Moto G4 / G4 Plus

biebiebie · 17-05-2016 1:28pm #1

Launched in India today, available elsewhere mid June.

5.5" IPS TFT screen
2GB RAM
3000mAh battery
13MP camera
SD Card slot
FM radio

A 3gb plus model is said to be unique to Amazon?

The Plus has16MP back camera with laser autofocus, and also a fingerprint sensor. Will be offered with 3GB RAM, possibly might be a 4GB variant also.

Unfortunately the waterproof aspect is no longer included.

Some other info:-
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/new-product/mobile-phone/new-motorola-moto-g4-plus-2016-release-date-price-specs-leak-images-video-17-may-benchmarks-3601187/

http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/reviews/moto-g4-plus-review-838411

yqtwqxqm · 17-05-2016 3:56pm

Is this Dual Sim.
I bought a g3 last year to replace the g2 and was very annoyed it hadnt got dual sim.
I will only buy a phone with a dual sim in it from now on so even though ive been waiting for the g4 i wont be buying it if it doesnt have dual sim

curiosity · 18-05-2016 4:53pm

yqtwqxqm wrote: »

Is this Dual Sim.
I bought a g3 last year to replace the g2 and was very annoyed it hadnt got dual sim.
I will only buy a phone with a dual sim in it from now on so even though ive been waiting for the g4 i wont be buying it if it doesnt have dual sim

The second link on the OP has a picture of the internals, showing 2 sim slots. IIRC, they had a dual sim version in India for the G3. I find the dual sim feature is very handy.

Bit of a jump in screen size though.

biebiebie · 19-05-2016 12:35pm

Looks like they've added a very respectable camera.

DxOMark: Moto G4 Plus camera rivals Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s
http://www.androidauthority.com/moto-g4-plus-dxomark-693064/

http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Motorola-Moto-G-Plus-Mobile-review-a-very-capable-camera

xlogo · 20-05-2016 6:38am

Any reviews or info on the non plus version?

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 12-06-2016 4:56pm

Regular G4 getting great reviews. Just bought mine unlocked from Tesco Direct UK for £159.

Gotya · 13-06-2016 10:01am

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Regular G4 getting great reviews. Just bought mine unlocked from Tesco Direct UK for £159.

Can I order the moto g4 from Tesco direct UK and have it delivered to Ireland?
Or where can I buy one of these in Ireland?

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 13-06-2016 11:29am

Gotya wrote: »

Can I order the moto g4 from Tesco direct UK and have it delivered to Ireland?
Or where can I buy one of these in Ireland?

Delivery to ParcelMotel or other such services.

KCAccidental · 13-06-2016 5:25pm

Gotya wrote: »

Can I order the moto g4 from Tesco direct UK and have it delivered to Ireland?
Or where can I buy one of these in Ireland?

expansys have them in stock

http://www.expansys.ie/motorola-moto-g4-16gb-dual-sim-black-291160/

yqtwqxqm · 13-06-2016 6:17pm

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Regular G4 getting great reviews. Just bought mine unlocked from Tesco Direct UK for £159.

Was that one Dual Sim?

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 13-06-2016 6:32pm

yqtwqxqm wrote: »

Was that one Dual Sim?

Not sure. Possibly single.

stevek93 · 20-06-2016 1:34pm

Anyone know where I can buy this expansys seems a bit expensive.

bert911 · 20-06-2016 1:58pm

stevek93 wrote:

Anyone know where I can buy this expansys seems a bit expensive.

Moto g 4th gen listed in Argos online for â‚¬207, waiting on stock delivery

KCAccidental · 21-06-2016 12:27am

208 in argos will mean it will be pretty competitive in the phone stores. Is there any firm date for release yet?

stevek93 · 21-06-2016 12:29am

Any idea on the plus I heard it has 4GB of RAM

stevek93 · 21-06-2016 12:29am

KCAccidental wrote: »

208 in argos will mean it will be pretty competitive in the phone stores. Is there any firm date for release yet?

Not to sure I tried to reserve it and wouldn't let me.

StereoSound · 21-06-2016 11:09am

Assuming this is the lesser model with 2gb ram and no finger print sensor?

stevek93 · 25-06-2016 10:58am

Anywhere I could get this in the city centre?

flangemeistro · 25-06-2016 12:25pm

stevek93 wrote: »

Anywhere I could get this in the city centre?

You know that the IE in boards.ie stands for Ireland yes?
The country has plenty of cities.

yqtwqxqm · 25-06-2016 12:59pm

Im waiting for the 3gb with 32gb storage one.
I see some on amazon but the amazon page doesnt even give the specs. How can you buy anything with seeing which one you are buying

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Moto-Plus-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B01GZZK95O/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1466859423&sr=1-5&keywords=moto+g4+plus

There are others that arent from amazon on there though, but they are too expensive.

StereoSound · 25-06-2016 3:31pm

I wonder is the Argos one a dual sim

_Tombstone_ · 25-06-2016 6:01pm

yqtwqxqm wrote: »

Im waiting for the 3gb with 32gb storage one.
I see some on amazon but the amazon page doesnt even give the specs. How can you buy anything with seeing which one you are buying

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Moto-Plus-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B01GZZK95O/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1466859423&sr=1-5&keywords=moto+g4+plus

There are others that arent from amazon on there though, but they are too expensive.

What will need 3gb?

stevek93 · 25-06-2016 6:28pm

flangemeistro wrote: »

stevek93 wrote: »

Anywhere I could get this in the city centre?

You know that the IE in boards.ie stands for Ireland yes?
The country has plenty of cities.

If you look at my location... Dublin City.

stevek93 · 25-06-2016 9:38pm

Noticed Argos have them in stock in a few stores only one per store.

StereoSound · 25-06-2016 10:35pm

There is an awful lot of bitching going on in the Lenovo forums at nasty 50+ degrees in some cases of these things overheating. I wonder can the temps be controlled with OTA's. SD 617 seems to be worse then the older 615 for heat issues. Do Lenovo not test these things to identify these problems before boxing millions of them?

xlogo · 26-06-2016 7:45am

50 degrees - that is some serious over heating.

stevek93 · 26-06-2016 11:31am

xlogo wrote: »

50 degrees - that is some serious over heating.

Keep you warm in the winter.

StereoSound · 26-06-2016 12:50pm

Might be an idea to hold off buying one of these to see if Lenovo can pull something out of their hat to fix it. I doubt though an OTA can fix it unless they down clock the CPU or something drastic like that. I'm following this one closely to see what happens with it. I do like moto G's since I had the original one and it was great for it's day.

StereoSound · 04-07-2016 1:18pm

My other half bought the G4 in argos today in Naas, despite me telling her about the heating issue. I'm using it here now and I won't knock it, its not that bad, I read online again in the Lenovo forum that the over heating issues seem to be much more aggressive on the G4 plus variant. This one I'm using is the normal G4 with 2GB ram. It's actually a little flier here, no lag or anything. I'll report back though if the thing melts but so far it's pretty good.

Kenjataimu · 06-07-2016 7:42pm

StereoSound wrote: »

My other half bought the G4 in argos today in Naas, despite me telling her about the heating issue. I'm using it here now and I won't knock it, its not that bad, I read online again in the Lenovo forum that the over heating issues seem to be much more aggressive on the G4 plus variant. This one I'm using is the normal G4 with 2GB ram. It's actually a little flier here, no lag or anything. I'll report back though if the thing melts but so far it's pretty good.

Is it dual sim?

yqtwqxqm · 06-07-2016 7:48pm

Kenjataimu wrote: »

Is it dual sim?

I wont ever buy a phone again without dual sim. So handy.

€190 for the G4 on amazon.
I bought one for the wife the other day.
Lovely phone and dual sim.
Dont know if the argos one is dual sim.

Im waiting for the g4 plus with 32gb myself.

stevek93 · 06-07-2016 7:53pm

No over heating issues for me I have it two weeks now. Great phone very fast and light would highly recommend.

Kenjataimu · 06-07-2016 7:54pm

yqtwqxqm wrote: »

I wont ever buy a phone again without dual sim. So handy.

€190 for the G4 on amazon.
I bought one for the wife the other day.
Lovely phone and dual sim.
Dont know if the argos one is dual sim.

Im waiting for the g4 plus with 32gb myself.

Looks like the white g4 on amazon is dual sim but the black version is not.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Moto-16GB-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B01GTWTYB8

yqtwqxqm · 06-07-2016 7:58pm

Kenjataimu wrote: »

Looks like the white g4 on amazon is dual sim but the black version is not.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Moto-16GB-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B01GTWTYB8

Thats weird.
She has the black one.
And I put the second sim in it yesterday for her for holidays.
So definitely dual sim.
Amazon isnt great with its descriptions these days.
They dont even say the memory on the black one.

StereoSound · 07-07-2016 1:02am

Argos G4 is single sim. Dual Sim is handy but wouldn't be a deciding factor for me.

StereoSound · 10-07-2016 11:24am

My partner had an issue with the display on her G4 today, a massive amount of light bleed developed from top and bottom of the display, brought it back to argos and got another one, the second one had chips on the paint around by the charging port even though the box was sealed which is a factory balls up I guess. Brought that one back and got refund and had to travel to another argos for the third one. This one seems to be ok so far, sitting in Costa here playing around with it. I have noticed the display on this one is slightly warmer then the previous two G4's she had but seems to be pretty perfect. Lenovo must be using more then one source for their displays.

KCAccidental · 14-07-2016 9:44pm

Got the G4 today. Dual Sim. Feels very plasticy and much cheaper than my old ascend G7. Screen is great though and it zips along grand!

StereoSound · 16-07-2016 1:30pm

KCAccidental wrote: »

Got the G4 today. Dual Sim. Feels very plasticy and much cheaper than my old ascend G7. Screen is great though and it zips along grand!

Did you get the dual sim in black or white? My partner is raging she didn't buy the dual sim version on amazon, but only some seem to be getting a dual sim as advertised and some are not.

StereoSound · 16-07-2016 5:27pm

The G4 is now €179 in Argos.....

Hold onto your reins! Lol. Cheap phone at that price, I'd buy it! That's €20 cheaper then the Ultra 7 with Nexus style updates !

yqtwqxqm · 16-07-2016 5:42pm

StereoSound wrote: »

The G4 is now 179 in Argos.....

Hold onto your reins! Lol. Cheap phone at that price, I'd buy it! That's 20 cheaper then the Ultra 7 with Nexus style updates !

Not the dual sim im guessing.

cargen · 16-07-2016 6:16pm

I have bought the g4 and I am very impressed so far.

Great battery, nice screen, radio and no lag.

Small note not advertised anywhere, The phone has the step sensor, nice add-on for me.

StereoSound · 16-07-2016 7:17pm

yqtwqxqm wrote: »

Not the dual sim im guessing.

Single Sim

KCAccidental · 16-07-2016 9:35pm

StereoSound wrote: »

Did you get the dual sim in black or white? My partner is raging she didn't buy the dual sim version on amazon, but only some seem to be getting a dual sim as advertised and some are not.

In white. It seemed like the black version is single sim. Not a fan of white phones generally, but needed the dual sim!

Kenjataimu · 17-07-2016 12:14am

I emailed amazon today

I have checked and see that only Motorola Moto G4 Smartphone with colour: White comes with Dual SIM and the Black Motorola Moto G4 Smartphone comes with Single SIM.

boombang · 23-07-2016 7:36pm

Hi All,

I just wanted to mention that John Lewis are selling this for £160, with a 2 year guarantee. I think the two year JL guarantee is worth going for over other sellers as it's only about a tenner more than the cheapest it is elsewhere.

I'm going to wait for the black one to become available in dual sim before I purchase though.

beauf · 23-07-2016 9:05pm

Its still a shared slot SIM/Micro SD on the Gen 4

StereoSound · 25-07-2016 7:17pm

boombang wrote: »

Hi All,

I just wanted to mention that John Lewis are selling this for £160, with a 2 year guarantee. I think the two year JL guarantee is worth going for over other sellers as it's only about a tenner more than the cheapest it is elsewhere.

I'm going to wait for the black one to become available in dual sim before I purchase though.

The site appears to state they wont ship this phone to Ireland for some reason. I never heard of this crowd to be honest. UK based?

Esel · 25-07-2016 7:31pm

StereoSound wrote: »

The site appears to state they wont ship this phone to Ireland for some reason. I never heard of this crowd to be honest. UK based?

Parcel Motel?

StereoSound · 25-07-2016 7:38pm

Esel wrote: »

Parcel Motel?

I suppose you could try but haven't some retailers in the UK blocked parcel motel ? I know Moto maker UK possibly blocked it as my gf tried to use it for her new Moto G and they wouldn't ship to it or something to that effect. So she bought the Argos one instead.

yqtwqxqm · 25-07-2016 10:08pm

beauf wrote: »

Its still a shared slot SIM/Micro SD on the Gen 4

its not.
2 Sim slots and a microSD slot.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 25-07-2016 10:23pm

StereoSound wrote: »

I suppose you could try but haven't some retailers in the UK blocked parcel motel ? I know Moto maker UK possibly blocked it as my gf tried to use it for her new Moto G and they wouldn't ship to it or something to that effect. So she bought the Argos one instead.

John Lewis will ship to PM/PW no bother.

Moto G4 / G4 Plus

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