Motorola has a minimum of eight fashions inside its Moto G vary, spanning from the Moto G82 on the high right down to the Moto G13. 4 of those eight fashions have been introduced extra not too long ago, with the Moto G73 main the newest releases, intently adopted by the Moto G53.

Each the Moto G53 and Moto G73 are 5G gadgets, whereas the extra price range Moto G23 and G13 are 4G handsets. We’ve seen the Moto G73 within the flesh too and we have been impressed by how far the standard Moto G that first launched in 2013 has come. Right here although, we’re all in regards to the Moto G53. These are our first impressions.

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Motorola Moto G53

First impressions

The Motorola Moto G53 has loads of promise for its worth. There is a pretty light-weight design with a giant show, an honest sized battery and a superb digicam spec. Now we have excessive hopes the Moto G53 might be a strong performer and an excellent possibility to decide on in case your price range is beneath £/$200. We nonetheless want to check this gadget in full for our ultimate verdict however for now, issues are wanting good.

Design

• 162.7 x 74.7 x 8.2mm, 183g
• Water-repellant
• Three color choices: Ink Blue, Artic Silver, Pale Pink

The very first thing we observed in regards to the Motorola Moto G53 was simply how extremely gentle it was. This can be a smartphone that regardless of its moderately massive measurement could be very manageable to carry.

It seems good too. There’s maybe nothing ground-breaking about its design – you will not discover any fancy lights on the again just like the RealMe GT 3 or a clear again just like the Nothing cellphone (1) however for its worth, you get a contemporary design that doesn’t look too dissimilar from some flagships 3 times the worth.

It is a plastic body and a plastic again, identical to the Moto G73, which in fact explains why it is so pretty and lightweight. The highest left nook of the rear sees a digicam housing with two lenses, and there is the signature ‘M’ brand within the centre, distinguishing it as a Moto gadget.

On the entrance, you will discover a centralised punch gap digicam on the high of the show, and wonderful slim bezels across the edges of the display screen, besides the underside of the G53 the place the chin is a little bit wider. That is additionally fairly customary for Motorola smartphones so it is not a stunning characteristic. It is a little bit like Sony providing bigger bezels on the high and backside of their shows as its signature.

There is not any official IP score right here so it is most likely finest to not bathe with the Moto G53, although it does supply water resistance so it ought to survive a puddle or a little bit rain.

On the backside, you will discover a USB-C charging port, whereas the ability button with a built-in fingerprint sensor and the quantity rocker are on the appropriate edge. The left edge in the meantime has the SIM tray.

Show

• 6.5-inch, IPS LCD
• 1600 x 720 pixels, 270ppi
• 120Hz refresh fee

The Motorola Moto G53 has a 6.5-inch show so that you get a pleasant massive display screen right here. It is a little bit smaller than the Moto G73 which has a 6.7-inch display screen nevertheless it’s nonetheless an honest measurement.

The decision is not the best on the market, set at 1600 x 720 pixels, which delivers a pixel density of 270ppi. Evaluate it side-by-side with a flagship gadget and also you would possibly discover some element is softer on the G53, although for day-to-day use, it ought to greater than suffice.

It is also an IPS LCD show so whereas usually not as vibrant and punchy as OLED, we did not foresee any points with it throughout our first impressions. It supplied a superb degree of brightness, respectable colors and good viewing angles from what we have been capable of inform.

There is a 120Hz refresh fee too – which is spectacular for a price range gadget. It is not at all times one thing we’ve got discovered instantly noticeable when reviewing gadgets, nevertheless it ought to enable for a smoother expertise for sure duties, like scrolling or gaming.

{Hardware} and efficiency

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 480+, 5G
• 4/6/8GB RAM, 64/128GB storage, microSD as much as 1TB
• 5000mAh battery
• Android 13

Beneath the hood, the Motorola Moto G53 is supplied with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480+ platform, which runs on an 8nm course of. There are 5G capabilities as we talked about beforehand and there are a couple of totally different variants out there.

You possibly can select between 4GB, 6GB and 8GB of RAM (area dependent) with the 4GB mannequin providing 64GB of storage and the opposite variants that includes 128GB. All fashions have microSD assist for storage enlargement although – one thing most flagship smartphones do not supply anymore in order that’s an excellent choice to have.

Elsewhere on the {hardware} entrance, there is a 5000mAh battery on board, which is an honest measurement and will see the common customers by a day and night not less than. Wired charging tops out at 18W for some areas and 10W for others. It is due to this fact not the quickest on the block with some gadgets now providing 240W charging. That mentioned, when you cost your gadget at evening when you sleep, quick charging can be one thing you will not discover so that is positively not a deal breaker.

You will additionally discover assist for Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac. When it comes to biometrics, there is a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, as we talked about above.

On the software program entrance, the Moto G53 runs Android 13 and it’s extremely near inventory Android with minimal bloatware. You will discover a Moto app that lets you change up plenty of preferences, however on the entire, you are getting an virtually vanilla Android expertise.

We in fact could not take a look at the battery and efficiency of the Moto G53 throughout our temporary period of time with it however we’ll make sure you do that throughout our full overview.

Cameras

• 50MP primary digicam, f/1.8
• 2MP macro digicam, f/2.4
• 8MP/16MP entrance digicam

The Motorola Moto G53 comes with a twin rear digicam comprised of a 50-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture and 0.64µm pixels, and a 2-megapixel macro sensor with f/2.4 aperture.

That is not a nasty decision for a primary digicam, although a excessive decision does not mechanically translate to nice footage in order that’s one thing to remember. Usually quite a bit comes right down to processing and never simply the sensor so we might be testing the Moto G53’s digicam setup in full once we come to overview it.

There are some promising specs right here although and we suspect that in good lighting circumstances, the Moto G53 will supply the sort of efficiency we’d anticipate at this finish of the market, however we’ll replace this piece as soon as we’ve got skilled it in a variety of circumstances.

On the entrance, there’s an 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture, or a 16-megapixel sensor with f/2.2 aperture relying on the mannequin variant. Each the entrance and rear cameras supply as much as 1080p video recording at 30fps.

First impressions

The Motorola Moto G53 has loads of promise for its worth. There is a pretty light-weight design with a giant show, an honest sized battery and a superb digicam spec.

Now we have excessive hopes the Moto G53 might be a strong performer and an excellent possibility to decide on in case your price range is beneath £/$200. We nonetheless want to check this gadget in full for our ultimate verdict however for now, issues are wanting good.