India almost 50% of the population still uses a 4G phone. It is shocking but not that shocking if you see the economic conditions here. A decent 5G phone comes from somewhere near 18-22k which is still costly for most of the people living in India. So Motorola took the initiative to launch a good 5G smartphone under 10K INR and it aims that bringing the other half of the population to 5G. So what’s in the Moto g45 lets checkout.
Heart of the Moto g45
The Moto g45 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chipset based on 6nm process, it is an octacore processor where 2 cores (Cortex A78) clocked at 2.30GHz and 6 cores (Cortex A55) clocked at 2GHz. And for GPU you get to see Adreno 619 at 900MHz. The snapdragon 6s performs good in day to day usage and handles light multi tasking and newer generation apps with ease. If you wanna compare than it is slightly better than the snapdragon 695 chipset. The Adreno 619 GPU is 15% more powerful than the Adreno 618 providing a much more smoother experience in gaming.
Along side that it has 4/8GB of LPDDR4X ram but then if you choose the 8GB ram option the price will go up from 10K.
For storage you get to see 128GB UFS 2.2 internal storage and you get the option to increase the storage upto additional 1TB with a micro SD.
Display of the Moto g45
Moto g45 comes with an IPS LCD display, in 2024. Yes I know what moust be going through your mind, but considering the pricing we can’t complain much. With rising inflation and everything still they managed to bring a 5G phone at this price. And to be honest for this screen size HD resolution is not as bad as you think, it’s just we who have good phones are used to seeing higher quality displays. People who buy phones at such pricing don’t really care about pixels. All they want is a new fully functional phone with all the features that are required for todays world. So it’s a 6.5 inch HD+ display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. You get a pixel density of 270ppi which is good for the price and it has a 85% screen to body ratio, that means you get to se fair amount of bezels around the edges. The screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and it is a 120Hz display with a center punchole cutout for the selfie camera.
Cameras of the Moto g45
The Moto g45 features a 50Mp primary camera with an aperture of f1.8 and a 2Mp macro camera with an aperture of f.2.4. You get decent photos out of it. THe photos are quite good for the price and good contrast and dynamic balance. Edge detection in bookeh efect is also very good in this price segment. Along side you get to see features like auto focus and face detechtion. You get to see a LED flash as well for low light photography and can also shoot HDR content with this.The camera supports 8X digital zoom and can record video upto 1080p at 30fps. For the selfie shooter you get a 16Mp camera which can also shoot videos at 1080p @ 30fps. The selfies from this phone look good and usable for social media.
Battery and Charging of the Moto g45
Insisde the Moto g45 you get to see a 5000 mAh and you get to see 20W charging support. Good thing, you get to see the 20W charger inside the box only. The Moto g45 has a usb c port making it easy to share charger with friends. 20W charging may feel slightly slow but to give you an idea the iphone 15 also charges from a 20W charger. So its not that slow.
General things about the Moto g45
The Moto g45 was launched on Aug 28, 2024 in three eye catching colours, Brillaint blue, Viva Magenta and Brilliant Green. And you get to choose from two variants either 4GB or 8GB of RAM. You get to see Android 14 and Moto UX layered on top. You get to see a vegan leather back which looks and feels really cool. For security you get to see a side mounted fingerprint sensor and face unlock as well, both works pretty swiftly without any false unlocks.
You also get to see some other sensors like Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass and Gyroscope.
Network and Connectivity of the Moto g45
The Moto g45 is a dual 5G phone with 13 5G bands for both sims and along side that you get to see Wifi 5 and bluetooth ver 5.1. You get to see A-GPS and Glonass and NFC as well and USB OTG support as well. For audio you get to see a 3.5mm jack for wired connection and audio feature like Dolby Atmos to enhance the listening ecperience.
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