[Q] Buy a Moto G, or fix my Nexus 4? - Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I dropped my Nexus 4 recently and cracked the front screen. The replacement will be pricey, pretty much about the same price as I would pay for a Moto G.
Reading up on it, it seems that the Moto G has its advantages over the Nexus 4: the main reason I am considering a replacement is because even though I do like the Nexus 4's aesthetic, it seems to be a little too fragile for my tastes.
So, just asking:
Do you think I should pay out to repair my Nexus, or trade it in and get a bit off an purchase of a Moto G?
Thanks.

Moto G beats Nexus 4 in benchmarks but most of your data will still be on the nexus. If the crack is a small one, I would get it fixed or buy a moto g and transfer all data. If it is a large one just buy the moto g
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Moto G! Much better battery than nexus 4!

I can transfer my data using adb to the desktop, and the rest is backed up to the cloud, so I'm not too worried about that. Rather than a crack, it's more of the entire front shattering. The touch screen is pretty much unresponsive, unusable.
Yeah, I've heard of the much improved battery life, which is one of the reasons I'm considering the trade.
Hopefully it'll be more durable than the Nexus 4, which was noted to be remarkably fragile even for a smartphone.

Repair or replace really gets down to cost and how well you like the older product. If you really like the N4 and the repair costs are reasonable, that might drive you in one direction. However, if you're looking for a change and/or the costs of repair are significant, that could lead you to another choice.

I faced a similar dilemma and plumped for a Moto G and haven't missed my N4 at all. It's been two months now and no regrets.
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Moto G. Better screen and battery life. Sure the N4 is slightly faster in GPU but I haven't missed it at all.
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Depends on how expensive the repair is! If its more than 80~ish i'd say go for the Moto!

treave said:
Hi guys,
I dropped my Nexus 4 recently and cracked the front screen. The replacement will be pricey, pretty much about the same price as I would pay for a Moto G.
Reading up on it, it seems that the Moto G has its advantages over the Nexus 4: the main reason I am considering a replacement is because even though I do like the Nexus 4's aesthetic, it seems to be a little too fragile for my tastes.
So, just asking:
Do you think I should pay out to repair my Nexus, or trade it in and get a bit off an purchase of a Moto G?
Thanks.
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Get a Moto G together with one of Motorola's Grip Shells. This should improve durability without being too bulky.

Thanks for the answers!
I managed to check out a Moto G test unit for myself earlier and was quite impressed with it. I think I'll be trading in the broken Nexus for a new Moto G.
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My Nexus 4 tragically died by Red Light of Death 2 weeks ago. I just got a Moto G and, honestly, it feels like an upgrade. I know it has less horsepower, but it feels so much more polished, better ergonomics (and won't slide off a table to try to kill itself!), better battery life, better camera colours (flash doesn't murder your subject), doesn't thermal throttle and use tons of battery due to heat issues, etc. I even find the voice quality better and the vibration better.
For equal price, I would get a new Moto G. If you have tons of data you don't want to lose, repair the N4 because pictures and work and stuff might be worth a lot to you. The N4 is still a good phone obviously, and I'd have no regrets keeping it if mine hadn't fried itself. But the Moto G delivers incredibly well on everything I give a damn about.

I don't know where people talk about Moto G beating N4 in benchmark. Clearly the N4 is faster, don't claim it unless you've used it. If you're referring to this: http://blog.gsmarena.com/moto-g-scores-higher-in-antutu-than-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
It's wrong. Plain and simple. Use the phone first. The Nexus 4 with KitKat can do 21,000 points easily with completely stock, with overclocking up to 26,000points. These benchmarks does not tell the whole picture, the N4 will be faster overall for tasks, webpage rendering and gaming, there is no argument. Doesn't mean the Moto G is bad, with KitKat and ART enabled it should be pretty good too. Lastly, GSMArena is not a trustworthy source for this sort of things, they've shown that again and again.
If you are looking for durability the Moto G is going to be better and it have nano coating for water resistant, but you'll still need to protect the screen.

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I don't know where people talk about Moto G beating N4 in benchmark. Clearly the N4 is faster, don't claim it unless you've used it. If you're referring to this: http://blog.gsmarena.com/moto-g-scores-higher-in-antutu-than-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
It's wrong. Plain and simple. Use the phone first. The Nexus 4 with KitKat can do 21,000 points easily with completely stock, with overclocking up to 26,000points. These benchmarks does not tell the whole picture, the N4 will be faster overall for tasks, webpage rendering and gaming, there is no argument. Doesn't mean the Moto G is bad, with KitKat and ART enabled it should be pretty good too. Lastly, GSMArena is not a trustworthy source for this sort of things, they've shown that again and again.
If you are looking for durability the Moto G is going to be better and it have nano coating for water resistant, but you'll still need to protect the screen.
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Wtf do all of you care bout is benchmarks? Benchmarks means NOTHING in real world use. Moto g to me as I had a nexus 4 better cause of the battery life I get with it even with cm11 I get 16-18 hours with 5-7 hours of screen time!!! I could never get 8 hours with 3 hours of screen useage with a flashed nexus 4....
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Just because of the Battery life, i would choose Moto G.
N4 cellular ratio/modem/baseband is a battery killer.

903tex said:
Wtf do all of you care bout is benchmarks? Benchmarks means NOTHING in real world use. Moto g to me as I had a nexus 4 better cause of the battery life I get with it even with cm11 I get 16-18 hours with 5-7 hours of screen time!!! I could never get 8 hours with 3 hours of screen useage with a flashed nexus 4....
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Context, I was replying to a comment that claim Moto G was faster than the Nexus 4. I was talking from a performance standpoint, not battery life. I agree with you on the battery life, it does make the Moto G more useful.

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Context, I was replying to a comment that claim Moto G was faster than the Nexus 4. I was talking from a performance standpoint, not battery life. I agree with you on the battery life, it does make the Moto G more useful.
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Just benchmarks is really something I wouldn't base my cell phone purchase on is all I was trying to say. But I understand that the moto g may not have the latest specs the battery life is what makes this device great! Reason why I haven't looked in getting another device(I'm a swapholic) cause I want something that's going to perform just as good as my g with its crazy battery life
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So how is the moto g?

I cracked the screen on my nexus 4 and only half of the screen response to touch. Now question is would it be worth it to replace the screen on my nexus 4 (which I love) or just purchase a moto g? I am only asking in the sense of hoping that there are other nexus 4 users who have switched over.
The Nexus 4 is noticeably more powerful with graphics intensive games, or when you have many apps open (slight juddering in the web browser, or heavy apps because only 1GB Ram), but the Moto G will easily beat the N4 on battery life with heavy use, and has working usb-otg out of the box.
Mine has been on for 3 days and I still have 35% battery left. I prefer the Moto G screen which is warmer than the N4 as well. If it worth it. Biggest advantages of N4 are NFC, Miracast/dual band wifi and 2GB ram. Kit Kat will also benefit the Moto G greatly as it has a smaller footprint in memory.
The screen on the Moto G is better and the battery life is better as well. These two are the most important for me so that's why I'm moving on from my Nexus 4 since neither of those criteria fit with the Nexus 4 in comparison with the Moto G.
The added bonus with the Moto G is the fact that it's one handed use is so much more comfortable than the Nexus 4. I find the Nexus 4 too wide and even found the Nexus 5 a bit more better to use for some reason over it.
I've had both the Nexus 4 and Moto G.. In my opinion they're almost evenly matched, but overall I'd go with the Nexus 4. It's a bit more powerful and has faster updates but has worse battery life(can be improved with a custom kernel) and not as good a screen(although still good)
Yes I have to admit, the screen on the nexus 4 seemed faded. I just tried to take it apart and it's becoming a project and glass is everywhere from the screen. I am going to order a moto g. Screw it! Lol
I've had a nexus 4. I bought my Moto g as a second phone, I like how it was similar to the nexus 4. I'm shocked how similar they are, it's maybe got less punch on paper! But in use it feels just as good and the screen is far better. A fantastic device that's quick and easy to use. I'd say it holds its own against any of last years top phones & it's by no means a sluch against this years. My s4 is of course quicker, but there isn't a huge gulf between them as you might think. I'd expect this kind of difference from a device £100 cheaper, not £400 cheaper. Truly amazing and can't wait to see it on 4.4 with art enabled, expect your phone to fly.
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I would recommend replacing the screen yourself on the N4, then either keep it or sell it and then buy a Moto G (which is what I did after my screen broke -- it had other probles and I was sick of it lol). Even if you don't fix it, people still buy cracked screen N4s on eBay, so definitely sell it.
m7ia said:
I would recommend replacing the screen yourself on the N4, then either keep it or sell it and then buy a Moto G (which is what I did after my screen broke -- it had other probles and I was sick of it lol). Even if you don't fix it, people still buy cracked screen N4s on eBay, so definitely sell it.
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I love my N4. Still bought a moto G.
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thricemin said:
I cracked the screen on my nexus 4 and only half of the screen response to touch. Now question is would it be worth it to replace the screen on my nexus 4 (which I love) or just purchase a moto g? I am only asking in the sense of hoping that there are other nexus 4 users who have switched over.
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Bought mine after buying a new screen for a nexus and the digitizer not working, after dropping £70 on a non working screen (either due to a dodgy eBay seller or heavy handed ness on my part) I figured I'd "downgrade" to a motoG rather than chance it again.
I've yet to notice any significant area in which the motoG lets me down in relation to my old nexus 4. It plays the games I was playing on my nexus, the battery stamps the nexus into the ground, the call quality is superb. GPS is instant on the locking side too.
Really... After a month of owning my motoG I can't honestly see any downside in replacing my nexus 4 with it.

From Which Phone to the Moto G?

Curious as to what phone you guys are currently using or coming from prior to your decision to acquire the new Moto G. Please state your last or, if you're like me and waiting delivery of your (ordered) Moto G, your current phone.
Me: Nexus 4
Why? I love the Nexus 4 for its functionality and especially for being in the forefront of the developer community. Until 4.4, it got all the updates right away. And even after that, 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 with their respective fixes were issued rather quickly by Google. The dual pane glass design is beautiful and unique, albeit potentially fragile (as some N4 owners have had the misfortune of discovering). And for me, the camera isn't nearly as bad as some have made it out to me. It's no iPhone camera to be sure, but a lot of the the grievances can certainly be chalked up to poor photo-taking techniques (eg., one-handed shots causing 'camera shake').
But for all its positives, I really wish it had better battery life. I'm forever flashing and re-flashing and configuring new kernels and, to a lesser extent, ROMs in the hopes of eeking out a bit more battery life. I regularly read some users of certain kernels getting 4, 5 or even 6 (!) hours of Screen-on-time ("SOT"). I'm lucky to get around 3 hrs of SOT. I check and try to control wakelocks. I undervolt. I turn off GPS and location reporting. I would like to leave Google Now on but dare not. I lower my max CPU to something less than what the chip is designed for. I even 'Greenify'! All to little or no avail. While the battery is enough to last me the day on 50-60% of the days, I do find myself having to curtail usage of my phone around 3-7pm just to make sure it lasts until I get home. I'm often on the road and not near an electrical outlet for a quick mid-day charge (and hate carrying an additionaal portable charger) so battery life is the paramount consideration. And because of this, I've decided I'm willing to give up some of the things I've been looking for such as 1080p (although I can't significantly tell the difference between that and a 720p screen less than 5"), maybe a larger screen (not that important), and LTE (this would be the biggest trade-off of desired features for me). If battery life were not that important, I would just pick up a Nexus 5. Battery life aside, I've been reading that most everything else about the Moto G is rather on par to the N4. Sure the camera resolution might be slightly less, the phone casing a little less elegant and the memory 1 gig smaller, but I'm not a strict adherent to specs as the only determinant of what phone I use.
And, of course, there's the PRICE in the Moto G's favor! Because it's relatively cheap, I certainly don't intend to be babying the G, when getting a replacement in the unlikely event of phone failure, isn't nearly as major a consideration as if my daily phone were an iPhone or most any other premium phones.
Experience so far with the Moto G, if any: None so far. I'm one of those who has a phone ordered from Motorola and waiting for delivery (via my home in California) out to me in Asia. In fact, I've got two on order -- one for my wife and one for myself.
That's enough of me. How about you?
I bought my daughter one for Christmas.
Because iPhone 4S.
I had a Nexus 4 which I sold a bought an iPhone 5c. While the iPhone is a fantastic phone I missed Android. So I sold the 5c , bought a Moto G and has £230 left over. The Moto G is great, probably one of the best Android phones of owned especially for the money.
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I got it to replace my LG Optimus 2X.
The LG was a fine phone but it kind of started to fall apart and it was slow and clunky in comparison to the Moto G. It just wasn't a very nice experience anymore and I wanted something new for some time now. Wiping everything and re-flashing CM regularly was pretty much the only way to keep it going at a reasonable level.
So far I'm extremely happy with the Moto G. It's pretty fast, has a lovely screen, it runs all the apps that I use extremely well and the hotspot feature works like a charm. That was another problem with the LG, it kept dropping the connection.
I had a Galaxy S2. Was broken and couldn't fix it. And then this phone came in stores. Saved me that money and bought it. Really happy with it so far.
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Galaxy SII HD LTE was my old phone. Thx to XDA it wasn't a total waste of a phone, but time to support Motorola over Samsung.
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus
HTC One XL... broke the screen one morning, the Moto G had just been released.
Battery life is WAY better, it is faster and it fits better in my hand....
Should have gotten the 16gb version though =P
From moto Defy+ running Gingerbread, it really was time to get something newer...
Nexus S.
HTC Amaze 4G
Absolutely love the camera on this baby.
Time to get closer to Kitkat once HTC decided to shove this baby down the gutter. Had high hopes didn't even get Jellybean :crying:
T-mobile Samsung galaxy S2
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Nexus 5. Seriously...
S4, still have it. The idea was to use this as a second phone but after a few days of using it I'm not sure I'll use my s4 again. That's not to say its a better phone, it's not. But its not as far off as the price would suggest. It does everything I need just as well, the biggest thing I miss is faster downloads. Great phone, a mini nexus and you'd be hard pressed to see any difference in performance between this and a nexus 4.
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LG p880
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Nexus 5. Plan to spend the money I saved on a tablet.
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HTC vivid
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LG P920 (Optimus 3D).
Atrix 2
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Nexus S.

To go with the Moto G or Moto X

Hello Everyone,
I really like the Moto G. Its awesome for the price and the battery is legendary. But should I really pick it over the Moto X? I'm buying either phone off contract. The beef I got with the Moto X is that its been around since 8/2013. That's not bad, but it can only mean that its successor will be announced sometime this summer. Now, should I buy a 6 month old model at $399 that will be more than likely upgraded in a few months? The Moto G on the other hand seems to be just getting started. What do you think?
I have both and find myself switching between them quite often.
Personally I like them both. They both have their goods and bad. I like the Moto G for its battery life and changeable backs. I like the X for the feel...which is wonderful, the screen, touch less controls, active notifications..basically everything the G doesn't have.
Motorola obviously had yo cut corners to get the G down to a good affordable price. But if you can do without everything that the X is offering and you want a few extra bucks in your pocket, grab the G.
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plmiller0905 said:
I have both and find myself switching between them quite often.
Personally I like them both. They both have their goods and bad. I like the Moto G for its battery life and changeable backs. I like the X for the feel...which is wonderful, the screen, touch less controls, active notifications..basically everything the G doesn't have.
Motorola obviously had yo cut corners to get the G down to a good affordable price. But if you can do without everything that the X is offering and you want a few extra bucks in your pocket, grab the G.
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I just placed an order for the moto g with a royal blue grip shell. I hope I don't regret my choice of color. Should have gone for the chalk one.Thanks for helping me decide!
zener773 said:
I just placed an order for the moto g with a royal blue grip shell. I hope I don't regret my choice of color. Should have gone for the chalk one.Thanks for helping me decide!
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That's the exact setup I have for my G. I'm sure you're gonna like it. Its definitely a great phone.
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I did have a Droid Maxx which is pretty much a slightly bigger Moto X and ended up selling it and keeping the G. I don't know if it just me, but active notifications got really annoying and started bugging me more and more over time.
It definitely varies from user to user, but I can see how it can bug someone a bit.
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DaemonAshra said:
I did have a Droid Maxx which is pretty much a slightly bigger Moto X and ended up selling it and keeping the G. I don't know if it just me, but active notifications got really annoying and started bugging me more and more over time.
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It is great isn't it? Moto G feels so slick compared to much more expensive devices.
As a Moto x owner...and soon to be g owner (wife)...I think its simple. What do you want to spend? That should basically be the bottom line. The Moto x features if not wanted can be disabled easily.
Both great phones....both great battery life (edge going to the g)....but obviously the x is a bit better overall....so the decision should boil down to cost.
In my opinion anyway. My wife doesn't want to spend to much...so g is obvious choice for her.
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I have a G and don't regret it one bit. Battery life is phenomenal IMO. The difference between the two for me isn't worth the $200.00 price gap.
Yellow back shell on the way too...
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zener773 said:
Hello Everyone,
I really like the Moto G. Its awesome for the price and the battery is legendary. But should I really pick it over the Moto X? I'm buying either phone off contract. The beef I got with the Moto X is that its been around since 8/2013. That's not bad, but it can only mean that its successor will be announced sometime this summer. Now, should I buy a 6 month old model at $399 that will be more than likely upgraded in a few months? The Moto G on the other hand seems to be just getting started. What do you think?
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My Moto G is on its way and I'm sure I'm going to love it, but if I had the budget, I would go for the Moto X. I think its features are incredibly useful to me. The voice controls, for instance, are terrific. I've been trying to implement something similar in my Nexus 7, but the apps haven't been up to snuff and consume a lot of battery power. The Moto X, on the other hand, has this feature built-in thanks to its special hardware.
As for your concern regarding the release dates, the difference is only for a few months. Granted, a few months can mean a lot when it comes to smartphones, but I think you should instead go for the product that comes with the features that you want at the price point you're willing to pay for.
I find that my budget is the only thing that prevented me from getting the X. My G has been my best Android device yet, but that customizability is hard for me to pass up. I may even get an X in the future anyway.
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Honest opinions

Hi guys hope I'm posting this in the right place. I currently have a moto x 2014 but I'm not a fan of the battery life or unpredictable camera.
So my question is, do you think its worth me getting the one plus one? Or do you think the LG G3 would be a better option? Keeping in mind I'm in the UK so we have the 2GB G3 over here.
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Why would you want the OPO over the G3 or the G3 over the OPO? Both are fantastic phones, it just comes down to personal preference.
Well I'm struggling to decide between OPO and the G3 at the moment because I want a good camera and apparently the G3 has a better one than the OPO and good battery life which OPO beats G3 but I hear G3 has lag issues and shuts itself off occasionally for no reason when not being used and you have to turn it back on when you realise its gone off. I know 3 people all with that same issue, but its a nice looking phone lol
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I've had the OPO (I've had two actually) and although I've not had one for a long time I wasn't a huge fan of them. The phone is great, but the support is terrible should anything go wrong. Also, I couldn't use Sky Go as it picks up the rooted nature of CM11S, even with root disabled, so I can't use it
Hardware-wise the phone is great but I'd wait for the M9/S6/S6 Edge/G4 and make a decision from there (or even wait for the OP2)
Ah OK that shines some more light on the OPO lol. I hate Samsungs, touchwiz is aweful and although I can install a 3rd party launcher, the look of the settings and notification area is horrible
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Plenty of opinions around. The opo's main issues remain the screen sensitivity/ghost swipes and updates gone wrong.
The touch was very much improved to the point where it's almost neglectable by now. I will still get a ghost swipe once or twice during a week. It's not as sensitive as, say, an iPhone, but it doesn't disappoint either.
Battery is a beast. I've never seen a smartphone last as long as the opo. It can go for 2 days with medium-slightly heavy use. Doing almost nothing I can push it 3 days and there's been people who did more.
Software is great. It's cm, aka stock with plenty of options everywhere. Stability is rock solid.
Updates show up often enough. It's taking more than expected for Lollipop but it's a major version, so it's kind of expected.
As for updates gone wrong, I personally have no issue whatsoever but I've seen it happening. Can't elaborate any further, all running great here.
It's a good phone even if it's a bit too big. I'd still get it.
Can argue vs the g3, never had one.
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I actually have two OPOs and one of them has all of the touch issues. Don´t get me wrong, it´s AWFUL ANNOYING DISGUSTING to have them. But the phone does just so many things right in so little time and is so damn smooth when the touchscreen works that I just happen to love it. I had the pleasure to have a LG G3 for one week, THE FIRST DAY I had to root it and so on, disgusting performance and subpar battery life. It got way damn better, though stability was compromised.
So for me, it is worth taking the risk of buying an OPO, hell if you don´t have any of the issues reported as being standard, you get an awesome phone, the fastest out there, faster than a stock GN4, god knows what rooting could do to it...
However, if you prefer a near flawless phone with a little less performance and responsiveness and battery life, but a better screen and camera, i gotta give it to the LG G3, you should go with it.
OPO all the way for me...
The question is, is it worth changing from a moto x 2014 to the OPO? Lol I HATE the camera on the moto x 2014 its terrible IMO so I'm hoping the OPO has a better camera
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As they say "if it is not broken, why change it?" Apart from the camera, is everything else to your satisfaction? Why not save the money and buy a dissent mirrorless aps-c camera like the Samsung nx-300m? Compared to any phone it far than better.
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Hi guys hope I'm posting this in the right place. I currently have a moto x 2014 but I'm not a fan of the battery life or unpredictable camera.
So my question is, do you think its worth me getting the one plus one? Or do you think the LG G3 would be a better option? Keeping in mind I'm in the UK so we have the 2GB G3 over here.
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I owned three Moto X 2013 three times, bought two OnePlus, sold both, bought a Moto X 2014, sold Moto X 2014, bought another OnePlus, bought another Moto X 2014 on sale. Sold the Moto X 2014 again.
The Moto X 2014 is have a very exquisite design that I love. Superb signal and voice call quality. There wasn't any other phone better for data speed and getting good phone calls. The thing that I couldn't live with were:
-24gb of actual storage space from 32gb, and this was supposed to be a lightweight phone.
-Battery life while not bad is average, won't last the whole day like the OPO.
-Camera sucks, not the hardware itself, but the post processing technology. The Moto G 2014 takes better low light photos than the Moto X 2014, this is fact, I have done side by side comparison.
Phone camera has never been that important for me, but lately taking decent photo is something I need.
The Moto X camera have a few issues:
-Not great details in the distance.
-Extremely grainy low light shots, this can be cured by using HDR, the post processing will vastly improve the image quality, looking almost as good as the OnePlus, however, HDR shots mean you need to keep the phone still.
-Crappy at focusing macro details with video recording.
OnePlus camera is the best phone camera I've used so far in term of details. It's even more details than iPhone videos, since it takes 4K DCI video. Where other phones does better is they have better post processing technology, so they can deal with variety of situation and take much better low light photos. However, if you use the OnePlus and an advance camera app that let you tweak settings, you can control variety of things to get images that you want.
The one flaw with any CyanogenMod rom or rom based on it for this phone, is that continuous autofocusing for video recording will not work correctly. This is a hardware driver issue. I have to use ColorOS + Google Camera or the CM11S "CameraNext" app to get it working correctly. I won't be switching back to another rom until this issue is fixed.
The performance, battery life, display and overall function of this phone is great. Where it lost to the Moto X is the LTE signal and call quality, it's a world difference, but this is true for most other brand that isn't Motorola.
If you can get the OnePlus for the same price of the G3, then get the OnePlus, but not if it cost more.

Overall love

Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Moto G5 Plus, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Moto G5 Plus is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Worst Chinese phone I have ever purchased. Use and throw quality
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Best phone i ever purchased.
Battery life and performance is amazing.
Stock android is very smooth way better than my galaxy S6.
Love the simplicity of the phone, no hardware issues from the device except few OS side issues
Phone is outstanding. Great battery life / form factor / build quality.
Price point combined makes this my favorite phone to date.
Nexus 6 note 5 s7edge.
I like this better than those.....
My only actual gripe would be that front speaker grill(cavity) gathers dust rather quickly and it's kind of annoying.....but I just blow the dust out from time to time....not that bad
Will see how long it lasts...but for price....beats the g5. I should have never spent an extra dime on my g5 and just got this but the 4g ram version. But even this works good enough.
GPS....no issues (g5....horrible),
Never gets hot...g5 got so hot that after 9 months it now bootloops when it gets to hot (no warning and no way to cool it down fast enough)...
Had some issues while driving (ups driver) where my gps would show on maps no connection (like the g5) but it pulls the address , loads and doesn't look position.
For a 200$ phone it is really good. Lg should learn something...word of bootloops in g6 and v20 is already out.
The Moto ..2 weeks in....much better than my g5 felt in it's first 2 weeks. Especially battery wise and heat wise.
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Possibly the best value smartphone I've owned in all the devices since my first smartphone back in 2003 (HTC Canary)
Used to spend considerable money back in the day to have the latest phone with a USI, but no more, can't justify it, phones are much of a muchness these days.
Mine is doing great. Haven't even really tweaked it, didn't root it yet, and very few things I dislike. Can't get over the fact that the 2 g5 and my wife prior g4 are such a waist of lg techie....
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I really like the G5 Plus, it could do with the sharpening knocking down on the rear camera but that is my only criticism really.
I'm a big fan of stock Android, really love the stock UI. Great performance and battery life, especially from a budget phone. Still not a fan of the ascending ringtone, but I can live with that.
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Worth every penny
Coming from a OnePlus One, the Moto G5 Plus does pretty much everything that's expected of it. For the price, it's amazing an amazing device. My only gripe is the lack of a compass which makes it tricky to use Maps.
furqanaziz said:
Coming from a OnePlus One, the Moto G5 Plus does pretty much everything that's expected of it. For the price, it's amazing an amazing device. My only gripe is the lack of a compass which makes it tricky to use Maps.
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Umm... the Moto G5+ has a compass, much better than my Moto X Pure Edition had, and it seems very accurate. If your is off, maybe you need to calibrate it.
acejavelin said:
Umm... the Moto G5+ has a compass, much better than my Moto X Pure Edition had, and it seems very accurate. If your is off, maybe you need to calibrate it.
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Only the US model gets the compass, not the global model.
furqanaziz said:
Only the US model gets the compass, not the global model.
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Ahh... So we traded our NFC for a compass? Odd trade off.
After 3 month or so of use the vibration feature started to die for me (US unlocked g5 plus 4/64). If I move the phone / shake it, it might come back on for a while. Figure it has to be something loose? I never dropped my phone or done any damage I can recall to it... So it has to be poor manufacturing. This is the second Moto G that I had defects in, too (g3 some years ago). My bad luck or just cheaply made products (get what you pay for)?
Nonetheless, think I'm looking to a different company next time.
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After 3 month or so of use the vibration feature started to die for me (US unlocked g5 plus 4/64). If I move the phone / shake it, it might come back on for a while. Figure it has to be something loose? I never dropped my phone or done any damage I can recall to it... So it has to be poor manufacturing. This is the second Moto G that I had defects in, too (g3 some years ago). My bad luck or just cheaply made products (get what you pay for)?
Nonetheless, think I'm looking to a different company next time.
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I had the same issue and I went to the service centre they just changed the vibrator and now its working as it should.
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I had the same issue and I went to the service centre they just changed the vibrator and now its working as it should.
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No service center near me. So I can either send it to them, sit without a phone for 10? 15? 20? Days... Or pay for a replacement along with the $200 hold.
I'll eventually send it out, after I get a replacement phone that isn't Moto. Google should have never sold Motorola to Lenovo. Their quality has tanked.
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mrdoug said:
No service center near me. So I can either send it to them, sit without a phone for 10? 15? 20? Days... Or pay for a replacement along with the $200 hold.
I'll eventually send it out, after I get a replacement phone that isn't Moto. Google should have never sold Motorola to Lenovo. Their quality has tanked.
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Well, I succumbed to the advance replacement and paid the $25 plus the $200 hold money to ensure I'd return a phone. For my troubles Motorola charged me an additional $25 for no reason. They assure me it's no problem, that when I return the broken one I'll get all 225 back (security hold plus the extra money for no reason).
I expected nothing but problems and Lenovo isnt letting me down. Grr.
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Moto G5 Plus
I like Moto G5 Plus. Good budget phone, great performance with Snapdragon 625, good battery life, good display, except compass sensor every sensors are available. Using from 3 months now and I m satisfied with this phone.
The Moto G5 Plus is my 13th android phone, and I've been using it for about 3 months now. I think it's outstanding, and I expect I will use it for quite a long time.
It's not perfect. The screen and camera are mediocre. It's slightly too big, 5.2" is an awkward screen size IMO (the G5 was perfect at 5").

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