Auch in der XL-Variante erweist sich das Moto G als preiswertes Smartphone, echte Innovationen bleiben aber aus.

... But the new Moto G 4G for 2015 is not the best phone for either customer, and its larger, higher-resolution screen, marginally improved photography credentials and stereo sound are not enough for us to turn a blind eye to its £60 higher price, slower hardware and missing software features.

... Die Verarbeitung ist sauber, die Größe angenehm kompakt, Akku und Gesprächsqualität überzeugen auf ganzer Linie. Performance, Kamera und Display gehen zwar auch besser, einen echten Totalausfall gibt es aber in keiner dieser Kategorien...

Motorola hat das ohnehin gute Moto G an den richtigen Stellen verbessert, nur bei der Kamera ist noch Luft nach oben.

Interessenten sollten daher klar zum Moto G 2 anstelle des ersten Moto G greifen. Das Moto X 2 schneidet erheblich besser ab, kostet dafür aber auch mehr als doppelt so viel. Bringt man die Preise und Punkte im Test in Relation, so liegt das Preis...

The Moto G offers snappy user experience. It handles high-end games at playable frame-rate. The phone impresses with its sound output too. On the other hand, it has let of of the compactness, we loved its predecessor for. Aesthetics is another critical area, as the design of the new Moto G is a step down from its predecessor. ...

The now-LTE-equipped Motorola Moto G may be a year-old phone, but it's still one of the best Android values on AT&T.

Die zweite Moto-G-Generation bietet einige Neuerungen, die beim Vorgänger fehlten. Bemerkenswert ist vor allem das gestochen scharfe, jedoch etwas dunkle HD-Display – das braucht sogar den Direktvergleich mit dem Retina-Bildschirm eines iPhones nicht scheuen. Außerdem macht der verbaute Kartenschacht das Gerät zur Multimedia-Zentrale für Apps und Medien – sofern Sie die entsprechende microSD-Karte hinzukaufen. ...

[...] Wer sein Smartphone nicht so häufig nutzt, der findet im neuen Motorola Moto G ein grundsolides, preiswertes Android-Smartphone, das ehrgeizigen Mitbewerbern aber mehr Profilierungschancen gibt, als sein Vorgänger.

Motorola continues its strategy with the Moto G2 and once again builds a simple smartphone with stock Android and replaceable covers. The Moto G2 is not a device that is going to be very exciting; it is more of a loyal companion that hardly disappoints you. [...]

Motorola bleibt sich beim Moto G2 treu, baut wieder ein schlichtes Smartphone mit Original-Android und auswechselbaren Covers – soviel Spielerei muss sein. ...

Vom Vorgänger waren wir ziemlich begeistert, auch wenn er Fehler hatte. Da war etwa die fehlende Speicherkartenerweiterbarkeit und die mäßige Kamera. Dafür gab es ein Gerät, das im Alltag absolut flüssig läuft und insgesamt für den niedrigen Preispunkt überraschend hochwertig wirkt. Die Wertigkeit stimmt immer noch, ist sogar noch etwas höher.

The first Moto G might have offered the best value and performance for the money, but its successor comes up short. Despite this, it's still a very good smartphone: it has a decent HD screen, build-quality is good and so is the media player. The device provides excellent responsiveness. However, for a slightly lower price, you can find equivalent models with 4G connectivity, such as the ZTE Grand S Flex.

The price was the key to the original Moto G's success and we suspect it will be a similar story for the 2014 model too. For £150 you get a lot for your money, including a decent display, very good battery life, ample performance and an improved camera, as well as microSD storage expansion and a raw Android operating system experience with some useful extras...

he Moto G is yet more evidence that you don’t need a heaping of bells and whistles and powerful components to make a great smartphone. You can have a perfectly functional device for a mere $180, so that even if you don’t plan to use it as your daily driver it’s worth having just as a backup phone. The Moto G is also available with two SIM slots...

Das Moto G der ersten Generation war ein wirklich tolles Gerät. Auch die zweite Generation ist zu empfehlen. Für 199 Euro bzw. 229 SFr. erhält man viel Smartphone für wenig Geld. Natürlich muss man bei dem Preis auch Abstriche machen. Mir wäre lieber gewesen, wenn Motorola das Display bei 4.5 Zoll belassen, dafür aber den Speicher verdoppelt hätte. ...

Motorola’s unwillingness to increase the new Moto G’s numerical value hints at the fact that this isn’t the type of upgrade we’re accustomed to. ...

Motorola's Moto G (2nd Gen.) is, in few words, the cheapest smartphone flagship on the market. It is rich in features, beautiful in its simplicity and a bargain at $269.

Though it still lacks LTE, the second-generation Motorola Moto G grows up and gets a few welcome upgrades without sacrificing the high-quality experience and low price of its predecessor.

[...] If you’re moving up from an even cheaper phone, updating from a 3- or 4-year-old flagship, or finally ditching that flip phone, you’ll feel like you’ve hit the jackpot.

The new Moto G punches above its weight once again and puts more expensive phones to shame. 4G would be great, but it's not a deal breaker when you consider the price.

Motorola does it again with a top value phone - our only concerns are the ageing internals and the lack of 4G.

[...] It is proof that Motorola is not a one trick pony when it comes to manufacturing great smartphones. Sleek, clever and compact, the Moto G 2014 won't make as many waves as it did in 2013 but its ripples will be felt throughout the budget handset market.

As with the hardware, there's nothing much to write home about when it comes to the software. The Moto G (2nd Gen.) runs the latest version of Android and, as per Motorola's recent strategy, it's clean Android 4.4 (KitKat) with only a few extras sprinkled on the top. Motorola's Assist, Alert and Migrate apps all come preloaded, and there's a guaranteed upgrade to Android L later in the year.

The new Moto G offers up some nice improvements over last year’s model and I am pretty surprised they were able to still keep the price under $200. As long as people can accept the larger size, I think the Moto G will again be an extremely popular smartphone for the masses who don’t want to pay three to nearly five times this amount for a new iPhone 6 model....

With a bigger screen, much better speakers and improved cameras, the new Moto G is a great budget smartphone. It isn't without its rivals, but if you're specifically looking for a budget dual-SIM Android phone, it's a good choice.

As an upgrade to one of the best phones we've had the pleasure of reviewing, the new Moto G still packs in a whole lot for less than £150. The bigger screen, improved camera and addition of a microSD card slot provides more good reasons why this is still the budget phone to go for. ...

The new Moto G isn't just an amazing bargain. It's a sub-£150 phone that gives a surprising number of £200-plus mid-range handsets a real run for their money, and in most cases actually beats them hands down in terms of overall value. We didn't think it was possible to create a better phone than the original Moto G, but the latest version of Motorola's unstoppable handset rightly claims its crown as the new king of budget smartphones. It wins a Best Buy award.

As with the hardware, there's nothing much to write home about here. The Moto G (2nd Gen.) runs the latest version of Android and, as per Motorola's recent strategy, it's clean Android 4.4 (KitKat) with only a few extras sprinkled on the top. Motorola's Assist, Alert and Migrate apps all come preloaded, and there's a guaranteed upgrade to Android L later in the year. ...

If you were to drop it into someone's hands and ask them to guess how much your Motorola Moto G cost, we bet they'd be surprised how affordable it was. Similar to its older brother, the device's main draw is its price. Although it is a competitively priced phone, it doesn't feel or even look like a cheap phone. ...

The Moto G is essentially a pretty decent mid-spec phone but it's the budget price that makes it really special. ...

The Motorola Moto G is one of the best phones of the year, and the first time we’ve seen a phone of this calibre launch at under £200 SIM-free. That it’s so much cheaper than £200 is a minor miracle. This phone deserves to sell by the bucketload. ...

The Motorola Moto G has the screen, power, build and battery to make much more expensive phones jealous. Unless you crave 4G or just fancy the luxury of a top-end phone, the Moto G should definitely be on your shopping list -- at this price, no other phone comes close.

With its 720p screen and 1.2GHz processor, the Motorola Moto G doesn't attempt to challenge the smartphone elite, but those specs are seriously impressive for a phone with such a cheap price tag. ...

At first glance, the Motorola Moto G certainly looks like a good buy for people that haven't got hundreds of pounds to spend but still want a decent phone that will enable them to do most thing that you can do on the flaghship handsets. We were impressed by the screen, and speed, as well as the minimalist. Stay tuned for a full review.