Motorola stimulated competition in the subsector. ₹With the introduction of the Moto G45 5G, the company has entered the $10,000 segment. The official price of this phone is ₹10,999 in India, but the effective price is Rs. ₹The launch offer has brought the price down to Rs 9,999, putting it in line with two other recently launched 5G smartphones: the Vivo T3 Lite and the Realme C63. To help our readers choose their new 5G smartphone among these three devices, we will dig deep into the details and outline the pros and cons.
Moto G45 specifications
The Moto G45 5G features a 6.45-inch HD+ display with a resolution of 1600 x 720 pixels and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It has a peak brightness of 500 nits and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
Under the hood, the device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chip built on a 6nm process, with an Adreno 619 GPU for demanding graphics tasks. It supports up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage, expandable up to 1TB via a microSD card slot.
The Moto G45 5G is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support. It runs Android 14 and comes with Motorola’s UX skin. Motorola is promising one year of OS updates and three years of security patches on the device.
Vivo T3 Lite Specifications:
Vivo T3 Lite 5G features a 6.56-inch HD+ LCD display with a 90Hz refresh rate and 840 nits peak brightness. The phone comes with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, a 3.5mm jack, and an IP64 rating for dust and water resistance.
It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset based on the 6nm process and is paired with the Mali-G57 MC2 GPU to handle all the graphics-intensive tasks. It supports up to 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 128GB of eMMC5.1 storage. Additionally, users can also expand the storage further with a microSD card slot up to 1TB.
In terms of cameras, the T3 Lite 5G sports a dual shooter at the rear with a 50MP primary sensor and a 2MP secondary depth sensor, while there is also an 8MP selfie shooter on the front.
Realme C63 Specifications:
The Realme C63 features a 6.67-inch HD+ screen (1604 x 720 pixels) with up to 120Hz dynamic refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, and 625 nits peak brightness.
The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 6300 6nm processor paired with Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU for handling graphics-intensive tasks.The Realme C63 comes with up to 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and up to 128GB UFS 2.2 storage with support for memory expansion up to 2TB via microSD card slot.
The Realme C63 is equipped with a 5000mAh (typical) battery that supports 10W fast charging. It runs on Android 14 based on Realme UI 5.0, and the Chinese smartphone maker promises two years of OS updates and three years of security patches on the device.
For photography, it has a 32MP rear camera with a Galaxycore GC32E1 sensor and an 8MP front camera. Other features include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, a 3.5mm audio jack, and an IP64 rating for dust and water resistance.
Which cell phone should I buy? ₹10,000?
All three phones come with 4GB RAM/128GB storage in the base model, with the Moto G45 standing out as the more powerful model as it’s equipped with a Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chip whereas the other two devices are equipped with the Dimensity 6300 SoC. The 6s Gen 3 is essentially a rebranded version of the Snapdragon 695, which is also used in the more expensive Moto G85.
Design-wise, Moto also leads the way with a premium vegan leather finish on the back, as opposed to the plastic and boxy design of the Vivo T3 and Realme C63.
However, Moto’s upgrade policy is less generous, offering just one year of OS updates and three years of security patches, compared to the two OS updates and three-year security patch cycles offered by both Vivo and Realme.
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Published on: 21 August 2024, 3:57 PM IST
