Moto G (2014) review: The second-gen Moto G that added a bigger screen and front stereo speakers.
The Moto G that added speakers and microSD.
The 2014 Moto G refined the budget formula — front stereo speakers, a bigger screen and the return of microSD, with the same clean Motorola software. It kept the line's reputation as the value Android to beat.
01Display
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2014.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for budget phones of 2014.
03Performance
50/10050/100 puts it above the 47-point average for budget phones of 2014.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2014 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
58/10058/100 puts it above the 54-point average for budget phones of 2014.
06Value
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2014 — 18 points above the cohort average.
- Front-facing stereo speakers — rare for budget.
- microSD returned.
- Near-stock Android, updated to 6.0.
- Bigger 5" screen.
- Still Snapdragon 400.
- 3G only.
- Thick 11 mm body.
- 1 GB RAM.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 32-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .