Motorola, priced at Rs 13,999, directly clashed in the phone market Realme 5 Pro and Samsung Galaxy M30s (ReviewIt is from. Not only this, Redmi Note 8 Pro (Review) It is also available in this price segment. What Moto G8 Plus The features and performance of the prostitutes are better than other smartphones coming in this price segment? Let’s know …
Design of Moto G8 Plus
Moto G8 Plus design exactly Motorola One Macro (Review) Like, especially the arrangement of camera sensor on the back panel of the phone. Cosmic blue color variants looks good to see the polycarbonate body. Apart from this, there is also a crystal pink color variant of Moto G8 Plus. The back panel of the phone looks like glass.
This phone is not too heavy but it is thicker than 9.09 millimeters. There is a side glossy and sometimes looks slightly slips. Texture power button is placed correctly but the volume button is placed slightly above. The SIM-Trade is on the left of the phone that supports two Nano-SIM cards and the second slot up to 512 GB microSD card.
The upper part of the Moto G8 Plus has headphone jack and USB Type-C port at the bottom. The earpiece and bottom speakers work together to create stereo effects. Motorola has given a 6.3 -inch LTPS IPS display in Moto G8 Plus, Panda Glass has been used for scratch protection.
The Moto G8 Plus comes with full-HD+ (1080×2280 pixels) resolution and 19: 9 aspect ratio. The panel shows the vivid and colors correctly. Brightness is also right while using outdoor and viewing angles are also good. You will get an option for basic color adjustment in Settings Manu.
The bezel around the display is not very thin. The front panel has a waterdrop notch in which the selfie camera has found a place. The Moto G8 Plus has a Moto display which is an ambient display mode that will show you missed notifications, battery level and time on the lock screen.
Talking about Moto G8 Plus Camera, the rear camera given in the back of the phone is slightly embossed. The fingerprint sensor has got a place in the moto people on the back panel. You can also use face unlock feature, it works properly in enough light. In the retail box you will find 15 watt turbo charger, SIM Eject Tool and Type-C Cable.
Moto G8 Plus Specifications and Software
Moto G8 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 655 is equipped with a processor. Realme 5, Xiaomi Mi A3 (Xiaomi Mi A3 (Review) And Redmi Note 8 is done. Only one variant of Moto G8 Plus has been launched which is equipped with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage.
In the phone, you have supported dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 AC, Bluetooth version 5, dual 4G VoLTE, NFC and three satellite navigation systems. Motorola has claimed that Moto G8 Plus is a water resistant, although it does not come up with an official IP rating.
The software is quite clean and the stock is very close to Android. The phone has no blotware and default apps will not bother you by sending spamy notifications. The Moto G8 Plus comes with Android 9 Pie and our review unit runs on the September 2019 security patch. Digital welbeling and standard Android gestures are present.
The Moto app gives you the option to select Moto Action and set the Moto display. The Moto Actions are shortcuts and gestures that are used to quickly turn on the camera and flashlight and take screenshots faster.
There is also a dolby audio app that boosts the volume and quality of the sound coming through speakers, wired and wireless headphones. In the phone you will get some Google apps like slides, news and sheets.
Moto G8 Plus performance and battery life
Talking about day-to-day uses, Moto G8 Plus manages everything correctly. Multitasking was also very easy and we did not have the problem of heating in the phone. Due to the big display in the phone, there may be some difficulty in reaching the upper part of the screen, but many gestures in the phone will help you. The phone was a bit hot during gaming.
The benchmark numbers of Moto G8 Plus are also very good. Moto G8 Plus scored 170,004 points in Antootu while it was 34fps in GFXBench’s T-Rex Test. Due to the dolby audio in the Moto G8 Plus, the voice is very good from the speakers in the phone.
Like a speaker at the bottom of the phone, the earpiece is also very fast. The Moto G8 Plus has a Motorola 15 Watt Turbo charging feature support. In our battery loop test, Moto G8 Plus supported 14 hours and 10 minutes. With general use, including playing games, using camera and surfing internet.
The phone supported for more than a day. The Turbo charger that comes with the phone makes the Moto G8 Plus battery in half an hour to 0 to 36 percent charge, 70 percent in one hour and full charge in about two hours.
Moto G8 Plus Cameras
The back of the Moto G8 Plus has three rear cameras, the primary sensor is 48 megapixels, its aperture is F/1.8. It will support a 16-megapixel wide-angle camera. The phone also has a 5 megapixel depth sensor. The Moto G8 Plus also has a laser autofocus module and LED flash.
It is easy to use the camera app due to the simple layout. In addition to the main shooting mode, additional modes such as portrait, panorama and night vision are given separately in menu. You will also find some fun modes like spot color and cutouts in Moto G8 Plus.
In daylight, the primary camera sensor draws good landscape shots and close-up shots. It also handles HDR properly, besides balance the exposure of the light properly. Colors seem to be a vivid but do not look much boost and the details also captured well.
The phone saves 12 megapixel photos by default, there is no option to shoot at 48 megapixel resolution in the handset. RAW files can also be captured in manual mode. Close-up shots were good and the details were well captured.
Colors were also Vivid and sharpness was also good. Close-up shots taken in low light were also good. You will also get a night vision in Moto G8 Plus. Colors were captured properly but the details did not improve much. If you see the photo without zoom, then you will see the photos good.
The depth sensor works well to detect the age around the subject and blur background. Blur effects can be adjusted before and after taking a shot. The 16 -megapixel action camera can be used not only for the picture but only for video shooting that is a bit disappointing.
In the video mode, near the shutter button, you will find a button to access the wide-angle camera. The video taken from the Wide-Angle Action Camera in the Moto G8 Plus came stabilized on 1080p 30fps, but not 60 frames on Preti seconds. Video quality was good in daylight and electronic stabilization also works properly.
The video quality did not get very good in the low light, the video showed the grains. While switching on a primary camera, you can set the resolution up to 4K to 30 frames per second but without stabilization. Video 1080 resolution 30 frames per second came electronic stabilized and footage also came well with better color reproduction. For the information of people, let us know that there was a slight decrease in quality in low light.
The Moto G8 Plus has a 25 -megapixel selfie camera, if you want, you can also capture selfies at full resolution. Selfie was good in daylight, colors and details were well captured. You can enable face beauty mode that smooths the skin texture.
In low light, the image quality was below average. The details also did not capture properly, as well as a glimpse of noys. While shooting with a selfie camera, you will get many shooting modes such as spot color, group selfie, portrait and slow-motion video.
Our decision
Moto G8 Plus has good features, stereo speakers are also good. The battery life of Moto G8 Plus is also very strong and the camera was above average while shooting in daylight. Motorola One Macro under Motorola One series (Review), Motorola One Action and Motorola One Vision (Review) Smartphones come in this price segment, compared to these handsets, we chose Moto G8 Plus for better displays and fast processors.
Comparing the Realme 5 Pro and Redmi Note 8 Pro found in the market, the processor given in Moto G8 Plus is not very powerful. Other smartphones coming in this price segment come with more powerful processors. Talking about the Moto G8 Plus camera, you cannot capture wide-angle photos from it and the camera performance in low light is also not very good. Moto G8 Plus is not the best all-rounder phone but good displays and stereo speakers are good.