So far I love this phone. I had been looking at the Motorola G7 Amazon Exclusive Edition, when I happened upon the Android One Motorola from 2018 which led me to this one, which I pre-ordered toward the end of May in anticipation of its release.
Previously my smart phones have been Samsung Galaxy, and Huawei, so using stock android has taken a little bit of getting used to, but so far I'm enamoured with this little baby. Full disclosure, my Samsung is a few years old now, but this one is such a massive improvement on it in every way.
Firstly the fingerprint sensor; absolutely excellent, it works every time without exception, my Samsung was the exact opposite. Although my Samsung had for the first 9 months been recognising my fingerprints anout 30 - 40% of the time, it started to fail after an update, so I could only get in using my password after that. This little darling has a 100% success rate so far!
The camera is also excellent in all lighting conditions, and again a marked improvement against my old galaxy.
The movie editing tool is also better in my opinion, however, that is me speaking as a self confessed rank amateur.
The larger 21:9 screen has been slated by some review websites as being unnecessary, however I must admit I like it, it is much better for watching movies (I'm not a gamer). If you are watching a tv show shot in 16:9 there will just be slim black lines either side which you won't even notice if you're concentrating on the show.
It is also an ideal ratio to use for the split screen facililty available on some of the apps, which I love, and which I wasn't sure I'd get, away from the Samsung brand (I knew it was available on some android, but I wasn't sure what.)
The camera to the side of the screen has also been criticised, personally I think it is less obtrusive being in the corner than bang in the centre, but I guess that's a matter of taste.
So as you will know from the description, this is an Android One phone, meaning that it has started off running on Android 9 and will be updated to at least Android 11, it will also receive security updates for the next 3 years.
It has a 128 gb memory but can support an sd card up to 512gb.
It also has dual sim, which is great for me as I live in a semi-rural hilly area so reception isn't great a lot of the time, so I'm effectively doubling my chances of getting reception, with 2 providers.
The phone was nice and easy to set up as I already used Android, however it shouldn't cause any problems for a beginner either. I have to admit my contacts didn't fully download from Google, so I'm having to update those manually too, which is a pain, but that may be Google's fault rather than the phone.
Battery life is good in my opinion, I have been playing with it a lot since I bought my new toy!
The sound is very good in my opinion, it's not the greatest, but then again, for me I think it's perfectly good for the price point, it certainly sounds better through the ear buds on some tracks, "Standing in the way of control" started to sound a little tinny about 1 minute in, but sounded fine when I used the Motorola brand earbuds provided with the phone.
Because I pre-ordered the phone in May, I was eligible for the promotion of free Motorola Verve 500 true wireless earbuds, and they had absolutely no problems pairing at all, and again the sound quality was great.
As well as the wired ear buds, the Motorola came with a clear silicone back (which I removed as I had already purchased a full case for it) and a tool to remove the sim/sd tray.
Screenshots are easy to take, by just touching 3 fingers to the screen, you can also use a karate chop movement (twice) to turn on a bright torch (keeping the phone perpendicular, not angling it like an oar,) and the camera can be turned on with 2 quick flicks of the wrist, if you've more than one camera app you will get a choice.
Charge is pretty fast, although it is quicker in the earlier phase of the charge.
This phone does have NFC if you should require it for Google pay etc.
A really great idea is the app timers, so you can set a maximum time you can spend each day on an app, which I will find very useful.
The only thing I found vexing was for the first day and a half I had the phone, there was only a home button, nothing else. I was so confused, I didn't think this was a stock android issue. Then after a day and a half and lots of me "playing," the back button and recent button appeared! Oh well, it all worked out in the end.
Update: having played with the phones camera a bit more I have to say the detail close up is truly excellent. I took some distance photos of the hill near me which I believe is a distance of about 1.8 miles, using the zoom function. The pictures aren't superb, however it is a long distance, so I think it's holding its own (I did brighten these photos I think.) I've also included a couple I took using the "Live Filters."
*Extra note for Amazon customer asking about the free earbuds; to claim the Verve 500 earbuds you had to go to www.motorola.co.uk and follow the link which took you to a separate page where you needed to enter your name, address, the imei No. of the phone, the retailer and the date on which you ore-ordered the phone, as it was only pre-orders which were eligible. Motorola have currently taken the link down and I'm not sure if they will be getting more in, as it stated "while stocks last." I had entered my details on the 1st June and received the earbuds a few days later by DPD.
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Motorola moto one vision, 6.3”, UK Single SIM Smartphone with 4GB RAM and 128GB Storage – Bronze (Renewed) £167.39
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