While the vast majority of powerhouse Android users are probably focused on the imminent Samsung Launching the Galaxy S25 family and a few other things, people on tight budgets might want to give it a shot Motorola A few minutes of your time today, and maybe two or three hundred of your hard-earned dollars very soon.

The Moto G Power (2025) is a subtle upgrade with a tougher design

This is up from the modest “waterproof” design of last year’s Moto G Power, ensuring not only “full underwater protection” (for up to 30 minutes), but also first-class resistance against extreme temperatures and incredibly high humidity levels. This is true, even accidentally falling onto a hard surface (at least from a height of less than four feet).

Although Motorola won’t go so far as to explicitly market its new Moto G Power phone as a “rugged” device, it sure seems like fans of the great outdoors can take this affordable bad boy on their daily adventures without being intimidated by its impressive body. To look at. It will crack or break at the first sign of trouble.

Oddly enough, the processor is being kept under wraps for the time being (which is rarely a good sign), but the rest of the specs and features revealed certainly aren’t bad, including a large 6.8-inch screen with 120Hz refresh rate technology, a primary rear camera The 50-megapixel camera is backed by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, a single 16-megapixel front camera, and a bunch of cool audio tricks like Dolby Atmos, Bass Boost, and Hi-Res Audio.

The Moto G (2025) is a much better phone than its predecessor

Want to talk about big, easily noticeable upgrades that can dramatically improve the user experience? Then let’s talk about the 6.7-inch 120Hz refresh rate display, the vegan leather finish, and 30W charging support on the new “regular” Moto G, all of which are better than what the 2024 generation has to offer in the same departments.

The Moto G (2025) admirably manages to keep its predecessor’s $199.99 price affordable despite all of these objective key advances, which obviously wouldn’t be possible without making some major compromises compared to the Moto G Power (2025).

But 5G speeds are still a big part of the seemingly unbeatable value proposition, and the same goes for the 5,000 mAh battery capacity, the water-resistant (not waterproof) body, and the 50-megapixel camera paired with a largely useless Macro Vision lens. 2 megapixels on the back of the phone. The new G Camera and a 16-megapixel front camera.