For me it’s Motorola G72. It’s excellent for the price. The phone is super lightweight despite having a 5,000 milliamper battery. The UI is very snappy and animations are very smooth (high refresh rate). It supports double tap on the back plus all other neat Motorola gestures. The under display fingerprint scanner works extremely well.
There’s pretty good reason to avoid Motorola. It’s just not great value. Getting a 6th gen Pixel a-series will give you a device with a 5-year software lifespan. Moto on the other hand abandons their devices as soon as they can. The Pixel might not be the same price but when on sale it could be pretty close. I used to recommend Moto to people who couldn’t or didn’t want to spend much on a smartphone. These days I tell them to find a cheap Pixel a-series instead.
Motorola was great before Lenovo bought them… Used to be a bit of a fan until they fucked me over trying not to honor the warranty. Sent my phone in for repair, they claimed the screen was broken and I’d have to pay hundreds for a replacement. I asked for proof, they sent me a photo. The phone in the photo was the entirely wrong color even. Took weeks of repeat calling and a very stern letter to finally get them to honor the warranty. Stuff like this puts companies on my “blocklist” permanently. They will never get my money again
I’d imagine that’s country-specific. Out here in India, Pixel doesn’t seem to have an official presence so all you can get is unofficially sold variants that don’t have the same warranty cover. Motorola has manufacturing plants here so they’re surprisingly cost effective. For reference, I paid the equivalent of $290 for a g82 5G brand new
You’re most likely right on the country-specific presence of the Pixel.