With a massive 6.88 inch screen, the sub-$200 Moto G06 seems like it should be higher priced. There are definitely some compromises, but the screen and battery size probably aren’t it.
Some of the biggest phones in the world come with some of the highest prices, but it doesn’t have to be that way for everyone. You only need to look to the budget end of the mobile world to see manufacturers toying with the idea of how big phones can be made on a budget, with the idea to keep the costs down and the battery life up.
That’s been the general idea with Motorola’s G-series range for some time, as the phone models offer above 6 inches of screen size with a few caveats and compromises in the hopes that consumers won’t mind.
The latest continues that, and offers one of the most sizeable screens Motorola has offered at a low-ish price point.
In the Moto G06, Motorola is offering up a 6.88 inch screen on top of a 5200mAh battery, basically giving you a heads up on the biggest features. Granted, the screen is only an HD+ variation, meaning it’s not even Full HD and mightn’t be the best quality, which like the MediaTek Helio G81 processor is going to be just enough for the regular day-to-day, but not much else.
The 4GB RAM isn’t going to help much, and the 64GB storage tells you the G06 is a budget phone, as does the single camera, though it’s a 50 megapixel F1.8 camera, so not as bad as it may seem.
It’s essentially an update to the G05 and the G04 before it, phones that are designed to be inexpensive all-rounders.
It even sports an IP64 water resistant design, because it seems water resistance has now trickled down to the budget part of the market.
For the most part, Motorola’s G06 does aim to bring a lot to a budget price, though the caveat of great performance and a nice screen are clearly two things that scream at us from the spec sheet. The other is one that might be more difficult to swallow: updates, or a lack thereof.
Officially, the Moto G06 launches on Android 15 and will receive zero operating system updates. Motorola will provide two years of security updates, but you’ll be stuck on Android 15 for the rest of the phone’s life, even though Android 16 has been out for a while now.
It’s definitely an interesting move, though one buyers thinking with their wallet may not care about. Priced at $179 outright and $149 on prepaid, the phone is definitely inexpensive, falling well under the $200 mark, and available shortly.
