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Moto G34 review: Affordable 5G with 120Hz and Snapdragon 695.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2024·$160
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#87 of 223
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Clean-Android budget 5G.

Moto G34 delivered the G-series promise at $160 — near-stock Android, a 120Hz display, Dolby stereo and Snapdragon 695 5G, with a vegan-leather back lifting it above the plastic-budget crowd.

01Display

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 68-point average for budget phones of 2024.

TypeIPS LCD, 120Hz
Size6.5 inches
Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Macro2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2024 — 9 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 695 5G (6nm)
GPUAdreno 619

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W TurboPower

05Build

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

What works
  • Clean near-stock Android
  • 120Hz + stereo Dolby + 5G at $160
  • Vegan-leather finish option
What doesn't
  • 720p only
  • Snapdragon 695 modest
  • 2 MP macro filler
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy M16 5G
$200 · score 71/100

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 223-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .