Motorola One Pro: is the smartphone worth $ 570?

The mobile industry has entered the life of every inhabitant of our planet so firmly that we not only carry smartphones with us everywhere, but also sleep next to them. The history of mobile phones began even more than sixty years ago - in 1957! It was then that Leonid Ivanovich Kupriyanov created a mobile phone that weighed as much as three kilograms - LK-1. About twenty years later, in 1973, Motorola officially developed and began selling the first push-button mobile phone as we know it. For more than forty years, the company has continued to produce mobile phones. In the second half of 2019, Motorola should release a new smartphone from the "One" branch - Motorola One Pro.

The One line includes such models as Motorola One Power, Motorola One Vision, Motorola One Action. The pro version will differ from its counterparts in price, better performance, and hardware. With the release of the branch, many will begin to ask the question: "Which model is better to buy?" "Proshka" will definitely be more cheerful than the rest, so today we will consider its characteristics and decide whether to take this device or it is better to look for something better for such a price. Let me remind you that the One branch is announced as inexpensive smartphones, cheaper than Z and more expensive than G.

Specifications Motorola One Pro

To begin with, let's decide in what price segment the product is located - they are going to sell it for about 35 thousand rubles or 557 dollars, which definitely does not make it the best budget choice. Such a price goes beyond the average price segment - from 10 to 20 (maximum up to 25) thousand rubles. Taking into account the volatility of the currency, then its value in Russia may even increase.

Based on the price tag, we will compete with three smartphones up to 40 thousand rubles. For some, the cost is two to three thousand higher. However, if you look for where it is more profitable to buy equipment, you can save up to 4000-5000. The main rivals of Motorola One Pro are: Huawei P20 Pro (up to 40,000 rubles), OnePlus 6T (up to 44,000 rubles), Huawei Mate 20 (up to 42,000 rubles). Absolutely all three competitors were released on sale a year ago - in 2018, so a comparison with last year's novelties will show the relevance of the device.

The design of the novelty is of great importance for sales. However, the Motorola company did not bother too much about it and the only thing that distinguishes the "bug" is four cameras. The rest of the smartphone is mingled in that huge stream of new products that try to imitate such big brands as Apple or Huawei - a waterdrop notch and no bezels (this is neither good nor bad). The phone does not have its own style, moreover, based on the merged frames, there is a possibility that the next Iphone will also have four cameras. The new motorola will be sold in five colors: black, white, gold, silver, blue. With such a variety of colors, everyone will find the right color.

Let's take a look at all the pros and cons of the Motorola One Pro smartphone.

Housing

The body of the new device is made of an alloy of aluminum and glass. Metal inserts have been abandoned so that the phone does not feel like a brick in the hand. The width is 75.4 mm, in length it does not reach 160 mm (158.7 mm), and weighs 180 grams. It's not exactly thin - 8.8 mm, almost 9. They decided not to use plastic in order to achieve better reliability and beauty.

Screen

The screen is considered to be one of the most important components of every device. Motorola has delivered a gorgeous Super Amoled display. Many people love it so much for the fact that it perfectly reproduces the black color, much better than IPS matrices. However, the color rendering of IPS screens is much higher. In Super Amoled, the PWM, or flicker, which causes eyes to get tired very quickly, is below 300 hertz, making it noticeable to the eye. Such matrices serve less than IPS. But Super Amoled outperforms the competitor in the following parameters: thickness and response time, better reproduction of black colors, a huge margin of brightness, which is why working in the sun is not at all problematic.

The diagonal by the standards of 2019 is standard - 6.2 inches. The resolution will delight fans of watching vidos on YouTube, movies or playing - the screen resolution is just a little short of Quad HD, but there is support for FullHD + (1080 x 2340 pixels). The pixel density for the $ 557 price tag raises no problems - it is 416 ppi. The screen transmits up to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit). The ratio is 19.5: 9. The display takes up about 82% of the device's percent. There is a small teardrop notch, similar to the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, which almost does not distract attention.

Gorilla Glass, familiar to everyone, will be used as protection, whose version is still unknown.

Hardware platform

The speed of the devices is affected by their "guts" or hardware. It's time to review them with this device.

For this price category, the processor will be delivered simply magnificent, which surpasses the rest of the currently known ones. The latest version of the dragon is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, which is considered the best as of July 2019. It is manufactured using a seven nanometer process technology. Its main difference is support for new generation 5G networks. The maximum data transfer rate is 450 Mbps, and for download it is 2.0 Gbps. As a graphics chip, the Adreno 640 is used, the second in performance after the 680th. All of the above indicators have a huge impact on the speed of work.

Memory

Memory size is important for many users. The more it is, the more applications you can install. The novelty has 128 GB of permanent and 8 GB of RAM available. This equipment is the only one so far. The smartphone also supports microSD memory cards up to 256GB.

Networks, SIM cards, communication

The phone supports GSM (works on all frequencies: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz ...), UMTS or 3G networks are also available on all available frequencies: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1,700 / 2,100 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz ...The fourth generation or LTE (4G) communication technology supports the following frequencies here: 700 MHz (Class 17, B12, B28), 800MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1700 MHz / 2100 MHz (B66), 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz , 2600 MHz, B38 (TDD 2600 MHz), B39 (TDD 1900 MHz), B40 (TDD 2300 MHz), B41 (TDD 2500 MHz), B34 (TDD 2000 MHz).

Note! LTE communication functions correctly only when all frequencies in the network match.

There is support for UMTS (384 kbit / s), HSPA +: HSDPA 42 Mbit / s and HSUPA 5.76 Mbit / s, EDGE, LTE Cat 18 (221.0 Mbit / s, 1.2 Gbps), GRPS.

The new smartphone supports dual sim (two sim cards), Nano-Sim size.

The following navigation functions are available: GPS, GLONASS, Dual GPS, Chinese BDS.

WLANs: Wi-Fi operates in the following modes: 802.11 ac / a / b / g / n / c. It is dual band. There is support for Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot.

Bluetooth. The latest bluetooth version is 5.0. There are A2DP, EDR, LE.

Software, sensors, sensors

The developers say that the phone will use the latest July 2019 Android Pie 9.0 as the operating system. It is difficult to say exactly whether it is good or not. On the one hand, there are good system updates, new functions, on the other hand, cropped android chips (in the blind, you can no longer view available Wi-Fi networks or bluetooth devices, as was done in Android 8.0 Oreo), a lot of glitches, lags and freezes, which promise to fix it in future updates.

The interface will most likely be slightly changed by the manufacturer, new applications will be loaded, the icons of some old ones will be changed. However, before the official release (let me remind you that the release date of the phone is still unknown) it is impossible to say for sure about this.

The new device will please with the presence of NFC (although, in the phone for 36 thousand rubles, it must be present), a fingerprint scanner (Touch ID, which is built-in Attention! Under the screen), an accelerometer, a compass, a gyroscope. So far, only such sensors and sensors are known.

Battery, supported charging types, connectors

This version of the phone will be equipped with a non-removable lithium-ion battery with a volume of 4000 mAh, so the autonomy is one of the best. It is also now known that the device supports fifth-generation fast charging or Quick Charge 5.0. We decided to install the USB connector Type-C 3.1, for which many thanks to the manufacturer. Since the phone is clearly good for unpretentious and active games, fast charging is definitely needed, because heavy programs, prolonged viewing of videos can eat up the battery charge at a tremendous speed.

The usual 3.5 mm jack was installed as a headphone jack.

Camera overview

Cameras have been one of the main reasons for the good sales of phones for several years now. A huge number of people look not only at the hardware, but also at how the camera takes pictures. Let's make the largest possible overview of the rear and front cameras, which is possible at the beginning of July 2019.

Rear camera module

Looking at the design of the new smartphone, one gets the feeling that the photographic capabilities of this device are off scale - FOUR cameras were installed on the back side, combining them into a square block. The brand of the company is engraved under it - the capital letter M in a circle. However, now the characteristics of only one are known - 48 megapixels, aperture - f / 1.6. From the photo capabilities, we know the presence of panoramic shooting, HDR. Video quality - 2160p shoots at 30fps, 1080p is available at 60fps. There is a dual LED bi-color flash.

Front Selfie Camera

It is one and made in the form of a small droplet. Shoots photos in 25 MP, HDR is available, video is shot at 1080p, 30fps.

This is all that is currently known about the photo of the proshka's ability.

Comparison with competitors

Recall that competitors: Huawei P20 Pro (up to 40,000 rubles), OnePlus 6T (up to 44,000 rubles), Huawei Mate 20 (up to 42,000 rubles).

Material

• One Pro is made of glass and aluminum alloy;
• Huawei P20 Pro - metal, glass;
• OnePlus 6T - metal, glass;
• Huawei Mate 20 - metal, glass.

Iron

Comparing the processors of these devices is pointless, since the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is undisputedly the best among them in all tests and use in life, and the competitors have a lower processor.

Camera

Now it is known that only one One Pro camera will be 48 MP, front camera - 25 MP.

• Huawei P20 Pro - 40 Mp + 20 Mp + 8 Mp, 24 Mp;
• OnePlus 6T - 16MP + 20MP, 16MP;
• Huawei Mate 20 - 12 Mp + 16 Mp + 8 Mp, 24 Mp;

Screen

The "proshka" has a Super Amoled matrix installed.

• Huawei P20 Pro - OLED;
• OnePlus 6T - AMOLED;
• Huawei Mate 20 - IPS;

Battery

• The Motorola One Pro has a 4000 mAh battery.
• Huawei P20 Pro - 4000 mAh;
• OnePlus 6T - 3700 mAh;
• Huawei Mate 20 - 4000 mAh.

Output

It turns out that a brand new phone from Motorola will be the best for its price in all respects.

Pros and cons

Among the advantages are:

• large battery capacity;
• the latest hardware;
• availability of NFC;
• headphone jack.

Among the minuses are only:

• squalid design of four cameras on the back.