Motorola has come a long way and month on month they are launching good to great smartphones.  The Moto G24 Power is the new device that the firm has introduced in India. The MediaTek Helio G85 SoC powers the smartphone. With a 50-megapixel primary sensor at the centre of its dual rear camera setup, it has a 6,000mAh battery that supports 33W TurboPower fast charging. The phone also features a 90Hz dynamic refresh rate hole-punch display. It is constructed of acrylic glass and features an IP52 water-repellent design. In the nation, it comes with a starting price of Rs 8,999. We’ve been testing the Moto G24 Power for over a week now, so let’s see how it held up in our review.

Moto G24 Power Review: Design and Display

First, let’s discuss the form factor. The Moto G24 Power boasts a well-made design and is lightweight and compact. In terms of appearance, the business is dominating. Although it has a plastic back that resembles glass, the material is PMMA with a shimmering appearance. Unlike a glossy surface in general, fingerprints and smudges are more difficult to remove from the back panel. 

The famous Moto Batwing logo and a dual camera module are also located on the phone’s back. This phone’s softly curved back makes it quite pleasant to grasp in the hand. It has flat sides, which have rounded corners, made up of polycarbonate, yet is very premium.

Because of the phone’s ergonomic dimensions and well-distributed weight, even those with little hands won’t experience any problems using it. Moreover, the power and volume buttons on the right side of the frame have a nice tactile feel, which contributes to the device’s easy accessibility and pleasurable use. 

The fingerprint scanner doubles as the power button. A SIM slot on the left side accommodates two nano SIM cards and a USB card for up to 1TB of additional storage. On the top frame is a 3.5mm audio jack, while on the bottom border are the speaker grille, USB Type-C port, and microphone.

On the top centre is a somewhat larger punch-hole selfie camera. It also has a significant chin and narrow bezels. Motorola has added Panda Glass to the smartphone’s front panel to boost durability.

The screen of the Moto G24 Power is a 6.56-inch HD+ IPS LCD. The display features a 120Hz touch sampling rate, 90Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 537 nits.
The screen appears beautiful, and the colour is lively with a decent contrast ratio and overall saturation levels that are pretty excellent. The fonts and icons are also crisp and clear. Although the screen brightness is adequate for usage indoors, it is insufficiently bright for use outdoors in direct sunlight. For casual media viewing, the display is fine. It is certified Widevine L1 in fact. Despite having an HD screen, full HD streaming is possible.

Nonetheless, support for 90Hz refresh rates is available, which has significant implications, particularly while using social media. The capability for a 90Hz refresh rate improves the viewing experience by making the display fluid.

The downward-firing stereo speaker is sufficiently powerful and clear. But if it had had two speakers, that would have been awesome. However, the business has offered stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos at this price range.

Moto G24 Power Review: Performance and Cameras

The Moto G24 Power’s octa-core MediaTek Helio G85 SoC and up to 8GB of LPDR4x RAM provide powerful performance. Up to 16GB of additional RAM can be added to the onboard memory using RAM Boost technology. It also has a 128GB eMMC 5.1 storage capacity, which can be increased to 1TB with a microSD card.

Well, it’s fun to multitask, and launching and closing apps is speedy. The 90Hz refresh rate contributes to the smooth scrolling of the user interface.

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If you love playing Call of Duty or BGMI, you can play games on a low setting. Keep in mind that this is still not a smartphone that can play demanding video games. Other lightweight games like Candy Crush, Subway Surfers, and others can run smoothly on it with ease.

Regarding the software, it is advantageous that Android 14 with My UX on top is included. Security updates for three years will be provided by the company. Bloatware apps and incredibly intrusive games exist, but fortunately, you can delete anything that is not required.

Yes, how could we forget that you get access to all the Moto-exclusive features, such as the gesture controls for the flashlight and camera?

Regarding the cameras, the Moto G24 Power has a dual rear camera arrangement with an f/1.8 aperture and a 50-megapixel primary sensor using Quad Pixel technology. There is also a 2-megapixel macro lens with an f/2.4 aperture. A 16-megapixel front camera with an f/2.45 aperture has been handling selfies.

The main sensors produce really good images. When the lighting is favourable, the 50-megapixel camera captures pictures with decent quality. It generates images that are crisp, bright, and clear with natural colours and a good dynamic range. The 2-megapixel macro should function properly if you use it in areas with adequate illumination.

The skin tone of the selfies is decent, and they only have good dynamic range when taken in well-lit areas.

When zoomed in, we saw that details are retained nicely; aside from that, we like how the phone generally handles human skin tone, especially in portrait mode photos. Our skin tone is a little more natural, but even in terms of edge detection and the background blur, we say superb stuff. Videos can be recorded in 1080p. The good news is that, for this price, video stabilisation is supported and functions well.

These are some samples of the photos we took using this smartphone.

Notable features include a 33W TurboPower fast charging system and a 6,000mAh battery. That should last you at least two days with normal usage. The phone’s battery life fluctuated during our tests, lasting anywhere from two days with light use to over a day with intensive use.

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Verdict

Despite being less than Rs 10,000, the Moto G24 Power has a good design and build. Even with its 6,000mAh battery, the phone doesn’t feel heavy. It has an IP52 rating and a water-repellent construction as well. Out of the box, this is running Android 14. Although it is generally clean, the user interface is laden with several undesirable programmes. You get good camera functionality and output for the price. Although not flawless, the games can be played. There were frequent lags when we were gaming. It has an FM radio, which is a plus.

The massive 6,000mah battery that comes with it may run the device for 1.5–2 days, or longer, depending on usage. It also includes a 33W rapid charger. Generally, smartphones priced under Rs 10,000 lack support for fast charging. For a starting price of Rs 8,999, the smartphone distinguishes itself from the competition with these features.