Motorola Moto G - new budget smartphone champion?

Freakitchen · 26 Dec 2014 at 12:49

PiKe said:
Tesco are replacing mine, top left of the screen glass is coming away and when it does, the earpiece stops working.

The vibrate stopped working on mine a few months ago. Tesco were happy to replace but wanted me to send the phone to them for 7-10 days. I was awkward about it, not having a replacement phone to use, and eventually contacted Motorola.

Through the web chat, they eventually agreed to courier me a replacement for a direct swap-out. Just thought I'd mention it in case it was useful. Good service from Motorola after a bit of mild complaining!

leemk · 26 Dec 2014 at 19:57

Got the missus a moto 2nd gen to replace her s4 mini with a broken screen , what a great phone for the price , was not expecting such a good screen or smoothness.

dun · 27 Dec 2014 at 18:28

Any word on lollipop OTA for 1st gen? I thought it was meant to be out before Christmas?

Adamthegreat984 · 28 Dec 2014 at 02:23

realy doubt its gunna hit before 2015

mrk · 28 Dec 2014 at 11:19

I'll have my Z3 back and with Lollipop on I bet before then and will have lost interest lol.

Dano · 28 Dec 2014 at 11:40

Given how horribly slow it is on my 2013 nexus 7 I think I'll be giving it a miss on my Motog, think I'm going to leave it well alone.

Plexman · 28 Dec 2014 at 13:06

Dano said:
Given how horribly slow it is on my 2013 nexus 7 I think I'll be giving it a miss on my Motog, think I'm going to leave it well alone.

Running it on my converted gpe moto g and it's very nice and feels faster than kk. No reason not to update.

PiKe · 28 Dec 2014 at 22:18

Unless you like having a warranty...

Kenai · 28 Dec 2014 at 22:22

I have bought the Moto G 2 for my parents for Xmas but they've not actually been given them yet, reading about problems with 5.0 updates when not done by way of wiping phones it makes me think they'd be better off in the box until the update is on

Plexman · 28 Dec 2014 at 22:48

PiKe said:
Unless you like having a warranty...

Once the official update comes out ...

Dano · 29 Dec 2014 at 01:20

Plexman said:
Running it on my converted gpe moto g and it's very nice and feels faster than km. No reason not to update.

The Lollipop experience with my Nexus 7 says otherwise.

twist3d0n3 · 29 Dec 2014 at 10:05

Dano said:
The Lollipop experience with my Nexus 7 says otherwise.

i don't get any issues on my mothers' nex7. haven't even factory reset after the update, it just works brilliantly :confused:

Dano · 29 Dec 2014 at 13:18

Hmmm... I'll try another reset to see if that helps at all, but currently it is just so slow to swap between apps and draw the home screen it is awful.

SkeeterUK · 29 Dec 2014 at 14:06

http://customstoday.com.pk/android-5-0-lollipop-update-for-moto-g-xt1033-12/

So its out in India apparently so shouldn't be long for us in the UK. Probs first few weeks in Jan?

twist3d0n3 · 29 Dec 2014 at 14:10

Dano said:
Hmmm... I'll try another reset to see if that helps at all, but currently it is just so slow to swap between apps and draw the home screen it is awful.

5.0.2 will sort a lot of the ram issues.

running a 5.0.2 rom on my phone and it's performing much better than the original (alpha) 5.0 roms.

Adamthegreat984 · 29 Dec 2014 at 17:44

Hows 5.0.2 compare to 4.4.4 on the 2nd gen ?

Be thrilled if it stopped the 1-2 second delay i get when i exit apps to showing the icons on my home screen.

PiKe · 29 Dec 2014 at 20:15

Got my replacement moto g today, the touchscreen keeps becoming unresponsive and the colours are desaturated and rubbish.

Another replacement on its way...

Biz.Kid09 · 30 Dec 2014 at 02:20

In general would you guys who have the Moto G 5" recommend it?

I currently have the Honor 6 and whilst it is fantastic my mum really needs a new phone and the camera is important so thinking of giving her my Honor 6 and purchasing a Moto G for myself.

Saves me some money and also lets me have "proper" android once again.

From what I have read it will suit me fine in terms of performance etc but just wanted some general thoughts!?

Swarfega · 30 Dec 2014 at 07:26

The Honor 6 looks way better on paper. Why downgrade?

stoosh · 30 Dec 2014 at 16:04

Swarfega said:
The Honor 6 looks way better on paper. Why downgrade?

Agreed, I've bought the Honor 6 as a "backup phone" and for the price £250 and the specs it's pound for pound a very capable phone.

The only thing I'm dubious about is how quick Huawei will release updates for it as the European version of the phone is still waiting for an update of EMUI to 3.0