Moto G 5G

04/25/2026 updateI'm raising this back to 5 stars ... faulty charging Moto wire and power brick wasn't the phone at all ... tested with other devices and had bad results as well, so I threw out the original Moto wire and power brick.========================================================================================03/16/2026 updateI'm taking off a star from my review. Something strange is happening with charging the phone. Suddenly it started locking up to 30% and requires a restart for it to go forward. Nothing specific happened, no system updates, and I'm going to keep my eye on it for now since I can't troubleshoot to anything.=========================================================================================I took a chance and ordered this phone from Amazon Resale and received a very generous discount off the discounted price. Hopefully I didn't just buy someone else's problem. For starters, the box I received it in was shabby and dirty and the charging cable was unraveled in the box, however the phone was wrapped in plastic and appears intact with a fully charged battery. I am a big fan of Motorola and this is my fourth phone from them. While my most recent Edge 2021 5g is still in perfect working condition, I just couldn't pass up this Motorola G Power 2025 at this ridiculously low holiday sales price especially given the impressive technical specs that it comes with. I did read many of the reviews both good and especially the bad ones to see if there is a pattern of something inherently wrong with this model. I couldn't tell since some of the reviews are very sparse on actual details. So here goes my review for the "Moto G Power - 2025, UNLOCKED, Made for US 8-128gb, 50MP Camera":Cons:I'm doing this first since it's important that you understand what you're getting into with this phone.-The phone is slightly smaller (length), slightly thicker and slightly heavier than my Edge 2021 5g - not a big deal but worth noting-The phone comes with standard factory load like all phones but for a 2025 model this appears to beinadequate as I will explain in the next bullet point-The phone is a quick boot and once up and running it will immediately pair with your previous phone (if you allow it) and begin transferring data and configurations along with any Google backups you may have. This is where things get choppy - there isn't an obvious way to select what to transfer and in not providing a screen pause with choices it embarks on downloading your entire library of photos, videos and music which for many of us may be a long and exhausting process that may quickly fill up the phone 128gb. In doing so it also begins to initiate Updates to the phone OS thereby doing double duty and an extremely lengthy process where it also shuts down your screen (power saver) and causing you to periodically have to sign back in, which in turn pauses the Updates and you have to restart them. This is both frustrating and ill conceived by the manufacturer. I actually decided to stop it, reset to factory setting and restart without any account and data restoration just so I can process the phone OS Updates.-The phone OS Updates take "several hours" (that's right "several") and if you don't monitor them they will stop (all are required and all are sequential) making this a multi-hour project. If you don't monitor and apply each one, then the Updates stop and will Update and Restart at what it thinks are your off-hours. This explains why so many reviews keep complaining about the phone being slow, not having proper connectivity, randomly rebooting, etc. etc. All those things are accurate and true if the phone is left to its own "smart" schedule for OS Updates and would frustrate you for days or possibly weeks, by my estimate, even if you are a techie but make some reasonable assumptions around the data transfer and phone OS Updates which in fact are not how it works at all on this phone.Pros:-The phone was actually less expensive then the Edge 2021 5g which I also bought on an Amazon sales event, even though the new Mediatek chip and RAM are much, much, much better than my Edge 2021 - storage is the same - 128gb.-The phone is solid and well built end to end - "stunningly impressive" are also its IP67/IP68/MIL-STD 810H ratings which no other phone that I am aware of can make claim to at this price point. A heavy duty phone without a heavy price.-It boots quickly, the screen is absolutely gorgeous and extremely crisp and clear in all light conditions.-The phone overall is very, very, very fast with the Meadiatek chip and RAM. In fact this is the fastest phone I've ever had.-Plenty of storage at 128gb for average user and I added a 1TB SDHC which went in quickly and works better than any other SDHC on any other phone I've ever had.- Battery is tremendously well tuned with the phone and with a 36% screen setting, which is perfect for me visually, I can use this phone heavily for nearly 52 hrs - above and beyond what the manufacturer rates it-The speakers on the phone are also exceptionally good and pleasant to use without sounding echoey and whinny - won't replace your high end audio devices but pretty good as is and plenty loud.-The rear camera absolutely shines at 50mp and takes very impressive pictures in all light conditions and all settings macro/.5/1x/2x - the front camera is also OK for most uses and selfies. Some people commented on getting terrible pictures and I'm not sure how or why, but it may be caused by lack of understanding on how to Tune your camera under Settings to meet your use expectations, or how to switch camera modes on the bottom front screen when using the camera. Either way I think this is miles above my Edge 2021 5g.-WiFi/5g is blazing fast and I can watch any of my video or play any game without the phone chocking, stopping or buffering.-Voice connectivity is excellent and I haven't experienced any problems at all as described by some of the other reviews. I tested the phone recently across 3 US states in the NorthEast on a 450 mile round trip and had zero problems at all while playing music, using Google Maps, responding to text via voice connectivity and initiating or receiving phone calls.-Charges very, very fast with a 30W brick and corresponding USB-C wire AND even more impressive it has WIRELESS charging ability with a 15W pad which is also very fast and convenient especially at office or overnight by bedside - a rare feature at this price point-Last but not least - once you get through all the phone OS Updates you wind up with the latest and greatest Motorola Android 16 version which is spectacular. Can't ask for anything more if you can endure the pain of the OS setup which is no small feat for most users.Additional note:-Some negative reviews note that the phone doesn't work with their specific providers, or has problems when you swap your SIM. My suggestion is that you should immediately check your new IMEI with your provider for compatibility before you start to do any work on the new phone, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, request a new SIM or eSIM for your new phone. Rarely does swapping an old SIM that was provisioned for your old phone IMEI work well, or at all, in a new phone. This is a security and safety feature for most wireless providers.I highly recommend this phone.

This verges on top-of-the-line when it comes to *affordable* phones. It has better specs in every important way than the Moto G 2025, and is about equivalent in important ways to phones that cost twice as much. It's about the same form factor and style as its ancestor, the Moto 5G Ace from a couple of years ago (my prior phone). Getting it here instead of from your provider's store means you have less annoying bloatware installed, and it may even be cheaper too.I'm satisfied with the G Power's speed, storage and memory, ease of use, camera quality (vastly better than the Ace!), all of it. The adjustability for people without great vision is a plus (for me anyway). I really don't have anything to complain about with this phone. I tried the Moto G 2025 (the "little sibling" of this Moto G Power), and it just didn't have the capacity I wanted (I'm a bit of an app and media hoarder). I tried to get the Moto G Power from Metro, but their store staff said there were none avialable from them any longer in the entire area, so I ordered it here instead.The data backup (from old phone) and restore (to new phone), including all apps, appears to have worked flawlessly. I did not lose apps, or contacts, or media. Various apps did have to be reconfigured on first-run on the new phone, but I expected that. Using Nova Launcher, it even restored all my app groups/folders, and every icon to its original position. Nice. It's like having the same phone expect better than it was before.This phone coming with Android 15 out of the box is great (compared to phones still on sale today that have Android 14 or even 13). For me anyway, it did 3 system updates in as many days, so it's staying current (withing the Android 15 channel). My reason for upgrading to this phone at this time was that the Ace phone being stuck at an older Android version was a problem for me (e.g. one of my e-banking apps refused to work on the old OS any longer). I don't know if this phone will be upgradable to Android 16 (which has already been out for 3 months as of this writing), or what that upgrade process might be.A heads-up with regard to Metro by T-Mobile: If you try to have them set this phone up for you in the store, they are likely to claim that you have to get a different and more expensive plan than the one you have, claiming this phone "isn't compatible" with your current plan. This is nonsense. Instead, try to change your phone to this one using the website. If it doesn't work, use an old or borrowed phone to call Metro's customer service and talk to a real person through that system, and have them enable the new phone for you (either with an e-SIM or by moving your existing SIM card from original phone to new one), and make it clear that you expect to keep your original number and keep your existing plan (or have an equivalent one with same price for same level of service). If necessary, they can have a supervisor override any roadblocks. This step may be especially important for anyone qualifying for discounted service due to being on disability, social security, etc. While I'm going on my experience with Metro, similar caveats may apply to other carriers. They're all being more aggressive about trying to wedge more money out of people without actually improving their service level. Don't let them do that to you just because you got this particular phone (and didn't get it from them).Another caveat: Phones like this are fragile, unfortunately. You absolutely do need a protective case, not just a screen protector (that protects against scratches, not drops and other impacts). I would say order the case and screen protector before the phone, or at least to arrive on same day. You do not want to be tempted to carry this phone around and use it without the case being put on yet.

I've always been a Motorola fan and this one did not let me down! It's a beautiful color that I wish I didn't have to hide with a case (for obvious reasons)And my two favorites with Motorola's are the three finger screenshot and quick shake back and forth to turn on the flashlight. I probably use both features many times a day!I've used Motorola cell phones for 2 decades and have never had a problem. The colors, battery life, features, no bloatware, quickness, etc all A+I've tried a couple different cells through the years and immediately went back to Motorola! Unfortunately I can't rate their customer service because I've never needed them!You will never go wrong with a Motorola!

This is a really nice phone. I've always tried to stick with Motorola after having worked for them in the late 80s, early 90s. This was an upgrade to a 5G Ace I had for several years. This Motor 5G Power is pretty fast. The extra power is good. I didn't need this but I felt it would be better in the long run.It lives up to its claims in lasting long. It lasts much longer than my 5G Ace and it should. Using the phone you sometimes notice where a compromise to make the battery last longer was made. Certain things don't make sense about why they did it. Other quirks about it are like multi function buttons which don't make sense. The phone is fast but you'll get frustrated waiting on it at odd times. I use swipe to type with. If I try to swipe at the speed I'm used to with the 5G ACE it will skip weird, etc.Wifi works great other than surfing. The 5G connectivity and data usage work fantastic. My Ace was always out of range for any 5g signal. The 5G connectivity has been important to me.This phone has so many pros the cons won't really matter to most. I have monster hands that most people don't. For me, it went from hard to type to very hard to type. The multi function buttons seem unnecessary and unintuitive. Lots of notifications turned on in the first use which are difficult to get turned off. And you think you have those turned off but another one pops up. Annoying but manageable.A good Pro for me is the display. I have a form of AMD which makes it hard to read phones sometimes. This phone has more adjustments for fonts and icon sizes than ever seen before.And the front or rear are very sharp. Taking a photo of a car one day when I noticed the cars lines were more visible on the screen. (For me)Things like those are why I love these Moto phones.I'd give it 5 stars if not for the speed and quirks. Those may not matter to anyone who really needs the power. I was hospitalized for a few days recently. The phone charger I grabbed going out the door was broken by the time I was in a room. The phone lasted the weekend until I could get s working charger.The phone looks great in the green color. The fingerprint sensor is a little hard to calibrate but it works great. It's covered up with the case I use. There are some cases that have an opening to use the sensor.Overall, a great phone. Too much sacrificed for power. I'm probably going to purchase a regular Moto 5G

Moto G Power 5G 2024Received new unlocked phone, put my Boost Mobile sim in turned it on and used the included usb cable to transfer the files and settings over from my previous phone, a Moto G Fast from 2021. (I did not have contacts, photos, etc. backed up to the cloud) It works good. Had it 5 days and so far it is great for the price. Update: Now just skip to the end.My ringtone assignments were not transferred from the old phone - all using the default. I had to go manually add mp3's as ringtones and assign them to individuals. Also my alarms the same thing. It upgraded to Android 15 and I'm not sure how I like some things about Android 15 compared to the Android 11 that I was using previously. Eventually Android will be more bloated and full of idiotic (dis)improvements that hamper you than Windows if it isn't already.I really like the Moto Gestures but not a fan of the power button being reconfigured by default. The camera seems ok but no better than the 4 year old one with many less megapixels. Didn't notice anything new in the camera software or photo editor from the 4 year older one. Not sure but I think that I took some pictures that were verified with the shutter sound but then no pictures were in the album. I am saving camera pics to the micro sd card. I will keep an eye on this to see if its an actual issue. No charger/power plug is included. No USB A to USB C cable is included. A USB C to USB C cable is included. Good for phone to phone transfer or if you have a USB C female plug or PC/Tablet with USB C port. So I am using my 4 year old charger and cable even though I don't think its rated for as quick of charging as the new phone. I may have to get a 30W charger plug and cable or 15W charging pad.Its been a few months now. The phone still works good. As with all phones and connected devices now, the apps on it collect and send a lot of data on your wifi and using your bandwidth and data cap. I've been using the Gemini AI that comes up when you press the power button. Its hit or miss and you always have to know when to tell it its wrong and then it says "oh, you're right, I'm sorry". It uses much, much more power so a charge that would last 2 days normally will last, literally, 3 or 4 hours of chatting with the Gemini AI about anything, useful or not.Google keeps insisting that I backup my photos and such to their cloud but I don't want to - its not secure and they haven't paid me to use my data for training their AI that they are using to make billions of dollars off of as they jettison more and more employees, bankrupting the whole system, so why should I give it away for free? No, I just copy them to my PC instead, its much, much more private and secure. No need for a secretive shady middle man making like Igor stealing people's corpses in the night LoL. If Google wants data for training purposes we can discuss payment and usage terms. Until then, greedy hands off!OK so the last time I used my phone I was met with a notification from Android that my age could not be verified and so it changed parental controls and other settings on my phone. It did not give any other info. Coincidentally, the next time I went to YouTube on my PC, a message popped up that said my age couldn't be verified by Google AI so it is treating my account as a child account. If I didn't like it, send a copy of my driver's license to prove my identity and age. So it doesn't take a crystal ball to see the connection and know Google has treated me like a child and locked me out of my own phone based upon faulty AI output. Is this the Twilight Zone? I don't know but I'm not sending a copy of my license anywhere to fix Gemini Ai's mistake. I am online ordering an iphone now and thought I'd also update this review to let people know about Android and Google's ability to change settings on your own devices based upon some faulty AI logic or glitches or hallucinations or whatever they choose to call it. I call it my life.

I am really happy with this phone. It's fast, it has a bright and decent crisp display. It was a replacement for an LG V20 which was a premium phone in its day. This phone is considered a budget phone, but is superior to the V20 in so many ways, mainly because the industry has advanced so much in 10 years.Negatives are the taller skinnier profile is slightly harder to read than my old phone. I think this is typical of newer phones. The sound quality is good, but it lacks multichannel recording software that was native to my V20. The camera is adequate, nothing extraordinary.Definite pluses are long battery life and built in headphone jack. No issues setting it up. After transferring the data off my old phone using the built in software, I just moved my Verizon SIM (it's unlocked);and my SD card into the built-in tray on the side. No need to pay Verizon $35 to set it up. There are biometric security features that I don't use, but they are good if you like them.I got the phone for $13 using credit card points (list was like $139) so it was a super deal for me. No regrets, great for normal everyday use or as a bridge phone when your $1000+ Samsung phone fails.

Quite frankly, I don't understand why people still spend well over a thousand dollars on the latest Samsung flagship phones when you can pick up the Moto G Power (2026) for around $300. This phone is easily the best-kept secret in tech right now. It does everything the massive name brands do, but for a tiny fraction of the cost.Premium Features on a BudgetYou aren't sacrificing the core smartphone experience here at all. The 6.8-inch display is massive and features a incredibly smooth 120Hz refresh rate, meaning scrolling through apps and browsing feels identical to a phone triple the price. Plus, the performance is snappy and responsive thanks to a generous 8GB of RAM, easily handling day-to-day multi-tasking without a hitch.Unbeatable Battery LifeSamsung and Apple flagships barely scrape through a single day of heavy use. The Moto G Power effortlessly lives up to its name, easily pushing into 1.5 to 2 full days of life on a single charge. When you do need to plug in, the 30W TurboPower charging gets you back up and running in no time.Built to LastMotorola didn't skimp on durability either. With military-grade drop protection (MIL-STD-810H) and an impressive IP68/IP69 water and dust resistance rating, it actually handles everyday drops and inclement weather better than a lot of fragile, glass-backed $1,200 phones. The 50MP main camera takes sharp, beautiful photos, and you even get advanced Google software tricks right out of the box.Bottom Line:If you want to stop paying a monthly premium just for a brand name logo, buy this phone. It proves that you don't need to break the bank to get an absolute powerhouse of a device. I love it

Title says it all really. I dont use my phone all day or anything, got a quality case, take care of it (visually, still near mint after 17 months).Sadly, last week had a weird issue that went away with a forced reboot so i moved on. It is now coming back.Looks to be either a display cable, internally, is disconnecting, or the display itself is giving out.Cant really do anything about that myself, so the phone is prolly not long for the world. Paid ~250 for it at the time, so 250 for a phone tha tlasted a year and a half is pretty bad (im not an "upgrade every year" guy). That being said, it was/has been great otherwise

Didn't come with a charger though.

Good device in this price

Not quite as tight a fit as I would like.

De momento todo bien, y funciona en México con Movistar, lo que se espera de un MotorolaHabía pedido dos pero uno nunca llego

Well i have previously bought motorola phones from Amazon, and i have never had a problem, till i ordered the Moto G 5G, It will not work in Australia, so i am now stuck with a brand new phone, that i cannot use!!