Introduction
The Moto G8 series is seemingly finally complete, as Motorola has now unveiled the Moto G8 itself – a phone which quietly landed a long time after the Moto G8 Plus and Moto G8 Play, and a little time after the Moto G8 Power and Moto G Stylus. The budget-friendly device has a beautiful design with a punch-hole display and a triple camera setup. The Moto G8 is already available in Brazil, but the rest of the world will have to wait a little longer. The company claims that it will launch in Europe (likely including the UK), Australia, Latin America, and Asia “over the coming weeks." The Motorola G8 costs $230 for 4GB of RAM and 64GB onboard storage.
Moto G8 design and display
The Moto G8 flaunts a 6.4-inch 720 x 1560 (HD+) LCD screen with 269 pixels per inch, a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and an 87% screen-to-body ratio. That, in another naming quirk, actually makes the screen marginally larger than the 6.3-inch display on the Moto G8 Plus, but it is lower resolution than the 1080 x 2280 (FHD+) Moto G8 Plus. It’s closer in that sense to the 720 x 1520 Moto G8 Play.
As for the design, the Moto G8 offers a bezel below the screen, a slim bezel above, and a single-lens punch-hole camera cut into the display. There is a triple rear camera setup, and the back panel itself has a textured design. Dimensions of the phone are 161.27 × 75.8 × 8.95mm, the weight is 188.3g, and it has a water-repellent design, which helps protect it against light rain and accidental spills – though note that it isn’t properly waterproof. It’s available in blue or white. The Moto G8 also has a fingerprint scanner on the back, plus what Motorola describes as a “powerful” loudspeaker and a 3.5mm headphone port, so given its large screen, it could make for a decent budget media handset.
Motorola G8 processor and software
The Moto G8 is fueled by a mid-range Snapdragon 665 chipset and 4GB of RAM. That’s the same as the Moto G8 Plus, Moto G Power, and Moto G Stylus, so it does not lack there compared to the rest of the range. It has 64GB of storage, a microSD card slot, and it runs Android 10, and like other Motorola phones, this is a near-stock version of Android 10, so there are minimal new things. In addition, Motorola has offered are generally likely to be useful, including things like Moto Actions (gesture controls), and Moto Gametime (a gaming mode that blocks interruptions).
Motorola Moto G8 battery and cameras
You get three cameras on the back panel of the Moto G8, including a 16MP f/1.7 main one, an 8MP f/2.2 ultra-wide one (with a 118-degree field of view), and a 2MP f/2.2 macro one, which lets you focus on subjects from as little as 2cm away. There’s also an 8MP f/2.0 camera on the front. The primary sensor of the phone can record 4k videos and Full HD videos at 30fps. You can also record Full HD videos at 30fps by using a selfie shooter. The battery meanwhile is a sizeable 4,000mAh, it supports 10W charging (which isn’t especially fast compared to some other phones), and Motorola promises up to 40 hours of life on a single charge.