Motorola One Zoom Electric Grey

Looking for a zoom lens on a phone camera has restricted me to the high end phones. Certainly nothing sub £400 - until now. Opening the box, you get the phone, a silicone case, a usb-c cable, charger and earphones Given all the fuss about Alexa not working etc, I’ll put this section first! (which I add is in my opinion just a tiny part of the functionality and don’t forget “ok, google” does a similar job too!) Alexa: This is a feature unique to this the phones sold by Amazon, however it doesn’t seem to work out of the box! I get a message saying it’s not compatible with the SIM of this country. UPDATE From Moto support to get Alexa working:- - Locate the Moto Voice for Alexa app in the app tray. Tap and hold on it under an App Info button appears - Tap on the App Info button and then select Storage > Clear Storage > OK - Open the Moto Voice for Alexa app and try to set it up again Now it’s working, it really isn’t that great. It doesn’t seem to have a far field microphone like an echo dot. So you can’t shout across the room to it, instead you generally have to have it within arms length from you - oh and not on silent! Even then, the Echo Dot in the room often responds before the phone does! So biggest use is probably in the car where you can’t use the phone with your hands. Just make sure it’s placed near your head and that your car isn’t too noisy (radio off, windows closed). Battery: It comes with a 4000mAh battery which lasted a whole day with just over 30% remaining. Display: The big thing you notice is that large AMOLED display. It gives very rich colour and contrast. A feature which is generally reserved for high end phones There's a tear drop for the front camera, something which is becoming common place now and helps with the extra screen area. The resolution is 1080 x 2340 pixels, Note that the display is also a fingerprint sensor. It seems slightly less responsive than a dedicated sensor but seems to work well enough. Memory/Storage: The phone comes with 4GB RAM and 128GB Storage. The 4GB isn't huge these days, and a bit mean considering Moto’s own G7 at just over half the price has this much. The 128GB storage is pretty generous. A plus is that it also has a microSD card slot, I can confirm a 200GB micro SD works fine. Though do know you unfortunately sacrifice the dual SIM to do this due to them sharing the same slot. It is a shame really since the G6 and G7 from Motorola provide both dual SIM and SD at the same time no problem. Processor: It comes with an Octa-core Snapdragon 675, pretty quick. Weaker than the 8 series found on high end phones, but still more than capable for day to day tasks and certainly faster than my old phone (Moto Z2 Play). To put things in perspective, some Geekbench 4 scores Moto One Zoom: ~6500 Moto Z2 Play: ~4500 Moto G7: ~4600 Nokia 8: ~6500 Samsung Galaxy S10+: ~10000 Nokia 3.2: ~2400 Camera: The real show piece here, with 4 rear cameras much like the very high end phones and the first time I’ve seen it in this price range. Rear 1. Main lens is a 48MP wide angle which actually only outputs 12MP and is optically stabilized. Rear 2. Telephoto lens offering 3x optical zoom with sensor outputting 8MP Rear 3. Ultrawide 13mm sensor at 16MP providing 0.5x zoom Rear 4. Depth sensor at 5MP. Not a real camera as such, but for letting the software to determine foreground from background for nice portraits with blurred backgrounds. Front camera: which is 25MP, though only outputs 6MP for selfies, which is more than enough. Connectivity: Dual SIM is supported which is good, unfortunately not at the same time as SD card, which is a real shame since Moto's own G6 and G7 series costing almost half the price both manage to. The phone has a USB-C connector for charging Wifi supports b/g/n/ac so both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. Still has a 3.5mm headphone jack. Pros - Amazing 6.39 inch AMOLED display with 1080x2340 resolution. - Amazingly, 4 rear cameras including a 3x optical zoom lens - Good battery life - Dual Sim (nano) - Android 9.0 - 128GB storage is nice at the price - micro SD card slot - in screen finger print sensor - comes with case Cons - No second SIM if using SD card slot - no wireless charging - 4GB RAM is a bit mean considering some phones half the price have this much - Alexa support fiddly to set up and not as responsive as an Echo Dot, so a badly implemented gimmick - in screen fingerprint sensor not as sensitive as a traditional dedicated one Summary: A truly excellent phone. Definitely punches way above its weight. The camera system is superb and other than a drop in processor power and loss of wireless charging, really has a high end feature set at the price point of a mid range phone. I’m very glad I bought this, and fully recommend this to anyone else who wants to pay mid range price to get a high spec zoom camera phone. Update 16 dec 2019: having used it for just over 3 months, I thought I'd give a quick update. Firstly its still a great phone, and I find that the battery always lasts the whole day. In terms of indoor low light zoom photos and videos, the picture quality does suffer, though given the physical size of the lens, you can understand. Low light photos with the normal lens are just fine. I've placed a 400GB microSD card and that works just fine. Overall, I'd still rate this as highly as when I first got it. Update 3 June 2020: Have used this daily for around 9 months now. Still as good as it was when first new. I've had numerous security patches applied and the phone is just as stable as it was when new. No noticeable slowdowns in performance. No overheating or excessive battery drain. The battery will easily last the whole day still, lasting with about 30% battery if I'm out and about using the phone all the time, or about 60% battery if at home (during lockdown). Still happy to recommend it top marks and now has proven durability. Update 3 Dec 2020: Have used this daily for over a year now. Battery life still seems as good as it was when new and I've never not been able to last a day from full charge. One thing which can get annoying is that my inscreen fingerprint sensor just never seems as good as the traditional type. I do wonder perhaps the screen was a bit dirty or if my thumb is.

It' a great phone for me, not had any problems at all. Battery life is good, it accepts all the apps I want to use. The phone - main reason to buy a phone for me - works well, texts are easy, nice big screen. Touch screen is very responsive and there are a lot of customisable features. Screen quality is excellent and clear and can be easily colour reversed to prote t my eyes from glare. Wind down monochrome colour screen setting is a great feature. The cameras are amazing, that was my second most important use for a phone, and I know I have not used anything like the full potential of the cameras yet. I was envious of my friend's iphone until I got this. Now she wants one like mine.... 'nuff said!

Screen looks great. Very bright and colourful. Makes my Moto G5s plus screen look washed out in comparison. The phone looks and feels great quality. It comes with a clear gel protective case which is a nice extra. I will replace it with something a little more rugged. But that's down to my personal usage/preference. It feels response and apps run smoothly. Not really a game Player but I downloaded a first person fantasy game to test the processing power. Tha game ran smoothly and loaded fast. It Charges quick and easily lasts a full day of heavy useage. But... Fingerprint reader is diabolical.. Frustratingly so. It's so bad I'm considering sending it back. I've set up multiple fingers and thumbs and it rarely works first time. Often times out because of too many tries. The Cameras are probably the biggest appeal of the phone. The Zoom is good. And the photo quality is averagly good. Video quality is good. But i haven't found them a spectacular leap forward from my old phone as yet. The quality is good.. But not outstanding. All in all, for me, I'm still in two minds. The fingerprint reader is frustrating. The cameras are ok but I feel perhaps just a bit gimmicky. It looks and feels good, and the light up logo is a nice touch. It's fast and responsive with good internal memory. But is it worth the price tag? I'm tempted to get the Moto G8plus and compare them then decide which one to send back. It doesn't have such a lush finish. But It will be constantly cased anyway. It has multiple cams and stereo speakers. And a dedicated fingerprint reader. Will update if I do

Love everything about this phone, well built solid, good looking and the purple colours beautiful. If u want a budget phone with an outstanding camera that's dual SIM and 128 gig a memory and half decent speed, this is my second one and only because the first one was stolen I was that impressed I had to have another and if u need someone to talk to u can talk to Alexa or the Google lady which ever voice u fancy plus u don't get loads a bloatware either all Google apart from free Amazon apps overall a great phone

One of those phones you don't consider and then wonder why you hadn't. I'm a bit of a technical geek i.e. I love to get the latest stuff but it's becoming apparent that the flagship phones are becoming hugely overpriced and the cost Vs performance Vs actual features used was ridiculous. I saw these on a YouTube channel (Paul Gilbert) where he recommended this phone over his Samsung S20. At just over £250 after trading in our aging phones these are a bargain. They do everything that we need with great cameras,creatures and Alexa built in. The Moto shortcuts are brilliant and the battery life is really great at the price point. My wife and I are really happy with our purchases and I would ask anyone to question why they need to spend more than £400 on a phone. These will probably be good for the next couple of years so in terms of value... Absolute bargain.

So first off I want to admit I am a massive Motorola Fan. Ever since the MotoG 3rd Gen I've had one. I'm currently on the G7 Plus and LOVE the camera on it (especially with side loaded Google Pixl Camera app!) Anyway I digress. The reason for purchasing the Zoom was the camera array and naturally the zoom. Unfortunately, that's the one part of the phone I didn't like. First the good, nice feel and professional appearance, no noticeable lag and compared to the G7 Plus did feel a little faster, however, nothing that would make me prefer it over my current phone. Sadly the Camera just wasn't up to the job. It had good clarity, the zoom was very good but it was the colours, they just didn't match up. Red comes out almost orange and photos just look flat. Naturally with editing a lot of that can be corrected but with the G7 Plus doing good photos straight away (with no editing needed) why the hassle? Having seen more reviews this does seem to be a software issues rather than a hardware one, however, I'm not going to risk waiting and have gone back to the G7 Plus. Anyone wanting a good Camera phone From Motorola, thats the one to get!

Excellent battery life, fingerprint reader on the screen works really well, the screen quality is great...this is just a really good phone, not just for the price but in general. The camera(s) are also excellent. As far I can see they always pick a mode, in auto, (sport etc) and I can't seem to choose one myself. I have struggled to take some photos when the subject matter is moving because the camera is trying to focus and is in the wrong mode. I might be missing something, but I haven't figured out yet how to manually change this. That's the only slight negative. Easy recommendation.

I've had the phone for over a year and although it started out ok, it is very laggy and prone to crashes. But the biggest problems are the fingerprint reader and the face recognition refusing to work!! Camera can take a while to load up too - I still have plenty of memory on the phone so it's not a space issue. Also the updates to the latest Android 'flavours' are very slow and I think Motorola have now stopped supporting this model.