 dollar phone the images we got out of the Moto G were detailed though sometimes a bit washed out dynamic range isn't the best though for a two hundred twenty dollar phone it's impressive autofocus worked relatively well and quick and good lighting conditions though it will hunt for focus and low-light conditions Motorola's using a customized version of google's camera app and it's very minimalistic which means you can simply tap the screen to take a picture and the settings are tucked away on the left-hand side of the screen which you can enable things like HDR flash touch to focus and change the aspect ratio the front-facing camera isn't the best either it's definitely mediocre at its best the shots we saw seemed a bit to over process for our taste but we weren't expecting anything great again the camera on the Moto G is not the best but it's not the worst either it gets the job done and you'll be able to get some good shots that can easily pass for social media such as Instagram or Facebook so to wrap it all up for you guys I'm giving the 2015 Moto G a TechnoBuffalo score of 8 out of 10 the Moto G is a really good budget smartphone as in surprisingly good it's running an almost stock android 5.1 point one it has LTE good battery life expandable storage in a decent camera and it's only two hundred twenty dollars of course you can't have a 220 dollar phone without trade-offs one the display isn't the best a 720p resolution on a 5-inch display looks horrible also the lack of NFC and quick charge may be a deal-breaker for some people still the 2015 Moto G is arguably the best bang for your buck as of right now anyways thank you guys so much for watching and if you guys enjoy this video make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one