Moto G Stylus (2020) review: A budget phone with a built-in stylus and a big screen for note-takers.
The budget note-taker phone.
Moto G Stylus (2020) launched Motorola's budget stylus line — a built-in silo pen, big screen and clean Android at $300, undercutting the Galaxy Note dramatically. The passive stylus and slow charging were the costs, but it created a popular value niche.
01Display
62/10062/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2020 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
62/10062/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2020.
03Performance
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2020 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
76/10076/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2020.
05Build
62/10062/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2020 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
70/10070/100 puts it above the 68-point average for mid-range phones of 2020.
- Built-in stylus at a budget price.
- Big 6.4" FHD+ screen.
- 48 MP camera and clean Android.
- microSD + jack.
- Snapdragon 665 is modest.
- Slow 10 W charging.
- No 5G.
- Passive stylus (no pressure).
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 104-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .