With mid-range and budget prices combined with smart and unique features, here are the best Moto phones.
The best Motorola phones are all excellent value for money. Alongside Nokia phones and certain LG phones, Motorola is a great part of the budget smartphone market – one that’s just a bit smaller now that LG has quit making phones. If you’re looking for a good quality handset that won’t break the bank, Motorola is the manufacturer to look at. While its greatest strength may be the budget end of things, Motorola can also do high-end phones too. The arrival of the Motorola Edge and the higher-performance Motorola Edge Plus both combine top specs, sharp displays, and 5G connectivity with flagship polish, which is precisely why they both make this list. But given we haven’t heard about follow-up flagships coming in 2021, most of the latest Motorola phones are in the mid-range to budget tiers. These include the Moto G range which demonstrates what an excellent value smartphone should be like (including novel stylus-packing models), the Motorola One series offering good software update regularity and standout camera features, and the aging Moto Z range which offers modular accessories though we haven’t seen another entry in years. Edge models aside, Motorola’s phones aren’t up there with the best phones in the world, but they are certainly some of the better budget and mid-range phones you can find in 2021. If you’re expecting to see the foldable Motorola Razr – a reboot of the classic flip phone – it’s not here. Simply put, even the refined version that came out in early 2020 has so many compromises (specs, cameras, and so forth) for its price that it doesn’t make the cut on our list of recommended phones, but we won’t hold that against the rest of the Motorola range. Instead, the most recent addition is the Moto G9 Plus, which is a super-affordable 5G handset. Read on below to see where it ranks and whether there’s a Moto phone for you. The list of the best Motorola phones is updated regularly so check in to see how things change over time. The Motorola Edge Plus is arguably the most exciting Motorola phone in years, as it’s also the first true flagship from the company in years. That means it’s up against the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S20 and iPhone 11 Pro, and it certainly has the specs to compete, with a high-end Snapdragon 865 chipset, a massive 12GB of RAM, and a huge 5,000mAh battery. Its screen is thoroughly impressive too, as it’s a 6.7-inch 1080 x 2340 OLED one with a 90Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support, it’s also a ‘waterfall’ display, which means it’s steeply curved at the sides, giving it a striking appearance. You also get a quad-lens rear camera, with a 108MP main sensor, an 8MP telephoto one (with 3x optical zoom), a 16MP ultra-wide one, and a depth sensor. With support for both sub-6 and mmWave 5G networks it can also make the most of the latest mobile technology, so it’s no wonder we’re so fond of it. Read our in-depth Motorola Edge Plus review The Motorola Edge is a cheaper, lower-end alternative to the Motorola Edge Plus, but while it’s not quite as good as its sibling, it still has a whole lot going for it. That includes a big 4,500mAh battery, which in our review we found comfortably lasted a day even with quite heavy use. It also has a 6.7-inch 1080 x 2340 OLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, HDR10 support, and ‘waterfall’ curves, leaving the handset with a sleek look and a comfortable feel in the hand.
