Motorola’s latest mid-range device emphasises endurance with a 7,000mAh battery and a familiar design, but questions remain over its visual and performance compromises in a competitive segment.
Motorola’s latest mid-range handset is built around a familiar formula: a large battery, a clean software build and a design language the company has now spread across much of its range. On paper, the Moto G77 Power looks well placed for buyers who value endurance above all else, with a 7,000mAh cell, a 120Hz display and a 50-megapixel main camera. Yet in a crowded Rs. 25,000 segment, the question is whether those strengths are enough to outweigh some obvious compromises.
The phone’s biggest immediate problem is that it looks and feels like many other Motorola devices. That may not be a flaw in itself, as the rear panel uses a vegan leather finish that improves grip and resists fingerprints, but it does little to give the handset a distinct identity. At 215g, it is also heavier than many rivals. Motorola has at least added practical touches, including an IP64 rating, MIL-STD-810H certification and a 3.5mm headphone jack, which will still matter to some buyers. Gizmochina reported that the phone went on sale in India on 13 July in Pantone Nautical Blue, Pantone Fuchsia Red and Pantone Impenetrable.
The display is more mixed. Motorola has fitted a 6.72-inch Full HD+ LCD panel with a 120Hz refresh rate. Text and interface elements look crisp enough, and the smooth refresh rate helps in day-to-day use. But the screen lacks the depth and contrast of an AMOLED panel, which makes video playback less satisfying than it should be. Outdoor visibility is merely adequate, and colours shift somewhat at angles. Stereo speakers help, though bass remains limited.
Performance is serviceable rather than impressive. The Moto G77 Power runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 6400, paired with 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage. That is enough for messaging, browsing and social media, but gaming exposes the limits of the hardware, with visible frame drops when graphics settings are raised. The phone also warms under sustained load, though not to an alarming degree. Motorola ships Android 16 with its Hello UI layer, and the software remains one of the cleaner options in this segment, with relatively little bloat. The weakness is support: the company promises only one major Android upgrade and three years of security updates, which trails several competitors.
Camera quality is acceptable in good light, but not much more than that. The 50-megapixel main sensor produces usable images with decent dynamic range, though tones can skew warm and details soften when crops are examined closely. Low-light results suffer from the absence of optical image stabilisation, and the 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera is plainly the weaker part of the setup. The 32-megapixel front camera performs better, delivering natural-looking selfies with fair detail and balanced colour.
Battery life is where the Moto G77 Power makes its strongest case. The 7,000mAh battery comfortably lasts around a day and a half with mixed use, and lighter users may stretch that to two days. Charging is handled by a 30W adapter in the box, with a full top-up taking roughly 90 minutes. That endurance, rather than the screen, cameras or processor, is what defines the phone. For buyers who want long battery life first and everything else second, it is a plausible choice. For most others, the compromises are hard to ignore.
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