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SpecEagle review · Motorola

Moto G6 review: An 18:9 glass-design budget phone with dual cameras and clean Android.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2018·$250
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#1 of 2
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The glass-design budget Moto.

Moto G6 modernised the line with an 18:9 display and a glass back, keeping clean Android and the headphone jack. The Snapdragon 450 was the obvious compromise, but it looked far pricier than it was.

01Display

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

TypeIPS LCD, 18:9, 60 Hz
Size5.7 inches
Resolution2,160 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

56/100

56/100 puts it above the 53-point average for budget phones of 2018.

Main12 MP, f/1.8 + 5 MP depth
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

48/100

48/100 puts it above the 43-point average for budget phones of 2018.

ChipsetSnapdragon 450 (14 nm)
RAM3 / 4 GB
Storage32 / 64 GB · microSD

04Battery

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 62-point average for budget phones of 2018.

Capacity3,000 mAh
Wired15 W TurboPower

05Build

62/100

62/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2018.

06Value

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

What works
  • 18:9 FHD+ display and glass back.
  • Clean near-stock Android.
  • Dual-camera bokeh.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 450 was slow.
  • Mono speaker.
  • 5 MP depth is filler.
  • Only one OS update.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .