It does manage to hold on to color very well, so there's that at least.Motorola has been installing its own custom Camera app on the otherwise mostly stock Android software, and that's the case on the Moto G8 Plus as well. Its camera is so-so, its specs are distinctly midrange, and you’re giving up other nice-to-have features like IP-rated water resistance.The Moto G8 Plus’ biggest strength is just how usable it is on a day-to-day basis, which has a lot to do with the small additions Motorola has made to Android 9. The only real compromise you’re making here is with the phone’s camera and the fact that it’s launching with Android 9 rather than this year’s Android 10, but I think these are acceptable trade-offs at this price.To use the Motorola Moto G8 Plus, you need to agree to five compulsory agreements:In short, the compromises Motorola has made with the Moto G8 Plus mean that it’s unlikely to win over anyone who would otherwise buy a flagship device. Its battery life is great, and Motorola’s small tweaks to Android really add to the phone’s efficiency. As for the cameras, Moto G8 Plus sports a triple rear camera setup: 48 MP main sensor (f/2.0, Quad Pixel) + 5 MP depth sensor (f/2.2, 1.12um) + 16MP action cam … It also routinely struggles with focusing in the dark. Oh, and there’s still no IP certification, so you’re best keeping it away from water.Otherwise, the photos you get out of the Moto G8 Plus are fairly average. It takes the One Action's concept - a main camera, aided by a depth sensor for portraits, and an ultra wide angle module rotated 90 degrees to be used solely for video capture. Camera samples, main camera. These do a really good job of offering small bits of functionality that never get in the way.
We also didn't observe those micro jitters we mentioned about the main cam's output.It doesn't get better for the Moto G8 Plus in low light, where its limited dynamic range becomes even more pronounced, and you can expect severely blown-out highlights and relatively noisy, albeit well-exposed shadows. The ultra-wide cam has a substantially warmer color reproduction compared to the main one, and we can't say this one is more accurate either. Sure, some of the phone’s “Moto Action” gesture controls verge on gimmicks, but others, like being able to perform two “karate chop motions” to quickly turn on the phone’s flashlight, are great little timesavers.In total, there are five mandatory agreements and six optional agreements for the Motorola Moto G8 Plus.Now Lenovo-owned Motorola is back with the first of its G8 range of devices. Motorola Moto G8 Plus Camera Photo samples. There's also a shortcut to the settings menu right in the viewfinder.The Moto G8 Plus takes okay 6MP selfies, but if 6MP isn't enough for you, the 25MP mode won't leave you excited either.
However, the camera’s limited dynamic range is a problem. While I wouldn’t have the confidence to claim you’ll get multiple days of battery life out of this phone, I will say that I struggled to drain the phone past 50 percent even on my longest days of use.It’s hard to fault at this priceThese last two options are hidden by Motorola in a sub-menu, so be sure to keep an eye out for them if you want to opt out.I’m of two minds about this decision. It’s available in Europe, Australia, Mexico, and Latin America, but it’s not currently scheduled to release in the US.But the Moto G8 Plus is still a very usable device on a daily basis. It's not bad; it's just that we were consistently getting narrower dynamic range than what we're used to seeing from other 48MP cameras and what we experienced with the other similarly equipped Motos. Stabilization is only available in 1080p at 30fps on either camera.The Motorola Moto G8 Plus has a camera setup that's a blend of the hardware you'd find on the One Action and the One Vision. The lens on this camera has an f/1.7 aperture, and even if it's not specified anywhere (not even in EXIF data), we'd put its equivalent focal length at around 26mm.The clips coming out of the main cam don't differ much in terms of color and dynamic range between the three main modes - colors are on the cool side, but generally okay, and dynamic range is average at best. Dynamic range isn't any better, not that we'd have expected it, and there isn't much of a difference whether you're shooting in 60fps or 30fps.
The fourth camera-like circle has the laser emitter and receiver for the laser focusing of the main cam's optics (there's phase detection too).