Moto G Stylus (2022)

So I came from a moto edge 2021 so technically spec wise this phone is a downgrade since the edge comes with 8gb ram and 256gb and this one the moto g stylus comes with 6gb ram and 128gb storage.I honestly don't notice any difference between the two. Yes this model isn't 5g but i didn't care for that as i wanted to either fix the screen of my moto edge which i broke the first day i got (fell out the car) but i used it till earlier this April 13th and i got that phone on 1/10/23.One advantage is i have up to 512gb micro SD storage if i shall please and that's something i didn't have with the old phone. So i lost NFC payments, big deal cause I rarely used that feature anyways.As for the fingerprint sensor, it works flawlessly on the moto g stylus but i did have much trouble with it on the edge.Battery life on this phone is great. I don't expect it to last forever but it last me easily an entire day and not two days like promised but then again I'm on this phone constantly.Screen is great, same as the moto edge 2021 i had same screen actually.This is a nice phone, if you don't care for 5g, but want a good phone at the current price of $169 it can't be beat which is why I jumped on it and with additional credit i had on my Amazon account my total cost for this phone was $121 i couldn't resist it. I have no regrets and love this phone. I also loved the moto edge but this one is just as good technically a downgrade from what I had but still good.I would recommend this phone. Gaming haven't had problems. 90hz refresh rate is ok old one had 144hz but i can't notice the difference.

Great battery life. Can last all day lots leftovers, maybe a few days of light use.Trying it a new Motorola phone since the droid days. The droid was quite the phone back then, and it's too bad the company was not able to keep up making great phones. I would say for this around one hundred price, this is a great phone. Lots of fun gesture features and the screen is very good. Crystal clear and good colors. The camera is meh, though. If they could put a better camera in future phones that takes pictures similar to Pixel/AAPL/Samsung, then you'd have an amazing winner. Just to note, it is rather large for a phone. The stylus function is convenient, but not a wow factor. I can take notes on it just fine, but it does have a tinge of lag.

I've been a Moto phone buyer for a while now. They usually have a good price/performance ratio, okay reliability, and low levels of bloat with a mostly stock Android experience. This phone does everything I need it to, and does it pretty quickly thanks to the 6GB RAM. The relatively large internal storage also means that I shouldn't really have to offload stuff, other than maybe photos/videos, to an SD card.All the basic features work pretty well. Good reception, decent speaker, fast GPS, etc. Very few real complaints with this phone. Battery life is just okay. I used to have an older G Power with a massive battery, with a very long battery life. This G Stylus still has good enough battery life, especially if you "trim the fat" a bit, app-wise, and listen to music more often than watching HD videos. Days where I spend a lot of time watching stuff often leave me with 10-20% battery by bed time.However, nothing really stands out as amazing about it. I've never owned a flagship phone, so I don't know if there's some magical experience there, but this Moto phone is perfectly adequate for basically everything other than maybe extreme graphics applications/gaming. It's a great deal at under $200, in my opinion.Now if Moto/Lenovo would just make their phones easily serviceable, I'd wholeheartedly recommend them. Planned obsolescence sucks. Just make the USB-C port and the battery replaceable and I'd sing Moto's praises to the world.Did you know that officially the USB C port is actually rated for fewer insertions than Micro USB? Sure, that's partly a limitation of making it reversible (more pins in a similar form factor) but it also means, gee golly, our phones will break even faster. I wonder why the standard was adopted so quickly? It's too bad that phones are essentially expensive disposable toys these days.Basically, this Moto phone is me making the best of a bad situation.

Update: Got Android 13 (after Android 14 came out), security updates have been consistent ( every 3 months), touch screen still works well, lot's of storage left. Software is great, love my moto!Upgraded from a MotoG Power 2021 to the Moto 2022 Edge and the difference is night and day. I am 3 weeks with it and I seriously like this phone. Being so thin and light weight is a huge plus. It fits in my pocket or work vest easier and doesn’t feel like it’s dragging me down., I use it to clock in & out with my work app, watch video’s at break, texts, phone calls etc. Reception and voice quality is much better. . I’m really, really impressed with this phone. It just works.Pro’s: It’s fast (for me)! It’s slender and light, this is a huge like. I was worried about the finger print sensor, it works great so far. The display is bright and crisp. Reception and voice quality is very much better. Battery life is great, it will last 2 days of light use & easily get thru a day of heavy use (for me). Camera is a huge upgrade and fun to use. Motorola software is easy to use, and finally, they’re promising extended software updates.Con’s: It’s slender and light, and feels fragile. I don’t want to try a back pocket test, cause I’m paranoid about sitting on it. Poor water & dust rating,I really wish this was better. No expandable memory (256 GB is plenty for me so meh). Cost nearly 3 times as much as the phone it replaced (and worth it).