The Moto G Stylus Looks Too Good To Cost Just 300

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With the launch of the Moto G Stylus ($300 at Motorola) and Moto G Power ($250 at Best Buy), Motorola did something a little weird to its phones: It removed all the numbers from the phone's names. Last year, the Chicago-based company launched the much-beloved Moto G7. The year prior there was the Moto G6 and before that the Moto G5 and G5 Plus. And while there actually is a Moto G8, it's not destined for the US.







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Moto G Stylus



$250 at Best Buy

$300 at Motorola


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How it stacks up

Motorola Edge Plus 8.5 $1,000 Apple iPhone SE (2020) 8.6 $399 Apple iPhone 11 9.0 $699



Like


Stunning design

Solid battery life so far

Great price




Don't Like


Stylus needs more software features

No NFC




In lieu of numbers, Motorola hit on a different naming scheme: Put the phone's main feature into the name. For example, the Moto G Power has a gigantic battery, hence the word power. And the Moto G Stylus, as you probably figured out, has a stylus.

But these two phones have much more in common than the lack of numbers in their names. At their core, the Moto G Stylus and du lịch bắc kinh Moto G Power are the same phone. They have the same processor, RAM, screen, bắc kinh fingerprint reader and selfie camera. But things get interesting when you compare the differences between the two budget phones.





At $250, the Moto G Power is $50 cheaper than the $300 Moto G Stylus. (The Stylus is not on sale in the UK or Australia.) The Moto G Power looks quiet and reserved in its Smoke Black finish while the Moto G Stylus and its Mystic Indigo color give off a flashy vibe.

I appreciate the key feature of the Moto G Stylus. The stylus adds a level of precision that makes navigating the phone more efficient. Now, I'm not a huge stylus person and this feature isn't for me. But that's OK, because the Moto G Stylus is still a solid featured budget phone.

I've been debating whether or not I'd recommend the Moto G Stylus to someone who doesn't want a stylus. It would be like buying a convertible car that you never intended to drive with the top down.



I have to assume that's why Motorola released both the Moto G Stylus and Moto G Power at the same time. If you need a phone with outstanding battery life, get the Moto G Power. And if you love the precision of a stylus or enjoy sketching, the Moto G Stylus is waiting for you. But the stylus seems to be lacking software features that could make it more useful. I wish more apps took advantage of the stylus at a software level.

Maybe another way of saying this is that the Moto G Stylus isn't a $300 Galaxy Note 10.


Moto G Stylus vs. Moto G Power: Key differences


Moto G Stylus costs $300, the Moto G Power costs $250

Moto G Stylus has a 4,000-mAh battery, the Moto G Power has 5,000 mAh

Moto G Stylus has 128GB of storage, the Moto G Power has 64GB

Aside from the macro camera, the Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus have different rear cameras

Moto G Stylus has a built-in stylus

Moto G Stylus is Mystic Indigo, the Moto G Power comes in Smoke Black