Moto G30 “lower mid-range competitor”-See Full Specifications, Price, Pros & Cons

Moto G30 smartphone has earlier been launched in the European market and going to launch in the Indian market soon. Motorola has officially confirmed that Moto G30 will be launched in India along with Moto G10 Power on 9th March 2021. Moto G30 is considered to be a mid-range smartphone and Realme Narzo 30A, Redmi Note 10 are some of its rival in the Indian Market. The base price of the Moto G30 is Rs 10,999.

Pros & Cons

PROS

  • Quad-camera setup
  • 5000 mAh Battery
  • Supports Fast-charging
  • IP52 rated water and dust resistant
  • Supports Fast-Charging
  • NFC support

CONS

  • Plastic Body
  • Little bulky
  • Old type waterdrop notch.

KEY SPECIFICATIONS


Price: Rs 10,999


Display: 6.5″ (16.51 cm)


Processor: Snapdragon 662


Front Camera: 13MP


Rear Camera: 64MP +8MP +2MP +2MP 


RAM: 4GB / 6GB


ROM: 128GB 


Battery: 5000mAh


Operating System: Android 11


FULL SPECIFICATIONS

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DESIGN

Moto G30 has a plastic body with a matte finish on it which makes it smudge-proof or fingerprint mark resistant. Moto G30 has got a weight of around 200 grams which is on a bit heavier side though the phone’s entire body and side frames are made up of plastic except display. It is available in two color variants of Phantom Black and Pastel Sky.

Moto G30 comes with IP52 rated water and dust repellent technology which adds extra physical protection to the smartphone. The phone has quite a large dimension which seems little difficult to hold in average hands.


MODEL: Motorola Moto G30


BRAND: MOTOROLA


OTG Compatible: Yes


TOUCHSCREEN: YES


DIMENSION: 165.2×75.7×9.1 mm


WEIGHT: 200 grams


AVAILABLE COLOURS: Phantom Black, Pastel Sky

WATERPROOF: Yes (IP52 Rated)


DISPLAY

Moto G30 has got a regular IPS LCD display with a waterdrop notch design. The side bezels are thin but the chins are considerably large. Moto G30 comes with upto 90Hz refresh rate support for smooth display navigation and gaming. Motorola claims that the display has around 85% of an active area touch panel but the calculated comes to be only 81.57%.


SCREEN SIZE: 6.5″ (16.51 cm)


SCREEN RESOLUTION: 720×1600 pixels


REFRESH RATE: 90Hz


DISPLAY TYPE: IPS TFT LCD Display


PIXEL DENSITY: 269 PPI


BRIGHTNESS:


SCREEN TO BODY RATIO: 81.57%


SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Moto G30 comes with Snapdragon 662 processor. The processor is quite old but still efficient. High-level games such as pubg, free fire, COD, etc. can be played from low to medium settings. The phone will have some lagging issues while playing the high-end games at high settings.

Moto G30 comes in two storage options of 4GB+128GB & 6GB+128GB but storage of the device can be expanded upto 512GB via a MicroSD card. Motorola has also announced that its G30 smartphone will have a near-stock android view and will run on the Android 11 operating system.


RAM: 4GB/ 6GB


ROM: 128GB


USB OTG Support: YES 


CPU: Octa-core (4×2.0GHz Kryo 260 Gold + 4×1.8GHz Kryo 260 Silver)


PROCESSOR:  Snapdragon 662


OPERATING SYSTEM: Android 11


PRIMARY CLOCK SPEED: 2.0 GHz


GPU: Adreno 610


EXPANDABLE STORAGE: Yes (Upto 512GB)


CAMERA

Moto G30 has got a quad-camera and is capable of clicking good photos with ideal white balance and color saturation. The high-resolution images can be also be clicked but it captures very much storage spaces. Motorola has provided its G30 smartphone with night-vision mode to snap detailed photos and selfies during night hours or low light environment. The selfies are also good addition with many beautification modes.


REAR CAMERA: 64MP (f/1.7, Wide)+ 8MP (f/2.2, Ultrawide)+ 2MP (f/2.4, Macro)+ 2MP (f/2.4, Depth)


FRONT CAMERA: 13MP (f/2.2, Wide).


Autofocus: YES


FLASH: YES (LED flash)


FLASH POSITION: Rear


VIDEO RECORDING: 1080p@30/60fps


OTHER CAMERA FEATURES: HDR, Night-Vision Mode, Portrait Mode, Digital Zoom, Panorama, etc.


BATTERY

Moto G30 has got 5000mAh battery and can go over 2 days on a single charge on normal usage. The company claims that with Moto G30, users can stream music for 159 hours, videos for upto 18 hours, and browse through the internet for 16 hours. The phone comes with fast-charging support too that can charge the full battery in some less than 2 hours.


BATTERY CAPACITY: 5000 mAh


BATTERY TYPE: Li-ion battery


REPLACEABLE: NO


BATTERY CHARGER: 20 W fast-charging.


USB Type C: Yes


WIRELESS CHARGING: No

CONNECTIVITIES

Moto G30 comes with a Thinkshield, an extension of the Lenovo Thinkshield portfolio to safeguard users’ data from malware, hackers, and other threats and hence providing a productive user experience. Also, this smartphone has got a dedicated google assistant button to improve the overall voice command functionality of the phone. With the help of a MicroSD card slot, users can expand the device storage upto 512GB. With the NFC support user can do fast and secure payments with the UPI apps. Also, can share contacts and files wirelessly with NFC.


Wi-fi: YES (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)


OTHER Wi-fi RELATED FEATURES: Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot.


GPS: Yes (A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, LTEPP, SUPL)


NFC( Near Field Communication ): Yes


BLUETOOTH: YES (v5.0)


USB: YES (USB Type-C 2.0)


USB RELATED FEATURES: Data Transfer, USB Charging


5G READY: No


HEADPHONE JACK: Yes


SENSORS AVAILABLE


GYROSCOPE: YES


ACCELEROMETER: YES


PROXIMITY SENSOR: Yes


LIGHT SENSOR: YES


UNLOCK FEATURES: Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, Face Unlock, etc.