Moto G84 Review: It comes with the spirit of the original Moto G — great specs and a clean experience at an affordable price. But can it make a place for itself in the uber-competitive sub-Rs 20,000 price segment in India?
It is one of the biggest brands in the smartphone world, and in spite of having seen its fair share of ups and downs, Motorola has always managed to get its head above the water after every hiccup. And after a brief lull, the brand seems to have set its sights on getting back to becoming a significant player in the Indian smartphone market.
While Motorola has launched some very high-end, innovation-forward smartphones (check the latest Razr foldables), the real stars of the Moto show are the mid-range smartphones that the company has been launching in recent times. To strengthen this mid-segment portfolio even further, the brand recently released the Moto G84, part of the iconic G series that spearheaded its comeback in 2013-14.
With a price tag of Rs. 18,999, the Moto G84 brings a number of strong specs and features to the table. But is that enough to help the phone survive in the uber-competitive price segment and make consumers go “Hello, Moto” in large numbers again?
Table of ContentsMoto G84 Looks and design: A very Moto aesthetic, with a touch of Pantone
There is a new trend in the smartphone world, one where each brand launches phones with a very similar design language. May it be veterans like Apple, Samsung, or Google or a newbie like Nothing, all launch phones that look like they belong to the particular brand and the particular brand alone. Moto has also been following the same design thought, and the Moto G84 is part of it. The phone comes with a very distinct and a very Moto aesthetic.
The phone comes with flat sides, a slightly raised squarish camera unit with a metallic sheen, and two circular camera sensors paired with a flash. There is the iconic Moto logo bang in the middle, and the back comes with a vegan leather texture, which is a refreshing touch in the sea of glass and plastic backs (and glass and plastic trying to look like metal) in the tech world. Thanks to its partnership with Pantone, Motorola also has exclusive rights to its color of the year in the phone space – the Viva Magenta color, which is Pantone’s color of the year. While the color on the back is the same, the metallic shine of the camera unit provides a much-needed contrast from the slightly muted texture of the rest of the back. For those who prefer their phones to be a little subtle, the G84 also comes in two other more ‘regular’ colors but with basic plastic backs.
The left side of the frame holds the SIM card tray, while the right side is home to the volume buttons and the power/lock button. The top of the phone is plain, while the base does all the heavy feature lifting. It holds the speaker grille and the USB Type C port, and there is even a 3.5 mm audio jack there. The front is pretty regular looking where the face is basically all display paired with really thin bezels and dot notch to hold the selfie camera. Moto also uses a PoLED display on the G84 and brings a chin that is in symmetry with the rest of the bezels on the display.
The device weighs 167 grams and measures 160 x 74.
