Motorola Moto G8 Plus review: a battery boost for the budget king

Over the last few years, Motorola’s Moto G-series phones have been consistently excellent budget devices. In fact, the Moto G7 is our current pick for the best budget phone available today.

Now Lenovo-owned Motorola is back with the first of its G8 range of devices. This is the £239 (€269 or about $306) Motorola Moto G8 Plus, which sits at the top end of the affordable G-series lineup thanks to its more powerful processor and higher-resolution main camera. It’s available in Europe, Australia, Mexico, and Latin America, but it’s not currently scheduled to release in the US.

The Moto G8 Plus is another capable inexpensive smartphone from Motorola, and honestly it’s been a pleasure to use. Its battery life is excellent, and the tweaks Motorola has made to Android continue to do a great job of making its devices that much more user-friendly without ever feeling like they get in the way. The only real compromise you’re making here is with the phone’s camera and the fact that it’s launching with Android 9 rather than this year’s Android 10, but I think these are acceptable trade-offs at this price.

On paper, it’s hard to get too excited about the specs of the Moto G8 Plus, especially since they’re so similar to the Moto G7 Plus from earlier this year. It’s received a slight spec bump in terms of its processor (it now has a midrange Snapdragon 665 rather than a midrange Snapdragon 636), and its storage and RAM are unchanged at 64GB and 4GB, respectively. Its LCD screen is a fraction of an inch bigger at 6.3 inches rather than the G7 Plus’ 6.2 inches, but it’s still a 1080p affair with a small teardrop notch up top. Oh, and there’s still no IP certification, so you’re best keeping it away from water.

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