Despite the fact that smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 significantly increased relative to the precursor materials used therein, remain unchanged. The plastic case is different reliable and accurate fastening, in addition, provides resistance to the ingress of moisture and all thanks to a special nano coating. The cover is removable, although, unfortunately, the battery we do not have free access.
Filling looks good. Eight-core Snapdragon 617 with 2GB of RAM are not a limit of dreams, but no doubt they are – a couple, which provides enough power for everyday tasks. All controls pure Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with multiple features from the manufacturer. The screen has a diagonal of 5.5 inches and a resolution of Full HD, made by IPS TFT LCD technology. Specification completes the chamber 13 and 5 MP, 3000 mAh battery with support for fast charging, as well as the full set of communications bands.
DESIGN, QUALITY PERFORMANCE
The smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo this year decided to change the appearance of all members of the Moto series. Despite all this, the G series has the smallest change in design of the new model can be found features of its predecessors. Although the changes are seen.
The campaign posters or photographs of the smartphone review 2016 Lenovo does not look very nice, but he is quite good at the meeting live, although in appearance it is difficult to call it the most beautiful. Not very aesthetic is acting behind the “hump” with the camera. In addition, a large frame around the display. A distinctive feature of the phone is that it has a splash guard and rain.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, this is a subjective matter, the body is still made of plastic, but do not forget that it is very good quality. The rear cover can be removed. It is characterized by pleasant to the touch rough surface but does not provide a free battery replacement options. But there are two slots for SIM-card and a separate on microSD. Well, that is not a hybrid slot. The front of the phone protects the protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3, which, at least during the entire testing period, proved itself very well.
The connection of individual elements is done well. Phone impression is very reliable, you will not see it any irregular intervals between the frame and the cover or front layer of glass. The only comment we have a very spacious fastening buttons power and volume, and a small the plastic deflection under the pressure of our fingers, but in this price segment with these can be accepted.
The great advantage is that the device perfectly in your hand, that, above all, due to the rounded body. Moreover, relatively low weight (155 g). If you have enjoyed similarly sized devices, you will be comfortable to hold with one hand. For people interested in the smaller screen diagonal, are precursors of numerous competitors and Moto G4 Play, is not available in our country.
Front smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo is primarily a 5.5-inch screen Full HD, which is surrounded by a large frame. Above it is the speaker for multimedia and calls along with the webcam and a set of sensors; below the display we see only a microphone. At the rear, in turn, we have a prominent “hump” with the camera, laser autofocus and LED flash. There were also here without a second microphone and the cavity with the Motorola logo.
At the bottom, we find a port microUSB 2.0, and a headphone jack 3.5 mm; on the right are the volume buttons and power other than pleasant movement. To set lacks LED notifications. His replacement must be a preview of the notification on a blank screen, but more on that later in the review.
DISPLAY
Let’s start with the diagonal. 5.5 inches, more often occurring value among smartphones, so it is logical change on the part of the manufacturer because it was such devices are increasingly buying. However, the advantages of this display we find when working with multimedia. Okay, great device less comfortable to wear, but comfort when watching movies, reading books or browsing the web, much higher than on the smaller screen.
Resolution Full HD – is 1920 x 1080 pixels, such that the density of the diagonal pixels per inch at 401 points. What does this mean in practice? Picture differs perfect clarity. It’s hard to ask for more in this area and see the font blur – a problem.
The matrix is made by IPS TFT LCD technology. This gives a very good color rendering, which we can control the settings. At our disposal is a natural or a little more saturated colors (changing quite significantly). Of course, plus include a very good viewing angles, but with a large displacement, there is a significant reduction in contrast. The Even black color looks remarkably well, both for the “average”, white and highly appreciate.
With regard to the adjustment, of course, the backlight, this can be done automatically and is pretty good. Unfortunately, the minimum brightness is a little high for comfortable use smartphone night. And its maximum level allows you to easily use the smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 well on sunny days, without fear that we can not see all of its contents.
In terms of reaction to touching Moto copes very well. The front glass is pleasant to the touch, the finger glides over it. The manufacturer offers us available to Google Keyboard. Lenovo model, of course, perfect for writing long content on a phone screen, any slowdown when typing alien to him.
In terms of reaction to touching Moto copes very well. The front glass is pleasant to the touch, the finger glides over it. The manufacturer offers us available to Google Keyboard. Lenovo model, of course, perfect for writing long content on a phone screen, any slowdown when typing alien to him.
OPERATION OF SOFTWARE
The smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 chip is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952, which includes eight cores ARM Cortex A53 with a maximum clock frequency of 1516 MHz and graphics Adreno 405 550 MHz. At this price, it is worth SoC. There are added 2 or 3 GB of RAM, but officially for sale in our country will only be available 2 GB version.
When it comes to gaming performance, do not expect the speed demon. Snapdragon 617 with Adreno 405 fairly standard set, which allows you to play almost all the items from the Play Store, but most of them will run at low graphics settings. Still, most casual users will be pleased with its capabilities. Long gameplay paired with body heat, but even in the most demanding games, smartphone only gets warm. Slightly worse than the situation looks when using the camera, as it can heat up significantly more this phone. High performance is also confirmed by the results of synthetic benchmarks.
All running pure Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. The software is not burdened with additional, unnecessary applications that work just fine, and, in addition, the manufacturer has added his best functionality. Of course, here we are talking primarily about those associated with the movement. Running double flashlight by shaking the device, or camera dual rotating the wrist, are a very practical solution, but the real icing on the cake is the preview screen on the display is off. The application by clicking on the notice, we can quickly check its contents. Initially, we were skeptical about this feature, but it was well-designed and useful for every day. While we continue to believe that nothing would have happened if in equipping Moto G4 LED notification also appeared.
With regard to the appearance of the interface, it is identical to the same of the Nexus. Right, clear, legible, good animation, of course, pleases the eye, and if someone is not satisfied with the appearance of pure Android, it can always install an alternative launcher from the Play Market. Does Moto work in general? Well, in terms of speed, by the way, is excellent, no problems in the transition between successive applications running in the background, the program started instantly, the speed of positive surprises.
The net system with 617 Snapdragon copes well. Unfortunately, it looks a little worse than the liquidity, because it happened that the phone like “lose” a few frames of the animation, but these problems can be solved in the next update. However, this is not noticeable in normal use. 2 GB of RAM at the moment at least, for the middle segment models, although smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 is also available in a version with 3GB outside Ukraine. Fortunately, even the weaker version copes well with the efficiency of the implementation of multi-tasking operations. When the synchronization of multiple applications smartphone has managed to keep about four, five, up to six programs running in the background.
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE IN MOTO G4:
- Quick start by double-clicking the camera power button,
- Color Mode – select color saturation on the screen,
- Members – we can create individual profiles on the phone to other people,
- The preview screen on a blank screen – we decide which applications can show it your notice, and when this mode is to be active,
- Reversing device enables “Do Not Disturb”
- Lifting the phone to mute the sound,
- Double starts shaking flashlight
- Two-time wrist rotation with Moto in hand to turn on the camera or switch to another camera,
- Profile of using two SIM-cards.
The official sale in our country is the only available version with 16 GB of internal memory. Free space we have about 10.24 GB, but there is nothing stopping to purchase a microSD memory card. The manufacturer claims that the Moto G4 supports memory cards up to 128 GB. In addition, without any problems, we can install all the applications on the card, which is a considerable advantage because many new models do not offer this possibility.
System Memory Test – AndroBench:
- Speed continuous data read: 274.26 MB / s,
- Speed of the continuous data recording: 44.28 Mb / s,
- Speed random read data: 37.08 MB / s
- Speed random write data: 36.54 MB / s.
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
• Quality of talk time: very good, regardless of the chosen card, the speaker provides a very good maximum volume, so even in crowded places we have heard the interlocutor, who, of course, did not complain about the quality of communication with us,
• LTE: Smartphone excellent “catches” coating provides high-speed Internet, although once it happened that it was necessary to disable and then re-enable the mobile Internet to be able to connect to the network,
• dual SIM: Standby; the first slot offers communication 4G, 3G and the second; in the settings you can set which card will be responsible for calls, SMS-messages, and transfer your phone data
• Bluetooth: works connected with accessories, handsfree and other devices,
• Wi-fi: the signal level meter from the router: – 39 dBm, ten meters: – 65 dBm; no problems,
• GPS: Moto G4 quickly identifies the location in Google Maps, as well as in Endomondo, do not have a problem with navigation offline,
• USB OTG supports phone sign accessories, peripherals, and USB flash drive.
• LTE: Smartphone excellent “catches” coating provides high-speed Internet, although once it happened that it was necessary to disable and then re-enable the mobile Internet to be able to connect to the network,
• dual SIM: Standby; the first slot offers communication 4G, 3G and the second; in the settings you can set which card will be responsible for calls, SMS-messages, and transfer your phone data
• Bluetooth: works connected with accessories, handsfree and other devices,
• Wi-fi: the signal level meter from the router: – 39 dBm, ten meters: – 65 dBm; no problems,
• GPS: Moto G4 quickly identifies the location in Google Maps, as well as in Endomondo, do not have a problem with navigation offline,
• USB OTG supports phone sign accessories, peripherals, and USB flash drive.
SOUND QUALITY
Both in terms of the proposed audio headphones and multimedia in a single dynamic, fair, in this segment, even very good. The sound is clear enough, unfortunately, the screen does not get any EQ; the maximum volume is great, but even then you can hear a small noise and distortion. It is worth mentioning that the multimedia speaker was on the front, above the screen and is also used for smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo conversations.
In the role of Lenovo, Moto G4 recorder fits well. He writes a large number of parts, is able to cope with noise suppression, as a “middle peasants” – it is excellent.
In the role of Lenovo, Moto G4 recorder fits well. He writes a large number of parts, is able to cope with noise suppression, as a “middle peasants” – it is excellent.
CAMERA
The smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 is equipped with two cameras. Home has a resolution of 13 megapixels, aperture f / 2.0, and complements its backlight; the front has a 5 megapixel, wide-angle lens and aperture f / 2.2. There is nothing special. Theoretically, in this category Plus version should be a little more interesting by the 16-megapixel camera with laser autofocus and phase detection. As a matter of fact – we find out during testing.
Camera app looks nice, although it requires a few minutes of exciting, to know all its secrets. After its launch, we see the right side of the shutter button, the button to switch to different camera modes and select a shortcut to the left, in turn, self-timer, flash and HDR. Manual tuning AF gives us the ability to quickly adjust the exposure value. To go to the gallery, slide your finger to the left, while for complete customization – right.
Our services are five modes: automatic, panorama, manual (available white balance settings, macro, the opening of the diaphragm – from 1/3200 to 1/2 second; ISO), video and slow-motion (video resolution of 960 x 540 pixels at 120 frames per second). Also, HDR mode can be activated automatically also to the front chamber.
The biggest advantage for the main camera in smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 is a high-speed autofocus, while there are problems when shooting close subjects. Also, the same time creating and recording photos is highly appreciated. Lenovo just in this section and have tried their “average”, by the way, better than its competitors. Photos different sufficient clarity, color reproduction is very good, the software intelligently selects settings, HDR mode copies. Only shots made directly at the sun have a small problem. In the worst lighting conditions, image quality falls. But this is not the worst – when shooting at night is a great amount of noise in your photos. However, by using manual settings and a tripod, you can use the full potential of the camera.
The video is recorded in a maximum resolution of Full HD at 30 frames per second. They offer high liquidity, good detail, however, as well as photos, night turns out much worse. EIS is permissible to cope with the stabilization.
The video is recorded in a maximum resolution of Full HD at 30 frames per second. They offer high liquidity, good detail, however, as well as photos, night turns out much worse. EIS is permissible to cope with the stabilization.
The front camera does not offer a unique opportunity, however, to selfie it fits very well. To make self-portraits with the camera, we can easily share on social networks. In addition, there is an HDR mode. Unfortunately, at night it was difficult to take a picture because the diaphragm is only f / 2.2, as well as the absence of suggestive lighting at the front. When it comes to video chat, Moto fit just right.
BATTERY
The smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 is powered by a battery capacity of 3000 mAh. The manufacturer claims a day’s work, however, as far as truthful information? When using the LTE network, the smartphone is stood on the included display (SoT – Screen-on-Time) about 3.5-4 hours, and with Wi-Fi, this time, increased to 5-6 hours, of course, are constantly active two SIM-cards , automatic adjustment of screen brightness, data synchronization.
Charging from 0 to 100% takes approximately 100 minutes when using the battery charger Motorola TurboPower or about 195-210 minutes with a charger included in the kit.
CONCLUSIONS
The smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 – this is a very good mid-range smartphone. Among its main advantages should be mentioned 5.5-inch IPS display with a resolution of Full HD, speed, pure Android to the practical applications of the producer, dual-SIM, a separate slot for microSD memory cards, which you can install applications, good camera, and decent operating time (especially when Wi-Fi). It remains satisfactory and sound quality. For many people, the availability of protection from splashes will be a serious argument for the purchase of this model, although it is not without drawbacks.
Of course, the major drawback remains significant design size, average performance in games and the lack of NFC. In addition, the price at 262 dollar leads to the fact that smartphone reviews 2016 Lenovo Moto G4 has many dangerous rivals, the price of which below. On the one hand, the G series has accustomed us to a successful combination of price and features, and on the other – the new generation still looks very good on the background of class rivals.
DIRECT COMPETITORS LENOVO MOTO G4:
- Huawei P9 Lite – slightly smaller 5.2-inch screen Full HD, Kirin 650 with ARM Mali T830, camera 13 and 8 megapixels, a fingerprint scanner,
- Honor 7 Lite – twin brother Huawei P9 Lite, a little different from his appearance and the materials used, is available at a lower price,
- Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) – also a 5.5-inch screen, but with HD resolution, made by technology Super AMOLED, eight-processor Exynos 7870 with ARM Mali T830, 3300 mAh battery,
- Lenovo Moto X Play – last year’s model with the similar technical specification, the main camera 21 megapixels and a much larger battery capacity of 3630 mAh.