In love with the device but overpriced?. Review on Motorola Moto G4 Plus

Basic Q&A’s

Any Heating Issues?

Every device heats up a bit but thanks to the plastic back cover used in the build of this device that you’ll hardly feel the warmth of the device.

NFC?

Sadly NO.

IR BLASTER?

Again NO!

Has Geo Magnetic Sensor?

Nope.

Water proof or Water resistant?

Nah!

How is the Battery Backup?

Pretty good with 6+ hours SoT without battery saver(Pictures added)

Camera Quality?

Is Okay and better than most of the devices out there and might be made even better by software updates

Audio Output?

Tested with Motorola Pulse 2 On the ear Headset and it is just awesome.

Speaker Quality and Output?

Quality is good and output is just Okay.

Benchmark Scores?

See Below in the review.

Any call drops?

So far NO.

How is the Turbo Charging?

Awesome it is! Takes around 100 min for a full charge.

How is the Build quality?

To me, it feels like premium.

RAM used while idle?

About 1-1.2 Gigs.

How is the Fingerprint Sensor?

Pretty Good and accurate and unlocks the device in a jiffy.

Supports OTG?

Hopefully. I didn’t personally test but it should support.

Usable free space out of the box?

Around 25 Gigs.

Is this device VoLTE?

Yes! Tested with JIO

Dual SIM?

Yes(4G+3G)

Call Quality?

Excellent as it should be.

Has LED indicator?

Yes, at Bottom strangely but doesn’t light up for notifications(Hidden LED).

Screen to Body ratio?

~ 71%

Sensors Available?

Fingerprint Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope.

Reasons to buy:

~ STOCK ROM.

~ FHD screen of 5.5'

~ Camera with Laser AF and PDAF.

~ Fingerprint sensor which unlocks the device in a jiffy.

~ 3000 mAh Battery with TurboPower Charging.

~ Professional Mode in Camera.

~ Runs Android M(6.0.1) out of the box!

~ Expandable Storage up to 128 Gigs.

~ Dual SIM.

~ It is a VoLTE Mobile.(JIO users roll-over with happiness)

~ Premium Looks and Feel in hand and super lightweight.

~ 2 and 3 Gigs of RAM with 16 and 32 Gigs of on board storage.

~ Octacore Snapdragon CPU(617).

~ Faster OS Updates.

~ Brand Image matters

~ New in market L O L

~ Turbo Power Brick(Turbo Outputs are 9V = 2.05A and 12V = 2.15A)

Weird things:

~ No NFC and IR Blaster even priced at 15K.

~ No Physical or Hardware Buttons.

~ LED Indicator is at the bottom and it doesn’t notify about missed notifications. Still figuring out why they have kept a LED which doesn’t serve its main purpose.

~ Fingerprint Sensor is not a home button.

~ Earpiece and Speaker are both same.

~ No 4K whatsoever.

~ No Orientation or Geomagnetic Sensor.

~ E or H or LTE symbol is shown even when the data is off and when the data is turned on the symbol darkens.

~ Secondary mic is placed on the screen itself beside Fingerprint sensor.

~ Non Removable battery.

~ Not Water Resistant or water proof.

~ I don’t know why but the default ringtones start with a delay of like 1 second.

Detailed Review:

Build & Feel in hand:

• I have to say it feels very Premium in hand. It has this rigid plastic back cover which seems like rubber from far but isn't and due to the texture type design on the back cover it stays in hand without slipping off easily and due to its light weight it feels comfy in hand and you'll love using it.

Touch & Display:

• A Big Improvement from Previous Gens as this mobile packs an FHD(Full HD) Screen which is of 5.5 Inch which is just great and the display brightness can go from low to pretty bright.

  
  




• The Viewing angles are also great!

  
  




• Compared to some other devices you’ll find this screen a bit warm or to say it’ll feel more like a filter is added.

  
  




• Touch is great and very responsive. You'll enjoy using this touch.

  
  

Sound:

• Speaker and Ear-Piece are both the same! Like dafuq?

  
  




• It isn't loud but just gets the job done.

  
  




• As the speaker is facing towards front or towards the person, while watching videos it’ll be loud enough.

  
  

Camera:

• It has 16MP sensor.

  
  




• Turn on the Professional mode in camera to get more control over what and how you click by adjusting white balance, ISO, Shutter speed, Focus etc.

  
  




• NO 4K recording.

  
  




• Focusing is actually good and very fast.It's just a matter of seconds with the Laser AF

  
  




• I wouldn't say that the Camera is extra ordinary but it's good.

  
  




• Front Camera struggles very badly in low lighting.

  
  

Fingerprint Sensor:

• My Primary Device as of now is OnePlus2 and I compared both the devices in terms of fingerprint unlock and I'm Pretty amazed with the speedy unlock of this phone. Might be some 0.2 sec or 0.3

Battery:

Easily gets out through the day with moderate usage.

I managed get a SoT of 6+ hours(Picture added)

Turbo Charge is really amazing in this device which fills up the juice pretty quick like

At 6:30 am - 5%

8:16 am - 100%

Benchmark Scores:

AnTuTu: 42644(Picture added)

Vellamo:(Picture added)

Browser - 2274

Metal – 1352

Multicore – 1478

3D Mark: 388(Picture added)

Bottom Line – I feel like It’s a bit Over Priced but then it’s worth it if you are looking for a phone that gives you a stock experience and If it is stock then almost everything is optimized for it then ultimately you are going to get the best user experience!

I prefer it over the Redmi Note 3.