SpecEagle review · Motorola

Moto G50 review: Snapdragon 480 5G mid-budget with 5000 mAh.

Item: Moto G50
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2021·$229

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#30 of 147

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

First sub-$230 5G phone.

G50 made 5G cheap on the back of Snapdragon 480, and Motorola's near-stock Android kept the software lightweight. Sold in volume across UK, Latin America and India.

01Display

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz

Size6.5 inches

Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Main48 MP, f/1.7

Macro2 MP

Depth2 MP

Selfie13 MP

03Performance

62/100

At 62/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2021 — 10 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 480 5G (8nm)

GPUAdreno 619

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging15W

05Build

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

What works

Cheapest 5G phone of early 2021
Stock Android with 90Hz
5000 mAh + 15W

What doesn't

720p only
No ultrawide
2 MP filler lenses

Cross-shop it against

Redmi Note 10 5G

$199 · score 70/100

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