The Moto G Stylus is the more exciting
entry thanks to its built-in stylus, a first for Motorola. While it doesn’t
come with the fancy pressure sensitivity and Bluetooth functionality of
Samsung’s S Pens, you get the same basic utility at a fraction of the price.
Motorola is also bringing its own Moto Note app which allows you to jot down
notes and sketches as soon as you take out the stylus from its housing in the
bottom right corner. There’s also a customizable quick launch menu that can
house several shortcuts for your convenience. The 6.4-inch IPS display of FHD+
resolution has a punch-hole cutout for the 16MP selfie cam. The aspect ratio is
19:9.
The back houses the fingerprint reader
inside the Moto logo and 3 cameras with a 48MP main shooter and a 16MP
ultrawide Action Camera that is inherited from the Moto One Action. It’s
important to note that this is a dedicated video camera and cannot shoot stills.
The third shooter is a 2MP macro cam which comes with a 2cm focus distance.
Under the hood, we have the Snapdragon 665
chipset paired with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage which can be expanded via the
micro SD slot. There's a 4,000 mAh cell with 10W charging over USB Type C. The
phone boots Android 10 which comes with the neat Moto Actions. Other noteworthy
specs include a 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 5.0 and a Hybrid Dual SIM slot
which can house 2 Nano SIMs or a single SIM and microSD card.
The Moto G Stylus will go for US$ 299 and is
coming later this Spring. It's only listed on the Motorola US website with
availability for other markets yet to be detailed.
