Furthermore, Android Lollipop does not properly support the storage of apps on microSD cards, which means that 8GB of storage allows for installation of very few apps. $200 - $300).Īlso, it is worth noting that most (if not all) reviews till now have been done with review units (supplied by Motorola) that have been fitted with 16GB of storage and 2GB of RAM and yet many reviewers keep applauding the $179 starting price for the 8GB model (with 1GB of RAM), ignoring the fact that the multi-tasking performance of an Android phone with 1GB of RAM can be quite a bit worse than with 2GB of RAM. It should be clear by this point that the new Moto G is a mid-range device and, as such, it must be judged against other mid-range Android phones selling for roughly similar prices (i.e. Even within such affluent countries, you can buy the Moto E (2nd Gen), which was only launched in February/March 2015, for under $100. For example, the 16GB version of the Moto G (3rd Gen) is available through Moto Maker in United States for around $220, whilst the same device sells for around $305 in Germany and $320 in United Kingdom. And if you don't mind a slightly older device, the original Moto E, which was updated a few weeks ago to Android 5.1 Lollipop, can be bought for around $60.Īs with any other phone, whether or not it offers sufficiently good value for money depends on where you live, because this determines what choices are available in that market and the prices YOU would be paying as opposed to a reviewer based in a different country. Two examples are the Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) and the Xioami Redmi 2. Also, in 2015, there is so much competition in the Android phone market that you can get perfectly good phones (current models) for less than $100. For example, for someone on a salary of $200 planning to buy their first smartphone, a $200 device may not seem at all budget-friendly and the term "budget phone" may even be offensive. But Motorola sells this phone all over the world and people's budgets are not all the same. So many journalists/bloggers reviewing this device have referred to it as a "budget phone" meaning that it is relatively cheap when compared to a much more expensive "flagship phone" such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 or the iPhone 6. The new Moto G is a midrange phone, and not a budget phone