The latest Moto G is proof that three bad cameras don’t equal one good one
Please, Motorola, let your cameras do more than the bare minimum.
They say that the best camera is the one you have with you. In fact, someone wrote a book about iPhone photography that says the same thing. Usually, I’d agree with them — it’s better to have a camera to capture memories than to have nothing at all. However, in my long history of reviewing smartphones, both cheap and expensive, I’ve found that not all cameras are created equal — not even close.
Granted, I don’t expect a $200 Android phone to go toe to toe with an $800 one; that’s just not how it works. That said, there’s a difference between giving a phone the cameras it needs and adding an extra sensor just to make the back of the phone look more impressive. Google and Apple are great examples of the former, especially with the likes of the dual-camera Pixel 8a or the new single-camera iPhone 16e, while Motorola still stubbornly tries to be the latter. Its latest Moto G (2025) falls into a classic cheap camera phone trap, and here’s how I’d love to see it climb out.
