Moto G7 family hands-on review

Moto G7 Power hands-on

The Moto G7 Power advertises its top feature right there in the name - it's got a 5,000mAh power pack for some extra battery life compared to the other non-Power G7s. And to get all the battery speak out of the way, this one too comes with a 15W TurboPower adapter.

On the outside, the G7 Power looks a lot like the G7 and G7 Plus, though it does have a marginally larger footprint and is a bit thicker to fit all that battery, plus it's heavier because of, you know, all that battery.

Difference in size aside, it's a similar sandwich as the other two higher-end models. The Moto G7 Power will be available in Ceramic Black, Marine Blue and Iced Violet gradient color schemes.

The otherwise similarly sized camera circle on the back houses less stuff on the G7 Power than it does on the G7 and G7 Plus. This one only has a single camera and its flash is made up of just one LED as opposed to the dual LED setups of G7 Plus. The fingerprint reader still made the cut.

Not so with the FullHD display, however. The Moto G7 Power keeps the 6.2-inch diagonal of its more upmarket brethren, but gets a lower resolution panel - 720x1512px. Adding insult to injury is a wider notch - unnecessarily wider, we dare say. We weren't raving about the G7 and G7 Plus's waterdrops, and we're certainly not ecstatic about this one either.

Moto G7 Play hands-on

You see, the G7 Play has quite the notch too, in fact it's bigger than on the Power, but we're sort of willing to give it a pass because it holds a front-facing flash too. That's to say we're particularly fond of taking selfies with flashes, it's just that it somewhat justifies the width of the notch. It also makes for a symmetrical look.

Mind you, the notch is big, but the display isn't - the Moto G7 Play is equipped with a 5.7-inch panel with 720p resolution like on the Power. It's got thicker bezels befitting its more budget market positions. Even so, the G7 Play is practically tiny, both compared to the other three 6.2-inch models, and taken out on its own.

It's not just size setting it apart, however. The Play's back is made of matte plastic unlike the other three shiny G7s. It'll be available in Deep Indigo and Fine Gold color schemes, just don't expect this deep indigo to be the same as the fancy deep indigo on the G7 Plus.

Another cost saving measure is the charger in the box. There's no TurboPower for the G7 Play, and it's got a plain 5W adapter bundled - we thought only Apple still made those.