Moto G45 review: Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 budget 5G with stereo and clean UI.
Pantone style, budget price.
Moto G45 added Pantone-validated vegan-leather finishes to the budget G-series, keeping the clean Android, stereo Dolby speakers and 5G at $180 that make Motorola a perennial value pick.
01Display
70/10070/100 puts it above the 68-point average for budget phones of 2024.
02Camera
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.
03Performance
62/100At 62/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2024 — 7 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.
05Build
68/10068/100 puts it above the 65-point average for budget phones of 2024.
- Pantone vegan-leather finishes
- Stereo Dolby + 120Hz + 5G at $180
- Clean Android, 3.5 mm jack
- 720p only
- SD 6s Gen 3 modest
- 2 MP macro filler
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? .