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Motorola Moto G - new budget smartphone champion?
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Settings - Data usage and make sure the mobile data slide is to the left.
My father has just picked up a 3rd gen. Sadly he didn't wait for the 2gb version 
In any case he cannot use it yet, as he is awaiting a smaller SIM.
It should be a decent upgrade to what he was using, and my parents will be all Motorola, with my mother already having the latest Moto E.
In any case he cannot use it yet, as he is awaiting a smaller SIM.
It should be a decent upgrade to what he was using, and my parents will be all Motorola, with my mother already having the latest Moto E.
My father has just picked up a 3rd gen. Sadly he didn't wait for the 2gb version
In any case he cannot use it yet, as he is awaiting a smaller SIM.
It should be a decent upgrade to what he was using, and my parents will be all Motorola, with my mother already having the latest Moto E.
Trim the sim. I did it with mine and it works a treat. Use a stanley/scalpal blade and a cutting board.
Thanks, got it.
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I don't really don't think this can be considered a 'Budget price to performance phone' any more tbh, it seems Motorola are trying to cash in on the popularity of the Moto G brand these days, £170 for 8gb storage and 1gb ram?
It can be had from Clove for £160, but you're right, from Motorola a 50% increase is quite a jump.
Early impressions are it's probably similar or maybe even better value than the original. I wasn't impressed with 2 Gen, kept the original in fact, but 3rd gen will be taking over.
Early impressions are it's probably similar or maybe even better value than the original. I wasn't impressed with 2 Gen, kept the original in fact, but 3rd gen will be taking over.
Indeed, you could always order a Free sim from 3 and then when you get to a shop say you got a existing sim already and I don't think they will charge for the top up either.
Tesco have them at £140 and £150. The cheaper one is Tesco branded I guess.
I've done a few comparison video's now. Strange how it benchmarks so low, but is so fluid in use.
I've done a few comparison video's now. Strange how it benchmarks so low, but is so fluid in use.
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Still even at that price it's not amazing value for money imo, I bought a Moto G 1st Gen for £139 when it first came out and that was for the 16gb version (I'm sure you could get it for £129), 8gb is unusable for a 'smartphone' imo, and also 1gb ram in this day and age for that price is a joke.
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Still waiting for the update to 5.1 for the moto g 1st gen.
Odd? I've had it on my for ages now, mind you I did convert it to the GPE edition.
Tempted in getting the 3rd gen but I do like the smaller size of the 1st gen
Yeah, that was kinda my point. For the first big update, the Tesco version of the ROM got the update before GPE. I seem to recall before some Nexus devices. Now it's gone back to GPE being first.
Still waiting for the update to 5.1 for the moto g 1st gen.
Have not got it here either, still 5.0.2