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The Moto G Play (2021), for $170. There’s a rear fingerprint reader, a top headphone jack, and a teardrop front camera mount. [credit: Motorola ]
Motorola has announced most of its 2021 lineup all at once, so we have a big pile of phones to sift through. Meet the Moto G Play (2021), Moto G Power (2021), Moto G Stylus (2021), and Motorola One 5G Ace. These names all really roll off the tongue.
There’s no way we’re making sense of this without a big table, so here we go:
| Moto G Play (2021) | Moto G Power (2021) | Moto G Stylus (2021) | Motorola One 5G Ace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTING PRICE | $169.99 | $199.99 / $249.99 | $299.99 | $399.99 |
| SCREEN | 6.5-inch 1600×720p LCD | 6.6-inch 1600×720p LCD | 6.8-inch 2400×1080 LCD | 6.7-inch 2400×1080 LCD |
| CPU | Snapdragon 460 (Four 1.8GHz Cortex A73 cores, four A53 cores, 11nm) |
Snapdragon 662 (Four 2GHz, Cortex A73 cores, four A53 cores, 11nm) |
Snapdragon 678 (two 2.2GHz Cortex A76 cores, six A53 cores, 11nm) |
Snapdragon 750G 5G (two Cortex 2.2GHz A77 cores, six A55 cores, 8nm) |
| RAM | 3GB | 3GB or 4GB | 4GB | 6GB |
| STORAGE | 32GB | 32GB or 64GB | 128GB | 128GB |
| CAMERA | 13MP Main 2MP Depth 5MP Front |
48MP Main 2MP Depth 2MP Macro 8MP Front |
48MP Main 8MP Wide Angle 2MP Macro2MP Depth 16MP Front |
48MP Main 8MP Wide Angle 2MP Macro 16MP Front |
| PORTS | USB-C, headphone jack | |||
| BATTERY | 5000mAh | 5000mAh | 4000mAh | 4000mAh |
| NFC | No | No | No | Yes |
If we compare this to last year’s lineup that was announced around this time, the cheapest phone used to be the $150 Moto E (2020) and now it’s the Moto G Play (2021) at $170. That extra $20 includes a big battery upgrade from 3550mAh to 5000mAh, an extra GB of RAM, and an upgrade from Micro-USB to the modern world of USB-C. Everything has a big 5000mAh battery other than the Moto G Stylus, which has to carve out some space for storage of the eponymous stylus.
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