Moto G100 review: A 5G Snapdragon 870 G-series with desktop Ready For mode.
The Moto G with a flagship CPU.
Moto G100 was the rare G-series that punched up — Snapdragon 870, 5G, stereo Atmos, Ready For desktop mode — at $499. The 20 W charging and LCD were the cost; for power users who wanted a Moto without going Edge, it was a quietly excellent pick.
01Display
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker display results among upper mid-range phones of 2021 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
68/10068/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
03Performance
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among upper mid-range phones of 2021 — 7 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 77-point average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
05Build
72/10072/100 trails the 77-point cohort average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
06Value
76/10076/100 — right at the average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
- Snapdragon 870 in a $499 Moto G — flagship CPU at the price.
- Ready For desktop mode is genuinely useful.
- Stereo Dolby Atmos + jack + microSD + NFC.
- 5,000 mAh + 5G.
- 215 g brick.
- 20 W charging, LCD only.
- ToF filler.
- Support ended.
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 9-phone cohort of upper mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .