Motorola Moto G 5G | 2024 | Unlocked | Made for US 4/128GB | 50MP Camera | Sage Green

Great Value
I will start off by saying I have no interest in $1000+ cell phones – to me they are disposable devices that get replaced every few years. That said, this is the perfect phone for my purposes. The coverage (carrier dependent), audio, display quality and speed are perfect for my needs. I use the this as – wait for it – a phone – as well for texting and taking some pictures, mapping directions, etc.This is my 4th or 5th Motorola phone, and I have always been happy with the value proposition. Even through my former carrier the Motorola phones have always had much less bloatware than, say Samsung (ugh) which loads up their phones with all kinds of nonsense. When you buy it unlocked it comes with even less bloatware, and you can delete or disable most of it.It is much faster than my old phone, which one would expect, with 8MB of RAM, and 128MB of internal storage. There are several things I like about this phone, a couple being that it still has a headphone jack, and also it will take a micro SD card for additional storage. Both of these features are found on very few phones these days. There are 2 features that are unique to Motorola on the phones I have had, including this one, that are REALLY convenient. You can open the camera app just by twisting your wrist, and you can turn on the flashlight by a chopping motion – no screen to wake up or app to start up – brilliant really.Also, the battery life (5000ma) is phenomenal. I can use it all day, leave it overnight, and it will still have plenty of charge the next day. I really only charge it every other day. I will note that I turn off as many background processes as I can, don’t watch movies on the phone (really?), and in general use it as a tool, not a brain-sucking toy (editorial comment :-). If you want a well functioning device and don’t want to spend huge dollars this phone may be right for you.

Great phone in this price range
This verges on top-of-the-line when it comes to *affordable* phones. It has better specs in every important way than the Moto G 2025, and is about equivalent in important ways to phones that cost twice as much. It’s about the same form factor and style as its ancestor, the Moto 5G Ace from a couple of years ago (my prior phone). Getting it here instead of from your provider’s store means you have less annoying bloatware installed, and it may even be cheaper too.I’m satisfied with the G Power’s speed, storage and memory, ease of use, camera quality (vastly better than the Ace!), all of it. The adjustability for people without great vision is a plus (for me anyway). I really don’t have anything to complain about with this phone. I tried the Moto G 2025 (the “little sibling” of this Moto G Power), and it just didn’t have the capacity I wanted (I’m a bit of an app and media hoarder). I tried to get the Moto G Power from Metro, but their store staff said there were none avialable from them any longer in the entire area, so I ordered it here instead.The data backup (from old phone) and restore (to new phone), including all apps, appears to have worked flawlessly. I did not lose apps, or contacts, or media. Various apps did have to be reconfigured on first-run on the new phone, but I expected that. Using Nova Launcher, it even restored all my app groups/folders, and every icon to its original position. Nice. It’s like having the same phone expect better than it was before.This phone coming with Android 15 out of the box is great (compared to phones still on sale today that have Android 14 or even 13). For me anyway, it did 3 system updates in as many days, so it’s staying current (withing the Android 15 channel). My reason for upgrading to this phone at this time was that the Ace phone being stuck at an older Android version was a problem for me (e.g. one of my e-banking apps refused to work on the old OS any longer). I don’t know if this phone will be upgradable to Android 16 (which has already been out for 3 months as of this writing), or what that upgrade process might be.A heads-up with regard to Metro by T-Mobile: If you try to have them set this phone up for you in the store, they are likely to claim that you have to get a different and more expensive plan than the one you have, claiming this phone “isn’t compatible” with your current plan. This is nonsense. Instead, try to change your phone to this one using the website. If it doesn’t work, use an old or borrowed phone to call Metro’s customer service and talk to a real person through that system, and have them enable the new phone for you (either with an e-SIM or by moving your existing SIM card from original phone to new one), and make it clear that you expect to keep your original number and keep your existing plan (or have an equivalent one with same price for same level of service). If necessary, they can have a supervisor override any roadblocks. This step may be especially important for anyone qualifying for discounted service due to being on disability, social security, etc. While I’m going on my experience with Metro, similar caveats may apply to other carriers. They’re all being more aggressive about trying to wedge more money out of people without actually improving their service level. Don’t let them do that to you just because you got this particular phone (and didn’t get it from them).Another caveat: Phones like this are fragile, unfortunately. You absolutely do need a protective case, not just a screen protector (that protects against scratches, not drops and other impacts). I would say order the case and screen protector before the phone, or at least to arrive on same day. You do not want to be tempted to carry this phone around and use it without the case being put on yet.

Well i have previously bought motorola phones from Amazon, and i have never had a problem, till i ordered the Moto G 5G, It will not work in Australia, so i am now stuck with a brand new phone, that i cannot use!!

Was NOT unlocked…….returned item only to find it is now “lost in transit”……What an inconvenience this is. I am still waiting for a resolution to the problem.Unhappy customer.