Motorola One Vision – Looking ahead into the future (Review)

Motorola’s One Vision is a mobile that is a bit futuristic. It has a display like no other mobile in the market. It promising features and all at a very competitive price of Rs 19999. Motorola was seen losing steam, especially with its pricing strategy. But this mobile, One Vision has the potential to put Motorola back on track. Let us find out in detail.

In the Box

• Moto One Vision
• TPU Gel back case
• SIM ejector tool
• 15W Turbo Charger
• USB C Cable
• User Manual and other documents.

Design

Moto One Vision goes a mile more than conventional mobiles in the market. It has a 21:9 aspect ratio display, making it a long and thin mobile. This unique form factor makes the mobile easy to hold and handle, without compromising on the display size. The back is shiny glass and attracts fingerprint. It is available in 2 color variants: Blue and Brown. Brown is my personal favorite. The camera bump at the back is prominent. It has USB C port and 3.5mm audio jack. One Vision has IP52 water resistance, which means it is resistant to water splash but not immersion. The fingerprint sensor is the back. The front camera is housed inside the punch hole notch of the display. The notch is on the left side making it less intrusive. Moto One Vision is different from many mobiles due to its design ID and that makes it stand out in the crowd.

Display

Moto One Vision has a new form factor in the display. The display is an LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen measuring 6.3 inches diagonally. It supports 1080 x 2520 pixels resolution on a 21:9 ratio aspect ratio. It is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. The quality of the display is good and has nothing to complain about. The new aspect ratio is supported only by a handful of apps and games. There are also not many online contents that are available on this resolution. But it is a start and we will soon see other apps and games extending to 21:9 aspect ratio as it is the natural cinematic aspect ratio. I loved the new experience of consuming content on this aspect ratio. Appreciate Motorola for trying something new here.

Camera

Moto One vision has a 48 MP Samsung GM1 sensor with f/1.7 lens and assisted by OIS. The secondary camera is a 5 MP depth sensor. The front camera is also a Samsung quad pixel sensor with 25 MP sensor. The rear camera is capable of recording videos at up to 4k resolution and it has EIS. Motorola has given importance to the low light capability of these cameras. But I find the One Vision to perform well at all light conditions. Under daylight, the images have good details and sharpness. At low light the images are pleasing and at extreme low lights, the night mode is helpful. The inclusion of optical image stabilization has given the edge in low light. Portrait mode algorithm is good, but the camera app has a studio light effect and other interesting features like spot color.

The front facing camera can also click clear and natural selfies under all light conditions. The quad Bayer pixel technology and effective image processing algorithms on the Moto One vision has made it a very good choice for cameras in this price range.

Performance

Interestingly, Moto One Vision is powered by an Exynos processor. It runs on Exynos 9609 Octa-core 2.2 GHz CPU with Mali-G72 MP3 for GPU. This is a 10 nm chipset with four Cortex-A73 quad-core CPU that runs at a clock speed of up to 2.2GHz and four Cortex-A53 quad-core CPU is clocked up to 1.6GHz speed. This places the processor roughly somewhere between Snapdragon 660 and 710. Exynos 9609 on the Moto One Vision gives it a decent performance in terms of power management and powerful processing. The processor does not heat up. But the quality of graphics is just average. Gameplay was smooth, but the graphics rendering was dithered for most of the resource intensive games like PUBG or Asphalt 9. For regular day to day tasks and apps, the processor and the 4 GB RAM with 128 GB internal storage are best suited.

Fingerprint sensor and face unlock mechanism is moderately fast and reliably accurate at most light conditions. The mono speaker is loud enough, but I wish such a wide mobile has stereo speakers. Audio quality via the 3.5 mm jack was good and the phone’s earpieces were loud for voice calls as well. It supports BT 5.0, FM Radio and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band support. Moto One Vision ticks off every aspect in the hardware and performance department for a mid-range flagship mobile.

Software

Moto One Vision runs on the Android One Program. It has stock Android with Android 9 and a few custom apps from Moto. Motorola promises 2 major updates and security patches for 3 years. The mobile does not lose out on some of our favorite Moto actions like chop-chop to the flashlight, twist to camera and moto display. I have installed over 40 apps including a few resource heavy games and filled the memory to the brim. The software experience on this mobile is smooth and does not show any signs of lags.

Battery

Moto One Vision has a 3500 mAh battery and the box includes a 15W turbocharger. A turbocharger on mid-range mobiles makes a lot of sense as compared to superfast charges. The 15w power strikes a sweet balance between charging speed and battery life which is very important for anyone buying mobiles in this budget. The mobile is charged from 0 to 100% in about 2 hours. Once charged the mobile can last for a day and the display gets a screen on time of about 5 to 6 hours.

Verdict

Moto One Vision is priced at Rs 19999. At this price, it brings you an ergonomic design, futuristic display aspect ratio, decent performance, and good battery life. But the only hiccup here is the Exynos processor. This is an unknown entity. We have seen Exynos processors exclusively on Samsung mobiles and users have complained about the lags, over the period of time. I am not sure how Motorola has handled it. But the question is, why did Motorola choose to handle this. If they had gone for any Snapdragon chipset, the decision-making process would be clear. Don’t get me wrong, Exynos 9609 on One Vision is good today, just that I am not sure, how the processor ages in time. I felt that the pricing is right, but the general sentiment on social media hints that the pricing could have been a few 1000s less than 20k.

If you are looking for clean user experience from a solid mobile made by a reliable brand name, I would suggest the Moto One Vision. Moto One Vision goes into our list of recommended mobiles in 2019.

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