Moto G100 vs G200: What's the difference?

(Pocket-lint) - The big-number Moto G bid conflict for supremacy is on, with the G100 and G200 models bringing immoderate of the highest-end specifications that the G bid has ever presented.

Both models arrived successful 2021, though, with lone a fistful of months betwixt their respective arrivals - truthful conscionable however antithetic are these 2 handsets?

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Design

• Moto G100 finishes: Iridescent Sky oregon Iridescent Ocean
• Moto G200 finishes: Glacier Green oregon Stellar Blue
• Both models: Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
• Both: Water-repellent (G200: IPX2 rated)

While the carnal standard and dimensions of the 2 handsets is astir the same, visually there's a reasonably large leap betwixt the 2 - which is mostly down to the camera arrangements.

The G100 has a quad rear camera arranged successful a protruding quadrate design, portion the G200 has a triple rear statement successful a neater vertical line, with each of its lenses somewhat 'sunken' into the assemblage to negate that protrusion.

More standout, however, is that the G200 goes with a azygous front-facing camera to the apical centre, portion the older G100 has dual front-facing cameras to its apical corner. The second is simply a ocular distraction without overmuch benefit, truthful it's nary astonishment to spot this plan thought dropped.

Both handsets diagnostic fingerprint scanners and are water-resistant - though the G200 is 1 of the archetypal to person an authoritative IP rating, which the Chicago-based institution has been avoiding committing to for years (as its ain attraction process is said to beryllium conscionable arsenic good; shows that consumers worth the authoritative stamp though).

Display

• Moto G100: 6.7-inch LCD, 90Hz refresh rate,  1080 x 2520 resolution
• Moto G200: 6.7-inch OLED, 144Hz refresh rate, 1080 x 2400 resolution

Both handsets diagnostic a 6.7-inch display, but are wholly different: the G100 is stretched crossed a 21:9 facet ratio, making it taller; portion the G200 employs a 19.5:9 ratio, truthful is much accepted successful its shape.

The sheet types besides differ: the G100 is LCD, portion the G200 is OLED, the second offering deeper blacks and a wider colour palette. The G100's 90Hz maximum refresh complaint is besides one-upped by the G200's 144Hz sheet (the second is the aforesaid arsenic you'll find successful the Moto Edge 20, showing the cross-over betwixt Motorola's ranges).

Hardware

• Both models: 5000mAh artillery (G100: 20W charging; G200: 30W charging)
• Moto G100: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 platform, 8GB RAM (LPDDR5)
• Moto G200: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 platform, 8GB RAM (LPDDR5)
• Both: 'Ready For' dock compatible
• Both: 5G connectivity

The G100 was the archetypal G bid exemplary to usage an 800 bid Qualcomm Snapdragon level inside, ushering successful a caller epoch for the meaning of the range. The G200 turns the dial a small more, utilizing the Snapdragon 888 processor - typically the reserve for top-of-the-line flagships. Both diagnostic the aforesaid magnitude and benignant of RAM, though, truthful real-world show is improbable to beryllium peculiarly antithetic betwixt either device.

Battery-wise, the usage of a 5,000mAh compartment is bully news: some handsets ought to past an age, with the 20W fast-charging of the G100 being one-upped by the G200's 30W Turbo Charge. Again, tiny differences that are improbable to marque monolithic real-world differences whichever you pick.

Cameras

• Moto G100 quad cameras: 64MP main, 16MP wide-angle, 2MP depth, ToF sensor
• Moto G200 triple cameras: 108MP main, 13MP wide-angle, 2MP depth
• Moto G100: Dual punch-hole beforehand cameras to corner
• Moto G200: Single punch-hole camera to centre

As we pointed retired up apical the 2 handsets' camera designs are importantly antithetic - and we deliberation the G200's attack looks much considered, some beforehand and rear.

The G200's evident "loss" of 1 rear camera isn't arsenic wide chopped arsenic it whitethorn look: the G100's time-of-light (ToF) sensor doesn't adhd a large woody beyond the extent sensor (which some handsets include).

When it comes to the main snapper, the G200's 108-megapixel sensor is, again, the aforesaid arsenic you'll find successful the Moto Edge 20. While it's surely much resolute than the G100's 64MP offering, the 2 phones usage supersampling successful their processing to output lower-resolution results, astatine 12MP, anyway. So the G200 whitethorn person a flimsy edge, but that 64-to-108MP summation isn't arsenic melodramatic arsenic the figures whitethorn suggest.

If thing it's the smaller driblet successful numbers elsewhere that's much standout: it's a shame to spot the G200 driblet solution successful the wide-angle camera department, erstwhile we truly deliberation it's this secondary camera that often needs astir betterment successful truthful galore handsets. 

Conclusion

• Moto G100 (launch price): €479 / £449
• Moto G200: €449 / £TBC

The Moto G100 was a landmark handset for the bid erstwhile it arrived successful aboriginal 2021. To person a successor truthful soon is somewhat perplexing, but the G200's much refined plan does marque it visually overmuch much appealing.

The G200 besides brings a much applicable surface ratio, higher refresh rate, amended sheet technology, and less punch-hole cutouts - each making for what we expect to beryllium an improved wide experience. The leap successful camera solution and processing powerfulness is astir apt lone a insignificant boost for real-world usage though, contempt what the figures say.

Interestingly, the G200 looks to person taken a terms cut, which ought to marque its mid-tier positioning each the much appealing against the likes of OnePlus and different competitors.

Of the pair, then, the G200 is intelligibly the Moto to opt for - unless you tin find the G100 for a important chopped of the terms - with stronger all-round specification successful each country but for its wide-angle camera.

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 18 November 2021.