DualSim Healthy - Beautiful device with good price / performance

Main selling point for me was mainly the DualSim function of the new Moto G. DualSim significantly how to use 2 simcards (both slots need MicroSIM cards), in my case, the private simcard (Congstar, surfing + calls) and professional (Telekom, just a telephone) , The DualSim management of the Moto G is working very satisfactorily. You can choose to help determine which runs simcard data usage (surfing). Both simcards can always receive calls. During the phone call, the other SIM card is switched off but in the short term, after hanging up both simcards are again reachable by phone. When calling you have the option of either automatically execute all calls on a SIM card, or alternatively to set down a simcard for each phone number / contact. In the latter, you will be asked for each call, over which SIM you want to call and whether this setting should be saved permanently for this number. You can always switch off one simcard, for example to disable the professional simcard weekend.
The phone calls over a Bluetooth handsfree VW also works flawlessly. Incoming calls come in as usual. For outgoing calls, but it must be noted that one either has fixed a simcard for outgoing calls or alternatively if you want to decide separately for each number, the dialed number / contact has been assigned a SIM card. Otherwise, an attempt to ask the phone, on which SIM card you want to call .. and so one would have the cell phone while driving take into their own hands and choose.

The new Moto G 2nd 2014 has a 5 inch screen with a 1280x720 resolution combined with a 2070mAh battery. The size is a matter of taste, 5 inches is defenitiv big, but still the phone easily fits into your pocket and fits even when driving without a particularly pressing, you look at it but defenitiv true. Is a difficult sticking point, because a 5-inch display to be read when using much nicer and more pleasant. The display itself like it very much, the colors are beautiful and rich in contrast and despite "only" 1280x720 pixels, the display is crisp and sharp. After reaching the device to 294 dpi which is sufficient defenitiv to the human eye. In a direct comparison with a FullHD display but one may see quite subtle differences, in the end just another price question how much a smartphone is worth it. Weaknesses are but apparent when strong side or strong above / below the phones it looks here like on the device loses contrast. More I find the maximum brightness of the unit also rather moderate, with pure sun, the display is very difficult to read. The display itself consists of glass Gorilla Glass. 3

The smart phone has 8GB of internal memory, the memory itself is specified in the phone with 5.5 GB, which the system itself but claimed just under 1GB. Means you have approximately 4.5 GB of memory available for their own use. Another one can expand memory with microSD cards up to 32GB it. The 4.5 GB of effective memory I hold for everyday for more than adequate. For music / pictures I would recommend defenitiv a memory card (32GB free on Amazon around 15-16) for which apps even 4.5GB are perfectly adequate. Occupy most apps installed anyway only between 10-50 MB. For everyday applications and few games of the memory is sufficient in any case, a problem could most very complex 3D games to be who love to occupy about 1 GB. But for such games, a middle-class smartphone is certainly not the right one.

The power of the Snapdragon 400 SoC is impressive in any case and is sufficient for almost all everyday applications fully. The surfing with the integrated Chrome browser running fast and smoothly from, apps load quickly and the overall performance of the new Moto G is simply very good. The good performance can also be the Stock Android owe version. This means that Android 4.4.4 is installed here has as Google Android just provided nearly in its original state. While other manufacturers their phones cluttering their own surfaces, apps and bloatware and thus lose the device heavily to performance, is the Android from the Moto G just as developed by Google. Motorola expands the whole only by a few apps. Another very great strength of Motorola's whose been very good update policy. While other manufacturers partially white ever need with Android updates or skip versions, Motorola noticed very positively by zugügige and regular updates, for example, the old Moto G device.
The device has 1 GB of RAM, of which 800MB effectively available, 500 MB claims the system normally and 300 MB are free. 1GB RAM is more than adequate for everyday surfing and normal Appverwendung and most games can all be problematic only at high multitasking application, for example if you and then jump back and forth between the two applications and forth surfs during a game on the net repeatedly. Here it may happen that Android closes the game while you are surfing .. and after the game again just has to be fully charged instead read from the RAM.

The processing of the device itself like it very much. The unit is very good and enjoyable thanks to its rubberized back and the slightly rounded edges in hand. It creaks nothing and the device also like it visually quite well. The 2 silver speakers act globally neutral, neither ugly nor particularly beautiful. Only have the on / off button and the volume rocker a minimum clearance, but this falls to only when one wiggles intention in mind. But I find the sound quality throughout satisfactory and thanks to the front positioning the sound quality is also excellent when the device is on the table. Another has the Moto G 2nd not know a notification LED in color. The voice quality I find satisfactory, the opposite is understood very well and clear and you yourself will also be well understood, and I have little feeling that one comes across a little quieter.

The photo quality 8 MP camera I would classify as a solid. Outdoor shooting in bright light viewing in HDR mode very nice. But at the latest in indoor settings or something subdued lighting to show small weaknesses of the camera. The picture tends to noise and part white creates a slight blur. Photographing of eg text from a magazine works very well and the font is displayed sharply and clearly legible. Overall, I am satisfied with the picture quality. The 8 MP only in 4: 3 format available, you want pictures in 16: 9 format, then you have only 6 MP. The camera is compared with the old Moto G a significant advance, and the camera quality is generally for everyday use and the images overall very nice and presentable. But on the quality of> 500 smartphones, the device can not keep up certainly. We recommend including the Google camera app, this can be downloaded via the play goals. Thus one can uA photos in 360 ° mode create. It remains to this are at a fixed point and using the app do you do a lot of pictures around them and the app calculates from the many individual photos then a 360 ° recording.
In addition, the Moto G record videos in 720p resolution. Here I am extremely positive surprised about the good quality. The recordings are liquid, the environment is great to see even when shooting indoors with moderate lighting. I noticed here is just that when you are focused on something close up shots of remote switches as the label of a bottle or other objects at close range, then the camera takes a few seconds to the font.

Weaknesses I see, especially when installed battery. The battery has as its predecessor continue 2070 mAh, even though the screen was enlarged to 5 inches and the device is capable DualSim now, unfortunately incomprehensible to me. Generally my device consumes in standby mode about 15% per 24h period. The standby time itself is very satisfactory, but is also no great art. Thus, in a normal working day I get on a single charge very well through the day. In 1H calls and approximately 1.5 hours Display On Time, while the entire working day Bluetooth running my unit has evening just over 50% available. For the work and my life the battery lasts in any case, and also provides sufficient evening until late at night reserves. In theory creates a single charge on the lowest brightness around 5h DisplayOn Time, but the practice is of course different. In one working day you can already surf 2h his calls and also still 3h DisplayOn so, to Bluetooth and Auto-Brightness were actively and comes on the day. That's enough, and is satisfactory in my eyes. In general I would recommend this device to all normal to medium users.
Who buys the device, should be aware that not accompanied mains charger. It is only with a USB data cable for charging via PC. Normally, you can use the charger from old smartphone, otherwise so much is a MicroUSB charger around 5 euros.