Отзывы о Смартфон Motorola Moto G7 Power

Shame on you Lenovo.

I loath dishonest marketing. This phone is a good product for me except one thing - 720 pixel resolution is a problem as I design websites for "fun". And this limited resolution has been deliberately hidden from the UK market.

In the US some G7 models are 1080 and some 720 but ALL of them include their resolution, at the top and NONE tries to fool you with HD+. High Definition is a technical display term meaning resolution not size. So silly me I thought HD+ meant best HD but no it means the screen is 19 by 9 width by height ratio rather than the usual TV(!!!!) 16:9.

Everywhere in the Amazon.co.uk marketing info are things like this:

"Max Vision display. Immerse yourself with ultrawide views on the 6.2″ HD+ display featuring a 19: 9 aspect ratio"

That last part is deliberate. A lot of thought has gone into cheating UK customers.

BTW Google doesn't help. Ask Google.co.uk what the resolution of the G7 is and you get "2,270 x 1080".

I did a LOT of research before buying this phone (lots of other phones not much on the differences of the G7 family) but I did not pay enough attention to UK vs US models also, silly me, I thought G7 Power meant it was MORE powerful than the G7 itself.

Ah well buyer beware I guess. I have spent too much time sorting this out and I will put off buying a new phone for a year or so... Oh and this is my third Moto in recent years. Bugger!

Lenovo has owned Motorola mobile phones since 2014. This is all down to them

Why anybody would want to pay hundreds & hundreds of pounds for a mobile phone, I'll never understand!
This Moto is right up there with the best, & it only cost £139, what I really like it is stock android, virtually no bloat ware, unlike Samsung etc, don't hesitate make it your next phone.

Bought this g7 power phone because I was fed up having to charge my Samsung S7 twice a day. I was expecting to find this handset a bit of a downgrade but have been pleasantly surprised. Screen is excellent, responsiveness is great also but the best feature of all is the battery life. Fully charged at midday, and after fairly heavy use at midnight still showing as 83% battery remaining!! Comes complete with a well fitting protective gel back cover - shame no headphones supplied. An absolute steal for the pre release price I paid on Amazon of £179 considering I sold my 2 year old S7 for £100. Couldn't be happier (so far).

I simply wanted a smartphone that will work for a full day, is not particularly heavy, is not loaded with bloatware, and does not have noticeable lags in performance. This one delivers that for me as I unplug my phone at 06:00, use a mapping app for around 70 minutes each way on my commute, with bluetooth connected, read emails, check the news, make calls etc, and seem to have around 40% battery life left at 23:00.

Fantastic phone, really good screen good battery life, modern technology such as facial recognition to unlock phone, finger print reader, supposed to have voice recognition too but that doesn't seem too good as me nd partner always trigger each others phone which had become a joke between us so pretty funny when one of us is busy on the phone, but the battery life lasts ages between charges had my phone a few days and only really had to charge it once, as it was 17% and that was the day I got it and was using it none stop.

Great phone at a giveaway price and very fast function with tons of memory even with all the apps Love the battery capacity and the super fas charging but you need to make sure you have the correct charger and or leads as some leads don't appear to work even though they fit the phone! No compass and other compass apps are not compliant with the phone, the only other thing is I would have liked it to be a tad smaller but for those who want the big screen it's great

Big bright clear screen and 60 hour battery life. If you like watching films and or listening to music and taking photos and videos on your phone, this is for you. You can watch them all day and it wont run out. 64gb of on board storage - can add additional SD Card shed loads more. Good camera too. My last phone was a Galaxy S4. This is hands down the best phone I've ever owned by some considerable margin. And the price is incredible for what you get. You wont regret the purchase.

I've been using this phone for a week. Upgraded from a Moto e3. The difference is amazing. I haven't encountered any problems so far. I brought it with me on a two day trip. The battery lasted just like it said it would. I didn't have to charge it at all. The phone came with a case, but I think I will buy a different one as the rim of the case is only about a millimetre higher than the phone screen, and I think something a bit sturdier would help to protect it. I'd definitely recommend this phone. It is great value for money.

I use this phone as my daily driver. The battery lasts me for three to four days which is excellent. I do light gaming and e-mail etc. nothing too strenuous. Screen is bright enough and the size is good. I would recommend the phone for light to medium use.

This is a superb phone. The battery lasts for ever (even with pretty intensive use I rarely have to charge it more than every two days and if left on standby will last 3 or 4 days). It does everything a phone that cost 5 times as much does so, unless you are for some reason wedded to a brand that is ripping you off, then I heartily recommend saving yourself a few hundred quid and buying this.

This is a big step up from my last Moto G phone, which I bought 5 years ago. Battery life is about two days for me, though I'm not a heavy user. The fingerprint reader is handy, as is the easy-on torch feature. Camera is reasonable. Sound quality is good. (Instagram video sound recording quality is a bit marginal for some reason though.) I don't really have any complaints. I'm sure the £1000 phones are better but I would think they're not £850 better.

Really like this phone. Solid battery. But beware. It came with a cheapy plastic case. I dropped the phone once or twice in the bathroom (with case on) and a long crack appeared going right across the camera lens!!

So now pictures look weird wjen i take them. If your phone comes with that silly case, replace case right away with a more bulky and reliable one.

Plan to keep this review updated with further use. Using the G7 Power, Black, purchased on UK release date for £179.00.

SIZE: I had concerns about the size and weight of the phone, but it's slimmer and lighter than I thought it would be. Also easy to use with being quite narrow, yet still benefits from a huge screen.

IN THE BOX: The included case is fine and still doesn't make the phone too massive, though it does make the power and volume buttons a little stiff to use initially. This wears off quickly. Fast charger is compact, cable about 1m.

SCREEN: Screen quality is better than expected. I was concerned about the 720p but no reason to be, it looks great. The notch isn't too imposing either. When watching videos on YouTube you can zoom in or out to hide the notch and either is fine. It is quite wide though so you can’t see many notifications compared to the teardrop G7.

UPDATE: 01/08/2019: I cracked my screen protector so removed it and never got around to ordering a new one. The screen on my phone now has a large patch of scuff from something rubbing against it. Quite annoying and screen not as tough as I expected.

LOOK, FEEL: The black plastic is a fingerprint magnet, but easy to wipe clean with a sleeve. The phone looks sleek enough and I like the basic styling.
The power button and volume rocker are a tad too high up the phone for my liking. The volume rocker is almost at the top of the phone and quite difficult to operate one handed. Over time, I have become pretty used to this, no longer an issue.
UPDATE: 01/08/2019: The phone constantly looks like greasy sludge as I have given up cleaning it every 5 ins. no longer use the case as the added bulk began to annoy me. The black plastic is also easily scratched on the corners.

FUNCTIONALITY: (MOTO ACTIONS & ANDROID PIE): The torch karate chop gesture is amazing. I use this all the time, so much so that I try to use it on non-moto phones. Android 9 has introduced a shortcut which has bested the Moto one – pressing the power button twice for camera works much better than Moto’s flick gesture. The one bar nav is ok. I wasn't keen at first, and I don't think it is really an improvement over the 3 button system, but I am used to it now and it is fine.

One thing that does irritate me is that you can't lock the screen with the fingerprint sensor, you have to press the power button. This has become less an issue for me having had the phone for a while, but I rarely use the pull down notification bar from the fingerprint sensor, so I still think this would be more useful.

UPDATE: This doesn't really bother me any more. Started using double screen tap to lock on Nova Launcher.

The horizontal tiles on recent apps take some getting used to, I find them much harder to operate quickly with one hand. Also, the "clear all" only appears at the far end so you have to scroll though all your open tabs to clear them. I'm much more sued to this now, but still prefer the old method. Using split screen is much more awkward than it was previously and now I rarely do this.
UPDATE: This is still annoying.

The pull down menu is OK. Since you lose some notification bar due to the notch, it would be great if you could choose what went where. The battery optimisation, storage sorting, and digital wellbeing things all work well and are useful in their own ways.
You can access the battery info by tapping on the battery icon and this is really useful. You can do this with the clock too but pretty useless if you keep a widget on your home screen.

CAMERA: Fine. Some review sites say it's great, some say it's awful, I think it's OK. It takes decent quality pictures and is a little slow, but not irritatingly slow. I have an active toddler and still manage to get photos of him. All this dual camera business is a bit of a gimmick I think. If you really want top quality pics, get a camera.

BATTERY: Battery is obviously amazing. Even at the 'slow end' of charging, it's quick. Charged from 66% to full in no time at all. Left it on standby, unplugged, whilst I slept and woke up 6 hours later with 100% battery. 1 1/2 hours later I'm at 96% after watching around 45 mins of video, which drained it, then it hasn't budged since.
After some time, this is really noticeable. I've barely had to charge the phone and have found I'm much more comfortable watching videos, using sat nav, listening to podcasts etc. as I don't have that nagging thought of when it might die.
UPDATE: Battery is still amazing!

MEMORY / PROCESSOR: Phone feels very fast to operate. I don't really play games so can't attest to that, but everything else runs smooth and sharp. Handles a fair whack at the same time and hasn't stuttered a blink so far. Quite a chunk of the internal memory is taken up by Android 9, but with 64GB to play with, an SD card slot, and Google helping to free space all the time - this isn’t a problem.
UPDATE: Phone is full of junk now and doesn't feel any slower.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, NO NFC ON UK VERSION.

VERDICT: Overall very pleased, highly recommended. Potentially my favourite ever phone (or the LG Nexus 5, followed by the Moto G4 Plus).

UPDATE JAN 2020: So I broke my G7 Power before xmas. Fell out of my jacket pocket when I took the jacket out of the car. Hit the deck and the screen was obliterated. Surprised by how easy it broke, but then again I had removed the glass protector as it was marked. Turns out it's quite a tough one to replace too part of mine was attached firm to the battery so when removing the plastic the battery burst (nice flames from the 5000amh firework).

Now on offer at £129 so looks like I'm buying a replacement!

This is hands down an amazing phone. Before buying this I took into account many reviews online and weighed up the pros and cons. Some people mentioned the screen resolution and at first I could notice a slight jaggedness around text or images but I've quickly become accustomed to it, it's not to say the resolution is bad but it's not as sharp as some high end phone's but cmon, look at the price you are paying, it more than adequately does the job! Another area that people mentioned was the camera quality, they said it wasn't the best but I'd have to disagree, I've caught some amazing sharp and colourful pics using the back camera, I'll share one I took today to emphasize my point, this camera is great, though I will admit I haven't had the chance to use it in very low light conditions just yet. The selfie cam I've used in both bright and lowlight situations and though it might not be the best ever it certainly does a great job and I'm more than happy with it. The phone has been buttery smooth since I started using it, loads pages and apps very quickly, haven't noticed any significant flaws so far aside from the occasional ghost in the machine but seriously nothing worth writing home about . The fingerprint scanner has been nothing but a delight from the get go, I've noted maybe two or three failures since I started using it and we all know how many times we unlock or phone's throughout the day no matter how much we want to admit it! So, the reason we are all here looking at this phone, the battery. What can I say about it? Well, honestly, it's simply amazing! It has been years since I have used a phone that doesn't need to be charged every night and to be honest I'm still trying to get used to it. I took this phone off charge at 9am on a Wednesday morning and didn't need to charge it again until Friday afternoon and even at that point it still had 39% charge left. Now in fairness I didn't use the phone as harshly as I would some days but that was still an unreal sight to behold. I seriously couldn't believe it. I'd consider myself a fairly heavy phone user and I can still stretch two days out of this. To put things in perspective, I have adaptive brightness turned off, the screen brightness is turned way up, I have location and gps on all the time and have a smartwatch connected all the time by Bluetooth and the battery is still amazing. I listen to music on Spotify, check emails, send messages, make phone calls, watch YouTube and Netflix on this phone and it still refuses to die. I've been using it solidly for a week and have yet to reach below 10% on it. And even when it does run low, turbo charge has your back.
So, the bottom line, this phone has made me completely review my perspective on phones. €1000+ smartphones are simply a mark of status, if you want extreme functionality at a seriously affordable price look no further, this phone has all you want and more. Of course there are some trade offs but seriously, it's negligible, anything you can't do on your phone you can do better on a laptop, PC or gaming console with a 4k TV! I'd recommend this phone to anyone and challenge you to be disappointed. Never again will I part with huge amounts of cash on a phone, this one has firmly changed my mind on that, since I could afford to buy it outright, it enabled me to not be tied to a contract thus reducing my monthly phone bill to €20 from €60. Do yourself a favor and don't fall foul of falling for the consumerism of needing a €1000+ phone when something like this more than adequately does the job. I hope this review helps some people realize how much money they can save by going with this and also as a disclaimer I just want to say I have absolutely no affiliation with Amazon, Lenovo or Motorola whatsoever, I work in the fruit and veg of a supermarket haha! Anyone that follows my advice I hope you enjoy it as much as I am!
Edit: something I forgot to mention in my initial review was the volume and speaker. This phone goes pretty loud so you should have no problem hearing music or videos, however, the sound from said speaker can be tinny and sharp and has virtually no bass to it making something's not the most pleasant to listen to. Also the volume level through the speaker is a bit odd, while adjusting the volume say from 50% upwards the volume rises sharply and likewise dips massively when reducing it whereas anything below 50% is pretty much inaudible, well at least to me. Not a huge deal breaker but just something to keep in mind if you like using the loudspeaker on your phone. Still Loving it though.

This is a great phone. A great phone full stop, a fantastic phone for the money. So why not five stars? well I'll come to that.

This has replaced my faithful Moto G5 which served me well. The battery life was beginning to diminish and I did fancy a bigger screen. I looked at some budget Samsungs but they seemed to offer less, for more money.

So the much stated battery life. I didn't even need to charge this for the first couple of days, and usage in that time was heavy, re-installing loads of apps an settings etc using the Android migration feature (well worth doing). After its first full charge I did not dig out the charger for three days! OK, three days of moderate (although consistent) use. Email, social media, iPlayer radio etc. Yes, streaming movies and playing games, hot spot, GPS etc would have taken a toll.

The screen is a very good, although I was expecting the whole phone to be bigger, not just taller. It's clear and responsive. Performance is good with no noticeable lag.

I had reservations about two things. I was used to the fingerprint scanner being on the bottom at the front on the G5 and thought being on the back on this model would a) be awkward and b) be inaccessible in its car cradle. I needn't have worried. The rear scanner is very accessible and you almost can't help but touch it when you pick the phone up. The face recognition works well plus you can set it not to lock on your home wi fi anyway so it's not an issue.

The other thing putting me off was USB C. Like most people I have loads of micro USB cables and they are all over the place so a charger is never far away. USB C seems like the answer to a problem that doesn't exist so I'm a little peeved about having to buy new cables and often have one of each (e.g one in the car for this phone, older micro USBs for the wife's and kids' tablets etc). But hey, it is easier to be able to insert the charger any way around.

So why one star docked? Well I'm not going to bemoan the lack of NFC like so many others have. It's clearly stated in the spec that it's not included so don't complain if you've not done your research. I don't need it anyway. Android pay is a waste of time in my opinion, it's no quicker getting my phone out to pay Greggs for a sausage roll than my debit card.

The reason is that it does not support 5Ghz wi if. Even a 2015 Samsung A3 which is now in my daughter's possession does. This is NOT in the spec. Nowhere does it state this. I was thinking that the 5Ghz channel on my router must have somehow turned off, but it was showing on other devices, including the old Moto G5 this has replaced. OK, you can accuse me of not going my research, but I carefully read the spec on Amazon and it's not like you'd Google to check a Ford Focus comes with a steering wheel. So that's not the end of the world, but come on Motorola, it's not like it's a new technology.

So it's a shame to doc a star - and perhaps unfair given its other strengths - but hey, that's my view. Overall I highly recommend this phone, especially as you could buy six of them for the price of the new iPhone.

*** edit ***
After six weeks' use I've decided to award the fifth star. Yes the lack of 5Ghz wi fi is daft, but I can't say it's caused me any problems. The battery life is just so good that it trumps that annoyance. I often go three days on one charge - OK, not three days of heavy use but having the phone on me, the odd call, checking email, web, weather, maps and social media etc.

Haven't had any problems with it. Such a good phone.

A fantastic phone with a few niggles. I, like a few read the UK version had NFC. Well it does not. A big pain in the backside. More so when I left my wallet at home one day and wanted some food. I downloaded the Google Pay app, set it up as I can remember every one of my bank cards details. Got it set up, thought a message said all set up to go popped up, ordered food at a fastfood outlet. Went to pay. Could not pay. I went through settings couldn't find NFC. Hmm, strange. Whilst still in the queue waiting to pay I phoned several businesses who sell this phone to told it lacks NFC and that many people have read it did. Red faced I had to speak to the restaurant manager and explain my situation. He understood, gave me my food anyway. I returned the following day and paid. The manager did not expect me to return. I am too honest.

I digress.

I also read somewhere the UK version had 5Ghz WiFi. It does not. Another big pain in the backside.

Other than these two main issues which I can manage without now I know about them, the biggest niggle is the vibrate function. It is far to weak. I can barely feel it when in a trouser pocket with thin material between it and my leg. If it's on a table I can barely hear it rumble.

What is the phone great for? Well screen size, battery size and near pure stock android. These 3 things set this phone above the rest at this price bracket and those slightly higher in cost.

Although I do like this phone, I do find myself retuning to my Samsung A6 sometimes for the camera. For quick snaps of my kids and for work a simple smartphone camera is fine for me. I don't need the latest flagship because I have DSLR camera, which rarely gets used. To be fair, most smartphone cameras can return pretty good images. Granted, some better than others. The G7 Power is a little lacking though. Sometimes it takes a good few moments longer than others to focus and take a picture and sometimes I found it doesn't take the picture. In good light the photos are ok but I find when compared to a photo taken on my Samsung A6, viewed on the G7 Power, that the G7 Power is of a poorer quality in a number of areas. Colour issues being the main problem. They just appear off.

Ok, I seem to have written more about the negatives than any positives. As I gave it 5 out of 5, I will explain.

It cost me £160 ish. It has a massive battery with a good CPU/RAM specs that see me through 3 days of moderate use. With high use I get 2 days. With non-stop use I can get over 1 days use. With minimal use I have gotten 5 days use. The phone has a balance of what it can do to battery life that others don't at a very wallet friendly price. I have had previous generations of the Moto G series, other than the G3 I haven't been so impressed with other offerings until the G7 Power. For every day use I use my phone for work, writing reports, which require photos, doh! A few games here and there, which do show the phones CPU/RAM limitations a little. All other functions work fine.

If the UK version had NFC I would be less inclined to have moaned about the camera.

I used to have a Samsung Note 4, and this just beats it hands down all the way. If there are any differences in CPU processing power they simply aren't visible in everyday life. The phone simply performs exactly as it should. I get apps launching without any delays, and can switch between them without any probs. In essence this manages everything I want my phone to do. I use it for watching TV/films whilst at a gym, listening to music similarly, google maps occaisionally, some web browsing from time to time (if it's quicker than reaching for a laptop), and of course phone calls and texts.
The screen, whilst not full HD, is nonetheless bright and sharp enough that I really can't tell much of a difference from it and my old Note4, which was quad-HD. The camera has provided some excellent day to day pictures, with a quality that is more than good enough for me. Call quality has been excellent, with clear audio in both directions. Texts are equally easy, although I have had some reports of late reception at the other end, it's impossible to tell where this occurs.
The build quality seems ab-fab to me. The front screen is gently curved at the edges (2.5D), so screen protectors may leave a bexel gap, but the spread from top to bottom is great. A wide notch at the top for the front camera leaves two 'margins' either side, which are perfect positions for notification icons. The back is a glossy plastic, that does attract finger prints etc, but once encased in a protective case you wouldn't know it. The micro-sim/mem card tray is a little fiddly, so my advice is to keep everything horizontal, and insert it slowly and carefully. The 4Gb ram, and 64Gb of built in storage is far more than I think I can use, but if you want more it takes a micro-SD/TF card. Although a tip here is to get as fast a card as you can afford, to make app performance keep up with the phone. My 64Gb sd card was recognised at once, and I set it up as additional storage, although you can set it up as integrated storage if desired.
Last but not least is the simply phenomenal battery life! Wow, what a corker this unit is in those stakes. In day to day usage, I switch off data except when I need it, say to check in for five minutes every few hours. I have the screen off, when in standby, and I switch the phone off entirely overnight. With every new battery I 'educate' it by draining it as low as possible before a full recharge, at least 3 times. What I've ended up with is an average usage before recharging of at least 10 days, yes 10 days, and the screenshots here (courtesy of BatteryBot) are proof of that. In fact nearly 300 hours was achieved, work that out at 24 hours a day.

Update (mid August 2020):- speaker stopped working so could not hear calls arriving, music or any sound whatsoever. Only Bluetooth speakers and headphones worked. Tried resetting, working thru' Moto's own diagnosis without any joy. A Chat session with Amazon agreed the phone was faulty and within the years guarantee, so a return & refund was arranged without any hassles.

The battery life is exactly what's been promised. I only charge it every other night when it gets to about 40% and only because I've been recommended in general not to let phone batteries run too low or die. At 40% it could easily last through another day so you could only be charging this phone every 3 days, and that's with a fair amount of usage.

Used to have a Galaxy S6 before this and I wouldn't dare turn data and location on for more than 5 minutes lest I lost a quarter of my battery life. With the Motorola I've got location running in the background as default and data on for a lot of the time and it doesn't drain the battery. Some days I'll unplug the charger in the morning before going to work and I might have lost a couple of percentages by lunchtime (with reduced use, but still) so the battery really lives up to expectations.

As for the other features, it really does everything you expect a phone to do in 2019. There's nothing that I haven't been able to do on it so far that a Samsung or any other popular brand can do. It's generally fairly quick and smooth to run, I've only had it for a month or so but it's never frozen or lagged on me so far.

The camera could be better but it's decent enough for a phone - if you're looking for a super high quality camera I'd suggest buying a phone that focuses on that or even an actual camera for that matter. The only thing I wish I could change about it is the fingerprint location - it's located on the back of the phone meant to be used with the index finger, which can be a bit annoying when you have a folding case on the phone. A thumb one would have been more convenient but then again if it becomes too much of an issue you always have the facial recognition unlocking feature, which I haven't used yet but judging by the overall performance of the phone so far, I expect it works as well as it needs to.

Overall I'm very very happy with the purchase considering that my main concern was battery life. The fact that there's nothing really major about the phone's abilities that would give it a disadvantage compared to popular brands is a bonus. And you're not paying an exorbitant amount of money for something that isn't really worth that much is is likely marked up with a ridiculous percentage.

I have regularly bought moto g in the past, generally been pretty happy. This model has been a decent performer too.

But i'm definitely not happy about this - makes me wonder if i can still trust the brand.

I owned an original moto G (which I still own and it still works), so as this was released the same week my current phone decided to stop working, I thought I would give it try.

With a sub £200 price tag, its classed as a budget phone but thats just about the only budget thing about it.

The battery life was a big selling point for me and I wasn't disappointed. On average, I get 3days between charges with light use and at least 2days with heavy use. The larger battery does add to the weight and with the included case, it does feel quite chunky but its not too bad.

Performance is really good as the interface is responsive and apps launch quickly. It even handles minecraft gaming pretty well which really surprised me. The 4Gb ram really helps in this area, as I don't have to frequently close apps and I can switch between them easily while working with emails and social media.

The screen is a good size and it is comfortable enough for browsing and watching youtube. The sound is good but there are no external speakers, only ear piece for audio but it does get quite load when playing music or video. I found the call quality to be fine, even in noisy environments.

The rear camera is good enough for most things short of professional photography. However, the front facing camera is not so great as it is quite poor quality with focus issues and washed out images. This is probably the only area where this phone falls short.

The phone comes with 64Gb of internal storage and there is an SD card slot which allows you to expand the storage. The onboard storage is a real plus as other budget phones cut the corners in this area which then causes problems as Android can fill it up quite quickly.

I have always chosen to use a phone as a phone and limited the number of apps I use while using other devices for the majority of my daily tasks but that has changed with this phone as I now find myself using it as my main device.

The sub £200 budget phone market is pretty crowded these days but this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. I would definitely recommend it.

Upgraded from a three year old phone to this, and tbh it is a major step up. To start with, it is a budget phone (£200 for the phone, memory card, case and screen protectors), so if you are expecting all the bells and whistles of a modern flagship phone, you're looking at the wrong phone.
It also does NOT come with nfc on the UK model, but then that's something I have no need for.

Pros- the battery on this phone is immense, lasting two days without charging in real world use.
The camera, while not top of the range, is more than enough for someone wanting to catch casual images or a snap happy user, maybe not for a budding photographer.
Although the specs say android 8, the phone runs on android 9, and comes with minimal bloatware (in house developed apps or apps that cannot be removed), makes a change to find a phone with no Facebook, twitter etc locked in place.
Although the phone is large, it doesn't feel particularly heavy, though it can be a struggle to use one handed. The front camera doesn't intrude on the screen, it sits nicely in place with the information on either side.
Unlike other phones, the finger print scanner is nicely placed and works well.

Cons- the WiFi does suffer from drop out every now and again. This is a minor issue, sometimes hardly noticeable but so far not an issue for me. Hopefully it is something that can be sorted with a later update.
So far it isn't possible to turn off the ascending ringtone, apparently this is to protect the speaker, but it is an annoyance.

For those who play Pokémon GO or other games, this is pretty much an ideal phone. Large, easy to use screen, compatible with AR and adventure sync and a battery that will last a full day of play. It is a little more sensitive than my last phone on the speed limiter, but that's to be expected on a more up to date system.

So far I have marked the G7 power as 4 stars, this is because of the combined cons, mainly the WiFi, which is a shame. Besides those two problems I couldn't fault the phone, although I will try and keep this review updated as time goes by.

Had my Motorola G5 for 2 years and was very happy with it, but I have to admit, it was a little small, the G7 Power has exceeded my expectations, the camera is an upgrade from the G5 in every department, I've posted selfie and main camera pictures I've taken, it's more than good enough for the pictures I take, good selfie camera too, the screen looks lovely, I use Sky Go with no issues and it's a sharp crisp picture.

Good size screen, the battery life isn't a lie, some days I use less than 10% battery it's that good, type C charger better than micro SD ?, Doesn't make a difference to me personally, but I'm sure someone will know why it's better ?

Charges extremely quickly and can be left plugged in overnight with no issues, it regulates its charge requirements itself

Negative point, the change of position of the fingerprint scanner to the back is a negative for me as I'm used to flip cases and I can't use 1 with this as they open to the left and using my right finger on the back feels extremely alien, I hold the phone with my left hand and used to use my right finger on the front of the G5 to unlock it, now have a solid case that doesn't close , rather than a flip case and hold and open the phone with my left finger on the back, I prefer the front, apparently the majority want the scanner on the back though, so I'm probably in the minority, the reader itself is seemless, hence 5 star rating for performance

So 1 negative only, bigger, faster, longer lasting battery, nicer screen and a ridiculously low price and go on YouTube it outperforms phones twice the cost regularly in head to head tests.

I will add you can't pay for things like apple pay with this, I don't use it anyway and genuinely can't say I intend to in the future, but it is important for some people

All I can say is buy this phone you'll not regret it, it's absolutely brilliant

Had this for 3 years now to replace a G5, the battery life is really good, I'm getting about 3 days at least, no problems in the time I've had it, and will be updating next year to the G8 or G9 power if you're not interested in paying £1000 or some other ridiculous price for the 'so called' premium end, then give one these a go.

Having owned a Moto G4 Play since late 2016, partly as a swimming against the tide gesture of my own experiences in our family with apple smartphones (I felt they were too fragile too expensive and with problematic battery life) I finally felt the need to upgrade and purchased the Moto G7 Power. So glad I did!

So hanging on to my positive enough experiences with Motorola I stuck with them (their warranty repair of the usb socket on my G4 play on what is a low end budget phone, was good). It even comes with a free gel case, how thoughtful motorola, nice thought.

After 1 week of ownership, I can say that I am blown away by the Moto G7 Power, purchased here on Amazon for £179.99. Its just the right mix of performance durability and battery life that I am looking for. Nearly 2 Days !! of regular use (business stuff, strava, music, sat nav and a bit of youtube) on one charge how many folk can say this about their phones? Recharging in double quick time using the c-type usb tech is great too.

The G7 Power screen is larger, longer actually, (which is good for scrolling) than the G4 Play, crisp and contrasty, it's super solid chassis build (i.e read heavy to those that want "waffer thin" and "super-lite") to me being old school, sorry kids, it's robust and houses a 5000mahr battery! No good having a super lite waffer thin phone if it has no charge :)

The later version of andriod v9 on this G7 Power, compared to 7.1.1 on the G4 Play is a big noticable step in speed and grace.

I don't use the fingerprint reader or face recognition which this phone has both, as I am old school.

So a short review to say thank you Motorola for what you are doing, the G7 Power is a total winner, imo, in the sub £200 smartphone catagory.