Moto G4 Plus: A mixed bag

Moto G4 Plus: A mixed bag



Motorola's newest offering, the Moto G4 Plus, comes with better specs than its predecessor but is that enough to grab one's attention? I wasn't convinced so I took it out for a spin.

The G4 Plus has a plastic back with metal edges, which for a mid-range smartphone feels rather cheap. The fashion conscious would rather go for a Redmi Note 3 or even the LeEco 1s. The phone, however, is comfortable to hold. It comes with a 5.5-inch full HD display with a resolution of 1,080x1,920 p. The colours are vibrant and sharp but could have been a tad better. It has the stock Motorola user interface and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Under the hood, it houses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 with 4GB of RAM. The G4 Plus can handle multitasking and RAM-heavy games. However, during one of my missions in Order and Chaos, I noticed a bit of lag. If you prefer games such as Candy Crush or Temple Run, you have nothing to worry about. But, if you like playing heavy games such as Order and Chaos, Injustice and Ashphalt, I'd recommend you choose a different phone.

The G4 Plus also comes with an astonishingly fast fingerprint sensor. Located just below the display, you might mistake the square-shaped sensor as the home button. Setting it up was easy and didn't take much time. Read more

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Android at its best

Android at its best

Nexus phones are known to provide the optimal Android experience. Perhaps, the only range of phones which can give an iPhone a run for its money. With the Nexus 6P, Google aims to do just that.

The 6P, where P stands for 'premium', is manufactured by Huawei - a first for Google. With a full metal unibody design and flat sides, the phone undoubtedly looks like a premium one. It's easy to hold especially since all the buttons are lined up on the right side. It has a 5.7-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440p. The colours are vibrant and sharp. It also houses a fingerprint scanner at the back. The phone protrudes at the back but not enough to make it uncomfortable to use.Read More.

Smartphones would be outdated in five years

Smartphones will become obsolete within five years and would be replaced with artificial intelligence, according to a consumer survey by the Ericsson owned Consumer Lab.

Half of the study’s respondents said they thought mobile technology would be redundant by 2021 as the growth of artificial intelligence starts enabling interaction with objects without the need for a phone or tablet, Sydney Morning Herald reported.

“A smartphone in the hand, it’s really not that practical. For example, not when one is driving a car or cooking. And there are many situations where display screens are not so good. Therefore, one in two think that smartphones will belong to the past within five years,” Ericsson Consumer Lab’s Rebecka Cedering Angstrom was quoted as saying.

The research lab surveyed 100,000 people across Sweden and 39 other countries.

With around 1.9 billion smartphone users globally, this means Consumer Lab covered just 0.0052 per cent of active users for its study.