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Introduction and specs
While most smartphone makers are making even their budget phones more expensive over time, although with incremental jumps, Motorola seems to be doing the exact opposite with its G Power phones. If you look back from its G8 Power release up until now, the launch price has been steadily going down, resulting in downgraded hardware.
In a sense, you can say that the newer G Power smartphones are just alternatives to the previous ones rather than full-fledged successors. As long as you can find the older ones in your local stores.
Entering the market for INR 2,500 less than its predecessor, the Moto G10 Power has an even bigger potential of becoming the endurance champion, mostly due to its less demanding SoC. The G9 Power had a Snapdragon 662, while the G10 Power seems to prioritize battery efficiency even further with its Snapdragon 460 chip.
Motorola Moto G10 Power specs at a glance:
- Body: 165.2x75.7x9.9mm, 220g; Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame; Water-repellent design.
- Display: 6.50" IPS LCD, 720x1600px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 270ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM4250 Snapdragon 460 (11 nm): Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 240 & 4x1.6 GHz Kryo 240); Adreno 610.
- Memory: 64GB 4GB RAM; microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot).
- OS/Software: Android 11.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 48 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 118˚, 1/4.0", 1.12µm; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4; Depth: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Front camera: 8 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 1080p@30/60fps; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 6000mAh; Fast charging 20W.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (rear-mounted); FM radio; 3.5mm jack.
The downgrades don't end with the chipset. The G10 Power goes for a lower-res 48MP main camera but adds an ultrawide into the mix. Storage has been reduced to half the size, the selfie camera is now 8MP instead of 16MP, and the NFC has been axed (not that it's much needed in the Indian market). Moreover, the phone comes with a smaller, 6.5-inch display.
This may seem like an odd move on behalf of Motorola, but a deeper dive into the company's portfolio puts things into perspective. The Moto G30 has already snatched most of the G9 Power's internals along with its approximate price, so there's no sense in making yet another G30 phone at the same price point. This leaves a bit of room for the G10 Power to go down the price ladder and supposedly attract users looking for something compact with a huge battery. That's something you don't see every day.
Unboxing the Moto G10 Power
The Moto G10 Power's box is not something out of the ordinary as it carries the standard wall charger, rated at 20W and the USB-A to USB-C cable for data transfers and charging.
Design and build
The Moto G10 Power is hefty and compact at the same time. The 6.5-inch display makes it small enough for rather comfortable one-handed use, but the handset's heft takes away some bonus points. The 6,000 mAh battery is to blame here, tipping the scale at 220g. That's a lot of phone for a 6.5-inch diagonal, and you start to feel the weight over time.
Needless to say - the chassis is entirely made of plastic, except for the screen, of course, and the back panel adopts that curly wave pattern that we saw with the Moto G30. It makes up for a nice feel, and it's nice to touch. The camera bump doesn't protrude as much, mostly because the phone's body is about 9.9mm thick, so there's not much headroom for the camera island. However, since it's not centered, it does wobble on a flat surface.
The buttons on the sides feel solid and provide rather clicky feedback, which is positive.
The fingerprint reader feels accurate and fast, but the actual unlocking takes some time. We suspect that the low-powered Snapdragon 460 is the culprit here.
Motorola has already moved to punch-hole cutouts for the selfie cam on its higher models, but the notches are still prevalent at the entry-level. The waterdrop-styled cutout here is small and doesn't really get in the way too much.
The bezels around the screen, as you'd probably guess, are not razor-thin but seem to be on par with the course, with the side ones a bit slimmer than the others.
Hardware overview
The G10 Power employs a Snapdragon 460 instead of Snapdragon 662 on the previous model and is paired with 4GB/64GB memory configuration instead of the 4GB/128GB setup. Since the new chipset draws less power, the G10 Power might beat the G9 Power in an endurance test stand-off as they both boast the same 6,000 mAh battery. Also, the G10 Power's display is smaller.
The screen has gone down from 6.8" to 6.5", which would ultimately benefit power consumption. The resolution, however, hasn't changed as much - 720 x 1600px at a 20:9 aspect ratio. It does seem to have Widevine L1 clearance for 1080p playback in the Netflix and Amazon Prime video apps, but that wouldn't matter since the display can't go up to that resolution anyway. When it comes to brightness, we found that it can provide good visibility outdoors for reading text.
The camera system adds an 8MP ultrawide snapper with 118-degree field of view and f/2.2 aperture and swaps the 64MP main camera for a 48MP unit, which has a fairly wide f/1.7 aperture. The same 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensors are at hand, although the macro unit is missing the autofocus feature. An 8MP camera takes the 16MP shooter's place on the front where the notch is.
Sadly, there's no NFC, but that won't be an issue for the Indian market where this phone is mostly aimed at.
The Moto G10 Power has clearly gone through some hardware downgrades compared to the Moto G9 Power. However, its launch price is lower to account for that, and the choice of the new hardware can potentially allow the 6000mAh battery to deliver even longer runtimes.
Performance
We ran the usual set of tests to see if the SoC performs as intended, and it does. But aside from the synthetic benchmarks, our overall impression is that the OS runs well with the current SoC, and we didn't notice any major slowdowns or hiccups. It's absolutely capable of carrying out your day-to-day usage but don't expect gaming to be smooth on this one. It just doesn't have the horsepower.
GeekBench 5 (multi-core)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Redmi 9T
1400 - Motorola Moto G30
1265 - Motorola Moto G10 Power
1144 - Motorola Moto G10
1139 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
495
GeekBench 5 (single-core)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Redmi 9T
307 - Motorola Moto G30
306 - Motorola Moto G10 Power
247 - Motorola Moto G10
247 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
131
GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (offscreen 1080p)
Higher is better
- Motorola Moto G30
20 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
19 - Motorola Moto G10 Power
15 - Motorola Moto G10
14 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
9.3
GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Motorola Moto G30
34 - Motorola Moto G10 Power
25 - Motorola Moto G10
25 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
17 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
16
3DMark SSE Vulkan 1.0 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Motorola Moto G30
1142 - Xiaomi Redmi 9T
1107 - Motorola Moto G10 Power
819 - Motorola Moto G10
818 - Samsung Galaxy A02s
489
Almost stock Android 11
Software-wise, the main appeal of Motorola phones remains the clean Android UI. That doesn't mean that the company relies solely on the built-in Android features—quite the opposite. Motorola has tried to implement just a couple of features that are actually useful without too much fluff.
General UI
We've got the usual screen-off gestures for launching the camera, the flashlight and wake up the screen once you touch the phone. There's also a good old feature that has since become relatively scarce - Attentive Display. It looks for your face, and it will prevent the screen from dimming and turning off as long as you are looking at the handset. It's handy if you've set a short screen timeout and you are reading a long article.
Additional Moto features
If you are into customizations, Motorola's latest software allows you to change the accent color, icons, fonts and even the quick toggles in the notification shade.
More Moto features and customizations
Naturally, since the phone comes with Android 11 out of the box, it carries some of the OS' intrinsic features such as one-time permission handling, conversation and priority grouping for the notification cards and more importantly, notification bubbles for the apps that support it. It's just like Messenger's chat heads, but they are now native to the system.
Camera samples
Interested in getting a sneak peek of the camera's performance in stills and videos? We've got a couple of samples to show off, but we will leave the actual assessment for the full review.
Camera samples: Main • Ultrawide • Main • Ultrawide
Here are some 48MP shots as well.
48MP samples
A video sample is at hand as well. It's 1080p since the chipset can't do 4K.
Early verdict
If you look at the Moto G10 Power as a standalone phone, which isn't a successor to the G8 Power and G9 Power, it's seems like a well-priced endurance champion. At INR 9,500 starting price, the device wants to beat all of its low-end competitors with a killer battery life, and it has every bit of chance to do so. Even Xiaomi's Redmi 9 Power asks INR 1,000 more but with a more sensible Snapdragon 662 on board and a higher-res panel.
The Moto G10 Power undercuts a large portion of the competition with its aggressive pricing, but the relatively weak chipset might be a deal-breaker. It could all be well worth it if battery life is unbeatable, and by the looks of it, it has the potential. The battery and SoC aside, the Moto G10 Power's two main selling points remain - it has a small 6.5-inch screen and offers a pure Android 11 experience.
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