Moto G Stylus (2024) review

Motorola's Moto G Stylus 5G (2024) is one of the few smartphones with a built-in stylus offered in North America. For a $399 device, it offers a ton of premium features such as a great OLED screen, a likable design, promising cameras on both sides, a large battery, and loud stereo speakers. Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Design and build
01:31 - Screen specs and features
02:14 - Headphone jack, stereo speakers test
02:34 - Under-display fingerprint reader
02:40 - Storage options
02:46 - Android 14 and UI
03:20 - Stylus features
04:03 - Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 performance
04:11 - Benchmarks
04:23 - Thermals
04:29 - Battery endurance and charging test
04:53 - Camera specs
05:03 - Main camera: photo and video quality
06:00 - Ultrawide camera: photo and video quality
06:39 - Selfies
06:51 - Conclusion
07:17 - Alternatives and selfie video quality

[GSMArenaOfficial]

03:56 Moto G Stylus 5G (2024) will get one OS upgrade (to Android 15), plus three years of security updates. Sorry about the confusion.

[dyvbrumalcantara]

I've been using this one for almost a month.. It has superb performance... Couldn't notice some hiccups on gaming....

[constantine]

The biggest con about moto phones is software updates....

[marcelojorame]

I just bought for 200 at Walmart through Straight Talk. Ten out of ten. The display is gorgeous!

[mokisan]

I absolutely love this phone.
Has headphone jack
Sd card slot
And stylus

Wish it was sold here

[MyNameIsBrandon]

The ram boost from 6 to 12 gigs is the reason I love these moto phones.

[iPhonenaire]

It has a stylus and a headphone jack. Samsung and Apple be playing us hard💢

[liezelperez]

Using this phone for 2 months now and I'm loving the features on this phone having to upgrade my phone storage with a SD card for upcoming concert I'm going to

[guillaumerioux]

I got it since 2 weeks all is great, screen quality is 10/10 for the price and battery are INSANE to, good performance 8g ram 256go stockage, i try Pixel 8a for 1 week and i return it, slow charge small screen big bezels i try to Samsung A35 and i return im to, but this phone is perfect for the price

[Ntigen]

I think moto should bring one edge series a stylus as flagship specs.
As Moto G stylus is only budget option for note taking not others

[JoeD]

2nd note
I work at a company who lease and sells Copier and we have imported 4x Moto G Stylus 2022. Good to take customers signature on the digital work order.

[JoeD]

At 4:00
Are you guys sure that this Moto will get 3 OS Updates? Usually they only give 1 and if I'm not wrong the G85 is within the 1st if not the 1st it self to get 2 OS Update.
Please verify and let us know.

[jamalmuye]

Why only in north America we need it in Kenya

[GjordDeLad]

Love everything about it other than the measly 1 OS update, If Motorola up their game to 3 then I'll take this over my current target the Xperia 10 Mk VI.

[kevinfightsbears]

Honestly for the price i would recommend people get the Samsung galaxy A55 5g, seriously that phone is perfect

[scalp]

I have last years version of this phone. It's great, but I wish I could get the battery performance test specs for it from GSMarena. I feel like the 2024 version battery isn't as good as expected/as good as the 2023 and I'd upgrade if it was.

[conspiracyFM]

Can you set the camera app to save pictures to the SD card by default?

[justinward]

I love mine. I had the 2018 edge. So this was a huge upgrade. I love how i can play xbox game pass on my friggin cell phone. So dope.

[Pyschedelicfunk]

I have a 2022 5g Stylus and I like it, only down fall is screen protectors are hard to come by since it's not apple or Samsung

[josephfades]

Mid-range phones have come a long way and with the help of Ai, mid-range phones take just as great of pictures as a flagship.