Motorola Moto G9 Power Review with Pros and Cons

Motorola launched another budget smartphone in India but this time, it’s a bit overpriced. The Motorola G9 power is powered by Snapdragon 662 SoC which is decent SoC and Camera are also not that great but the phone has huge 6,000 mAh battery and massive 6.78 inches display. So let’s review the Moto G9 Power and find out whether it’s worth 12k price tag or not?

Moto G9 Power Price in India

Motorola Moto G9 Power is priced at Rs 11,999 for 4GB of Ram and 64GB Storage. The phone is available in Electric Violet and Metallic Sage colour options. The first sale starts from 15th December 2020 via Flipkart.

Moto G9 Box Contents

• Phone

• TPU Case

• Turbo Charger

• USB-C cable

• Sim ejector tool

• Documentation (you probably won’t read)

Display Quality

Display Size : 6.78 inches HD+ LCD Display

Resolutions : 1600 x 720 Pixels resolution

Screen Refresh Rate : 60Hz refresh rate

Motorola G9 Power comes with 6.78-inches HD+ display with 1600 x 720 Pixels resolution. The phone has a massive display which could be plus point for some users but not for everyone. Also, it has an HD+ display which isn’t a great thing as the phone is priced at 12k.

The display quality is good, there is nothing to worry about but it’s an HD+ display. There are tons of smartphone available at 12k in India and those phones has FHD+ display and Motorola has provided HD+ screen which doesn’t make any sense.

Also, the Moto G9 Power has 1600 x 720 Pixels resolution that means the phone will consume less power and because of that, battery will last for more then day.

Overall, Motorola G9 Power doesn’t have the best screen because the phone priced at 12k and at this price tag, HD+ display is not acceptable but if you want bigger screen then this is only option available at this movement.

Design and Build Quality

Build : Glass front, Plastic back, Plastic frame

The Moto G9 Power is made out of plastic and Motorola didn’t say which glass they have used to protect the front side. In short, build quality is not that great as the phone has unknown front glass and the body is made out of plastic, so make sure to use case.

The phone does look great from long distance because once you hold it on your hand, everything changes. It does feels cheap plastic but hey, this is 12k smartphone, so here can’t complain much about build quality.

Talking about the design, the phone looks the same as Motorola G 5G and this phone too has the plastic build and by the look, it feels like, Motorola has used the same body. Motorola G 5G has display punch hole in the middle of the screen while Moto G9 Power has in the top-left side but apart from that, build and design is the same.

Cameras

Moto G9 flaunts an 8MP selfie snapper and by the back lies a triple camera setup. The incumbents are a primary 48MP shooter followed by a 2MP depth sensor and a 2MP macro module. The main rear camera utilizes pixel binning to out 12MP shots. There is no ultrawide camera, though.

Here are some daylight snaps out of it

The photos come out with natural colors. But they don’t always do justice in metering the exposure and retention of details. Also, post pressing the shutter, the app takes a moment or two to save the processed result.

The camera interface is pretty straight forward, and with swipes and taps, you will land on goodies like Cutout mode, Spot color, Cinemagraph, Live Filter, Panorama, and surprisingly vigorous Night Vision.

Video-side, you have the option to record 1080p at 30fps from both front and back. Here too Moto has wedged in party tricks like slo-mo capture and timelapse.

Performance and Software

The Moto G9 Power is powered by good-old 12nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC and the phone is running on Stock Android 10 with some Motorola add-on features. Motorola also said, the phone will get Android 11 update but when this is still a mystery.

Snapdragon 662 is a good processor but it’s very good SoC to have in Rs 11,999 smartphone. You will able to play almost all the games at medium graphic but for short time and if you play games for a long time, let say, two or three hours then the phone will show it’s true colours as Snapdragon is not built for gaming.

The phone is running on MOTO’s Stock UI that means there is no ads in the UI and users will get good UI experience.

Overall, if you play lots of games then it’s better to look at POCO M2 which is priced at Rs 10,999 but this phone has MIUI 12 which is not good as Stock UI. So it’s like, to get something, you have to lose something.

In short, Moto G9 Power is a good smartphone for those who don’t many games on smartphone and just want a new phone for media consumption or for social media

Audio and Call Quality

he Motorola G9 Power has two noise-cancelling microphones which are good because there are some phones that don’t have two mics for calling, for example, Realme 7, RealMe Narzo 20 Pro and Infinix Zero 8i. So there won’t be any problem while talking to someone on calls.

The phone has one bottom firing sparker which is not that good but hey, this is Rs 11,999 phone, so here can’t complain much. Overall, there won’t be any kind of problem in calls and even while watching movies but keep in mind, this budget smartphone, so don’t expect too much from sparker.

Battery Life

This is where Motorola G9 Power sines, the phone has massive 6,000 mAh battery with 20W fast charging support and yes, 20W charger is included in the box. The battery will last for two says as the phone has HD+ display, the phone will consume less power as compared to any other smartphones with FHD+ display.

Also, if you plays lots of games or you use phone more then normal users then battery could be dead in day.

Motorola G9 Power: Conclusion

If you’re looking for battery house then Moto G9 Power is the best option as the phone has huge 6,000 mAh battery with 20W fast charging support. It’s powered by Snapdragon 662 which is decent SoC at 12k and the phone has clean stock Android UI which is also plus point. Overall Moto G9 Power is worth looking at.

Motorola Moto G9 Power Pros and Cons

Pros

Massive Display Size

Huge 6,000 mAh battery

Clean Stock UI

20W fast charging

Cons

Decent Performance

Average Cameras

Bit Overpriced