Motorola has added two new smartphones, the Moto G10 Power and Moto G30, to its popular G series in India. The Moto G30 is the more expensive device of the two, yet still has a budget-friendly price of Rs 10,999. Motorola seems to have stuck to the basics with the Moto G30, offering a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor, a 5,000mAh battery, and a quad-camera setup. In terms of specifications, this phone seems to check a lot of boxes, but how good is it to live with? I put the Moto G30 through our tests and here's my review.
Motorola G30 was alongside the Moto G10 Power and is targetted at the budget segment in India. The Motorola Moto G30 has a new design, it has a 6.5-inch display with a dewdrop notch at the top. The frame of the Moto G30 is made of plastic and all the buttons are on the right side.Its volume buttons are higher, and the Google Assistant button is right on top, making it somewhat hard to reach, Motorola offers an IP52 rating for water resistance and the SIM tray has a rubber seal.
Motorola has picked the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC and offers 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. You can expand storage using the hybrid SIM slot. The Moto G30 has an HD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate. It has a 5,000mAh battery and gets a 20W charger in the box. Motorola ships the G30 with Android 11 out of the box with a few customisations. The software is clean with no bloatware apps preinstalled on it. Battery performance too is good and the phone can go beyond a day and a half quite easily.
Motorola has equipped the Moto G30 with a quad-camera setup consisting of a 64-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.. Daylight photos clicked from the primary camera had good detail. The ultra-wide angle camera offered a wider field of view but at a loss in details.. the Macro camera lets you go close to the subject but was limited in terms of resolution. Lowlight camera performance was decent in regular mode with some loss in details in the shadows. Night mode was too aggressive making the image unusually bright with blown-out highlights. Video recording tops out at 1080p for the primary as well as the selfie shooter and had stabilisation.
Product Name | Price in India |
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Motorola Moto G30 (4GB RAM, 64GB) - Dark Pearl | ₹ 10,999 |
Motorola Moto G30 (4GB RAM, 64GB) - Pastel Sky | ₹ 10,999 |
Motorola Moto G30 price in India starts from ₹ 10,999. The lowest price of Motorola Moto G30 is ₹ 10,999 at Flipkart on 2nd November 2024.
Brand | Motorola |
Model | Moto G30 |
Price in India | ₹10,999 |
Release date | 15th February 2021 |
Launched in India | Yes |
Form factor | Touchscreen |
Dimensions (mm) | 165.22 x 75.73 x 9.14 |
Weight (g) | 200.00 |
Battery capacity (mAh) | 5000 |
Fast charging | Proprietary |
Colours | Dark Pearl, Pastel Sky |
Screen size (inches) | 6.50 |
Touchscreen | Yes |
Resolution | 720x1600 pixels |
Aspect ratio | 20:9 |
Processor | octa-core |
Processor make | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 |
RAM | 4GB, 6GB |
Internal storage | 64GB, 128GB |
Expandable storage | Yes |
Expandable storage type | microSD |
Expandable storage up to (GB) | 1000 |
Rear camera | 64-megapixel (f/1.7, 1.4-micron) + 8-megapixel (f/2.2, 1.12-micron) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4, 1.75-micron) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4, 1.75-micron) |
No. of Rear Cameras | 4 |
Rear autofocus | Yes |
Rear flash | Yes |
Front camera | 13-megapixel (f/2.2, 1.12-micron) |
No. of Front Cameras | 1 |
Operating system | Android 11 |
Wi-Fi | Yes |
GPS | Yes |
Bluetooth | Yes, v 5.00 |
NFC | Yes |
USB Type-C | Yes |
Headphones | 3.5mm |
FM | Yes |
Number of SIMs | 2 |
SIM 1 | |
SIM Type | Nano-SIM |
GSM/CDMA | GSM |
3G | Yes |
4G/ LTE | Yes |
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | Yes |
SIM 2 | |
SIM Type | Nano-SIM |
GSM/CDMA | GSM |
3G | Yes |
4G/ LTE | Yes |
Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | Yes |
Fingerprint sensor | Yes |
Proximity sensor | Yes |
Accelerometer | Yes |
Ambient light sensor | Yes |
Gyroscope | Yes |