In English, the English word for midrange products is Midrange, so it is easy to associate the meaning of Motorola's new Moto M, whether it means this word or not, but in fact, it is not too closely related to the appearance of the machine or the hardware configuration.
Beneath its bright appearance is a MediaTek Helio P10 processor, which has obvious advantages and disadvantages. But I will talk about it later. In addition, it is also equipped with a 5.5 inch display screen and one of the smallest 16 million pixel camera heads at present, Moto M is also equipped with fingerprint recognition sensor and water resistant nano coating. Although it is not IP67, it is better than nothing.
As can be seen from the configuration table, it has no NFC, which means that you can never enjoy services like Android Pay. However, its card slot supports both microSD card and SIM card.
Parameter list:
5.5 inch IPS LCD, 1080p resolution, 401ppi
Body size 151.4 x 75.4 x 7.9mm, weight 163g
MediaTek Helio P10 processor, eight core 1.95GHz Cortex-A53
Mali-T860MP2 GPU, 3GB/4GB memory
32GB/64GB memory, SIMµSD two in one card slot
Android 6.0.1 marshmallow system
16 million pixel main camera, f/2.0 aperture, 1.0 μ m unit pixel area, phase focusing, dual color temperature LED flash
1080p, 30fps video recording
8 megapixel front camera, 1.12 μ m per pixel area
Back fingerprint identification sensor
3050 mAh battery
Type-C 1.0 interface
Nano coating can resist water and dust
Appearance and hardware
Moto M's body size is 151.4 x 75.4 x 7.9mm, which is almost the same as other mid-range mobile phones. Compared with the same 5.5 inch Galaxy S7 edge, the latter is 0.5mm shorter and 2.8mm narrower, and the weight of 163g is also irrelevant to the word "lightweight".
In terms of appearance design, Moto M is actually a beautiful machine. The back is a piece of brushed metal, and the top and bottom are antenna openings. Although it is not luxurious, it is also very durable.
When designing the appearance of Moto M, the motorcycle also added some decorations to make it look more similar to other products in the family. The Z series camera is a prominent circle, while M looks the same as the G series, a long strip shape. At first glance, it still thinks it is a dual camera.
There is also a round fingerprint sensor on the back. Personally, this design is much better than the square sensor of the Z series, because the fingerprint identification placed on the back is much easier in actual use. Only when the mobile phone is placed on the table, it will become a little troublesome. This is the first mobile phone of the motorcycle that uses back fingerprint identification, I believe that more products will adopt this design in the future.
There is also a round Moto Logo at the bottom of the back, with a sense of retro style. There is also a "moto" below the front of the fuselage On the top of the front are some common configurations. The earpiece is located in the middle, and on the right is the distance and light sensor, as well as an 8 megapixel front camera. By the way, a small LED message notification light is hidden in it.
There is also a chamfer and trimming design in the frame part of Moto M, which shows a sense of luxury. In addition, the too thin frame makes the sense of grip weak, which may be a bit difficult to handle when placed flat on the table, but for ordinary users, good looking is the king.
There is a SIM card slot on the left side of the fuselage, which can load two nanoSIM cards, or one nanoSIM card and one microSD card. Although this design is very good, it would be better to open an additional SD card slot on the premise of dual cards.
The power key is located on the right side of the fuselage. The thumb can touch it well. The surface of the power key is also textured to identify it. The volume key is above the power key.
USB Type-C has been the current trend configuration, and the motorcycle has certainly not fallen behind. You can find it at the bottom, with a set of openings on both sides, but only the right side is the speaker, and the top of the body is a conventional 3.5mm headphone interface. Don't worry, the midrange computer will not be so radical to cancel this practical configuration.
Screen and endurance
Moto M is equipped with a 5.5 inch 1080p IPS display screen. This price does not require anything. It is sufficient to have a good full HD screen. In addition, it uses a standard RGB pixel arrangement.
The highest brightness of 425 nits is not very good. AMOLED is at this level, while LCD is generally brighter. Even Moto G4 with a slightly lower positioning is higher than Moto M in brightness, which is a bit more flattering. In contrast, its value is 1400:1. In terms of color accuracy, Moto M's performance is also unsatisfactory, with an average DeltaE of 5.9.
Moto M has a battery capacity of 3050 mAh, which is not very large, but it is believed to be enough. However, in our endurance test, its performance can only be said to be OK. It takes about 15 hours for 3G calls and 7 hours for WiFi web browsing, while some competitors at the same level perform better than it. In terms of video playback, Moto M can not even last 8 hours.
UI
On the user interface, Moto M runs a nearly native Android marshmallow system from the factory. The lock screen interface and the main interface remain the same as the original one. There are very few changes, such as Google Now On Tap and the secondary menu. Because of Android 6.0, only notification messages can be seen when the notification bar is pulled down for the first time, and shortcut buttons can be viewed only when the notification bar is pulled down for the second time, However, you can also use the double finger drop-down to do this.
performance
Moto M is equipped with MediaTek's Helio P10 processor, with 3GB memory（ 4GB version available outside the United States ）We have also tested many mobile phones equipped with P10 before, so we will compare Moto M with them.
（ Geekbench 4 single core, the higher the score, the better ）
In the single core test of GeekBench 4, Moto M scores the same as Meizu M3 Max and G4 Plus of P10 processor（ Snapdragon 617 ）It is higher, but it is lower than the score of Snapdragon 625 with almost the same dominant frequency.
（ Geekbench 4 multi-core, the higher the score, the better ）
（ The higher the score, the better ）
（ Basemark OS II， The higher the score, the better ）
（ GFX 3.0 Manhattan, 1080p off screen, the higher the score, the better ）
（ GFX 3.0 Manhattan, onscreen， The higher the score, the better ）
（ GFX 3.1 Manhattan, 1080p off screen, the higher the score, the better ）
（ GFX 3.1 Manhattan, onscreen， The higher the score, the better ）
After a comprehensive performance test, we are actually quite satisfied with the performance of Moto M. Although the Helio P10 is not a very powerful processor, this Moto M is already one of the best performing P10 machines, but you should not expect too much about the game performance.
camera
Moto M is equipped with a 16 million pixel camera with f/2.0 aperture, but this lens is different from that on Moto Z Play. Its pixel unit area is only 1.0 μ m（ 1.3 μ m for Z Play ）However, Moto M has a phase focusing function and a dual LED flash, which is conducive to improving the shooting effect at night.
The camera interface is ordinary and close to the original one. The switch button of the front and rear cameras is on the right side of the top. It is a little hard to reach with one hand. There are also many options for adjustment, ISO、 White balance, HDR, etc. are all available.
The effect taken by this mobile phone is fairly good, but it also has some small shortcomings. For example, the photos taken by this mobile phone are always warm in color, and the exposure is slightly insufficient. Perhaps this is because the unit area of pixels is too small. In addition, the performance in tolerance is relatively flat. The details are very rich, especially for large objects such as grass, but there are also noise, even when the light is good and the basic ISO value is good.
Let's look at a group of shooting samples:
（ The left is HDR off, and the right is HDR on ）
（ The left is HDR off, and the right is HDR on ）
Moto M's HDR mode is a bit interesting. When it is turned on, the warm tone photos will become very cold. In addition, the details of some highlighted pictures will become clearer.
Panoramic photos are also mediocre, with a height of 1300px, and the stitching can be easily detected.
The front camera of Moto M is 8 million pixels, f/2.0 aperture, and the unit pixel area is 1.12 μ m, larger than the main camera on some mobile phones, which is commendable.
summary
From the first impression, Moto M's performance is satisfactory. When you hold the phone, the cold metal on the back will make you mistake it for a high-end product, but it doesn't cost you too much money.
Although we tried to find a very bright advantage in Moto M, we later found that it actually prefers a bucket type product, that is, although there is no bright spot, there is no obvious disadvantage. However, the performance of the camera is good, 16 million pixels can be satisfactory, and it would be better if the performance of the battery life could be a little better. After all, the 55 hour performance is still inferior among the products of the same level.
Advantages and disadvantages:
Good appearance design, quite high-end
The contrast of the screen is very high, and the outdoor visibility is also good, but the screen brightness needs to be improved
The endurance level is not only satisfactory
For systems similar to the native UI interface, Motorola has not made major changes
The performance of Helio P10 is good, but the graphics performance is low, and this processor is likely to be one of the reasons for the poor endurance
The sound quality of the loudspeaker is good
The 16 megapixel main camera can capture more details, but the color, tolerance and exposure are flat
The 8 megapixel front camera is a good self timer
The video recording picture is very ordinary
No NFC
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