Like clockwork, Motorola launched a brand new G collection smartphone final month to tackle the premium price range phase. I am speaking in regards to the Moto G64 5G, which succeeds the Moto G54 from final yr. The brand new smartphone is the world’s first to come back with the MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC, nonetheless, it solely presents minor enhancements over its predecessor with hardly any design adjustments.
After utilizing the telephone totally for about two weeks, here is what I consider the Moto G64 5G. Should you’re contemplating it as your subsequent price range telephone, then it’s best to undoubtedly learn this evaluate.
Moto G64 5G worth in India
I will shortly get the pricing out of the way in which. The Moto G64 5G is at present being bought in India at Rs. 13,999 for the 8GB + 128GB storage variant and Rs. 15,999 for the 12GB + 256GB variant. Our evaluate unit presents 12GB RAM and 256GB storage.
The Moto G64 5G is offered in three color choices – Ice Lilac, Mint Inexperienced, and Pearl Blue. I obtained the Mint Inexperienced variant.
The Moto G64 5G additionally comes with a case within the field
Motorola continues to be environmentally acutely aware and ships the Moto G64 in a plastic-free field. Nevertheless, the field does embrace a plastic/silicone case inside. Other than the case, the field comprises the standard paperwork, a SIM ejector instrument, a USB Sort-A to Sort-C cable, and a 33W quick charging adapter.
Moto G64 5G Evaluation: Design
As I discussed at first, there are no main adjustments in design with the brand new Moto G64 5G when in comparison with the Moto G54 5G. The one distinction is that there is no Black color choice this yr, with Motorola deciding to go the colorful method. The telephone has a plastic body that homes the facility and quantity buttons on the suitable edge, the SIM tray on the left, and a microphone on the prime. The underside body homes the three.5mm headphone port, USB Sort-C port, a second microphone, and a speaker.
The plastic rear panel has a shiny end and creates a sample when mild hits it. There is a very acquainted rectangular digital camera module on the again positioned within the prime left nook. The module protrudes and does trigger the telephone to wobble when laid flat on its again. On the entrance, the telephone now will get a Gorilla Glass panel to guard the show, which nonetheless has thick bezels throughout, notably on the backside. There is a hole-punch cutout on the prime to deal with the entrance digital camera.
The telephone presents hybrid twin audio system with Dolby Atmos assist
General, the Moto G64 5G feels much like final yr’s telephone. It weighs 192g and is 8.9mm thick, virtually precisely the identical because the Moto G54. The telephone carries an IP52 mud and water resistance score, however I would not suggest exposing your telephone to water or rain.
Moto G64 5G Evaluation: Specs and software program
The Moto G64 5G comes geared up with the world’s first MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC, which is a small enchancment over final yr’s mannequin. The chipset is paired with the IMG BXM-8-256 GPU, as much as 12GB LPDDR4X RAM, and 256GB UFS 2.2 storage, which is expandable through a microSD card.
For connectivity, the Moto G64 helps 14 5G bands with Three service aggregation, twin SIM assist with a Hybrid SIM tray, Bluetooth 5.3, dual-band Wi-Fi, GPS, A-GPS, LTEPP, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NFC assist, a 3.5mm headphone port, FM Radio, and a USB Sort-C (USB 2.0) port.
The Moto G64 5G comes with bloatware, however you may uninstall them
The telephone incorporates a side-mounted fingerprint scanner housed inside the Energy/Wake button. It is a capacitive sensor that labored nicely throughout the evaluate interval. I confronted no points with it and located it to be quick.
Like final yr’s Moto G54 5G, the brand new telephone has a 6,000mAh battery and helps 33W quick charging.
Shifting over to software program, the Moto G64 5G comes with Android 14-based My UX on board. Whilst you do get the most recent software program, Motorola will solely provide the Android 15 replace on the telephone. You’ll, nonetheless, get Three years of safety updates. When it comes to options, the telephone comes with Motorola options reminiscent of Household House 2.0, Moto Safe, a Sport Mode, and a number of other Moto apps. You additionally get loads of bloatware within the type of pre-installed apps, a GamesHub, Leisure, and Procuring apps. Fortuitously, you may uninstall a lot of the bloatware on the telephone.
Moto G64 5G Evaluation: Efficiency
The Moto G64 5G comes with a barely higher MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC in comparison with the Dimensity 7020 on the older mannequin. Motorola claims that the telephone obtained a 500okay+ rating on AnTuTu, and in my assessments, it did handle a rating of 4,94,364 factors. On Geekbench, the telephone scored 1012 factors within the Single-core CPU check and 2403 factors within the multi-core check. General, the telephone carried out decently nicely in day by day utilization and I hardly confronted any lag or stutter whereas opening apps, system animations, and so forth. That is additionally because of the display.
The telephone presents Widevine L1 assist
Motorola has included a 6.5-inch IPS LCD show on the G64. The panel presents as much as 120Hz refresh price, full-HD+ decision, 240Hz sampling price, and HDR10 assist. As for brightness, the show is rated for 560 nits peak brightness, which is not a lot. Indoors, the show will get vivid sufficient to not use full brightness, nevertheless it’s not simple to learn outside. The show presents Pure and Saturated color modes, and viewing angles are okay, with colors trying washed out at sure angles.
The Moto G64 5 G has a hybrid dual-speaker setup, with the earpiece performing because the second speaker. The audio high quality is sweet sufficient, nevertheless it lacks bass and is not very loud. Name high quality, however, is great. The telephone presents two microphones.
You may play most video games, and the telephone does not warmth up a lot
Are you able to play graphic-intensive video games on the Moto G64 5G? You most undoubtedly can, however not in full settings. I used to be in a position to play Asphalt 9 with very excessive graphics, however the recreation warned me that the telephone does not actually assist this mode. Informal video games won’t be an issue, although. You may also play BGMI and Name of Responsibility in medium settings.
When it comes to warmth administration, Motorola has accomplished an excellent job. The telephone did not get scorching whereas gaming, utilizing apps reminiscent of Digicam, and even charging.
The telephone packs a big 6,000mAh battery that may simply final two days with regular utilization. In our HD video loop check, the telephone managed about 16 hours of screen-on time. Even with heavy utilization, you may count on the Moto G64 5G to final a couple of day and a half. Charging is sluggish regardless of the assist for 33W quick charging. It took me about 1 hour and 50 minutes to totally cost the battery from Zero %.
Moto G64 5G Evaluation: Cameras
Now, let’s speak in regards to the cameras. The Moto G64 5G has a twin rear digital camera setup with a main 50-megapixel sensor with f/1.Eight aperture, quad pixel binning, and optical picture stabilisation. You additionally get an 8-megapixel ultra-wide digital camera with auto-focus, macro mode, and a 118-degree subject of view. For selfies, there is a 16-megapixel sensor with f/2.Four aperture. The telephone presents an easy-to-use digital camera app with a number of modes, together with a Professional and Night time mode.
The 50-megapixel main rear digital camera can take good photographs in daylight situations
Picture high quality from the principle rear digital camera is sweet in daylight situations. Colors are a bit oversaturated and there is a loss intimately if you zoom in. The ultra-wide digital camera additionally takes good photographs in ample lighting, however the colors are inconsistent between the principle and ultra-wide cameras. You will additionally discover fewer particulars with the pictures. The telephone presents a 2x digital zoom, which is basically a crop of the principle sensor, and produces good pictures when the Solar is out. The selfie digital camera can even take good pictures in daylight situations, nevertheless it’s not the sharpest and will be blurry at occasions.
In low mild situations, the principle digital camera can take first rate photographs with Night time mode enabled. With out the mode, the photographs are washed out with loads of noise and artefacts. It is the identical story with the ultra-wide digital camera, however even photographs taken with Night time mode aren’t that nice. Try some samples beneath.
Daylight photographs from the principle rear digital camera [Tap to expand]
Foremost rear digital camera – lowlight photographs. Prime with out Night time mode, backside with Night time mode [Tap to expand]
Ultrawide pictures: Prime- Daylight; Backside- Lowlight [Tap to expand]
Video efficiency in daylight is not dangerous, nevertheless it’s not nice both. The colors look oversaturated, and the panning is not clean. Stabilisation can also be first rate. The telephone can solely shoot at 1080p decision at a max body price of 60fps. Lowlight movies lack element and have loads of noise.
Moto G64 5G Evaluation: Verdict
The Moto G64 5G has loads of competitors in its phase. There’s the not too long ago launched Realme P1 (Evaluation), which has a extra highly effective processor however solely presents 8GB RAM, no ultra-wide digital camera, and a smaller 5,000mAh battery. Then you definitely even have the Redmi Observe 13, the Vivo T3x, and the Samsung Galaxy A15, which all price across the similar however lack in most areas in comparison with the Moto G64 5G. The Vivo T3x presents a greater processor and an analogous sized battery, however as soon as once more lacks in different essential areas reminiscent of cameras and RAM.
Should you’re on the lookout for an excellent price range telephone with nice battery life, an excellent show, and a good pair of cameras, then the Moto G64 5G is a wonderful selection. Albeit you might not get the perfect gaming efficiency out of this telephone, it’s going to nonetheless play all of your favorite video games so long as you dial down the graphics. Though Motorola has solely given the Moto G64 5G a small spec bump, it is nonetheless a straightforward telephone to suggest.
