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The Moto G range has
only been around for five years but has come a long way in that time. Not all
the phones are budget prices any more but they’re a lot cheaper than many
mid-range devices from the likes of Honor and we’re impressed.
Price and
availability
Arriving in the first
week of May with the other G6 phones, the Moto G6 Plus will cost just £269 from
Carphone Warehouse in the UKor 299 Euros.
It’s the most
expensive G6 but undercuts rivals like the impressive Honor 9 even at it’s
dramatically reduced price of £299.
There’s also the £169
G6 Play and £219 regular G6 but you might well want to pay the extra dosh for
the Plus.
Design and build
Design wise, the Moto
G6 Plus is almost identical to the Moto G6. It’s very hard to tell which is
which unless you put them side-by-side and even then there’s also a small
difference.
The Plus is only
marginally bigger than G6 but shares the same design so everything is in the
same place. It’s the G6 Play that’s a little different with the headphone jack
on the top and the fingerprint scanner on the rear.
Since the phones are
similar in size, you don’t need to worry about the Plus being a lot harder to
handle. It sort of begs the question as to why they are so close in size. In
fact, the spec sheet says they both weigh 167g.
The 3D rear glass
looks and feels nice, although it’s a little slippery, and shows just how far
the Moto G range has come in just five short years.
Despite having a large18:9 screen, the fingerprint scanner sits on the front rather than the back.
Like the G6, the Plus
model is p2i water repellent so is basically splashproof rather than fully
dunkable. It’s worth noting that the camera bump is a bit bigger on the Plus.
Features and
specifications
It might look pretty
much the same, but the Moto G6 Plus differs in specs here and there. Overall,
the upgrades might convince you to pay the extra £50.
Normally a Plus model
would largely (pun unintended) be about offering a significantly bigger screen.
However, the 5.9in display is only 0.2in bigger than the regular G6’s.
It’s still Full HD+and IPS LCD so you really won’t notice a big difference.
One of the key things
is hidden underneath because you get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 rather than a
450. The higher tier chip is 2.2GHz octa-core and will cope better with
day-to-day tasks.
The G6 Plus also comes
with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage as standard where the G6 has 3/32GB
although an Amazon exclusive model will match the Plus at £239. There’s amicroSD card slot regardless for adding up to 128GB more.
Still, that’s only £30
more for the Snapdragon 630 and some other benefits, too.
You get Bluetooth 5.0
instead of 4.2, 11ac Wi-Fi and a bigger battery at 3200mAh.
In general the camera
array is the same, a 12Mp main sensor backed up by a 5Mp sidekick, but the Plus
benefits from dual autofocus and a slightly better f/1.7 aperture.
It can also handle
video at up to 4K rather than 1080p. The front camera is the same at 8Mp.
Software
The software is no
different on the Plus model from the regular so you still get Android 8.0 Oreo and a very stock version of the operating system, too.
There’s no bloatware
here as per usual. Motorola does add some handy software experiences though.
They’re all neatly
contained in the Moto app where you’ll find gestures (Moto Actions), handy
screen features (Moto Display) as well as some new things.
Moto Voice introduces
always-on voice commands and Moto Key manages passwords for apps, websites and
Windows via the fingerprint scanner. We need more time with these features to
comment on them properly.
SHOULD I BUY MOTOROLA MOTO G6 PLUS?
It might look very similar to the regular G6, and only
offer a slightly larger screen, but the G6 Plus impresses in other areas.
You’ll namely want to
spend the extra money to get a Snapdragon 630 processor but also upgraded specs
including a larger battery, better cameras, more RAM and more storage.
This could well be a mid-range bargain. Stay
tuned for a full review soon.
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