25,800 yen with OLED installed! "Motorola moto g31" with a high degree of perfection of the camera

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On January 20, Motorola announced a smartphone for 25,800 yen with OLED and Helio G85 installed. I was interested in what OLED is at this price, and sent it immediately, so I would like to send you a trial report. [See another image related to this article] ■ 25,800 yen with OLED installed! When I hear that it is equipped with OLED, I get the impression that it is a beautiful panel that is used more than the midrange. In fact, the company's OLED-equipped machine that we have introduced so far is the "edge 20" announced in October 2021. Snapdragon 778G 5G / 6GB / 128GB 5G compatible for 54,800 yen. For other manufacturers, "Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite" in June 2020, "Google Pixel 4a" in August 2020, and "OPPO A73" in November 2020 will be in the range of less than 40,000 to 50,000 yen. It's a little more cheap, including the fact that it's out of shape and cheaper, but in any case, it's an inexpensive entry model and there is no OLED-equipped machine. However, the moto g31 introduced this time does not support 5G, but it is equipped with OLED and costs 25,800 yen. I haven't tried the SoC so I don't know the power, but MediaTek Helio G85. It is equipped with 4GB of memory, 128GB of storage, and ultra-wide-angle / wide-angle / macro / depth except that the camera has no telephoto, and there are no negative points, making it a surprisingly high cost performance machine. The main specifications are as follows. The SoC is MediaTek Helio G85. 2x Cortex-A75@2GHz + 6x Cortex-A55@1.8GHz, total 8 cores. Mali-G52 MC2 is included in the GPU. Looking at the results of the benchmark test described later, is it close to the Snapdragon 670? The Pixel 3a is famous for its smartphones. In any case, it will be an entry class. Memory 4GB, storage 128GB. Since 64GB is barely enough, the usability seems to be quite different. The OS is Android 11. The display is a 6.4-inch OLED (2,400 x 1,080 dots). Originally, OLED was used at the high end, but gradually it was installed in the middle class, and it finally fell to this price range. This is the most noticeable point of this machine. The network is Wi-Fi ac compatible, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC. Unfortunately, NFC does not support FeliCa. SIM is Nano SIM card slot x 2. However, one is exclusive with microSD. Corresponding bands are as shown in the table. It does not support 5G. However, even in 2022, 5G is still in the situation. If you switch between 5G and 4G poorly, the battery will run out quickly, so even your iPhone 13 Pro is cutting 5G. Therefore, even with 4G Only, you will not feel any particular disadvantages so far. The interface is USB 2.0 Type-C, 3.5mm jack, monaural speaker, microSD card slot. Sensors are fingerprint authentication sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, SAR sensor, gyro sensor, e-compass. Location information is equipped with GPS, A-GPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, Galileo. The front of the camera has about 13 million pixels (F value 2.2). Wide-angle back: approx. 50 million pixels (F value 1.8), ultra-wide angle: approx. 8 million pixels, macro: approx. 2 million pixels (F value 2.4), depth sensor. There is no telephoto, but it is equipped with macro and depth. The size is about 73.9 x 8.55 x 161.9 mm (width x thickness x height, thinnest part), and the weight is about 181 g. It corresponds to IP52 and the battery is 5,000mAh. There are two color variations, mineral gray and baby blue. And the price is 25,800 yen. Even though it is an entry class, I am worried that it will be profitable at this price with such a thing. I received Baby Blue. As you can see from the photo, the color looks different depending on the angle. The housing is not too thick and not too big and fits in your hand just right. The actual weight is 182g. Is it standard for 6.4 type? The front is a punch hole type front camera at the top of the panel. The edges are neither too thin nor too thick. The back is the camera group on the upper left. SIM card slot on the left side. 3.5mm jack on the top side. Assist button, volume ± button, power button that also serves as a fingerprint sensor on the right side. Type-C and speakers are placed on the lower side. The SIM slot is a type that uses an eject pin, with SIM1 in the back and SIM2 / microSD in the front. Accessories are AC adapter, Type-A / Type-C cable, earphone, eject pin, case. It's rare to have all of them at this time. Although it is better to attach the case in terms of protection, it does not look good and thickens. The 6.4-inch OLED is an OLED, even if the main body is inexpensive. Once you see it, the IPS LCD panel of the same class looks shabby. If you see it at a mass retailer, please compare it with the smartphones around you. Black (RGB: 0/0/0) does not emit light as a mechanism, so it is completely black. If the black is tight, the impression will change. The brightness is not specified in the specifications, but it is quite bright. The photo on the left / above is usually taken with the maximum brightness, but it is bright and seems to be overexposed. Fever was not particularly noticeable in the trial range. The sound is noisy when viewed with the SONY MDR-EX800ST instead of the attached earphones. Also, the bass drum dosun feels strangely heavy (in a good way). On the other hand, the omission is not good, but it seems to be good for rock music. The output from the speaker seems to be lacking in power, but it feels easy to hear in the middle range. It's a pity that it's monaural. Overall, I don't feel like I'm touching a smartphone for 25,800 yen. There is nothing inferior in appearance compared to the 40,000 to 50,000 yen class. Personally, it's okay to pay +10,000 yen, so I'd like it to support FeliCa and stereo speakers (on the contrary, macros are unnecessary). ■ Sufficient image considering the price! The built-in camera has about 13 million pixels (F value 2.2) on the front. The back is wide-angle: about 50 million pixels (F value 1.8), super wide-angle: about 8 million pixels, macro: about 2 million pixels (F value 2.4), depth sensor. The number of output pixels at the time of standard setting is 3,120 x 4,160 dots, 3,072 x 4,080 dots, 2,448 x 3,264 dots, and 1,200 x 1,600 dots, respectively. The number of wide-angle pixels is 3,072 x 4,080 dots, which is one-fourth of about 50 million pixels, using quad-xel technology that treats four pixels as one and is advantageous for color development and dark places. Because it is. According to the guide immediately after switching, the optimum distance for the macro is 4 cm or 2 fingers wide (US size because it is about 3 cm for me?). The modes are video, photo, and another menu for photos: portrait, cutout, spot color, night vision, cinemagraph, panorama, group selfie, live filter, professional, dual shooting. The video is slow motion and time lapse. As you can see from the screen capture, there is also an AI function, and it will be displayed whether to switch depending on the scene. As for the front camera, it also supports Face Beauty Auto / ON / OFF in photo / portrait mode. The settings are AI settings (automatic smile capture / gesture selfie / smart composition / shot optimization / low light intensity AI / Google lens), photos (rear / front camera resolution / rear / front camera HDR / selfie photos). Mirror display), video (camera shake correction), shooting settings, save settings. Editing does not have its own app, but uses Google Photos. The following 22 examples are posted, including daytime, night view, and people (front / back). Auto including basic HDR. Motorcycles, dinosaur objects, and tulips are in portrait mode. It seems that almost all HDR is ON during the day. The person is in portrait mode and the front camera is face beauty ON. Unfortunately, I used a silver reflex in the weather, so it seems that the skin color is not a little, but it looks beautiful including the background blur. The feeling of use is start-up, AF, save ... There is nothing to worry about. You can shoot normally. On the contrary, if you can take this much for 25,800 yen, you can't complain. If there is a part that pokes the corner of the heavy box, it is not that the shadow seems to sink too much during the daytime (not in the example) when HDR is off. ■ Easy-to-understand operability with plain Android 11 + Moto + α The initial settings were basically all skipped and set up with Wi-Fi. Authentication corresponds to face and fingerprint. SIM opens immediately when APN is set. The OS is Android 11. At initial startup, the storage uses 19.86GB out of 128GB (including some screen captures). IME is Gboard. The company has been singing plain Android for a long time, and it has only a + α application. There are two home screens. Place the phone, message, Chrome, and camera in the Dock. The first screen is Google Folder, Duo, Moto, Play Store. The second screen is Google Pay, News, Podcasts, Settings. Swipe from top to bottom for notification panel, swipe from bottom to top for app screen, long press wallpaper for home settings / widgets / wallpaper / style ... etc. Installed apps include "Assistant", "Interactive Wallpaper", "Camera", "Calendar", "Games", "Spreadsheets", "Slides", "Device Help", "Documents", "Drive", "News", "Photos", "Maps", "Messages", "Clock", "Settings", "Calculators", "Phone", "Contact Book", "Chrome", "Dolby Atmos", "Duo", "Facebook", "Files", "Fit", "FM Radio", "Gmail", "Google", "Google One", "Google Play", "Google Play Movie & TV", "Home", "Moto", "Play Store", "Podcats", "YouTube", "YT Music". In addition to the Google standard application, it is configured to add familiar Moto and so on. FM radio also supports Japanese frequencies. ■ Equivalent to Snapdragon 670, but GPU is about double speed! Benchmark test is a simple formula and posted the results of GeekBench 5 and Google Octane 2.0. GeekBench 5 has Single-core 352, Multi-core 1,325 and Vulkan has 1,241. Google Octane 11,738. According to Geekbench's Android Benchmarks, is it closer to the Snapdragon 670? However, Vulkan has about double the score, so the MediaTek Helio G85 has better graphics performance. Google Octane is over 10,000, so it's OK for the time being. Battery life is 50% for both brightness and volume. When I played full HD video continuously with a Wi-Fi connection, the battery ran out in about 14 hours. The features of MediaTek Helio G85 and the battery is 5,000mAh, so it lasts a long time. As mentioned above, Motorola "moto g31" is an Android smartphone equipped with MediaTek Helio G85 / 4GB / 128GB and 6.4-inch OLED. The camera also supports ultra wide angle / macro / depth. Despite this, the price is 25,800 yen. Cheap as an OLED-adopted machine! The biggest weakness is that it does not support 5G, but considering the current situation, it is not a problem even if it is not in particular. The power and camera are good, so it can be said that it is one that users who are looking for an inexpensive smartphone with a beautiful screen should definitely use it.

PC Watch, Kazuhisa Nishikawa