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Short Description:
Affordable accessible productivity phone
Physical Description:
Materials: mat plastic, armored glass,
Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 0.5 x 5.1 inches ; 5 ounces ,
Screen size: 4.5 Inches,
IO Connecters: 1x micro usb, 1x 3.5 MM,
physical buttons: power, volume
Softkeys: back, home, recents,
Speakers: 1 mono,
Cameras: Back 5 mpx, front 1.3 mpx,
Flash: yes,
Sliding keyboard case: no
Replaceable battery: no,
OTG2 support: jellybean only,
Box Contents: moto G, quick start guide, Companion CD, Micro USB cable,
Accessibility Features:
Talkback, Captions, Magnification gestures, Large text, power Button ends call, Accessibility shortcut, Touch and hold delay,
Experience:
I purchased this the week after it came out to replace my dropped nexus 4. For practical purposes, this phone is a nexus four ripoff and functions almost exactly the same.
Comments
Incredible value
Keep in mind, this phone costs $200 brand new. I consider it an incredible value. It is running a rom that almost exactly resembles stock android. The one exception I've found is the calendar app. I had to re-install google calendar to view my appointments for some reason. The motorola bundle software is accessibible in as much as I did all my updates and turned on find my phone which is all I wanted to do.
I have the same issue on the moto G as I had on the nexus four when sliding my finger over the dial pad, sometimes the phone app will dial numbers on me even though I haven't lifted my finger.
I was able to perform the accessibility shortcut on the moto G out of the box.
I've run google tts, Acapella, and Ivona seech on here. Google performs the best but has plummeted in terms of qualiy. Ivona and acapella are both great, but Ivona performs very sluggishly on this phone in my experience. I particularily notice a performance break when dialing in ppx's such as when I call my bank and have to key in my card number.
The GPS receiver works a treat when I'm in reno and Toronto, but it didn't do so hot in Chatham for some reason. Theoretically it should have been better because the buildings are shorter,. I have several external receivers but didn't really have the need to use one until I tried getting lookaround information in a small town setting.
Finally, I have not gotten brlTTY to work on this phone successfully. Right now it just makes my braille display beep incessantly.
Other than that, I'm able to do all my daily productivity tasks, access apps, and generally have a seemless phone experience.
extremely disgruntled with lollypop
Hello all,
I believe I have hit the end of the road with my moto G. Lollypop has been a stupendous disappointment on this phone. Each time I reboot, I get a number of crash warnings from various apps including google, hangouts, and amazon. Once I wend my way through all of those, and start using my phone, I note several annoyances.
The Lollypop killed my touch screen. Even after setting the speed of the touch screen from 33% to 100% I still have to tripple tap on some things to get them to work, particularly lock screen notifications. Dialing while on a call is nearly impossible, and simple tasks such as muting a call are a nightmare.
I am currently unable to read or send text messages. The messaging app crashes when I try to open a conversation. When I try to send a new message, the system hangs.
I don't have a significantly better launcher or chrome experience which I was really hoping for in Lollypop.
I'll also have to dig through and see if I can find a way to disable animations.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems this device is not well suited to lollypop. How long I can deal with it is anyone's guess, though I think a reset may be in my handset's future. If necessary, I'll root and downgrade.