Worth Upgrading from Moto G7 Plus?

[TheWaffleMonster]

I've been happily using the Moto G7 plus for a couple of years now, however in recent months it's started to struggle with certain things - app switching can be rather sluggish and Google Maps/Driving in particular can be pretty unresponsive for a good 10 seconds after being launched. This is rather problematic for me.

I'm looking at various moto models for an upgrade, budget around £200 ... but TBH the specs on paper are hard to visualise in real-world terms.

If I went for, say, the G30 6GB, would I notice a significant performance increase?

Same question for the Moto G10. Again I just can't tell how it'd stack up against the G7 Plus.

Any advice from people with actual experience with these devices would be hugely appreciated - thanks all

 

[mustang7757]

Hi, welcome to AC!
See if @Javier P can suggest anything

 

[Javier P]

Welcome to the forums. My last Moto phone was exactly the G7+ and since then I've lost track of the more recent models. The G7+ was (still is) a very good phone and my son is using my old one.

Spec wise I don't thing the G30 and especially the G10 are going to be a real upgrade. I moved to OnePlus after that so I can't help you much there. Sorry.

 

[TheWaffleMonster]

I was worried this might be the case, looking at the specs. Don't really know where to go for an upgrade from here then. The lag when using google maps is really problematic when I'm driving, and even the google assistant can take quite a while to open at times.

Thanks for confirming my thoughts though - saved me wasting a bunch of cash on a non-upgrade, really appreciate that mate.

 

[Javier P]

I was worried this might be the case, looking at the specs. Don't really know where to go for an upgrade from here then. The lag when using google maps is really problematic when I'm driving, and even the google assistant can take quite a while to open at times.

Thanks for confirming my thoughts though - saved me wasting a bunch of cash on a non-upgrade, really appreciate that mate.

What's your budget and what do you value more in a new phone?

In the meantime you could factory reset the G7+, it will probably improve performance while you find a new device.

 

[TheWaffleMonster]

That's a good question... don't care at all about selfie camera, though a decent 'main' camera is a nice bonus. Gotta have an SD card slot. I don't play games at all. The imperative is that it be responsive - currently it can take a good 5 seconds between me saying 'Hey google' and it indicating that it's ready to listen. Likewise with maps, I can tap a destination in my contacts and have to wait up to 10 seconds for it to open google maps and become responsive to further touch inputs (like hitting the 'Start journey' button).

The G7+ was great before Android 10 (which also lags out my tablet of equivalent spec pretty badly) but now... not so great. I've already pared it back to the essential apps and totally disabled garbage like Youtube and other pre-installed guff.

Ideally wouldn't want to spend more than £250 but if that's not realistic, then that's life. (The G7+ was about 250 when I bought it iirc, got a great year out of it before Android 10 dropped then it was all downhill from there)

I've always gone with Moto phones because of the minimal bloatware and near-stock Android UI. Couldn't bear to have a Samsung which is like the polar opposite.

 

[J Dubbs]

That's a good question... don't care at all about selfie camera, though a decent 'main' camera is a nice bonus. Gotta have an SD card slot. I don't play games at all. The imperative is that it be responsive - currently it can take a good 5 seconds between me saying 'Hey google' and it indicating that it's ready to listen. Likewise with maps, I can tap a destination in my contacts and have to wait up to 10 seconds for it to open google maps and become responsive to further touch inputs (like hitting the 'Start journey' button).

The G7+ was great before Android 10 (which also lags out my tablet of equivalent spec pretty badly) but now... not so great. I've already pared it back to the essential apps and totally disabled garbage like Youtube and other pre-installed guff.

Ideally wouldn't want to spend more than £250 but if that's not realistic, then that's life. (The G7+ was about 250 when I bought it iirc, got a great year out of it before Android 10 dropped then it was all downhill from there)

I've always gone with Moto phones because of the minimal bloatware and near-stock Android UI. Couldn't bear to have a Samsung which is like the polar opposite.

My wife's running a G6 with a fair amount of real resource hogging apps, and it's smooth as butter for her. I don't think Android 10 alone is your problem. Have you factory reset since upgrading to 10? A factory reset in general will almost always speed up a glitchy phone.