I didn't review a flagship phone in March. I didn't know that Motorola had announced it. It feels like I have gone through a lot of Moto phones in a short period of time. The Moto G 5G and Moto G Stylus 5G are two new phones that I tested earlier this year, and I tried the Moto G Power and Moto G Pure last December. Too many phones from one company.
The recent Power and Pure phones are frustratingly sluggish, but I always reach the same consensus with the devices from the same manufacturer. It would be mediocre if I had to use a single word. You don't need to buy a new phone every year or two if you use your current one, because the competitors offer better cameras, more features, and longer software support.
The new Moto G Stylus 5G would be a good choice if I had to recommend it. It has a decent balance between features and price. The Moto G 5G at $400 makes a few too many compromises.
The key is power.
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The Moto G 5G and the Moto G Stylus 5G are both capable of delivering roughly a day and a half of battery life thanks to their 5,000-mAh battery cells. It was nice to not have to worry about the phone being charged every night.
The Moto G 5G uses a Dimensity 700 chip that has 6 gigabytes of RAM, while the Stylus 5G uses a Snapdragon 695 processor with 8 gigabytes of RAM. You will notice the latter stuttering here and there, with apps not launching as quickly, but neither gave me trouble running my usual slate of apps and games day to day.
The storage for these devices has been increased to a larger amount. The Moto G Stylus 5G comes with a pre-installed 128-gigabyte MicroSD card, which will give you 512 gigabytes of storage. The Moto G 5G has a MicroSD card slot, but it isn't included. Most phones in this price range come with 128 gigabytes of storage, which is more than enough for most people.
Each has a power button on the right side and a headphone jack on the left side. I wish these phones were smaller. The Stylus 5G has a larger screen than the Moto G 5G, but it isn't much smaller. The slippery plastic backs make them difficult to wield one-handed.
These phones have 5G support, if you couldn't tell by the name. It is the basic sub 6 kind, which is not much faster than 4G. It's weird that a budget phone maker can't bring 5G into its phones when other companies can. These two new Moto G phones exist because of that.
The Moto G Stylus 5G has a stylus embedded in it, and you can pull it out from the bottom of the phone. If you like using a stylus as an input device, it is handy for doodling and signing documents. I don't.
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