Moto G60 review : It’s rare to find a smartphone with a 108-megapixel camera under Rs 20,000, but it seems anything is possible. There are three smartphones in the market that come with a 108-megapixel primary camera under Rs 20,000. The most affordable smartphone is the Moto G60 priced at Rs 17,999. Has Motorola done a good job with this phone or are there some shortcomings? I tested the Moto G60 to find out.
Moto G60 price in India
The Moto G60 is priced at Rs 17,999 in India and is available in a single configuration with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Motorola has offered the Moto G60 in two colours: Dynamic Gray and Frosted Champagne.
Moto G60 Design
The Moto G60 is part of the recently revamped Moto G series and is aimed at the sub-Rs 20,000 price segment. It is a big smartphone with a 6.8-inch display. The display has noticeable bezels all around and a large camera hole at the top which may distract some people. The phone is 9.8mm thick and weighs 225 grams, so it is difficult to use with one hand. The phone has a plastic body but it doesn’t feel cheap.
Motorola has placed all the buttons on the right side of the Moto G60. The power and volume buttons are well placed but the dedicated Google Assistant button is hard to reach. The power button has a textured finish while the Google Assistant button is curved which makes them recognizable only by touch. There is only a SIM tray on the left side. Motorola could have moved the Google Assistant button to the left side given the available space.
The 3.5mm headphone jack and secondary microphone are at the top, while the USB Type-C port, speaker, and primary microphone are at the bottom. As I mentioned earlier, the Moto G60 is available in Dynamic Gray and Frosted Champagne, and I had the first one which has a funky-looking turquoise camera module. The glossy finish of the rear panel makes it a fingerprint magnet. The Frosted Champagne version has a matte finish that should be able to prevent fingerprints better.
The weight and bulkiness of the Moto G60 is partly due to the 6,000mAh battery that Moto has packed in. Motorola has bundled a 20W charger in the box, which feels slower than the 50W charger that comes with the Realme 8 Pro.
Moto G60 specifications and software
The Moto G60 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G processor, which also powers competitors such as the Redmi Note 10 Pro. The processor comes paired with 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of uMCP storage. There is only one configuration of the Moto G60 in India, and those who need more storage will have to use the hybrid dual-SIM tray. The Moto G60 accepts cards up to 1TB, but using one will cost you a second nano-SIM slot.
The Moto G60’s large display has a full-HD+ resolution, along with support for HDR10 and a 120Hz maximum refresh rate which is the highest on any Moto G series smartphone yet. The refresh rate is set to auto by default which lets the phone switch between 60Hz and 120Hz automatically. You get Bluetooth 5, NFC, dual-band Wi-Fi, dual 4G VoLTE, and six navigation systems.
Moto G60 performance and battery life
The Moto G60 gave me no reason to complain, and it could handle my usage quite easily. I could multitask and the phone showed no signs of slowing down. The LCD panel isn’t as vibrant as the AMOLED panels that some competitors use at this price level, but the high refresh rate is a plus. Motorola’s capacitive fingerprint scanner unlocks the smartphone quickly.
I ran our standard set of benchmarks to see how the Moto G60 performs against the competition, and in particular, the Realme 8 Pro (Review). In AnTuTu 9, the Moto G60 scored 2,90,182 points. In Geekbench 5’s single-core and multi-core tests, it scored 540 and 1441 points respectively. It also scored well in graphics benchmarks like GFXBench, with 17fps and 75fps in the car chase and T-Rex scenes respectively. These scores are better than the Realme 8 Pro, which is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor. The Moto G60 has a bit more power, but I can’t say the same about battery life.