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Moto G84 review: pOLED + OIS budget Moto with clean Android.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2023·$279
Overall
68/100
Class rank
#7 of 232
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Clean-Android budget with pOLED + OIS.

Moto G84 brings a pOLED 120 Hz screen and OIS camera to $279 with near-stock software. The SD695 is the performance ceiling.

01Display

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2023 — 10 points above the cohort average.

TypepOLED, 120 Hz
Size6.55 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

66/100

At 66/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2023 — 8 points above the cohort average.

Main50 MP, f/1.88, OIS
Ultrawide8 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

58/100

58/100 puts it above the 53-point average for budget phones of 2023.

ChipsetSnapdragon 695 (6 nm)
RAM8 / 12 GB
Storage256 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired30 W

05Build

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2023 — 9 points above the cohort average.

06Value

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2023 — 9 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • pOLED + OIS at $279.
  • Near-stock Android.
  • Jack + microSD + stereo.
  • Light 167 g.
What doesn't
  • SD695 limits gaming.
  • Only 2 OS updates.
  • IP54 only.
  • 30 W charging.
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy A16 5G
$200 · 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 232-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .