Moto G 5G | 2024 | Unlocked | Made for US 4/128GB | 50MP Camera | Sage Green

It’s a really good phone at a good price with a quite decent camera
Long time used or Motorola phones. Last one lasted well until dropped right on screen after a gym visit.1. Excellant battery life, often go more than two days without needing a charge. Big plus2. I’m not a gamer, but I do surf and watch U tube a lot. Screen is good, has excellant brightness, but contrast is not as good as with high end screens (totally expected) but I’ll keep my cash instead3. Camera is good, really nice color reproduction and good details. Not as clear as my daughter in laws I Phone, but I saved a LOT of money.4. Storage capacity is excellant with the ability to add a compact memory card. Big plus in my book, these are pretty cheap actually. Amazon Basics microSDXC 128 GB for 12 bucks. I run a 300GB size because I love videos. Ohttps://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Basics-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B08TJRVWV1/ref=sr_1_1_ffob_sspa?crid=13KWFBDDNU05L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YsDJmjEs8eRQ5lQSPqzljlnEr-iu0RJfWqqkBtOqnV4Ss6HTtweBJ3W8fTdvrmaILWTmkoLEmX5KT67aamhD13dTSaqzWJCobqnS9fn1AWryike0YTATvwwZY3iLVuPdNIGkJzfXUHjODH4lh3rVX3Pu0Fc4Stp3nGuAALxuwx7bNlyPtSi2Ep_Sq2HxjyP7j-DJ-GtknQlvlgcbaCq-rMmIhsBQ4wylaw54Nri5WQs.y97aAf3Aiauu0m5hCWB3-INRwN9jly9_X6yIte0PZHc&dib_tag=se&keywords=phone+memory+card&qid=1730405322&sprefix=phone+memory+card%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1ften cheaper than buying the memory in the phone imho. Plus when phone is done you can reused it.5. Size is perfect for fitting into shirt pocket for me at work, even with a case on it.6. Sound is actually decent, but does not emulate hi fi. I realize the phone environment is a huge challenge, but the sound, even with music is not “Tinny”. Volume is good on highest setting and can easily be heard when sitting on my desk across the room. I’ve heard phone get a lot louder, but if I want a ghetto blaster I do have some speakers for outdoors and the like usage.7. I’d say you get about 80% of the usage and quality of “Flagship” phones with virtually all the functionality at a cost that’s about 25-30% of flagship prices. I’ve had phones fly away riding my motorcycle (Use a GOOD mount lol), dropped, knocked off while working on car and a lot of other usage cycles that are not amenable to good phone life. For me it doesn’t pay to buy top of the line. But I do like having a solid tool to do the job, and this one works great for that. Stay safe.

PHONE IS GREAT
Phone is good , fine , unlocked , worked with metro , transfered over . One thing Is the charger it came with broke in the strangest way ( see photo) . I never seen a charger break like that and was stuck in the phone for a second. Kinda strange but the phone is GREAT . The charger it comes with, NOT GOOD and comes with no outlet / BLOCK to plug it in / just cord , broken one at that …

Battery life is very subpar
I got this phone to replace my old 4g TCL 30 phone, and I’m pretty meh about the whole affair.The good:It’s a reasonably priced unlocked android phone, it works with Mint Mobile (and therefore would work with T-Mobile and Metro, ymmv) and is lightweight and slim. It receives and makes calls and takes pretty good pictures, though I’m not a big picture taking person, so others may have issues, don’t know. The 5G service is quite nice and allows for a better connection when we are out in the country than my old TCL 30 4g. The screen is vivid and the look of video/pics/etc is pretty good.The bad:Everything is Google, there is no native barebones alternatives like my old TCL 30. It’s annoying being asked to set up all the different google apps every time I need to open one… If I wanted to use all the features of each one, I would. Ex: I just want to see the pictures I’ve taken, I don’t want to be reminded to set up the app to save my pics to the cloud every damned time I open it. I use it to take pics of electrical schematics so I can complete my work without returning to the stand book to verify different connections etc … It’s almost like Google saying “are you suuuuuure you don’t want to” every time like I’m a child or something…. It’s very annoying and slows me down.The UglyBattery life is absolutely horrible. My old phone, with the same battery size, could stream Spotify to my earbuds through an entire shift and not be less than 60% battery, even after 2 years of doing this every Mon-Fri for 9-10 hours a day. The first day I used this Motorola the same way, my battery was down to 30% when I punched out to go home. That’s absolutely pathetic. If it wasn’t for the fact that this was a sub-$200 phone, I would have returned it and gotten another TCL phone. This is the main reason I gave this a 3 star rating. If you don’t stream music all day like I do, or use it all day like a younger person then it would probably last longer. As with most things, your milage may vary….Another serious negative is the button arrangement and shared capabilities, I’ll explain.The phone has the typical up/down volume button above the power button on the right side of the screen. The issue comes when the power button is also the fingerprint sensor. It’s nice to just brush it to open the phone, but it’s absolutely annoying when taking a screenshot or trying to restart the phone. It seems to just spaz out when hitting up volume + power button for a screenshot to restart, or any of the other button combos the phone is capable of.Overall, for someone who doesn’t stream music it’s a decent unlocked phone, but for someone who actually does it’s a no go because of battery life. That and the ‘Bad’ section above is why this is a 3 star phone at best. I honestly feel Im being generous giving it 3 stars as this is gonna be a $180 paperweight when unlocked TCL 50s hit Amazon….