Motorola releases arrive to fight in the intermediate smartphone market, with the Moto G8 Power promising up to two days of battery life
In order to maintain its space in the intermediary smartphone market with a great cost-benefit, a Motorola launched on March 05, 2020, the new models to complete the family G8, The Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power. The new generation comes with the goal of maintaining sales success that the family has already triumphed, with more than 100 million smartphones sold worldwide.
Gadgets from Motorola arrived in our hands and have improvements, mainly in the set of cameras and battery life. Check out all the details of the new Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power!
Design and construction of the Motorola Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power models
The design of smartphones follows the same pattern: body made of plastic, has sides with rounded corners and the rear has an elegant design that simulates a brushed steel texture. Also at the rear the lens set is attached and aligned on the left side of the device.
The biometric sensor is located in the upper center of the structure, within the symbol of the Motorola, which works with extreme speed and brings models a very elegant look. The sensor has gestures that can be configured to show notifications from the smartphone.
Screen
THE Moto G8 has screen Max Vision HD + with 6.4 inches of aspect ratio 16: 9, providing a maximum view of the content played, be it movies, games or photos, although there are still smaller edges.
The smartphone screen has a resolution of 720 Ă— 1560 with 269 ppi, being possible to adapt the colors of the screen according to the user's choice, being able to choose between natural, highlighted or saturated colors (native to the system).
The verse G8 Power has the same screen in terms of size, but with a higher quality being the screen Max Vision Full HD 6.4 inches, 1080 Ă— 2300 resolution with 499 ppi. There is also the possibility to change the colors of the screen to the model Moto G8.
Hardware and Software
Family smartphones Moto G8 equipped with the same set of hardware, being 4GB of memory RAM, an octa-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 and a GPU Adreno 610. The set brings intermediate performance when running games that require greater graphics performance, such as Call of Duty. Despite this, a slowness of the front camera was presented when using filters from the Instagram and the system was restarted abruptly during our tests. This fact happened only once, and the smartphone was not being used in any function that requires a lot of hardware, such as games.
Both smartphones have 64 GB internal storage with the possibility of expanding up to 512 GB via microSD card.
Smartphones are equipped with the Snapdragon 665 processorIn terms of software, the Moto G8 and G8 Power have Android 10 native installed, which brings better fluidity when using it on a daily basis. The new functions inserted in the Android 10 are easily perceived such as: Smart Reply (intelligent answer, in portuguese), a feature that suggests actions automatically to users, such as, for example, suggesting which is the best app to open a certain video or web address.
THE Motorola managed to successfully integrate gesture navigation into the models Moto G8 and G8 Power inserted also in Android 10, for example, when you slide your finger down on the biometric sensor, the notification center will be displayed. In addition, there are also several gestures that can be activated in the configuration, such as: navigation with three buttons (present in other versions of Android), screenshot with three fingers, swipe to reduce the screen size, etc.
Cameras
THE Moto G8 comes equipped with three lenses, the main one being 16MP, a ultra-wide 8MP and a 2MP macro, and also has an automatic laser focus sensor. The 8MP selfie camera is in the left corner of the screen, being of the type hole-punch (inside the display).
As explained by Motorola, the lens ultra-wide allows 4x more framing in panoramic images, and gets 5x closer to the object when using the macro lens. Brightness and sharpness are possible thanks to the 16 megapixel sensor, which has an aperture of f / 1.7, together with the laser focus.
J a Artificial Intelligence acts to optimize the photo, selecting the correct mode according to the landscape or object to be registered. Among the shooting modes, the Moto G8 features Portrait, Smart Composition, Automatic Smile Capture, Interactive Filter, Cinemagraph, Portrait Mode (rear camera), Highlight Color, Panorama and Crop.
Among the photography modes, the following should be highlighted:
- Smart composition: technique used with Artificial Intelligence to level and apply the Rule of Terms;
- Interactive filter: It is possible to apply several filters directly to the photo to be produced;
- Cinemagraph: with this method it is possible to create a GIF or MP4 video in which only part of a frozen image moves;
- Featured Color: It is used to change the color highlight of a specific object in the photo, when focusing, it is possible to decrease or increase the intensity of the color.
- Crop: used to remove the background from the photo and just keep a person’s face, this shooting mode stickers (figurines used in the Whatsapp) or even create montages by applying a background to the cropped image.
J the model Moto G Power has four lenses: the main 16MP, a secondary 8MP (ultra-wide), an 8 MP telephoto (2x high resolution optical zoom) and a 2MP f / 2.2 macro. The 16 MP front lens with Quad Pixel and f2.0 technology.
The smartphone also comes equipped with the same features as Artificial Intelligence and the same shooting modes as in the Moto G8, with Portrait mode also present on the front camera.
A highlight is the mode Portrait, although it has only on the rear camera of the Moto G8, which produces pictures with a lot of quality and sharpness when focusing on the object, it is possible to adjust the amount of blur you want to use on the object, but in some levels the blurred edges end up giving an aspect of blur (blur, in free translation) on the focused object.
We miss a night mode present in other models launched by Motorola of the line One, none of the lenses capable of producing good quality night photos.
Batteries
THE Moto G8 comes equipped with a 4000 mAh long-life battery, which has a long life even when used for various functions.
The great highlight in this aspect to be evaluated goes to the Moto G8 Power. As the name suggests, great for the powerful battery of 5,000 mAh which guarantees an autonomy of up to two days on a single charge. We tested the power of the battery and it is really something incredible: the smartphone was used in social networks, playing music, games with high graphics, playing videos, an average brightness of 80% and its battery lasted smoothly.
Another feature in the Moto G8 Power your charger Turbo Power which generates a few hours of battery life in a few minutes of charging.
Extra Features
THE Moto G8 Power has an extremely high quality sound system, with two speakers and the feature Dolby Atmos. The sound set delivers 50% more volume and clearer audio, and may even dispense with the use of an external speaker.
Smartphones have a very useful feature, Adaptive Performance that promises to increase the efficiency of RAM and allows applications to open more quickly. This is possible thanks to Artificial Intelligence which analyzes the patterns and contexts of use to determine which app the user will open.
Prices
- THE Moto G8 can be purchased for R $ 1,399.00 or R $ 1,231.12 with a 12% discount on the card or boleto.
- THE Moto G8 Power can be purchased for R $ 1,599.00 or R $ 1,407.12 with a 12% discount on the card or ticket.
Completed
The two models of the family G8, Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power smartphones for the intermediate market, with a very good cost-benefit ratio, with prices similar to the Motorola One Vision, One Macro and One Action.
An absence very noticeable was compatibility with connections 5 GHz Wi-Fi, which brings a loss in terms of the use of your internet if your router has a 5 GHz band.
Invest in Moto G8 Power can be a better choice if you want a smartphone focused on battery life, for sure the model will not disappoint with your 5000 mAh in drums and Turbo Power charger. In addition, both models come with good quality cameras, the Moto G8 Power with four lenses compared to the Moto G8 with three lenses, this being the absence of the 8MP telephoto camera with 2x high resolution optical zoom.
Both the Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power have screens Max Vision HD and Full HD (Moto G8 Power) with beautiful and intense colors, its brightness being adjusted according to the user's taste, which brings comfort when using it on a daily basis for those who like to watch movies, play games or watch videos on YouTube. The best experience with the sound system Dolby Atmos that brings an incomparable sound quality present in the Moto G8 Power.
THE Moto G8 can be found by R $ 1,399 in the colors White Prisma and Blue Capri, while the Moto G8 Power can be found by R $ 1,599 in Titanium Black and Atlantic Blue.
Specifications Moto G8 x Moto G8 Power
| Specifications | Moto G8 | Moto G8 Power |
| Screen | 6.4 HD + Max Vision (720 x 1560) 269 ppi | 6.4 FHD + (1080 x 2300) Max Vision 499ppi |
| Processor | Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 | Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 |
| Memory | 4GB RAM64GB of storage | 4GB RAM64GB of storage |
| Android | Android 10 | Android 10 |
| Cameras | Rear:16 MP, f / 1.7 (main) 2 MP, f / 2.2 (macro) 118, f / 2.2 (ultra-wide FOV) + ​​LED flash
Front:8 MP, f / 2.2 (+ screen flash) |
Rear:16 MP, 78, f / 1.7 (main) 8 MP (depth) 8 MP, f / 2.2 (ultra-wide) 2MP, f / 2.2 (macro) + LED flash
Front:16 MP Quad Pixel; f2.0 |
| Batteries | 4,000 mAh | 5,000 mAh – Turbo Power |
| Colors | White PrismaBlue Capri | Black TitaniumAthletic Blue |
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Motorola Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power
- Design and Construction (Both) – 9/10
- Moto G8 Screen – 8.4 / 10
- Moto G8 Power Screen – 9/10
- Hardware and Software (Both) – 7.8 / 10
- Camera Moto G8 – 7.3 / 10
- Moto G8 Power Camera – 7.6 / 10
- Moto G8 Battery – 8.3 / 10
- Moto G8 Power Battery – 9.5 / 10
8.4 / 10
Review – Motorola Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power
The Motorola Moto G8 and Motorola Moto G8 Power have ultra-wide and macro cameras, 4GB of RAM, Snapdragon 665 Octa-Core processor and the promise of up to two days of battery life on the Moto G8 Power.
Pros
Moto G8
- Android 10 factory installed;
- Premium design;
- Several photography modes;
- Fast and dynamic navigation;
Moto G8 Power
- Long battery life, with Turbo Charger;
- Factory Android 10;
- Several photography modes;
- Fast and dynamic navigation;
- High quality Dolby Atmos sound;
Cons
Moto G8
- Unexpected camera crash in the Instagram app;
- Absence of compatibility with 5GHz Wi-Fi connections;
- Absence of a night mode for photos;
Moto G8 Power
- Unexpected camera crash in the Instagram app;
- Absence of compatibility with 5GHz Wi-Fi connections;
- Absence of a night mode for photos;
