Motorola US was the first company to offer a mobile phone to the world way back in 1973. But long time since that, the company faced so many push-backs on their way to the present situation. The one and only handset that saved them from sinking was Moto G in 2013. Since then, the company had never turned back and in fact it became the most selling smartphone in numbers for the succeeding years. Solid build quality, good battery life, capable internals, etc. were their USPs. Some of them had dust and water resistance (OMG) that too in a budget segment (Sony was the first to offer those, but 3 times pricier!). Story has changed a lot, in fact, Motorola is in the hands of Lenovo now and things are looking not so good for the MOTOs… What’s really happening Moto? Are you allergic to mid-range processors or Lenovo simply making you that? Seriously, Moto G Series 2018 makes me laugh! Don’t you see Asus, Xiaomi, Honor and all keeps on kicking in with those upper mid-range processors in the budget segments? It’s time for you to think more seriously about if it’s good to incorporate low-end processors in your phones with a higher price tag. Let’s see what you have done in 2018 with your Moto G Series.

Moto G Series 2018

Moto G6 Play

Of course there is no argument in the build quality of Moto G6 Play. But the real problem is with the internals and the touchscreen (its a tad slow). The SoC used is snapdragon 430 octacore chipset clocked at 1.4GHz. That chipset is, no doubt, an able performer but when it comes to pricing, OMG, it’s around 12K for that low-end processor, 3GB 32GB version. It could have been a no-brainer if the pricing was around 9K or lower. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 with SD 625, fingerprint scanner, 4000mAh battery, etc. was priced at 10K for the 3GB variant. Apart from the new trendy look and glossy finish, there is nothing outstanding about this device. If there were no other choices, we could have recommended it. But now for the time being, you are out of this league – Moto G6 Play.

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Moto G6

Come come Moto G6, let’s go party – let’s all welcome the second charming boy of the series, the Moto G6. The same scenario as the Moto G6 Play continues here. What’s going on, really… A few gimmicks here and there with display and build quality is not an ordinary customer wants, Moto (Lenovo in fact). Actually it’s the processor I am talking about, i.e. Snapdragon 450 inside this boy which is priced at 16K for the 4GB, 64GB version (And the face unlock feature is really horrible!). That too when Xiaomi, Nokia, Asus, etc. are offering high-end Snapdragon 600 series chipset with breath-taking performance and splendid battery life in this price range. Surely Moto G6, 2018 is not yours anymore. It would’ve been a different story if both of these used another chipset, say Mediatek’s P25 for Moto G6 play and all new Mediatek P60 for the Moto G6. But, now there’s no turning back for the two and that’s unfortunate for them in this year.

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Moto G6 Plus

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