- AMOLED display!
- Eco-leather back
- Underwhelming battery life
- Shorter software lifespan than rivals
- Minimal upgrades for a higher RRP
Motorola might have made a name for itself in the mid-range market but if the likes of the Moto G67 are any indication, the company’s recent pivot towards premium has come at a cost.
The new Motorola G67 sits at the more affordable end of the company’s latest portfolio of devices, which is expected to be rounded out by the addition of a new Razr Fold later in the year. Unfortunately, on most fronts, it feels like a step backwards from what 2025’s Moto G56 delivered. The price is only the tip of the iceberg, but it sets the stage for a budget-friendly phone that doesn’t quite deliver. Despite being $100 more than its predecessor, most Aussies will struggle to tell the generations of Motorola handsets apart.
The new Moto G67 might have more eye-catching colour variants than the Moto G56, but the screen is one of the only areas where it really outshines last year's model. The display on this year’s device is AMOLED where its predecessor was merely LCD. The bezels are a few millimetres thinner overall, but you’re still looking at the same 120Hz refresh rate and resolution.
Flip the Moto G67 over and you’ll find the same faux-leather found on the Moto G56. Though a re-run, this isn’t necessarily a drawback. Even if the long-term durability is a bit of an unknown quality, the tactile feel that this material adds does a lot to help this device stand out over its competition.
It’s not quite premium, but the Moto G67 has picked up a few of the perks. There’s a 32MP selfie camera, a built-in fingerprint scanner, expandable storage, IP64 water resistance, plus 30W fast-charging. None of that is revolutionary, but it is a pretty decently long list of bells and whistles.
Meanwhile, the back of the Motorola G67 is where you’ll find a quartet of camera modules. The setup consists of a 50MP main lens, an 8MP ultrawide lens, plus a dual-LED flash.
The camera bump here isn’t too egregious, but it’s worth noting that it is identical to the setup seen on the back of last year’s Moto G56. That might not be a massive dealbreaker for those who come to a phone of this price segment with more modest expectations, but it doesn’t make the results that this camera system delivers any easier to live with.
Motorola Moto G67 camera samples
Check out these camera samples taken on the Motorola Moto G67. Click or tap on any photo to see a larger version.
These results aren’t that far from the norm when it comes to the hardware you can find at this particular price segment, but the results are a little harder to let slide when you remember that Motorola is asking for another $100. The Moto G67 struggled to focus in even overcast lighting and while it was up to the task for the odd portrait shot, larger subjects struggled to translate over onto the sensor inside the device.
It’s a similar story when it comes to performance. Under the hood, the Moto G67 is powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 6300 processor, 4GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and a 5,200mAh battery. That’s half as much memory as the Moto G56 came with. The new processor isn’t much of an upgrade either.
Motorola’s modest mid-ranger isn’t even keeping up when it comes to software support. Out of the box, the Moto G67 comes with two years of operating system upgrades and four years of security updates. That doesn’t compare particularly well to some of the other mid-rangers out there, such as the Samsung Galaxy A37 which comes with six years of major operating system upgrades and security updates.
Relying on the Moto G67 as my daily driver, it didn’t take long for me to run into areas where the humble hardware held me back. Apps usually took a little longer to load than I was used to and multitasking was out of the question unless I wanted to invite more latency into the equation. Gaming performance wasn’t much better. If you're looking to play something like Balatro or Vampire Survivors, you'll probably be able to get by. More graphically intensive titles like Diablo Immortal and Destiny Rising ran poorly and at a frame rate erratic enough to put me off playing them entirely before long.
As for battery life, the Moto G67 managed to skate by. I could usually get through a day of usage on a single charge. A second day was a little bit of a stretch though, and even then, I find it hard to shake the sense that the iffy performance of this particular device likely led to me using my phone less than usual.
Motorola Moto G67 - Final Thoughts
I had hoped that last year’s Motorola Edge 60 Fusion was a fluke, but after testing out the new Moto G67, Motorola is two-for-two on mid-range misfires. The screen is a definite improvement, but the ground lost on other fronts makes the $100 price increase between this and last year’s Moto G56 that much harder to accept.
The Motorola G67 isn’t outright awful, but it is a bad deal at a time where value matters more than usual.
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