Moto G7 Power

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Given that it is placed in the center of the series of Motorola’s Moto G7 family, one might presume that the new Moto G7 Power would be considered a cinderella in the series. Among the very few phones in the series that seem worth their names, Phone Charge is one; this phone seriously means business. Really all about battery life, with its 5,000mAh cell. It costs $250, $50 less than the G7, but it has a lot more to offer than the G7 Play, which is basically trash. It must also compete against such handsets as the Nokia 6.1, which is in the same price bracket. Thus, if you never seem to complain much about battery back-up of any phone, the Moto G7 Power would be the one budget Android phone for you.

Chunky and with some of the bluntest screens

While the G7 for $300 aims for a premium appearance with its brilliant glass and metal back, the G7 Power saves that pleasure for glossy, curved plastic on the back and frame. It still bears familial similarities, including the signature circular camera module on the back and the M logo below that mark the fingerprint sensor.

Up top sits a 3.5mm audio jack, while toward the bottom edge is a USB-C port; on the right spine sit the volume rocker and power key just below. Nice to see this class of phone embracing a Type-C port, meaning you could hardly go wrong with the charging cable. What an addition! With many laptops charging through USB-C, it means one less cable to carry around. I like that Motorola has given a subtle texture to the power button, making it easy to find without looking.

Glass may look better than friendlier plastic, while inexpensive and less slippery. The Moto G7 Power does feel a bit cramped and heavy, surely due to the health of the battery, but I am sure few people would mind giving up a millimeter or so for longer battery life.

The entire front of the phone is glass with a large chin at the bottom that bears the name ‘Motorola,’ with a small notch carved at the top out of the screen.

For the phone, it’s all the battery life.

With a nice massive 6.2-inch IPS LCD – Motorola has spared no effort in the size; unfortunately, the screen resolution of 1570 x 720 is a disappointment. You could argue that the regular Moto G7 and its Full HD display are more expensive, but the Nokia 6.1 goes with 1080p. The difference should be glaring because Moto G7 Power achieves but 279 pixels per inch (ppi), while the regular G7 boasts 405 ppi and The Nokia 6.1 with 403 ppi. Flatter screen please; sharpness is warranted, reading or otherwise.

If you’re switching from a really older phone, you might not notice the lower resolution, but comparing against a Full HD display is a different story.

Fortunately, with regard to brightness, out in the open, it is readable. Like the Moto G7, colors are slightly oversaturated out of the box, but you can dial it in for a more natural presentation in display settings.

Best performance at this price

One of the things through which we could tell how this telephone is an exciting opportunity for budgetary buyers is its design and display on the move. Inside is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 that the Moto G7 Power has, and it is augmented with 3GB of RAM for the model sold in the US (4GB in Europe). The only version of the US with 32GB internal memory has the option of MicroSD for expanded storage; however, the European model has a 64GB internal memory.

The Moto G7 Power behaves in such a way that entices one to think of speed and capacity. Its swipes and taps are fluid, while apps and games load pretty fast. I played Injustice 2, and the fire rate was slow, so it felt a bit rough around the edges in graphic quality, but otherwise ran great. You won’t have any problem carrying out a little burst of Super Mario Run, either.

Here are some performance benchmark results:

AnTuTu 3D Bench: 107,068

Geekbench CPU: 1,260 single core; 4,894 multi-core

3DMark Sling Shot Extreme: 544 (Vulkan)

As for the Moto G7 Power, it carries the same processor found on the more pricey Moto G7. Apparently, the performance is also similar. Rivals that are easily crushed are the Nokia 6.1 and the Sony Xperia 10, which costs more than $100.

The regular Moto G7 had a few problems I faced; the Moto G7 Power had none. It’s a bit unfortunate because it drops the wifi connection often, and there’s no reason for this as far as I see. It’s got a power outage, and when prompted, the connection will reconnect, but no reason for it in settings. This occurs in my Moto G7 but hasn’t happened in any other recent phones I’ve used, so there is really some problem here. I would get a word from Motorola as soon as possible to provide this information here.

Little more software, really a question about update speed

On Motorola’s relatively light-harm UI above that bases Android 9.0 Pie, the software experience becomes nice on the Moto G7 Power.

The versatile Moto app offers you a range of different gesture shortcuts, such as double-slice to light on-off or flip the phone to mute. There is display options that enable you to work with notifications on the lock screen or freeze the screen when you’re looking at it. Sad to say, the Moto Voice service hands-free isn’t available on the Moto G7 Power.

One might expect the Moto G7 Power to receive more than one update in the future.

While there’s nothing wrong with extras, and they can add value to some, I’d still like to see Motorola adopt the Android One program-something Nokia learned in some way. Android simply isn’t up to par in many cases, especially for when the hardware isn’t that powerful, and guarantees two Android version updates, along with three years of security updates. Moto G6 got its Android 9.0 Pie rollout last year, and that phone has never really seen Android Q. So, it is highly unlikely that the Moto G7 Power gets more than one version upgrade after Android Q.

This is also a bit of a disappointment with the US version of the Moto G7 Power: no NFC support. This would be a great convenience for file sharing and linking via Android Beam or paying with Google Pay. Of course, it’s available in the European version of the Moto G7 Power so why not in the US one?

Highs and Lows in Camera

The main camera of the Moto G7 Power is a single lens, rated at 12 MP, with an f/2.0 aperture and HDR support. Dual-lens is better by combining the 12 MP of f/1.8 with a 5 MP lens for depth sensing. The smaller the f-number, the larger the lens opening, allowing for increased light. The dual lenses accentuate bokeh by isolating the subject while blurring the background.

In good conditions, the camera of the Moto G7 Power does an amazing job, and I’m satisfied with the daytime landscape photos taken. Lots of details can be seen, and colors look nice. Close-ups are also handled quite well, at least where there’s enough light.

I shot the same coastline with the Moto G7 and G7 Power, where I found vibrant colors that pop more in the G7 Power pic to the right.

Having said that, low-lighting becomes an adversary for budget phone cameras, and the G7 Power is no exception. Low-lighting performance didn’t impress me with the Moto G7, but honestly, the Moto G7 Power is much worse. There are other areas where the more expensive Moto G7 makes its superiority felt. That second lens for depth sensing misses badly when doing portrait work.

Spend a little more and the camera gets better. You could say the Moto G7 Power has a camera for its price, but on the other hand, the Nokia 6.1 does have a fine 16-megapixel shooter, albeit one that is, not surprisingly, worse in low light.

Setting a whole day of power.

As the name suggests, the Moto G7 Power has kept its name legitimately with strong endurance courtesy of a 5,000 mAh battery. The battery test was streaming video from YouTube with brightness turned up at full blast for Wi-Fi use, and the Moto G7 Power lasted a staggering 13 hours and 59 minutes. That’s an astounding benchmark set so far; the consideration must be taken that this 720p max resolution does help out here since we normally run our tests at Full HD 1080p.

Moto G7 Power exceeds all competitors in battery life. The only phone tested that got close was Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, which lasted 12 hours and 40 minutes, and it is a thousand dollars.

That is a proper job for a phone.

Charging with the USB-C cable, TurboPower 15W took the Moto G7 Power’s battery from 0 to 58% in an hour. Nice and versatile for a budget phone.

The Moto G7 Power will stretch to two days between charges under normal use, and, with light use, could be stretched for longer. If you want better battery life, you’ve found it here.

where can you get a Moto G7 Power online

Motorola MOTO G7 Power – GSM Unlocked 32GB Android Smartphone – Marine Blue (Renewed): Buy it now

Moto G7 Power with Alexa Push-to-Talk – Unlocked – 32 GB – Marine Blue (US Warranty) – Verizon, AT&T, T–Mobile, Sprint, Boost, Cricket, & Metro: Buy it now

Motorola Moto G7 Power 32GB XT1955-5 LTE T-Mobile Android Smartphone – (Marine Blue) (Renewed): Buy it now

Moto G7 Power – 64 GB – Verizon – Marine Blue (Renewed): Buy it now