This is especially true if you're looking for long battery life and not too worried about camera quality. The rest of the build is fairly standard, with volume, power, and a fingerprint reader all on the right edge of the phone. However, you should beware - simply resetting your phone to factory settings doesn't guarantee that your information has been destroyed forever.

Design and core components are basic, but you get a really nice screen here, even if it is limited to 60Hz as well as clean software. The ultra-wide one may help with portrait shots, but it produces ultra-wide shots that tend to look a bit blurry. With decades of editorial experience under her belt, she’ll keep you up-to-date and connected through simple, down-to-earth information in the most budget-friendly and sustainable way possible. The button now serves as a functionless fidget toy, which in a way I have come to accept as handy in its own way. Higher frequencies mean a better user experience when browsing the internet and especially when playing games.

You might be looking for a high refresh rate phone – 90Hz – at the budget end of the phone market but you’ll have to look elsewhere for that. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Another important parameter is the processor frequency, which indicates how many instructions the phone can process in one second. The third thing I don't like is the camera which despite trying all the settings takes only average images and often dark, even on easy sunny outdoor shots. The Moto G31 is powered by a MediaTek Helio G85 chipset with 4GB of RAM, and while it's not the slowest of phones out there it's still woeful if you expect too much of it.

Besides the use of Moto gestures, it's a fairly pure form of Android 11, which is certainly appreciated. Tech Advisor's Reviews Editor, Chris has been reviewing all kinds of tech for over 10 years and specialises in audio. And for those loyal to the Google brand, our Google Pixel trade in service ensures you always stay ahead of the curve. Elsewhere, selfies come out fairly well here at least, ensuring this is a camera that's fine if nothing special.OLED technology is now part of most smartphones, while LCD displays are becoming a thing of the past in mobile phones. A punch-hole at the top of the screen offers up the selfie camera lens, but it truly takes up the bare minimum of space - it's literally just the lens.

The cheaper end of the smartphone market is increasingly cluttered, but Motorola's latest effort, the Moto G31, is keen to make a mark among the best cheap phones. It is far from it, but it’s hard to find a phone that looks particularly different from the rest of the market. Don't count on a great macro lens here, but its wide and ultra-wide lenses are suitably effective, with HDR doing its best.This will include a secure, pre-paid postage bag, along with all the information you need to make sure your old Motorola Moto G31 reaches us safely. With this capacity, you may find that if you use your phone heavily, you may need to recharge your phone during the day. To make sure you get the best quality service, we take care of every single step of your Moto G31 trade-in. However, do not forget there are other factors than resolution having impact on the final quality of front camera photos.

This means that the phone can easily handle normal operation and more demanding applications or games.Fellow Motorola phone, the Moto G9 Power, comes in about the same at 311 and 1,371, but it's also older. Lack of 5G and wireless charging, along with subpar performance, means this isn't a phone for future proofing, but for a cheap purchase right now, you could do a lot worse. The battery, which was the main draw of the phone for me, seems to last just fine for now (touch wood). With a large display, phone offers a great experience for watching videos, playing games and reading. It could be a little brighter in bright sunlight, but other than that, it's all pretty sharp and exactly what you'd like from this kind of phone.