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I was looking for a phone that adequate performance and a good basic equipment offered at an affordable price for my aging Galaxy Ace to replace, and Motorola had for me with the Moto G, the truly perfect device on offer.
Since I have seen and read some reviews of famous YouTubers and websites, it was clear that the Moto G my request (which now are certainly not high) equivalent.

The unit came in a small cardboard box and Spartan on without boasting much with performance or the like because it can brag not easy, however, people who buy the Moto G also is not much to worry about performance.
Furthermore, there is included a Quickstart - Guide and a USB - cable. Normally, no wall plug is included, but I had this one. Super!
The installation of the SIM - card gestalltet was still easier than I thought. In some reviews I had read that the back cover is very heavy abzubekommen, but what I have felt differently and therefore can not confirm.

Processing Technically make the Moto G very robust! It is made entirely of plastic, at the sides and front of black glossy plastic, on the back you will find slightly rubberized plastic. Along with the curved back and the square edges sits by the phone very comfortable to hold and can look very sophisticated. Taken overall, the processing as well assess the gaps are even across the board, only the power button and volume rocker wiggle something that you should never notice in normal use, and has an overall much better impression than most models of other competitor in the same / higher price class.

After the first turn on the phone's you have to set up the OS first. Initially, the phones were shipped with Android 4.3.1, but provides Motorola since early this year to upgrade to 4.4 at. Since Motorola until recently owned by Google was still benefit users of Moto X, Moto G and the latest Spröslings, the Moto E from very early Updates to the Android OS! Only the beginning of July is the latest update Android 4.4.4 leaked, which only the Nexus until now - devices that have HTC One M8 and the Motorola devices, something which is not necessarily a matter of course, and certainly not at the low price point. Another positive is the fact that Motorola has already confirmed that the Moto G also support and an update on the soon-coming, new Android OS called "Android L" gets 1+ with asterisks for the software - support of Motorola and Google.
Who already Android - mobile is possessed with the establishment have no great difficulty and should have after a few days, especially if you umsteigt of older Android versions, incorporated! The App - Store of Google has made a huge step forward in recent years and now offers all over apps up to today's hottest games, one finds everything your heart desires, which brings me to the next point, the performance ,

Of course, the performance of the Moto G is not the same as the flagships of Apple, Samsung or HTC, but that does not try Motorola also! The mobile phone is equipped with a Snapdragon 400 CPU and a graphics processor Cortex, which although does not necessarily provide the best performance, but has abundant reserves for everyday tasks such as social media or the occasional gaming session. And just in these tasks shows the Moto G and especially with a processor unit that is neatly juice in the cottage has, even the graphical very demanding games are played without any lag, and apps open quickly, even the Facebook - app that was incredible unoptimiert and is! Only in the case of sites with many Flash - content and sophisticated surface (eg theverge.com) the device comes to a halt a bit and does not offer the usual liquid of a high-end smartphones, but it is by no means a thing which is impossible on the Moto G and one actually remembers even while scrolling!

We come now to the camera, a point where Motorola then but something much shortened. While delivering the 5 Megapixel - camera on the back in daylight usable photos from, but already at the early evening, say if you have not to have too much daylight, you can see some strong noise and muddy colors. The front camera with 1.3 MP delivers surprisingly good from Selfies and comes with even in low light conditions apparently somewhat better understood. The same applies to the video quality. The Moto G captures video at a resolution of up to 720p on, which have average image quality and also usable audio quality. But for Selfies, Instagramfotos and occasional videos that everything is perfectly adequate! The revised photo software is intuitive to use and provides a HDR - mode and a panorama - mode everything is nowadays standard in mobile phones.

Especially I have already spoken about the sound quality in video, which is useful as stated above. The speaker is located at the back on the upper left side and is sufficiently loud and clear, even at high volume levels, only at the highest level it is then but a little overwhelmed and starts to scratch, but for normal video and audio playback, as well as YouTube - Video is the volume and quality more than adequate, only the placement is a bit inconvenient, because you quickly covered the speaker straight in Panorama mode. The audio quality of phone calls is also sufficient, not perfect, but satisfactory.

Now we come to the display. Motorola has chosen an IPS - use LCD with a resolution of 1280x720, which is actually more than adequate. Fonts, images (with the appropriate resolution, of course) and games are displayed sharply and thanks to the IPS - LCD panels and the colors are vivid Konstrast. The overall calibration of the display is quite warm but not too warm.

Finally, I want to come to speak to the battery, which is definitely to be mentioned as a big plus. With 2070mAh This is only average in size, but since Motorola uses a "weak" CPU, only 1GB RAM and a 720p display, the battery life is increased to a multiple! In moderate benefits of battery lasts quite loose 1 1/2 or even up to 2 1/2 days, something I would not have thought of smartphones possible. And even you're a power user, the battery should be slightly longer range 1 day Top!

But like so much is the Moto G also not free from errors. I have just been mentioned, the average camera, but there are a few other things that show that Motorola has yet saved properly, even at corners where it should not have been! Thus, the more favorable Moto E a micro SD slot, so you can increase the internal memory, but you have omitted this during the Moto G, why is not clear to me until today. For many people, not enough 8 or even 16GB, simply because many people are Selfiesüchtig or the mobile phone as MP3 - players use. I come out with my 8GB because I just installed only a select few apps on the phone and I mostly streame music through Spotify, but many people have since higher claims. A further problem is the vulnerability of fingerprints. This one has fingerprints on the display is clear. You can see this in the glossy plastic, is also to bear yet, but even on the back, rubberized back the fingerprints are clearly visible. I have now solved where I got myself a white brick Shell, but even that has not yet come across with.

But everything can be said in all that Motorola has created with the Moto G is a very solid entry smartphone for relatively little money and has rightly incredible success with it. Whether mom or grandma is now who just want to have a smart phone that is not constantly crashing, liquid working and all has what has been called "Regular Guy" needed or as someone who also like to have a little play on the phone but not a small fortune to pay, and what feels valent (Yes, because Samsung can 'ne very thick slice of cut) should be happy with the Moto G! The mobile phone has a very solid performance that is for everyday life perfectly adequate, with Android a mature OS with Motorola, a former Google - companies which have for the coming years has a very spacious update system and support for the latest versions of Android. The battery power I did not even catch on, because this is first class and sometimes unmatched by the high - end smartphones. And for 169 for 8GB and 199's for Use 16GB can do absolutely nothing wrong! 5 Stars! :)