Moto G6 (4 GB)

Full Specifications, Price, Review & Should you Buy?

Key Specs:
  • 5.7 inches, FHD+ Narrow Bezel Display, 18:9 Aspect Ratio
  • 1.8 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 Processor
  • 4 GB RAM, 64 GB Internal Storage, microSD up to 256 GB
  • 12 MP + 5 MP Dual cameras, 16 MP Front camera with LED flash
  • Android 8.0 Oreo, 3000 mAh battery, Turbo Charging, Moto Actions
  • Fingerprint scanner, Dolby Audio, USB Type-C, Moto Display
  • Water repellent nano coating, Dual Sim, 4G VoLTE, Moto Voice
Moto G6 (4 GB) Price in India:

 13,890
on

 15,810
on
Variants:
Availability Details:
Available offline in Moto Hub stores.
OS Updates?
Will get Android P for sure and may get future updates too


Strength

  • Excellent, very premium design for its price
  • Good 18:9 ratio narrow bezel display
  • Decent performance for day to day use
  • Excellent cameras & feature-rich camera app
  • Compact, more comfortable screen size
  • Latest Stock Android with updates
  • Face unlock + Fingerprint scanner
  • One button Navigation is impressive
  • Water-repellent coating
  • Decent battery backup + Fast charging
  • Great user experience

Weakness

  • With Snapdragon 450 at this price, performance is weaker compared to the competition
  • Overpriced by a couple of thousands


Should You Buy?

Overall, the Moto G6 packs an excellent glass back design which feels too premium and it has also got the modern 18:9 display with narrow bezels. It has also got good cameras, a big selfie camera, face unlock, decent battery backup & like always latest stock Android. However this time, the Moto G6 is a little weaker at two things a mainstream Moto G phone has never been this weak before – performance & pricing; with SD 450 it has significantly lower performance than its competitors and it is overpriced by a couple of thousands. So, the Moto G6, despite being a late entrant is still not the best but, that does not mean it is a bad phone by any means, it is a very good phone with most of the things right but, is just not for the very heavy users and gamers.

Our Score
76
Out of 100
Performance:
32%
Rear Camera:
73%
Front Camera:
80%
Battery:
61%
Value for Money:
47%
User Experience:
75%

0%

User Rating: 4.23 ( 2 votes)


Moto G6 (4 GB) VS its Top 3 Competitors:
₹ 15,999
84
What's better compared to Moto G6 (4 GB)?
Performance, Bigger screen, Bigger battery
What's weaker compared to Moto G6 (4 GB)?
Rear camera, Design, Thicker, Less features
₹ 15,990
83
What's better compared to Moto G6 (4 GB)?
Performance, More RAM, Rear camera, Bigger screen, Display, Bigger battery
What's weaker compared to Moto G6 (4 GB)?
Selfies, Design, Thicker, Less features
₹ 15,999
77
What's better compared to Moto G6 (4 GB)?
Performance, Bigger screen, Bigger battery, Slimmer
What's weaker compared to Moto G6 (4 GB)?
Rear camera, Selfies, Less features

Moto G6 Full Specifications:
Phone Details
Phone Name(s) Moto G6
Manufacturer Motorola
Announced April 2018
Released June 2018
Body
Build Narrow Bezel, Front/Back Glass, Metal body
Colors
Indigo Black
Dimensions 154.5 × 72.4 × 8.3 mm
Weight 167 grams
Buttons On-screen navigation buttons, Power Button, Volume Rocker
Display
Screen Size 5.7 inches
Display Type IPS LCD
Resolution Full HD+ (2160 x 1080 pixels)
Pixel Density 424 pixels per inch (PPI)
Aspect Ratio 18:9 aspect ratio
Display Area 75.4% screen-to-body ratio
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Additional Features Moto Display, Night Mode
Touchscreen Yes, Capacitive, Multitouch
Performance
Processor 1.8 GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
RAM 4 GB
GPU Adreno 506
Storage
Internal 64 GB
External microSD up to 256 GB
USB OTG Yes
Operating System
OS Android 8.0 Oreo
User Interface Almost Stock Android UI
Features Moto Actions - Quick screenshot, One button nav, Chop twice for torch, Twist for quick capture, Swipe to shrink screen, Pick up to stop ringing, Flip for do not disturb
Cameras
Rear Camera 12 MP (f/1.8) + 5 MP (f/2.2) Dual cameras with Dual-tone LED flash
Details Dual Autofocus Pixel technology, Time-lapse, Slow motion, Landmark recognition, Object recognition, Text scanner, Portrait mode, Spot colour, Face filters, Panorama, Manual mode
Video Recording Up to 1080p @60fps, Timelapse video, Slow motion
Front Camera 16 MP camera with LED flash
Details f/2.2 aperture, Face filters, Group selfie mode, Beautification mode, Manual mode
Video Recording Up to 1080p @30fps, Timelapse video, Slow motion
SIM
SIM Dual SIM (dedicated slots)
SIM Size Nano SIM
Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh Li-Ion battery
Fast Charging Yes, Turbo Charging
Wireless Charging No
Removable Battery No
Security and Sensors
Security Fingerprint Scanner, Face Unlock
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Magnetometer, Ultrasonic
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, EDR & BLE
Location GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
USB Type USB Type-C
FM Radio Yes
NFC No
Infrared No
Sound
Speakers Yes, Earpiece doubles up as loud speaker, Dolby Audio
3.5mm Headphone Jack Yes
Microphone One primary microphone and dedicated microphone for Active noise cancellation
Network
Cellular Networks 2G, 3G, 4G / VoLTE
2G Bands GSM B2, B3, B5, B8
3G Bands UMTS B1, B2, B5, B8, B19
4G Bands LTE B1 (2100) B2 (1900) B3 (1800) B5 (850) B7 (2600) B8 (900) B18 B19 (Japan 850) B26 (850+) B28 (700 APT) B38 (TD2600) B40 (TD2300) B41 (2535M to 2655M)
Speed -
SAR Values
Head -
Body -
Other Features
Notification LED Yes
Water Resistance P2i water-repellent nano coating
Disclaimer: We have tried our best to list correct specs & information on this page, but still cannot guarantee it is 100% correct.
Moto G6 Review:

After a long wait, Motorola has finally launched the Moto G6 in India and like always, it commands a lot of user interest and expectations. The Moto G series has evolved a lot since its beginning and with the Moto G6, the company has brought in trendy features like the tall 18:9 aspect ratio display & face unlock feature. One of the biggest changes over the last generation Moto G5s series is, the Moto G6 now comes in a more premium glass back design with aluminium frame, which looks and feels too good for its price.

The Moto G6 comes with a narrow bezel design, however, the bezels aren’t actually very narrow, there is a thick chin on the bottom, although it compensates for its thickness by incorporating a pill-shaped fingerprint scanner below the screen. With its glass back design and the tall display on the front, the Moto G6 looks really good. It sports a 5.7 inches Full HD+, 18:9 aspect ratio Max Vision display with 424 ppi pixel density and has good display quality. There is Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on both the front and rear glass panels. The phone is not too big and is very comfortable to hold in hands and is manageable with one hand.

The Moto G6 comes with a dual camera set up on the back which includes a 12 MP primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a 5 MP secondary sensor with f/2.2 aperture. The picture quality is very good in daylight and it even does a good job in the night and low light conditions. The camera app includes a lot of modes & filters, focus and bokeh effects controls. Using the depth mode you can click an image with the subject in colors while the background in black and white. It also allows you to cut out the subject and change the background. It comes with dual LED flash and can record videos up to 1080p@60fps. On the front, there is a big 16 MP selfie shooter accompanied with an LED flash. It comes with Face filters, Group selfie mode, Beautification mode and produces very good selfies.

Disappointingly, the Moto G6 is powered by the 1.8 GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor which is an entry-level chipset and can be found in the sub Rs. 10,000 phones like the Xiaomi Redmi 5. Although the Snapdragon 450 is not a bad processor and delivers good performance for day to day usage and some gaming, when you compare its performance with the similar or even lower priced phones like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 which come with the Snapdragon 636 processor or even the Realme 1 which comes with the powerful Helio P60 processor, the Moto G6 lags far behind and feels overpriced. It comes paired with 3 GB/ 4 GB RAM and Adreno 506 GPU.

The Moto G6 runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with almost Stock Android UI, Motorola has added some very useful features like One Button Navigation which, lets you use gestures on the fingerprint scanner for navigation, replacing the onscreen navigation buttons and frees up a lot of screen space. There are also the usual Moto Actions like Quick screenshot, Chop twice for torch, Twist for quick capture, Swipe to shrink screen, Pick up to stop ringing, Flip for do not disturb. The Moto Display is also a very useful addition and gives you a glimpse of notifications without unlocking the phone.

The Moto G6 comes in two storage variants of 32 GB and 64 GB internal storage. Thankfully, it comes with two dedicated sim slots and a microSD slot which accepts cards up to 256 GB. Along with the quick and accurate fingerprint scanner, the Moto G6 also comes with Face Recognition Unlock which also works well. The Moto G6 comes with water repellent p2i coating which protects your phone from splashes and some rains, it is a really great benefit to have. The earpiece doubles up as the speaker and has loud sound, it comes with Dolby Audio.

It comes with a non-removable 3000 mAh Li-Ion battery with Motorola’s ‘Turbo Charging’, which is very fast and charges the phone to 100% in around one and half hours. For the first time in a Moto G series phone, the Moto G6 comes with USB Type-C for data syncing and charging, and is a good start for the budget phones.

Moto G6 (Indigo Black):


Moto G6 (4 GB) is suitable to use for:
  • Heavy Users
  • Normal Day to Day Users
  • Heavy Gamers
  • Moderate Gamers
  • Camera Lovers
  • Selfie Lovers
  • Multimedia Consumption

Rahul Dubey

Rahul is a Professional Blogger and the Founder of 'Best Tech Guru'. He is a Computer Science & Engineering graduate and the passion for Technology & Entrepreneurship kept him away from a regular job, now he spends all his time with latest technology and loves to help people. He is a Tech enthusiast and has written hundreds of articles over the years on this blog. Follow @iamRahulD

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