Moto G (2015) review

The third generation Moto G is bigger, but is it better?

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By Andrew Williams
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Moto G review
The third Moto G is the most impressive one yet

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Moto G review

The manual exposure dial makes getting ultra-high contrast photos like this a cinch

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The greenish hint to the sky is one of the few colour balance missteps the Moto G made

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While the Moto G can get good detail at night with a still hand, this shot required a few attempts

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I manually took the exposure down on this shot for a moodier look

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This is a good example of the high-contrast images you can get from the Moto G

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The HDR mode can overdo things - this picture is bright and punchy, but doesn't look natural

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Check out the green on this- it's highly saturated without looking remotely unnatural

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The HDR is dead effective, but has caused some contrast issues on the left side of the frame

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Here's another shot making use of the exposure dial

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Lovely colour, bokeh-y background and plenty of foreground detail

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The HTC Desire 626 and Sony Aqua M4 fluffed this same scene, overexposing the foreground

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The 'Auto HDR 'mode in action, giving a dynamic range boost without the full-on HDR effect

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This is a great example of how well the Moto G can cope with strong light sources

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The Moto G produces lovely bokeh for such an affordable phone

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The HTC Desire 626 produced loads of light bleed in comparison

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Auto HDR in action: extreme punchiness without quite tripping over into an unreal look

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HDR adds some visual drama to this scene, but I wouldn't mind it being 5% subtler
Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams

Andrew is a freelance journalist and has been writing and editing for some of the UK's top tech and lifestyle publications including TrustedReviews, Stuff, T3, TechRadar, Lifehacker and others.