Feature rich for the price (and it was nice that it had a very good discounted for Prime day). So far, the Moto has worked wonderfully:
• It has a quick charge feature - the battery charged fast (took about an hour to charge from about 10% to 100% using the wall plug that shipped with the phone). It does use a USB-C connector, so I had to buy some adapters so I do not have to lug around the USB-C cable around with me (I have enough adapters for home use, have in my vehicle and work use).
• The battery life is decent - with moderate use (several phone calls, minimal texting, reviewing email, Web browsing, Facebook/LinkedIn use, an hour or two of gaming during my typical day), a full charge drops to between 30% - 40% by the end of the day.
• The speaker/sound system is superior to all my prior phones - I actually had to turn down the media volume (full volume is a little TOO Loud for my comfort).
• The phone size is slightly smaller than my previous BLU XL2 size, however, the screen has superior resolution and it's touch sensitivity is very good and precise (I have large hands, men's XL glove size which made it easy for me to “fatfinger” the virtual keyboards on most of my previous (admittedly bargain priced) phones.)
• It is really really really nice that it has 64 GB of ram. In the past, it was almost mandatory that I had to add a SD card to have adequate space on my previous phones for all the apps I wanted or needed for work. i will eventually get a SD card for this phone, but I do not feel any pressure due to disk space, so I am in no hurry.
• This is the first phone I owned that has a finger sensor - so far it has worked flawlessly.
Hopefully, this phone will last without issues for the next 2+f years. Some of the negative reports that say the phone is "slippery" this is somewhat true, but I bought a well rated case (I chose a Moto G6 Rugged Case, Poetic Revolution which has worked well) so this is not an issue for me.
Update (September 2019) - Only one issue to report: An OS upgrade to Build Number PPS9 118 11-1 appears to have corrupted my SD Card and the phone would crash shortly after rebooting. Removing the SD Card fixed this issue (and I still have ~31 GB if 64 GB device storage available),
Battery life: Still the same as in my original review.
Fit and Finish: No mechanical issues.
About the time I had the stability/rebooting issues, I decide to try out the Microsoft Launcher in place of the Moto App Launcher. Overall I am quite please with the more customizable UI/UX the Microsoft Launcher offers.
Update (May 2020) - Still using this phone (a testament to it's durability). The battery life is shorter now and a full charge may last a day if I lightly use the phone. I also notice that if the phone has less than 30% charge, the camera becomes less stable and now has a noticeable delay between clicking the button and actually taking a snapshot (sometimes not taking a picture at all). The turbo charge is still as fast as I wrote in my original.
review but I noticed that the USB connector is more finicky and when I think the phone is connected for charging, it doesn't charge. Occasionally the phone reboots unexpectedly when I forget to lock the phone while running one of my work apps or Facebook (which was not an issue at all when I bought the phone). The last annoyance is that reboot time takes 3-4 minutes (may be all the App and OS updates. I have ran malware checks, but these have not detected anything).
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Moto G6 64 GB
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| | Fingerprint Sensor | |
8.0 | Android OS | 8.0 |
4 GB / 64 GB | RAM / Storage | 3 GB / 32 GB |
1.8 GHz octa-core | Processor | 1.8 GHz octa-core |
3,000 mAh | Battery | 3,000 mAh |
5.7" FHD+ Max Vision | Display | 5.7" FHD+ Max Vision |
Dual 12 MP + 5 MP | Rear Camera | Dual 12MP + 5 MP |
| | Fingerprint Sensor | |
8.0 | Android OS | Upgradeable to 9.0 |
4 GB / 64 GB | RAM / Storage | 3 GB / 32 GB |
1.8 GHz octa-core | Processor | 1.4 GHz quad-core |
3,000 mAh | Battery | 4,000 mAh |
5.7" FHD+ Max Vision | Display | 5.7" HD+ Max Vision |
Dual 12 MP + 5 MP | Rear Camera | 13 MP |
| | Fingerprint Sensor | |
8.0 | Android OS | Upgradeable to 9.0 |
4 GB / 64 GB | RAM / Storage | 3 GB / 32 GB |
1.8 GHz octa-core | Processor | 2.2 GHz octa-core |
3,000 mAh | Battery | 3,000 mAh |
5.7" FHD+ Max Vision | Display | 5.2” Full HD |
Dual 12 MP + 5 MP | Rear Camera | Dual 12 MP + 8 MP |
| | Fingerprint Sensor | |
8.0 | Android OS | 7.0 |
4 GB / 64 GB | RAM / Storage | 2 GB / 32 GB |
1.8 GHz octa-core | Processor | 2.0 GHz octa-core |
3,000 mAh | Battery | 3,000 mAh |
5.7" FHD+ Max Vision | Display | 5.2” Full HD |
Dual 12 MP + 5 MP | Rear Camera | 12 MP HD |
Reviews with images
Great until the battery started melting
UPDATE: I called Motorola and they were super helpful. Reverb though my warranty had expired by a few days, they still helped me. They asked to see pictures of the phone, and once they recived that, then processed a replacement for a new our like new phone. They waived the hold for a premium replacement, in which they send the replacement first and then you send your old phone back. The replacement phone arrived fast, and it looks new. So far so good, I've had had no issues. So I'm updating my rating from 1 star to 4.5 stars because my issue got resolved quickly and Motorola have me great customer service!I've had this phone for almost exactly a year now. The phone was great for the price and with the features it had until about a week ago when it started getting super hot. Then I notice it started to pop out of my phone case, I thought it was the fault of the case, but when I did a closer look I notice the battery has had gotten so hot it was melting the adhesive of the back case of the phone itself and poping the case out. Not sure what else has melted inside. I'm looking now to see if I'm still under warranty, but when I try to click on the warranty information here it says file cannot be opened. This is so frustrating! So I'm going to set if I can contact Motorola itself.
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