Viewing angles could be better too - the moment you move off-centre, the contrast starts to fade and detail goes astray. When listening to music through the 3. Of those options, we prefer 'Rich' — although the difference between having it on or off is minimal.
It feels like the G6 is stuck in third gear, unable to really open up and give you something powerful. Nevertheless, the Motorola G6 is certainly a good place to start when looking for a phone that can not only handle the essentials but take a decent photo as well.
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You know, the really nice ones that can sometimes cost upwards of a grand these days. For your money, you'll get metal and glass components that feel and look great, eye-popping cameras, brilliant screens…the works. But are those momentary bouts of frustration balanced out by the low, low price? And so the Moto G6 has a similar polished metal frame and glass back curved up on the sides that's currently en vogue.
It does a decent job repelling fingerprints, but if you're like me, you'll notice them anyway.
On the front is another design trend. The 5.
There are a few other perks, too. It also packs in a 3. The G6 even has some protection against water, touting a "nano-coating" that's supposed to keep the phone dry.
It's not up to the IP67 standard of pricier devices, but it's better than nothing. Rounding out the internals are 3 GB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, which delivers consistent enough performance for most apps, but isn't the best choice for intensive 3D gaming. It's a few years behind the performance of top-notch phones in our benchmark tests.
Not a tick tockjust a tick, and its consistency makes the difference. Like a lot of Android phones, none of these extra features work particularly well, but the main camera and 8-megapixel selfie cam do take decent photos in auto mode—just be sure to stand still and give the camera a little extra time.
Nashville, I learned, is known as the "Athens of the South" and is so proud of that Greek connection that it has a complete replica of the Parthenon, which looks amazing on a sunny day. Thankfully, Motorola has once again chosen to provide users with a near-stock Android experience that not only keeps everything great about the operating system, but adds a few welcome tweaks that can be ignored if one so chooses. The Moto G6 runs a stock version of Android 8.
Face unlock is snappy and effective and I was unable to fool it using a photo on a phone or laptop, but users should still be wary of facial recognition as a security tool. Face unlock is a fun feature to try out, but I quickly switched back to using my fingerprint for security. The cameras produce passable, unspectacular images that will be welcome on social media and almost nowhere else.