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SpecEagle review · Motorola

Moto G4 Plus review: A budget phone with a fingerprint sensor and laser autofocus camera.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2016·$250
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#28 of 57
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The feature-packed budget Moto.

Moto G4 Plus crammed a fingerprint sensor, laser autofocus and TurboPower charging into a budget phone, keeping Motorola's clean software. The SD617 was its weak spot, but the feature set was generous for the money.

01Display

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size5.5 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (FHD)

02Camera

58/100

58/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2016.

Main16 MP, f/2.0, laser + PDAF
Selfie5 MP

03Performance

52/100

52/100 puts it above the 49-point average for budget phones of 2016.

ChipsetSnapdragon 617 (28 nm)
RAM2 / 3 / 4 GB
Storage16 / 32 / 64 GB · microSD

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for budget phones of 2016.

Capacity3,000 mAh
Wired15 W TurboPower

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.

06Value

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2016 — 6 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Laser + phase-detect autofocus camera.
  • Fingerprint sensor at a budget price.
  • 15 W TurboPower charging.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 617 ran warm.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Plastic build.
  • Only one OS update.
Cross-shop it against
LeEco Le 2
$180 · score 67/100

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