Moto G42 review: An AMOLED Moto G with 50 MP camera and 20 W charging at $230.
AMOLED at the mid-budget.
Moto G42 brought Super AMOLED to $230 with stereo Dolby and clean Android — a sweet-spot pick for screen quality at the price.
01Display
74/10074/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2022.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2022.
05Build
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid-range phones of 2022 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Super AMOLED at $230.
- Triple camera with ultrawide.
- Stereo Dolby + jack + microSD.
- Slim 8 mm body.
- 60 Hz only.
- 2 MP depth filler.
- No 5G.
- 20 W charging.
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 125-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .