Friends+Design
- Slick, contemporary, easy-on-the-eyes glass design
- Great build quality
- The curved back is less rounded than the G6, which makes it easier to grip
- The G7's fingerprint sensor has migrated to the back of the phone, nestled in the "Batwing" Motorola dimple - it's pretty well placed
- There's also fairly fast face unlock
- Splash resistant body
Display
- Large, beautiful, 6.2-inch, teardrop notch display - it has nice, vibrant colors and good viewing angles
- Moto Display (always-on display) is still there, and continues to be one of the defining features of the Moto G series
Software
- Simple, uncluttered stock Android UI, with some very useful Moto customizations - Moto phones continue to offer one of the best software experiences on Android
- Software updates from Motorola in recent times have been far less frequent compared to before, so if you are look for both a stock Android phone + more updates in the future, 'Android One' devices would be better options
Performance
- While the Snapdragon 632 will give you perfectly decent day-to-day performance, it is still quite underpowered compared to most of the competition - the GPU especially is relatively weak, so this is not a great phone for games (especially heavy duty ones like PUBG)
Camera
- Decent camera quality for the price bracket
- The dual rear camera setup does reliably well with outdoor and moderately-lit indoor shots - delivering sharp and detailed photos (although dynamic range is not the best)
- Decent portrait mode too
- Decent selfie camera too - you can get some respectable shots especially in well lit scenes
- Selfie portraits too have good subject separation and convincing out-of-focus area rendition
- Decent video recording performance too - with support for 4k video recording as well (though it's not the best in terms of quality)
- You can still do the effortless double-twist-to-open-camera gesture from any app
- Overall, the cameras are marginally superior to last year's Moto G6 - and in line with other decent camera phones in this price bracket
- Low light performance could have been better though
Audio
- Decently-loud bottom firing speaker
Battery
- Supports fast charging via the USB-C port
- Battery life though is pretty average, and there are many better competitors around in this area - with slightly heavier use, you will find the need to charge it by the evening
Verdict
- While the Moto G7 is another good "user-experience" phone from Motorola's ranks - thanks to the thoughtful design and software - it will find it tough to compete in the heated mid-range space in India, primarily account of it's relatively weak processor and average battery life - if however, you are a more basic phone user (light phone use, no games), it's not a bad option
