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General navigation is relatively snappy. There's a hint of slowness - it's not lag, just the feeling that the phone is a half-step behind, likely from it's lower-tier Snapdragon 665. Keeping UI animations off in the Developer options helps.
Memory management on the 4GB of ram works well - not too aggressive, only ejects apps when many are running.
Display is good. Good viewing angles, sharp, bright enough for use in the sun.
Dual stereo speakers sound great, no noticeable distortion at full volume, definitely a step up from the single speaker of the G7 power.
Call quality is good, including on speakerphone
Wifi performance is a big improvement over the G7 power. The G has MIMO and conntects at 433 Mbps when standing in front of my Netgear X4S. I get 148 Mbps uploads via iPerf using WiFi Speed Test Pro [google.com]. The G7 doesn't have MIMO and maxes out at 150 Mbps, with effective transfer speeds randomly ranging from 25 Mbps to 65 Mbps.
Bluetooth is an improvement over the G7 power. The G7 would have audio dropouts whenever I handled the phone, such as taking it out of my pocket. Also the G7 is renown for the 2.4 Ghz WiFi slowing down considerably when Bluetooth was active (cross-talk on the antennas) - I don' see a noticeable drop in WiFi perf on the Moto G, as measured by iPerf, on either the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz bands.
Cell reception is excellent, equivalent to an iPhone 12 I compared against, on both Verizon and T-Mobile networks
Battery life is insanely good, as expected. I'm a very heavy phone users and get nearly two full days between charges.
Moto actions are quite useful and even fun. Double-chop for flashlight is very handy, although it turns itself off after a given number of minutes to avoid battery drain in case you accidentally engage it. Wrist-turn to engage camera is useful as well.
Haven't used the cameras as much but so far they're been passable. I actually like the macro camera, even though many reviewers crap on it for having such low resolution. Offers some unique photo shooting, including shallow depth-of-field.
Rear fingerprint reader is placed perfectly and reads instantly and 100% of the time.
USB transfer performance over MTP is slow - took 28 minutes to transfer 15GB to a mounted SD card. It's much faster over ADB though - around 7 minutes for the same 15GB transfer.
General Android tips:
Use the Brave Browser [google.com]. It's a source clone of Chrome but with an ad-blocker built-in, including ad blocking for YouTube videos. The killer feature is background video playback, which works with YouTube and even if you lock the phone. Allows you to listen to YouTube videos on the go without the battery drain of running the display and without worrying about inadvertent screen taps when locking the phone.
Enable the Accessibility Menu (Settings -> Accessibility -> Accessibility Menu). Gesture to open is two finger swipe from bottom of the phone (when using Gesture navigation rather than 3-button navigation). This gives you access to volume and screen locking without having to hit the physical buttons.
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Can I easily turn off data and just use Wi-Fi without being charged? Yes
Also, after the 1 year can this be used on Verizon or Visible? Not sure.
They're always picky about what devices work with them if it's not Samsung or Apple.
Also, you have to use the Verizon sim that comes with the phone in order to unlock it after a year. Verizon sims are locked to the phone that it comes with.
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Also, you have to use the Verizon sim that comes with the phone in order to unlock it after a year. Verizon sims are locked to the phone that it comes with.
You can transfer the balance to the Verizon sim and it will still count. I confirmed it with chat.
As for unlocking? I have a Tracfone Moto G Power and a Tracfone iPhone SE 2020. With both phones, I initially used a Tracfone monthly airtime plan and then used the ebay annual plan. I think it will qualify to unlock.
I think this Moto G Power phone deal will be able to unlock after the year. Why? Because tracfone sells the same exact "1500 Min/Text/MB Data" annual plan on their own website. I could actually purchase this add-on plan for 12,500 reward points to my Tracfone phones.
Apparently that is how their system tracks the usage for unlock purposes.
Apparently that is how their system tracks the usage for unlock purposes.
I didn't get the HSN Tracfone Moto G Power deal that comes with the 1500 min/text/data.... I got the Tracfone Moto G Power for $54.75 on November 11th on Amazon. From Tracfone website, I got the Tracfone iPhone SE 2020 for $148.49 and it came with a $25 2GB airtime plan.... It is a waiting game for me to see if I can unlock them later.
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