The Moto G Power 5G Is Down to Just $200 Right Now

Motorola's Moto G smartphones person agelong been 1 of nan best values successful nan smartphone market. Uber cheap, they still person tons of features and capabilities, and this year's Moto G Power 5G is simply a awesome example. For conscionable $200 ($100 off), acknowledgment to Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days waste event, you get a stylish, beautiful Android telephone pinch features you nary longer find connected flagship phones, for illustration a headphone jack.

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Am I bummed that nan Moto G Stylus 5G 2025 isn't connected sale? Yes, yes, I am. That telephone has amended capacity and adds a stylus for bully measure. But nan Moto G Power 2025 (7/10, WIRED Recommends) is still a bully buy, particularly for a specified $200. It has this beautiful greenish vegan leather texture connected nan backmost that elevates its looks, paired pinch a ample 6.8-inch 120-Hz screen.

Looks aside, location are 3 main reasons to bargain this phone. First, it has a headphone jack. If you for illustration plugging your headphones in, whether you're riding a inclination aliases committedness by audio fidelity, you'll admit nan jack. Second, there's a microSD paper slot. That intends you tin grow nan built-in 128 GB up to 1 terabyte if you request nan space. These 2 features are each but gone connected midrange and high-end smartphones today, making nan Moto G Power other special.

The 3rd logic isn't needfully a must-have but a convenience: wireless charging. It's uncommon to find wireless charging successful sub-$400 smartphones, truthful it's bully to beryllium capable to plop nan telephone connected a wireless charger alternatively of sportfishing for a USB-C cable.

The 5,000-mAh artillery present tin agelong to 2 days pinch mean use, and nan dual-camera strategy tin return immoderate decent shots. Performance isn't peculiarly impressive. It'll beryllium capable to grip nan accustomed apps and lightweight mobile games, but you will spot immoderate stutters present and there, and app launches whitethorn return an other beat. It's not frustratingly slow, conscionable noticeable.

The different point to cognize is that this telephone will only person 1 much Android operating strategy update to Android 17 (it's presently getting Android 16), though it will get information updates for a small much than 2 years. This isn't a telephone that will past years and years. But if you request a telephone now and your fund is tight (or you conscionable request a 2nd burner phone), it's difficult to spell incorrect here.

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