Introduction and specs
Motorola is continuing its push into the entry-level 5G market, particularly in Europe, with a number of G-series phones that aim to deliver great value at various price points. This time around, the subject of our review is the Moto G62 - a descendant of the Moto G60 and G60S and the second in rank in this year's G lineup.
It's important to note that the Indian market just got a different Moto G62 with a more powerful Snapdragon 695 chipset, but otherwise identical hardware. The subject of our review is the global version with a Snapdragon 480+ SoC.
The camera setup and large 5,000 mAh battery is shared across half a dozen Moto G phones, from the lowly G32 all the way to the G82. This leaves the screen as the other major difference, alongside the chipset. And the Moto G62 gets a 6.5" IPS LCD panel of buttery smooth 120Hz refresh rate.
Motorola Moto G62 5G specs at a glance:
- Body: 161.8x74.0x8.6mm, 184g; Glass front, plastic frame, plastic back; Water-repellent design.
- Display: 6.50" IPS LCD, 120Hz, 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 405ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM4350-AC Snapdragon 480+ 5G (8 nm): Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Kryo 460 & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 460); Adreno 619.
- Memory: 128GB 4GB RAM; microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot).
- OS/Software: Android 12.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.76", 0.64µm, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 118˚, 1/4.0", 1.12µm; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Front camera: 16 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1.0µm.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 1080p@30fps; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 5000mAh; Fast charging 15W.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); NFC; 3.5mm jack; stereo speakers.
The big battery and the less demanding Snapdragon 480+ bode well for the Motorola Moto G62's battery life, but we are taking nothing for granted and will do our usual set of tests to confirm its actual endurance.
The camera setup that is the staple of the Motorola GX2 series includes a 50MP 1/2.76" f/1.8 main camera, aided by an 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro shooter. We are, interested to see how the budget 50MP sensor performs compared to competitors using the larger 64MP and 48MP sensors.
Let's open the box and see what's inside then.
Unboxing the Motorola Moto G62
The Moto G62 comes in a standard retail box with the usual user manuals along with the USB-A to USB-C charging cable and the power adapter output up to 15W. It's not much, but the phone can't go higher anyway, so you won't be missing on anything.
There's also a transparent silicone case, which rounds up a decently stocked retail box, particularly in these days and age when most flagships get a cable and nothing more.
Design and ergonomics
The Moto G62 features lightweight body made entirely out of plastic. The display has glass protection of unconfirmed origin. The plastic body allowed Motorola to keep the weight in check, the G62 tipping the scales at 185 grams.
Another standout feature of the handset is the water-repellent overlay applied to its internal components. While it doesn't come with an official IP rating to give you peace of mind it's at least somewhat reassuring to know that taking that call in the light rain or while sweating in the gym probably won't do any damage.
Looks-wise, the Moto G62 isn't very different from its current and past siblings in the Moto G lineup. The back has curved edges providing a more comfortable grip, while the camera island is oval and houses three vertically-stacked cameras. The camera island lies almost flush with the rest of the back panel, which is contributing to the looks and preventing wobble when placing the phone on a table.
The back features a smooth-to-touch finish and the Frosted Blue is resisting fingerprints and smudges very successfully. The finish makes a very plausible glass impression too, but unfortunately it's very slippery. We guess using the supplied case would be the way to go if you want to prevent accidental drops.
A thing to note is that between the front glass and the side frame a rather big and unpleasant ridge is formed. It's not too bothersome, but it's one of those things that often come with the budget smartphone experience.
Going around the sides, we find the power button and the volume rocker on the right. The former is conveniently positioned, but it's fairly flat and not the easiest to locate by touch. The volume rocker is a bit too high up the frame and it would have been more convenient if it was on the left side of the frame.
Moto G62 has a set of stereo speakers with the earpiece serving as one of the channels. The bottom one is accompanied by the USB-C connector and an audio jack. The left side is reserved for the hybrid SIM card tray, which can take either SIM + microSD card combo or two SIMs.
Motorola Moto G62
The front of the device is business as usual with a centered punch-hole for the selfie camera that may look a bit big at first, but it's not distracting after a while. The bezels all-around are expectedly on the thicker side along with the bottom bezel. It's par for the course in this price bracket.
Motorola Moto G62
Overall, the design isn't something that makes the G62 stand out, yet there's nothing terribly wrong with it either. It's lightweight, sits fairly comfortably in hand and the only thing we would change is the volume placement and maybe make the power button, which doubles as a fingerprint reader, a bit easier to distinguish.
6.5-inch IPS LCD with 120Hz refresh rate
The Moto G62 features a 6.5-inch 1080 x 2400px IPS LCD panel supporting 120Hz refresh rate. That should give it an edge in smoothness compared to Moto G52's 90Hz OLED panel, but raises concerns about an image quality disadvantage. The panel doesn't have any HDR certifications and we don't expect it to.
Unfortunately, the results from our tests don't make a good case for the display It peaked at 454 nits of brightness in manual mode and only boosted up to 553 nits in Auto mode. That would have been somewhat acceptable maximum brightness for an OLED, but the more reflective nature of LCD panels makes its colors wash out under direct sunlight. The G62's panel is still perfectly usable, but not looking great.
| Display test | 100% brightness | ||
| Black, |
White, |
||
| 0.289 | 454 | 1571:1 | |
| 0.37 | 552 | 1492:1 | |
| 0.298 | 487 | 1634:1 | |
| 0.36 | 595 | 1653:1 | |
| 0.318 | 418 | 1314:1 | |
| 0.364 | 509 | 1398:1 | |
| 0 | 746 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 470 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 477 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 754 | ∞ | |
| 0.264 | 410 | 1553:1 | |
| 0.33 | 510 | 1545:1 | |
| 0 | 462 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 737 | ∞ | |
| 0.288 | 461 | 1601:1 | |
| 0.385 | 567 | 1473:1 | |
| 0 | 407 | ∞ | |
| 0 | 728 | ∞ | |
Color accuracy isn't great either, at least with the default Vivid color preset. The Natural one makes colors more accurate but doesn't fix the blue-ish tint completely.
HRR control
The way the Moto G62 handles the high refresh rate of the display is pretty simple and hasn't changed since we first tried out a Motorola smartphone with HRR panel. The system seems to prioritize 120Hz refresh rate in pretty much every app or system menu we tried, except video playback apps such as Netflix and YouTube. The OS also lowers the refresh rate to 60Hz once you stop interacting with the screen.
Battery life
As we expected the combo of a big 5,000 mAh battery and not-so-demanding Snapdragon 480+ chipset, gives the Motorola Moto G62 excellent power autonomy. We have previously tested the same setup in the Moto G51, so it's not a surprise that the two devices performed similarly in our endurance tests. The small difference could be down to some of the other components, most notably the different display.
In any case, the Moto G62 achieved an amazing 122h endurance score in our battery test with great results in the web browsing and video playback on-screen parts.
Our battery tests were automated thanks to SmartViser, using its viSerDevice app. The endurance rating denotes how long the battery charge will last you if you use the device for an hour of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. More details can be found here.
Video test carried out in 60Hz refresh rate mode. Web browsing test done at the display's highest refresh rate whenever possible. Refer to the respective reviews for specifics. To adjust the endurance rating formula to match your own usage patterns check out our all-time battery test results chart where you can also find all phones we've tested.
Charging speed
In stark contrast to the phone's battery life, its charging speed is outright disappointing. The international Motorola G62 comes with a 15W charger, which matches its charging speed. Meanwhile the Indian version ships with a 20W charger, but seemingly retains the same 15W charging speed cap.
In any case, the phone is way behind the competition getting just just 24% charge in 30 minutes. A full charge from a dead battery takes 1 hour and 46 minutes.
30min charging test (from 0%)
Higher is better
- Poco X4 Pro 5G
75% - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
74% - Poco M4 Pro 5G
54% - Realme 9 Pro
52% - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
51% - Poco M4 Pro
51% - Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
50% - Motorola Moto G51 5G (Global variant, 10W)
26% - Motorola Moto G62
24%
Time to full charge (from 0%)
Lower is better
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
0:45h - Poco X4 Pro 5G
0:49h - Poco M4 Pro 5G
1:07h - Poco M4 Pro
1:10h - Realme 9 Pro
1:14h - Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
1:15h - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
1:17h - Motorola Moto G62
1:46h - Motorola Moto G51 5G (Global variant, 10W)
2:35h
Speakers
The Moto G62 features a standard dual speaker setup, with the earpiece having to double as the second channel. We were kind of surprised by the audio quality the Moto G62 delivered. Music tracks sound full and clear with pronounced vocals and decent bass. In fact, there aren't that many phones that offer the same level of bass, regardless of price.
We would only recommend keeping the volume a couple of clicks below the maximum as the highs start to distort. We've also noticed the bottom speaker being considerably louder than the top one.
Loudness-wise, the Moto G62 scored "Very Good" with -25.9 LUFS and it appears to be on par with the competition in this regard.
Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.
Clean Android 12 with a handful of extra features
Motorola phones always had the appeal of clean Android. People not liking the extreme overhaul of the Android OS that most manufacturers adopt typically have nice words to say about Motos' UI. The more lightweight approach has its upsides and performance is perhaps the most notable one.
Even with the Snapdragon 480+ on board, the device runs well with little to no hiccups and slow-downs. The phone ships with the latest availableAndroid 12, as Android 13 is still in beta.
Home screen, recent apps, notification shade, settings menu
The UI and overall appearance are close to stock Android. That includes the new pill-shaped quick toggles in the notification shade. And once again, it does not include the toggle for automatic brightness and you have to dig deep into the settings menu to enable or disable the feature.
No change in the recent apps menu that displays apps in a carousel formation and no change in the app drawer as well. The iconography in the general Settings menu has been revamped, though, so it might take some time to get used to.
Moto features
As is usually the case Motorola has added a handful of useful extras. They are all placed in a Moto settings app that lists them in categories. The first one is Personalization and allows you to tinker with fonts, app icons layout, accent colors, icon shape and themes.
Personalization options
The more useful additions, however, involve gestures. The iconic ones - karate chop for turning on the flashlight or twist your wrist to open up the camera app are here. There's also the Power touch (double tap on the power button) that brings out an additional app panel from the right edge of the display. It works exactly how the smart sidebar does in other Android skins.
Gestures
The Attentive display keeps the screen on when the front camera detects a face looking at it so the display won't go dark when you are halfway through an article. Peek display lights up the lockscreen once the device senses you are close and you pick up the phone. It uses the proximity sensor and the accelerometer to detect motion. And in case there's a notification, you can just tap and hold on to the notification icon to see a quick preview of the text.
Attentive display and Peek display
Last but not least, the volume rocker keys can be used to change tracks by holding down the volume up or down key.
A relatively new feature is the Overcharge protection toggle in the Battery menu. It will cut off charging once it detects that the phone hasn't been unplugged for three days straight and keep the battery charged at a much healthier 80%.
Battery features
Lastly, we can't miss mentioning the fast and responsive fingerprint reader. Even with this low-end chipset, the device unlocks with a light and a brief touch of the scanner. As we've already pointed out in the Design section of the review, our only complaint is the high positioning of the reader.
We didn't even notice any big slowdowns outside of launching some heavier apps, which took a bit longer than usual. The UI doesn't feel heavy on the eye, nor does it take a toll on the hardware with excessive effects or animations.
Performance
If you go by Qualcomm's numbers you might think that compared the Moto G60, the G62 offers a significantly downgraded SoC - Snapdragon 480+ vs. Snapdragon 732G. However, the two chips have very similar octa-core CPUs with two main Kryo 460 Gold Cortex-A76 derivative cores running at 2.2 GHz (vs 2.3Ghz on the SD732G), while the other six energy-efficient Kryo 460 Silver cores (Cortex-A55 derivatives) tick at 1.8 GHz (matching the SD732G). The Moto G62's Adreno 619 GPU should also be pretty close to the Adreno 618 from the G60. The two chipsets are even built on the same 8nm process.
There's just one memory option and that's 4GB/128GB. As we mentioned you can always expand the storage with a microSD card though.
The Indian variant of the Motorola G62 runs on a more powerful Snapdragon 695, so we've included phones with the said chipset to see the difference between the Snapdragon 480+ and the Snapdragon 695. It also gets more RAM - either 6GB or 8GB.
GeekBench 5 (multi-core)
Higher is better
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
2063 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
2063 - Realme 9 Pro
2020 - Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
1900 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
1848 - Poco M4 Pro
1836 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
1820 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
1797 - Motorola Moto G62
1697 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
1696 - Realme 9i
1581
GeekBench 5 (single-core)
Higher is better
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
742 - Realme 9 Pro
694 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
688 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
687 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
608 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
597 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
588 - Motorola Moto G62
543 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
543 - Poco M4 Pro
523 - Realme 9i
384
AnTuTu 9
Higher is better
- Realme 9 Pro
401894 - Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
394918 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
384646 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
382902 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
360255 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
353663 - Poco M4 Pro
318444 - Motorola Moto G62
303072 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
302859
GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
20 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
17 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
17 - Realme 9 Pro
16 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
15 - Motorola Moto G62
14 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
13 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
13 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
13 - Poco M4 Pro
12 - Realme 9i
7.3
GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)
Higher is better
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
23 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
20 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
19 - Realme 9 Pro
19 - Motorola Moto G62
16 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
16 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
16 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
16 - Poco M4 Pro
14 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
14 - Realme 9i
8.2
GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)
Higher is better
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
38 - Realme 9 Pro
35 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
34 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
34 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
29 - Motorola Moto G62
28 - Poco M4 Pro
26
26
26
24
23
GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (onscreen)
Higher is better
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
35 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
30 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
30 - Realme 9 Pro
29 - Motorola Moto G62
26 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
26 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
23 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
23 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
23 - Poco M4 Pro
21 - Realme 9i
14
3DMark Wild Life Vulkan 1.1 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G
2260 - Poco M4 Pro 5G
1232 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
1231 - Poco X4 Pro 5G
1211 - Realme 9 Pro
1211 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
1204 - Poco M4 Pro
1099 - Motorola Moto G62
971 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
970 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
811 - Realme 9i
452
3DMark SSE ES 3.1 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Realme 9 Pro
2946 - Motorola Moto G62
2457 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
2453 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
2166 - Realme 9i
1339
3DMark SSE Vulkan 1.0 (offscreen 1440p)
Higher is better
- Realme 9 Pro
2773 - Motorola Moto G51 5G
2290 - Motorola Moto G62
2287 - OnePlus Nord N10 5G
2012 - Realme 9i
1291
The benchmark results are in line with other Snapdragon 480+ phones, suggesting that Motorola has done well to use all of the chipset's potential. However that's still slightly behind its direct competitor - the MediaTek Dimensity 810, which edges out in the CPU-intensive and combined tasks and trades blows with Qualcomm's chip in GPU-intensive workloads. And digging just a bit deeper in your pockets can net you a decent performance boost.
Sustained performance
Even though the Snapdragon 480+ isn't a demanding chip we ran the usual CPU stress test to see how the system manages prolonged heavy workloads. The upside of having limited power is the lower heat generation and in turn less need for throttling.
The two graphs below show good performance retention in the first 30 minutes or so as well as stable graph without sudden drops in performance. After a full hour, the chipset maintained 83% of its maximum performance, which is a great result.
CPU throttle test: 30 min • 60 min
Triple-camera setup with 50MP as primary
The Moto G62's camera setup is shared with around a dozen other Moto G phones from the past two years. That revolves around a 50MP main camera with f/1.8 aperture and a rather small 1/2.76" sensor, 0.64µm pixels. There's also an 8MP ultrawide camera with f/2.2 lens and a tiny 1/4.0" sensor with 1.12µm pixels. The advertised field of view is 118-degree.
The third camera on the back is a 2MP f/2.4 macro unit with predictably low image quality ceiling.
And on the front, we have a 16MP f/2.2 selfie shooter with 1.0µm pixels, which is again very popular in the Moto G series.
Camera menus
The handset uses version 6 of Motorola's Moto Camera app, which is distributed and updated through Google Play. There aren't any major changes to the UI compared to the previous Moto devices we've reviewed. All available modes are found in the so-called "hamburger menu," and the mode you used last is saved on the main mode carousel.
Camera menus
Additional settings for each Photo or Video mode are accessed by a swipe up from the shutter button.
We are happy to report that Motorola has finally fixed the interpolation behavior and now the main and the ultrawide cameras shoot in their native resolutions. No needless upscaling this time around. We also like the dedicated toggle for the Macro camera. It finally gets a spot on the viewfinder in the default Photo mode.
Daylight samples
Main camera
The main camera produces pretty good photos with the handset's price in mind. Detail level is good and noise is competently suppressed. Colors are rendered a bit cold and desaturated, except for the greens which are better handled. Exposure is also a bit conservative, so shadow areas aren't often underdeveloped.
12.5MP daylight samples
You are better off keeping away from the 50MP mode. These samples have a narrower dynamic range, while not adding anything in terms of total resolved detail. You get poorer photos and larger file sizes, which doesn't seem like the best trade-off.
50MP daylight samples
Ultrawide camera
There are absolutely no surprises here with the ultrawide camera. It offers the dramatic perspective it's supposed to, but its samples have limited detail and dynamic range. Colors are dull and exposure is again slightly too low for our liking.
Color reproduction is a tad better of artificial lighting samples though and we got better contrast as well. There's something more appealing to the indoor ultrawide samples than the ones taken with the main camera, despite the less developed shadows and the increased noise.
Daylight ultrawide samples
Macro samples
As it's usually the case with these 2MP macro cameras, the image quality is severely lacking. Getting an image in focus is challenging too because the lens has a fixed focus distance and you have to move the phone back and forward until you hit it. It's especially hard with moving objects like insects or swaying flowers.
Macor camera samples
Low-light samples
Main camera
The main camera's low-light performance is adequate with contrasty images with punchy colors and good dynamic range. There's not a lot of resolved detail, though and noise is visible all around. To our surprise, the Night mode doesn't help with either of those things. In fact, it makes the samples look considerably worse.
Low-light main camera samples
The Night mode has a very heavy-handed approach to noise suppression, which washes away a lof of the fine detail. Worse yet, it doesn't do particularly well against the noise itself and you still get some of that. It does improve dynamic range and local contrast, but overall we'd steer clear of it.
Night mode main camera samples
Ultrawide camera
Since the ultrawide camera struggles to deliver decent enough photos during the day, we weren't expecting much at night either. The ultrawide samples below are extremely soft as if they are out of focus, noise is prevalent and more often than they come out underexposed.
Low-light ultrawide samples
Here's how the primary camera on the Moto G62 stacks against the rest of the competition in the controlled environment of our Photo Compare Tool.
Motorola Moto G62 5G vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G and the Samsung Galaxy A33 5G in our Photo compare tool
Portraits
These portraits may not be the sharpest and most detailed ones in town but colors are nice, contrast is good, dynamic range is on point and the faux bokeh effect is quite believable. We can see excellent edge separation even with more complex backgrounds and in more challenging lighting. We would have liked a tad more accurate skin tones reproduction as people often comes out a bit too reddish.
Portrait samples
Selfies
With the right lighting conditions, the selfies look good. They are detailed and sharp enough, for the most part, the subject's face is always well exposed even with more challenging lighting conditions. Overall quality deteriorates fast in dimmer environments, but that's to be expected. Colors are also pretty realistic, although slightly dull. The faux bokeh effect seems pretty strong and rough around the edges so we'd avoid that.
Selfies: Normal • Portrait
Video recording
Since the chipset can only do 1080p videos, the Moto G62 can only go up to that resolution. It's still stabilized and even the Indian version of the device with Snapdragon 695 isn't able to beyond Full HD video recording. Not that the lack of 4K video recording is deal breaker on a €200 phone.
The overall video quality isn't satisfactory. As opposed to the stills, the dynamic range is quite underwhelming resulting in the clipped highlights and white buildings in the distance as well as the dark cars and thick shadows. Overall sharpness and detail aren't great either, even for a 1080p video. And again, except for the green, colors are somewhat washed out.
The ultrawide footage once again has more pleasant color reproduction but it's still hard to recommend as the videos are even softer than the main camera's. Contrast is better to some extent too, but dynamic range remains limited.
Stabilization is on point, though, and you can expect stable, non-shaky videos even when walking around with the phone in your hand. The field of view is narrower so in case you are doing a video from a tripod, for example, you can turn off the EIS from the settings.
Once you are done with the real-life scenarios, take a look at our video compare tool to see how the Moto G62 stacks against the other phones we've reviewed.
1080p: Motorola Moto G62 5G vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G and the Samsung Galaxy A33 5G (2160p) in our Video compare tool
Competition
The Moto G62 offers solid performance and great battery life, but its main appeal remains the 5G connectivity support, which is still a rare find in this price bracket, especially in western markets. The Indian version has a performance advantage thanks to its more potent Snapdragon 695 chipset and more RAM, but the Snapdragon 480+ SoC used for the global version arguably makes more sense in the context of an affordable 5G smartphone.
Unfortunately, the phone is somewhat let down by its display and camera setup, forcing you to make the tough choice between the future-proof 5G connectivity or generally better hardware.
If you'd like to lean the other way Poco M4 Pro delivers better camera performance, a superior 90Hz OLED panel and faster charging. The device can be found for less than €200 even. Although, the Poco M4 Pro ships with 4GB/64GB memory as a standard and have to pay a little extra for the 6GB/128GB version. Then again, the non-Indian Moto G62 settles with just 4GB of RAM. The dated MediaTek Helio G96 chipset is what keeps us from unconditionally recommending the Poco M4 Pro over the Moto G62.
Motorola itself offers the Moto G52 with a 90Hz OLED screen and 30W charging that is otherwise identical to the G62. It moves to a lesser Snapdragon 680 chipset and loses the 5G support, though.
Then there's the 5G version of the M4 Pro for the same price but with an inferior IPS panel and camera performance compared to the non-5G option. The Dimensity 810 silicon is a good selling point, nonetheless.
There's also the Redmi Note 11S 5G, which has limited availability at the moment but it's probably the closest alternative to the Moto G62. It has a comparable 6.6-inch 90Hz LCD panel, the same camera setup and battery life and costs just about the same. Its big advantages over Motorola's offering are the more capable Dimensity 810 SoC and the faster charging.
Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro • Motorola Moto G52 • Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G • Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S 5G
Yet, arguably the smarter thing to do is shell out €30-50 more and go up the price bracket, where you will find considerably more competent devices like the Samsung Galaxy A33 5G, the Poco X4 Pro 5G, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and the Realme 9 Pro. What they have in common in this context is that they offer superior display quality, faster chipsets, faster charging and deliver somewhat better camera performance across the board. We believe that the extra few bucks are well worth it.
Samsung Galaxy A33 5G • Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G • Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G • Realme 9 Pro
Verdict
With the first 5G-enabled budget SoCs now available, Motorola is betting big on very affordable 5G phones for the European and North American markets. The Moto G62 is just another of a series of devices along those same lines and even if it's not the cheapest, it's definitely close. But in these price segments it's inevitably about picking your priorities and making the right compromises.
If you don't have 5G connectivity and a pair of very good stereo speakers above charging speed and display quality on your priority list then a lot of similarly-priced alternatives will better accommodate you. Otherwise the Motorola G62 might be just right one for you.
Pros
- Lightweight chassis with water-repellent design.
- Excellent battery life.
- Good-sounding stereo speakers.
- Clean and snappy Android experience.
- 128GB storage as a standard, microSD card slot.
- One of the cheapest 5G options around.
Cons
- Dim IPS LCD panel.
- More powerful non-5G alternatives.
- The main camera is meh.
- Slow charging.
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