Moto G Pure vs Moto G Play (2021) - Who Will Win?

[@kamontaehill681]

I love Motorola. They're coming back strong 💪🏾💪🏾

[@hman6159]

No really, they are getting worse and brands like Xiaomi offer the same software support and loads better specs for the price

[@jimmyz3057]

@@hman6159 Yeah they are going for low end processors now. After all the times they used great decent processers they are using low power ones

[@viciousdiablo4198]

The only Motorola making a come back Is LG is stop making phones Lg had budget phones way b4 Motorola Ad the endnd up loseing money cuz they were selling many budget phone Ad now everyone goin Motorola budget So what goina happened? Probably the samething as LG

[@teslafan9074]

True I have the moto g play since April 9 2021

[@viciousdiablo4198]

@@teslafan9074 ya sense LG gone bc of low budget phone now Motorola got low budget phones next they going to bankrupt in the next 5ys

[@johndance1362]

HSN is selling the Moro G Pure for $69.99 with one year of service and 1500 minutes of calling, 1500 texts and 1.5 gb. of Data with free shipping by Christmas. Cheap on some ends, but for grandma and grandpa it's not such a bad deal. I swap them out and never have any phone bill. But that's just me. I'm an old bastard on a fixed income!😺

[@JoeC5050]

I like Moto phones.. Wish they release compact phones too.. 5..5 to 5.7" range with good specs,.

[@ryanelliott822]

I just got my pure today as a temporary phone till my iphone is fixed.I will say I hate how big it is but it was free so I can't complain

[@Excalibur2]

Exactly, I enjoy the smaller size giving comfortable one handed use, plus fits better in the pocket.

[@Jeffnardo62]

Moto e 6 from a couple of years ago is smaller. Runs excellent for a low budget device .

[@MyPigletFarts]

My 1st motorola phone i jus ordered moto g pure free from my carrier upgrade. Coming from a Samsung note 4 on Andriod 6. Altho camera wnt be as amazing as Note 4 n the bench marks are wayyy different, im glad i have a new phone getting in the mail within 3 business days so maybe by Wed of next week i should have it! Thanks for the review

[@ruslanbollaev5864]

I've had Moto G pure and Power now I got a Play. I'd say Plays 90hz screen, with slightly more powerful CPU and GPU, plus extra 2 MP depth sensing camera is still an advantage. I'd say G play is incredible for under 200 bucks. PS: I paid 155cad +tax.. haha

[@MystiquePines]

Thanks for this review! I'm wanting to get my parents new phones for Christmas, and since my dad prefers moto and my mom doesn't care what brand, and since they're not heavy phone users, these two became my main two options. Really is making me lean towards the Play ngl update: purchased the 2 Plays, will update on how they like it after Christmas!

[@Excalibur2]

how'd it go?

[@MystiquePines]

@@Excalibur2 It went great! They both really enjoyed their new phones once they learned how to operate them haha. It was a pretty major upgrade since their old phones were over 5 years old, so it took a couple of weeks for them to learn how to navigate the swipe control. Definitely was a great buy on my part.

[@Excalibur2]

@@MystiquePines nice, thanks for sharing! I'm thinking I'll get the moto g play soon. I tried a budget Samsung but it came with a bad charging port, plus it was hard going away from the shake to turn on light. I surprisingly used that enough that it was annoying to lose it

[@jonfreeman9682]

Great review Kevin. With LG gone Moto is my go to budget phone. But they release so many phones that all look alike it's hard to tell the difference. The Pure with such a low powered chip must give epic battery life compared to the Play.

[@dargongokugoku7899]

Hello Kevin. Very Happy to watch your video!

[@dargongokugoku7899]

Hello Kevin. Can I ask you a question? My company brought a new wifi rounter, and this new router is 5GHz frequent. My phone cannot catch 5GHz wifi router, so I have to by a new phone. I searched online and I found Moto G Fast and Moto G Power can catch the 5GHz wifi. The sales recommended me to buy Galaxy A02S, but I check Galaxy A02S online it is not compatible with 5GHz wifi. It just support 2.4GHz. Is that correct? Can you help check it Please?

[@juniorg8507]

Awesome! I was waiting for you to drop this V.S ! Both r awesome I love my Moto ▶️ tho !💙

[@crazyfun5150]

The sad thing is I used to be a huge fan of Motorola. But lately they cut corners on things like having a 720p display, having a mono speaker, 60 hertz refresh rate, and having awful cameras often with no ultra wide camera. And I get they are budget devices, but Motorola needs to evolve and give you more value for your money.

[@KevinBreeze]

They’re definitely taking advantage of their close connections with the various carriers and their name recognition.

[@devilkazumi578]

Sounds like LG

[@bray32641]

well the problem with that is Motorola will never come anywhere near the $150, with the evolution that your suggesting, besides if you want a hi resolution screen and widescreen cameras unfortunately you're going to have to pay a little more and I'd say get something like Moto g stylus and the only way you're going to get a higher refresh rate on the screen is if you go a little higher around 5 to $700 for the edge, because at the end of the day all that stuff that you prefer you're just never going to get in a budget phone let alone $150 phone at least not right now now I'd say maybe that might be possible in the near future when the price of parts go down, but you can't really get mad at Lenovo for that, there's just trying to build phones that people can afford, so I don't understand why you would expect lenovo to be able to build something with more than 720p 60hz display at $150 price point because it's just not possible to source parts that cheap unless you want inferior crap from China as if we don't already get enough of that, I say for what's on offer and $150 I'd argue that Lenovo offers a lot of that price point aside from the fact that there might be other devices on the market at the same price will slightly better specs I'll bet a year or too old and out of date version Android

[@Excalibur2]

That sounds like good things to me. 720, I've come to realize I can't tell most of the time, and it performs better with lower resolution to render. Same with refresh rate - I don't know if I could tell the difference unless I had 2 phones side by side past 60 fps. The only complaint I have is that I wish the speaker was front facing and had a better camera.

[@MrET114]

@@KevinBreeze I have the Moto G Pure from AT&T.

[@petermacias19]

Kevin which phone is better ?

[@jam92es]

Excellent comparison, thanks!

[@rebeckhar9389]

Thank you for your well informed and detailed review, which makes my decision process easier.

[@mike.4277]

Yes the Moto g pure is getting the Android 12 update. Not sure if the play is.

[@rick00770]

Good phone for general use. Does most of what I need. I saved money on plan and phone. Yes moto is stepping up there game. Iv had some high end phones, just left the iphone SE. Because of small screen. I'm impressed with these phone, iv got the pure.

[@patsmith2159]

Watched this video on the Pure! Great phone! I am loving it better than Samsung A21!

[@Coolbudgie20]

Which one would you say is better for playing games? Like Roblox or something

[@elky1964]

Thx for the comparison Kevin found it kinda interesting. Why? See no point in releasing something like the G Pure at this point and time when there's already the G Play as it's just another downgraded device of sorts due to the SoC being used. Then, one looks at the 2020 Moto G Fast w/better GeekBench scores than both (Snapdragon 665), 16MP main camera capable of 4K video capture, 8MP ultrawide, 8MP selfie. After purchasing/experiencing a couple 2020 Moto G's had pretty high hope for the brand going into 2021 but to-date not even coming close to impressing. And the rumoured G Power (2022) ain't making it sound like we'll be any better off in 2022 neither such a shame.

[@KevinBreeze]

I totally agree! They really set the value bar high with the Moto G Fast and then went downhill from there 🙄

[@Jeffnardo62]

The best feature on the moto g play is the 2 + day battery life. 13 minutes of you talking and did you even mention that ? Also why can't you run these phones on wifi and show them both in action ? Open some apps , KZbin , Google chrome web browser,etc. If you're going to compare these phones show people what they can do not just list the specs of each phone. You spend way too much time listing specs and nothing else.

[@bray32641]

the one thing to keep in mind is while the processors is better on the play the GPU on the pure as three times as powerful so considering both these processors have identical clock speeds even though the Snapdragon threads better and more efficiently gaming wise I'm willing to bet that the power VR is going to beat the adreno hand's down when it comes to gaming performance, and I back that up with the sheer fact that I'm actually able to get PSP emulation specifically vice City stories runs way better on the power VR versus the play that I used to have

[@vinceedwards575]

Funny thing.. people THINK they get a good deal on a phone from a carrier.. BUT pay an additional $15 a month for service verse a different carrier.. so over a year that is an extra $180..$360 if you keep the phone 2 years.

[@UwUAveythyst]

That is IF You Don't Cancel Your Service Mind You.

[@lisapoore4156]

It’s a nice review Kevin it’s awesome too . 🤗👍🦋🌈🦋🌈🤩🙂

[@KingdomUploader]

Loving your videos man - I'm about to sign up and get that pure for free but I first must know this - if I add an SD card full of videos, movies - will they playback smoothly on the Pure? Thanks

[@johndance1362]

I'd prefer a better phone but for $69.99, I'll live with it. That's if I love that long. Good luck on whatever phone you end up with! Thanks for the side by side

[@MintySynth]

Would this phone be good for a 14 year old?

[@lanab.1456]

Which phone would you pick between moto g play 2021 and Samsung a12? Thanks!

[@VegitoBlackityBlack]

Samsung

[@devkantilal6266]

What is the screen on time of moto G Pure? How much does it last ?

[@lisapoore4156]

Iam getting a Motorola G pure in blue l will love that phone ilove this video also it’s a amazing too . 🙂👍😇🌈🦋🌈🦋

[@shakirabells6955]

im looking a budget phone i have this phone the frist phone i have last 7 years never play games just call and texting the second phone still work but i cannot use call anymore because they told me my phone is 3g you need to up grade to 4 g or 5 g im disappointed but i have no choice to look whats affordables phones i hate to pay a high price phone

[@erickthomason9292]

I tell everyone that if you can't shake it to turn the flashlight on then i ain't messing with it. I ONLY buy moto phones for 1 reason. Shake it baby!

[@elanem6212]

Does the moto g pure have expandable memory vs the moto g play because the seller doesn’t mention that and I ended up ordering the play but I don’t know if I’m going to like it my first choice was the pure. I stopped the order and ordered the play. Please confirm about memory card slot.

[@Emeljay518]

yes it does

[@spidergloo2708]

moto g pure is confirmed by Motorola that will get a definite Android 12 update, meanwhile Moto G Play is yet to be confirmed, my guess the Play will not get an Android 12 update.

[@lindajackson6544]

Hi Kevin, Im couponer and need a phone that will autofocus on bar codes. I bought a phone that said it had autofocus but it did not focus on barcodes. Can you tell me if either of those phones will autofocus. Can you try it for me with a bar code? thanks

[@Hoppa_Joel]

Hello, a friend of mine, just got a Moto G Pure with her provider. I am an artist and I have some designs on redbubble that my friend wanted, but neither her nor I know if any of the phone cases redbubble offers will fit the moto g pure. Do you or anyone know which samsung case redbubble offers might be compatible? and if it isn't do you know of a print on demand site where I coudl set up my art for her? Thank you in advance for the help!

[@NorthStar55C1]

Have you about the 2022 Moto G Power? It has a 90Hz Display but still a 720p and no ultrawide..

[@KevinBreeze]

Yes! I’m going to get one as soon as I can :)

[@hman6159]

@@KevinBreeze Motorola is gettin worse, i wish they would make it great like the 2020 Motorola g power

[@maxkelter3561]

It just seemed in the video that the Pure was longer than the other phone? Nice. Do like the Motto quality brand over Samsung.

[@KevinBreeze]

It might have had something to do with how I was holding the phones, but they’re the same size.

[@rebeckhar9389]

@@KevinBreeze I thought the same thing as well; however, it appears that the App Icons are slightly bigger on the Moto G Pure.

[@shahabmoghen]

How can now how control these phon?

[@armand4189]

Huh? Don't understand your question.

[@EricDavis_2]

I like both but i would pick the g play 2021 over the pure

[@Jeffnardo62]

No android 12 on the G play as of now. Doubt it ever gets it.

[@BanditRider86]

Sad stupid Motorola!

[@SuperStar-jx2ie]

Unfortunately my Motorola g fast has water damage and the tech Guy have no ideas how to even fix its been there for 2 months My mom have the e and it's fine I love how nice the Motorola camera is

[@BobStoneIsCool3]

I really wish motorola at least put the snapdragon 450 in it or something similar to it because the helio g25 is really slow and for an extra $10 id just buy the g play its way better , faster and has a bigger battery so clearly the g power is better

[@rslashteenagers]

Don't need to compare, switch to #TeamVisible and swap for the Moto G Pure for free :)

[@KevinBreeze]

I like Visible! How long have you been with them?

[@rslashteenagers]

@@KevinBreeze Since yesterday :D so far so good. I was with them in 2020 but mint had a good deal so I switched away until this deal popped up.

[@Stripes404]

I got it for free but on Tracfone

[@dannysmith6035]

Smart view is AWESOME!

[@KaizoOfficial.]

Bro moto g play better for gaming moto g pure sucks at gaming I have moto g pure and my sister have play her game don't lag but mine dose :(

[@PERIL_66]

number 15. the moto g pure