Moto G45 5G Revision: Middle Rank Performance, Affordable Price

Moto G45 5G launched in India last month as the latest incorporation of the company into the G series of smartphones. It is the spiritual successor of the Moto G34 who arrived in India earlier this year and presents some hardware adjustments and improvements. A Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chipset feeds the G45 5G motorcycle and has an IPS LCD screen with an 120Hz update speed. The telephone rear panel has a vegan leather finish. Compete with smartphones at similar prices such as IQOO Z9X and Realme Narzo 70x 5g.

This phone is available in 4GB+128 GB and 8GB+128 GB of RAM and storage variants that have a price of RS. 10,999 and 12,999, respectively. The company provided us with a Moto G45 5G review unit with 8 GB of memory.

Moto G45 5G Design: It seems familiar

• Dimensions – 162.7 x 74.64 x 8.03 mm
• Weight – 183g
• Colors – Bright blue (in this review), bright green and live magenta

If you hold the G45 5G motorcycle and the slightly older G34 motorcycle one next to the other, you will see many similarities between them in terms of design. The new telephone has a vegan leather finish on the rear panel, which facilitates the grip if you prefer to use your phone without a protective cover.

Moto G45 5G has a rear panel with a vegan leather finish

The Moto G45 5G nickname is not mentioned in the rear panel, and the only way you can say that it is a Motorola phone is the batwing logo found in the center of the screen. The phone has flat edges made of plastic, and the upper edge includes the Dolby Atmos logo.

The island of the camera on the G45 5G motorcycle is located on the upper left edge of the rear panel, and the phone staggers a little when it places it on a flat surface. Fortunately, the phone comes with a transparent TPU case, which is responsible for this problem. The lower edge of the phone has a 3.5 mm headphones connector, a USB type C port and a speaker rack. The G45 5G motorcycle is also sent with a type A USB cable and a 20 W load adapter.

G45 5G motorcycle software: contains bloatware, spam notification

• Software – My UX
• Version – Android 14
• Last security patch – June 1, 2024

Like other Motorola budget phones, this smartphone presents My Ux Skin of the company, based on Android 14. The phone does not seem to have any bloatware at the system level that cannot be uninstall, but download applications and place a promotional application Folders (purchases, entertainment, GameShub) on the home screen: they can manually disable.

The phone will also ask you to turn on a view complement that activates a permanent place on the lock screen that shows weather and news updates. You can turn off this, even if you accidentally turn it on while configuring the phone. You must also disable the Motohub application to prevent the phone from sending it to send to send spam to somewhat irrelevant news.

Moto G45 5G runs on Android 14 with the company’s My UX interface

The G45 5G motorcycle comes with characteristics in the other smartphones of the company, including family space, Moto Unplugged and Moto Secure. Some of these applications are quite useful, especially the safe characteristics of the folder and the protection of phishing and rapid motorcycle gestures that allow it to alternate several characteristics or perform actions on the phone.

The G45 5G motorcycle will be updated to Android 15 at some point in 2025, and the phone will receive two years of security updates every two months, according to the company. Most phones are promised at this price to receive a great Android update, with the exception of the Samsung Galaxy A15 5G, which will obtain two Android updates and four years of security updates.

Moto G45 5G Performance: above average

• Processor – Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
• MEMORY – UP TO 8GB
• Storage – 128 GB (UFS 2.2)

Like the most expensive G85 motorcycle, this telephone also works with Snapdragon 6s Gen 3, a 6nm Qualcomm chipset that is a renowned version of the Snapdragon 695 Socis of three years. While it was disappointing to see the processor on the G85 motorcycle, when the competition was equipped with 4NM chips, it is more acceptable in this price segment.

This phone can easily handle daily tasks, including navigation on the web and social networks, respond to emails and play light games. Some applications took just over a second to open when they were loaded for the first time, but there were no problems reopening applications.

G45 5G motorcycle performance is on par with phones with a similar price

Games like BGMI are executed in the HD configuration and a ‘high’ photogram of default, while I could play asphalt legends: unite in the default settings. I did not notice any important problem with stuttering or slowness. A gametime motorcycle function is automatically turned on and offers the ability to disable notifications, block calls and optimize other features. You can also choose between balanced, turbo yield modes and to save batteries, but there was no remarkable change in performance when using them.

In synthetic reference tests, the G45 5G motorcycle achieved scores that are on par with smartphones such as the OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite and IQoo Z9X. It also offers the same CPU and GPU performance as the most expensive Moto G85 model of the company.

Here is a practical table that will allow you to compare the G45 5G Moto reference scores with other smartphones that are also available at a similar price.

The smartphone has an HD+ (720×1,600 pixels) LCD screen of 6.5 inches that does not become bright enough when the phone is used to bright sunlight. The adaptive brightness mode responds, which makes rapid adjustments based on environmental lighting levels.

The screen is updated to 120Hz and feel soft and optimized for daily use. The ‘natural’ screen mode seems a bit warmer than other Motorola phones, such as the G85 motorcycle, and ended up choosing the ‘saturated’ mode on the G45 5G motorcycle.

The Moto G45 5G screen does not become very bright while it is outdoors

Moto G45 5G cameras: slow but stable

• Main camera: 50 megapixels, up to 1080p/ 30 fps of video
• Macro camera – 8 megapixels, fixed approach
• Selfie Chamber – 16 megapixel video, up to 1080p/ 30 fps

During the day, the G45 5G motorcycle allows you to capture decent images when there is enough natural light, but the camera takes a little more than a second to capture each image. There is a little noise and softened when it approaches. In extremely bright scenarios, the dynamic range requires a bit of success, with the skies that seem brighter than when the image was captured. There are enough details when it approaches, and there is not much noise or soft.

Moto G45 5G Chamber samples. From top to bottom – day, night, macro (touch images to expand)

The delay in image capture is more pronounced in little light stages, where the Moto G45 5G takes a few seconds to take a photo with the mode of night vision and then process it. This can be a nuisance if you are trying to click on an image with a mobile topic. However, if you can hold the phone during enough time, the phone captures bright images with enough details.

You can also capture images with the 8 megapixel macro camera that allows you to get much more close to your subject. Sometimes fight to concentrate on the subjects, and must continue moving the phone until the image in the viewfinder is clear. Color reproduction is not on par with the main camera: the colors are more saturated, while some brighter areas are overexposed.

The 16 megapixel selfie camera on the G45 5G motorcycle works well during the day, capturing detailed images. The characteristics of ‘beautification’ are also disabled by default, and the application of the camera offers built -in filters when clicking on selfies. The Selfie camera leaves much to be desired in little light stages, capturing images with a lot of noise and softened.

Moto G45 5G is equipped with a dual rear chamber configuration

The 1080p/ 30 fps video recording is compatible with primary and selfies rear cameras, although the former offers much better video quality. If you want to record a video of yourself, it is probably better to use the rear camera with a tripod or gorilposor, since it offers a better balance of whites, contrast and clarity compared to the rear camera. The video recording with little light is poor, even with the stabilization mode enabled.

G45 5G motorcycle battery: very reliable

• Battery capacity – 5,000 mAh
• Cable charge: 18W USB PD
• Loader: 20W (included)

The G45 5G motorcycle weighs more than 180 g, thanks in part to its 5,000 mAh battery, which offers more than a day of use, if you are not attached to your phone. During the time I spent trying the phone, I could get approximately seven hours of screen in time and 15 hours of time before the phone needed another position.

Moto G45 5G easily offers during a day of moderate use

This included about two hours of social media applications, text messages and one hour playing asphalt legends. This is even for the course when it comes to budget smartphones, which have lower resolution screens that do not become very bright.

During our HD video battery loop, the G45 5G motorcycle lasted approximately 23 hours before the battery was completely sold out. He took about two hours and five minutes to load the phone completely using the cargo adapter that is sent with the phone.

Moto G45 5G Review: Verdict

There is a lot of competition in the 5G Budget Smart Telephone segment, and the G45 5G motorcycle is one of several phones that offers a decent experience for less than RS. 12,000. It has no prominent characteristics, but the Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chipset offers performance that is on par with more expensive smartphones.

The G45 5G motorcycle competes with several smartphones in the budget segment

The slow chamber software, the subparte macro chamber and the notification spam are three reasons to avoid buying the G45 5G motorcycle. It offers reliable battery support, but it would have been good to see a faster load on the phone.

If you are not interested in the G45 5G motorcycle, other smartphones to be considered in this price segment with comparable specifications include the IQOO Z9X (Review), Realme C65 5G, Realme Narzo N65 5G, Infinix Hot 50 5g or the Samsung Galaxy old A14 5G.