Motorola Moto G13 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Motorola Moto G13 - balanced but not outstanding

Motorola has vast experience in developing smartphones of various price categories, but sometimes even true masters of their craft make mistakes. The hero of today's review can hardly be called unsuccessful, because he is devoid of obvious shortcomings. Unfortunately, it does not actually have any serious competitive advantages.

Designers were able to create, if not original, then a memorable appearance of the device. Its attractiveness lies in the camera unit borrowed from the flagships, a convenient side fingerprint sensor and eye-pleasing colors of the cases. Of course, the developer had to make some simplifications to reduce the cost, but I don’t want to scold the device for the inexpensive plastic back panel or the display frames that are visible to the eye. But the quality of the 6.5-inch IPS-screen claims are more justified. If the smoothness of the picture at a refresh rate of 90 hertz and realistic color reproduction is enough for every buyer, then the same words cannot be said about the modest HD + resolution and a small margin of brightness. As a result, you can see individual pixels, and the direct rays of the sun take away most of the visibility.

The technical characteristics were the MediaTek Helio G85 CPU, 4GB of RAM and the Mali G52MC2 video core. The combination of the mentioned components does a good job of reproducing the Android 13 interface, opening most applications. Gamers will also not get bored without the abundance of Android games. Call Of Duty, PUBG, Asphalt 9 - all of the above plays smoothly with medium graphic presets, only extremely resource-intensive projects like Genshin Impact will disappoint with lags and friezes. On the other hand, in the value segment there are already alternatives with more powerful chips from the Dimensity series. The battery received a capacity of 5000mAh, which is a guarantee of one and a half to two days of active operation of the phablet. True, the power of fast charging is limited to 10W, which is ridiculous by today's standards, it will take a long time to be at the outlet. The size of the internal storage has reached 64/128GB, which can be easily increased with MicroSD cards.

The three main photomodules are headed by a 50-megapixel Samsung JN1. This sensor managed to positively establish itself in dozens of affordable gadgets. He organizes productive daytime photo shoots, there is a chance to get a detailed shot with a non-critical amount of noise in the evening. Surprising stereo sound with decent volume and presence of bass. NFC contactless payments are also present. Thus, the device has not so many reasons for criticism, but the presence of more productive and technological opponents calls into question the optimality of its acquisition.