SpecEagle review · Motorola

Motorola One review: Android One 2018.

Item: Motorola One
Rating: 65
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2018·$280

Overall

65/100

Class rank

#6 of 84

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Motorola One Android One.

Moto One brought pure Android One to Motorola in 2018 — 3 OS updates and stock UX.

01Display

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2018 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD

Size5.9"

Resolution1520 x 720

02Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2018 — 10 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 625

RAM4 GB

Storage64 GB

03Camera

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2018 — 8 points above the cohort average.

Main13 MP

Depth2 MP

Front8 MP

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

Capacity3,000 mAh

Charging15 W

05Software

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest software showings among budget phones of 2018 — 14 points above the cohort average.

What works

Android One purity.
3 OS updates promise.
Glass body at $280.
NFC.

What doesn't

SD 625 dated for 2018.
HD+ only.
3,000 mAh small.
Plastic frame.

Cross-shop it against

Huawei Y9 Prime (2019)

$240 · score 68/100

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