What’s missing here?
It has to be said that Motorola was one of the first major Android smartphone brands to follow Apple’s suit and drop this universally beloved component from its high-end models years ago, which did not stop the company from releasing countless low to mid-end handsets with a 3.5mm jack since then.
For whatever reason, the Moto G85 5G will apparently do what no Moto G-series phone has done before, and if history is any indication, we fear this could start a new trend for affordable Motorola devices and possibly even non-flagships from other Android brands.
What’s incredibly frustrating about the G85 is that it otherwise looks much swankier than its predecessor, with unusually pronounced screen curves (for a mid-ranger), exquisitely thin bezels, a predictable but always welcomed hole punch centered at the top of a beautiful P-OLED display rumored to measure close to 6.7 inches in diagonal, and in another unusual move for a presumably low-cost smartphone, an eye-catching vegan leather finish at the back (especially in a bright green hue).
The rumored specs are also not bad at all
Then you have a respectable 8GB RAM coupled with 256 gigs of internal storage space and a hefty 5,000mAh battery supporting 33W charging technology squeezed into a relatively lightweight 173-gram body with a 6.67-inch panel sporting FHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate capabilities.
If you can overlook the missing jack, this bad boy is likely to provide pretty much unrivaled value for a starting price expected to circle the €300 mark in Europe. Unfortunately, an official US release seems about as unlikely as President Biden’s reelection, but if you’re patient, Motorola could bring a jack-less Moto G-series mid-ranger stateside in the relatively near future too.
