My Moto 5G (2025) review explains how.

It’s on sale as of January 30 through Motorola, with additional availability atBest BuyandAmazon.

Expect the Moto G (2025) to arrive at wireless carriers in the coming months.

Moto G 2025 main home screen

Thank heavens for easy-to-remember PINs.

My review unit came in Forest Gray, which will satisfy those who like their phones in darker hues.

There’s also a Sapphire Blue option.

side of the Moto G 2025 with power button and volume controls

SDR content on theGoogle Pixel 8ahit 1,379 when we tested that midrange phone.

At least the colors are reasonably vibrant on the Moto G panel.

(The closer to zero, the more accurate the colors.)

Conclave streaming on a Moto G 2015

Completing the cameras up front is a 16MP selfie cam, doubling the megapixels from the 2024 phone.

The Moto G certainly gets off to a good start with this photo of some huevos rancheros.

In contrast, the Moto G produces a whiter fried egg, topped by more colorful drizzles of salsa.

close up on Moto G 2025 cameras

you could see greater detail in the corn tortillas, too.

There’s no dedicated zoom lens on the Moto G hardly a surprise on a sub-$200 phone.

(Google’s phone doesn’t have a zoom lens either.)

Moto G (2025) - time lapse - YouTube

Push beyond a 2x zoom, and you take your chances with the Moto G (2025).

But this enhancement came at the expense of realistic skin tone and accurate colors.

I gave the timelapse feature a try while walking along a waterfront at a particular brisk and bouncy pace.

Moto G (2025) - slow motion - YouTube

Unfortunately, when I exported the video, the entire clip rendered in slow motion.

The CMF Phone 1 dusted both Moto phones with an 18.8 fps result.

Moto G (2025) review: Software

Give credit to Motorola for listening to its customers.

Marvel Clash of Champions on Moto G 2025

Other phone makers offer more.

Let’s go with the latter for now.

If it could do that on a more consistent basis, it would be a no-brainer budget buy.

USB-C port with headphone jack on Moto G 5G 2025

Moto G 2025 apps

Moto G 2025 display

Moto G Power

Nothing Phone 3a in hand

Google Pixel 9a held in the hand.

Nothing Phone 3a Pro review photos.

Moto G Power 2024 review.

Motorola Razr Plus 2024.

Motorola Razr Plus 2024 cover display

The Ordo Sonic+ toothbrush photographed in front of a blue background.

Saucony Endorphin Elite 2

A Keychron Q5 HE magnetic keyboard with black, red and white keycaps

the 1zpresso k-ultra hand coffee grinder, a 7 inch tall coffee grinder with magnetic catch chamber and 48mm stainless steel burrs

Samsung Odyssey 3D

NYT Strands on a cellphone