Motorola Moto G67 Review: Endurance Over Muscle

At Motorola, the Moto G family occupies the key slot for affordable phones that are polished enough not to feel like a fallback choice. The Moto G67 follows that logic, arriving with 5G support and the ambition of appealing to buyers who want a serious handset from the accessible end of the market. That reasoning carries extra weight during a component shortage, which is part of why this range remains popular with professional buyers.

With this model Motorola reinforces an already dense line-up in which several references can easily tread on one another. The G67 tries to stand out with a bright 1.5K AMOLED panel, a solid specification, claimed robustness and a look more flattering than its place in the market suggests. In a segment as contested as this one, it lines up against the Realme P3, Xiaomi's Redmi Note 15 5G and the Samsung Galaxy A26 5G.

The Moto G67 is a relatively large phone, without feeling like dead weight in a pocket. At 164.18 x 77.37 x 7.33 mm and 182 g on the scales, it is fairly light and very slim, although its width is a quick reminder that small hands are not its first priority. One-handed use remains feasible, but it is not always natural depending on the size of the palm. The format asks for a little adaptation, then, without being awkward day to day.

At the front sits a 6.78-inch AMOLED display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i. It covers close to 89 per cent of the available surface, with no unsightly chin and bezels contained enough not to betray its position in the market. The under-display fingerprint reader reinforces the modern feel, but its rather low placement occasionally requires a small acrobatic movement from the thumb. Nothing serious, but it is noticeable.

At the back, Motorola has chosen a restrained Pantone shade and a plastic finish with a matt, very soft feel under the fingers. The frame, in a similar colour, looks glossier while offering a reassuring grip. The camera block is elegantly integrated into the shell by a slight raised section and protrudes only moderately, which limits wobble when the phone is laid flat on a table. The whole design prefers discreet refinement to showiness, which is no bad thing.

The controls follow a classic arrangement: volume and power on the right, the SIM and microSD tray on the left, USB-C and the speaker on the bottom edge. On connectivity, Lenovo's brand sticks to the essentials with 5G, Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 5 and NFC, a coherent set at this level. Motorola lists MIL-STD-810H and IP64 among the model's ratings.

The Moto G67 relies on a large 6.78-inch AMOLED panel displaying 1272 x 2772 pixels, or 450 ppi. At this level of the market that choice remains welcome compared with LCD, since OLED brings deep blacks, near-infinite contrast and no image persistence. The refresh rate climbs to 120 Hz, although this is a variable rather than adaptive frequency, since there is no LTPO backplane. The other expected limitation for the segment is the absence of HDR support.

Although Motorola quotes a maximum brightness of 5,000 cd/m², measurement equipment recorded a peak of only 1,843 cd/m². The gap is wide, but the result remains comfortable, including in bright sunlight. The minimum of 2.23 cd/m² keeps the display suitably dim in a dark room. Reflectance reaches roughly 46 per cent, a decent figure and below the average of the comparison group.

By default the display leans too far towards cool tones, with a delta E of 3.23 and a colour temperature of 7152 K, but the Natural Colours mode corrects the picture: delta E falls to 0.85 and the temperature to 6379 K, much closer to the 6500 K of the reference video standard.

The Moto G67 carries MediaTek's Dimensity 6300, an octa-core processor built on a 6 nm process and still uncommon on phones in this market, aside from the recent Realme C100 5G. It combines two Arm Cortex-A76 cores at 2.4 GHz with six Arm Cortex-A55 cores at 2 GHz. Motorola pairs that chip with a single configuration: 4 GB of memory and 256 GB of storage, expandable via microSD. Internal space is therefore generous, but the limited memory quickly tempers any ambition.

Day to day, the handset copes with simple tasks such as moving through menus, browsing the web or messaging. As soon as several apps are stacked up, or a demanding game such as Genshin Impact or PUBG is launched, the pace becomes more hesitant. The Mali-G57 MC2 GPU sustains an average of 57.24 frames per second on the test protocol used, which is enough for light and well-optimised titles but not for intensive sessions. Already tight in 2026, the G67 also risks ageing less gracefully, a point worth keeping in mind for anyone who intends to hold on to it.

The Moto G67 does not promise to replace a camera, which is probably the wiser course. Its configuration comes down to two usable modules: a 50-megapixel main sensor behind a wide-angle lens at f/1.8, and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide at f/2.2. The third element on the back is merely an ambient light sensor and plays no part in image capture.

The main sensor acquits itself well in daylight. Sharpness is good in the centre, with good rendering of textures, banknotes, fabrics and test charts. Colours are vivid but stay natural, and dynamic range is correct, though exposure is pushed a little far. Towards the edges, definition drops slightly and chromatic aberration appears on moire effects.

In low light, the G67 captures legible images, but the rendering clearly loses naturalness. Exposure is better handled, yet the scene leans distinctly warm compared with its South Korean rival. Sharpness recedes, textures are smoothed and detail disappears, particularly in the darker areas. Noise remains contained, at the cost of fairly heavy processing.

With the ultra-wide, daylight shots do the job, with a well-exposed scene and reasonably faithful colour. The centre stays legible, but the frame as a whole is noisy and sharpness is less solid than on the main module: lettering and small elements such as tarot cards lose precision. There is also slight distortion in the corners, a recurring trait with this kind of lens.

At night the ultra-wide takes the hit, as does the equivalent Samsung module. The photographs remain usable, but sharpness falls away sharply and textures are largely erased by processing. Colours are dull, and although digital noise is artificially controlled, it comes at the cost of obvious software smoothing, notably towards the edges, with clearly visible vignetting.

At the front, the G67 uses a 32-megapixel selfie camera at f/2.2 housed in a punch hole centred at the top of the display. Software processing takes a brief moment after the shot, which is noticeable in use. In daylight, though, self-portraits are convincing: precision could be better, but the level of detail is honest for the category.

In video, the phone reaches 2K at 30 frames per second at the front as well as the rear, while Full HD at 60 frames per second is reserved for the rear camera. The image is acceptable, despite imperfect handling of contrast and very limited stabilisation.

With its 5,200 mAh battery, the Moto G67 starts from a strong position. At this level of the market that capacity means a day can be started without watching the gauge every ten minutes. On a test protocol reproducing typical use, it lasted 21 hours 29 minutes, comfortably enough for a full day and a clear advance on its rivals.

The battery supports charging at up to 30 W, provided a compatible adapter is available, since one is not supplied in the box. A full charge takes 1 hour 15 minutes, a reasonable time given the endurance on offer, so energy can be recovered quickly without living tethered to a socket. There is no wireless charging and no reverse charging, but at this level of the market those absences are hardly scandalous.

The software side is where the Moto G67 loses ground. The quantity of preinstalled applications is intrusive, and the update commitment is too vague to be reassuring for anyone planning to keep the phone for several years. The 4 GB of memory also limits fluidity and access to the on-device AI tools.

Against the Realme P3, the Redmi Note 15 5G and the Galaxy A26 5G, the Moto G67 scores mainly on battery life, on a well-calibrated screen and on its keen positioning. Xiaomi's model remains brighter, the Realme is better sealed, and Samsung is more reassuring on software longevity. The Moto G67 therefore stands as the sensible everyday choice, provided its limited performance is accepted.