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Motorola One Fusion Plus Review: Has Motorola done the right homework to bring out the best in the mid-range segment?


Motorola has a solid offering in the mid-range segment.


Motorola G series of smartphones were one of the major selling points of the company way back many years. Those smartphones had good hardware and were accompanied by software that was almost close to Stock Android. Now Motorola has been occupied by the Chinese manufacturer, Lenovo, and was quite for a while in the mid-range segment especially with the One series.

Motorola G8 Plus was a decent offering in the mid-range segment but did not quite reach the expectation of its competitors. But with the Motorola One Fusion Plus, the company has made a perfect mid-range smartphone that is equipped with all the right bells and whistles.

It comes with a full-screen display with no notch, powerful Snapdragon 730G chipset, a larger 5000 mAh battery, and other Motorola specific features with a cleaner interface.

How does the Motorola One Fusion Plus stack up against the competition with the likes of Xiaomi, Realme, POCO, and is it worth buying? Let's find out in the full review.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Design:




The Motorola One Fusion Plus sports a different look compared to many of its rivals. It sports a full-screen display with a pop-up motorized camera module instead of a punch-hole or notch display. On the front, the bezels are very minimum on the sides but thicker at the bottom.

Coming to the smartphone, at the back there is a quad-camera setup and a fingerprint scanner with the Moto logo mounted on it. The back of the smartphone has a polycarbonate finish that looks good and has an S-shaped texture and attracts fingerprints.

The ultrawide camera is separated out from the other three cameras which include the main 64MP camera, macro, and a depth camera. There is also a single LED flash beside the camera.

On the sides, there are the usual volume rockers and a power button. Motorola has provided a Google Assistant key that invokes Google Now after pressing it which is quite convenient or sometimes gimmicky to use.



On the top, there is the pop-up camera module and a hybrid SIM card slot that accepts two SIM cards or one SIM card and a microSD card for memory expansion. At the bottom, there is a loudspeaker vent with a secondary noise-canceling microphone and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The smartphone has a P2i nano-coating at the back which means the back is splash resistant and can be taken in rains or can handle accidental spills.

Overall, the design feels good but not as good as some of its rivals like the POCO X2 or the Realme 6 Pro which have a glass back and feel premium. Still, the design looks good and Motorola has provided a plastic case for the protection.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Display:



The Motorola One Fusion Plus packs a 6.5 inches Full HD+ IPS LCD display (1080 x 2340 pixels) with a screen to body ratio of 20:9. The display of the Motorola One Fusion Plus looks striking with the full-screen display, so hindrance while playing games or watching videos.

The front display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass, but Motorola has not specified any version of it. The display has support for HDR10 and also has the Widevine L1 which can make your access HD content of contents from Netflix, Prime, etc. It is one of those few smartphones that support HDR content.

The display does not have support for higher refresh rates which lets it down a bit as many of its rivals like the POCO X2, Realme 6 Pro support 120/90Hz refresh rate. But on its own, the display is bright and has good viewing angles. The display also has support for DCI-P3 which is the very first time in this price range.

The screen has good visibility under direct sunlight and the auto-brightness sensor works well. Under dark or low-lighting conditions, the screen is easily visible and you can adjust the color temperature of the display in the settings.

The display looks good on the Motorola One Fusion Plus with the full-screen display with no notch but the lack of a higher refresh rate screen can be a letdown.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Performance:

The Motorola One Fusion Plus is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G chipset which is built on an 8nm process. It is coupled with an Adreno 618 GPU.

The Snapdragon 730G is a Hexa-core chipset which has 2x2.2 GHz Kryo 470 Gold cores (Cortex A76) and another 4x1.8 GHz Kryo Silver cores (Cortex A55). The higher-cores are made to achieve high performance and gaming and the lower-cores are made to achieve power efficiency.

It is sold only in one variant which is the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage with speeds of UFS 2.1.
All heavy games like PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty ran good and there was not any lag noticed. All these heavy games ran smoothly especially PUBG Mobile at a smooth frame set and can run at Ultra frame rate.

However, there was minor stutter sometimes but not so visible. The lack of a higher refresh rate display does let the gaming experience average but still, it is good on its own. The RAM management has been done well as it keeps applications in the memory for a longer time.

Running benchmarks like Antutu v8, the smartphone scored 267890 and in Geekbench 5.1, it scored 549 for single-core and 1760 for multi-core which is good almost similar to the scores on the Snapdragon 720G present on the Realme 6 Pro, Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro, etc.

The back of the smartphone felt a bit warm with extended gaming, as there is no liquid cooling system.

Overall, the gaming experience is good on the smartphone but the higher refresh rate display would have made it better.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Software:



On the software side of things, Motorola has always provided the best experience as it comes with a cleaner interface called Stock Android. The smartphone is not a part of the Google One Android program but still has a lot to go for it.

Motorola is also good at providing software updates and can be upgraded to another two versions of Android.

With this UI, you get almost no bloatware as there are no third-part applications present, but you get all specific Moto apps like Moto Display, Moto Actions, etc. Coming to Moto Display, it will display all the notifications and you can interact with them like check how many messages have come or the number of missed calls.

However, there is a Peek Display that lets the user interact with the notifications on the lock screen. We do miss the Attentive Display as the front camera is hidden always and cannot track the movements of the face.


There is also the Moto Actions which includes karate chop for turning the flashlight on and off, twist motion to enable the camera and also swiping three figure on the screen takes a screenshot. There is also a Moto Gametime which enhances the gaming experience by blocking incoming calls and notifications while gaming, all allows to add shortcuts for messaging applications.

As usual, you get the system-wide dark mode, Android 10 navigation gestures, and a new Personalization feature which enhances the look by making changes in icons look and feel, change the system font, etc.

The multitasking between applications feels smooth and easier to use. So with a Stock Android-like UI and the ease of all Moto apps, the smartphone is the best when it comes to software experience.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Cameras:



The Motorola One Fusion Plus sports the 64MP main camera which a Samsung ISOCELL GW1 sensor doing duty on the Realme X2, 6 Pro, etc. It is accompanied by other three cameras which include an ultrawide, macro, and a depth camera. The cameras are as follows:

  • 64MP f/1.8 Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor 
  • 8MP f/2.2 Samsung ISOCELL S5K4H4 sensor with 119-degree field of view
  • 5MP macro camera which can autofocus between 4cm and 10cm distance
  • 2MP depth camera for portraits.
The 64MP main camera does a good job of taking detailed images with good contrast and excellent dynamic range. However, over sharpness is present on most of the images and little noise is clearly seen. 
The main camera saves by default 16MP images and also has a 64MP mode that takes images with good contrast and excellent details. With HDR turned on, the images bring in punchier colors and there is also a UHD mode, which is good.



Similarly, at night, the 16MP images come out sharp and well detailed but there is a certain amount of noise present, and turning on the Night Vision Mode improves the color and contrast in the images thus bringing more details in the shadows and improves lighting in totally dark areas.

The images taken from the 8MP ultrawide camera have good detail but the contrast takes a hit. The color temperature is different when compared to that of the main camera. There are some places of overexposure and the noise is seen clearly in the images. But when zooming into a particular picture, the colors are well retained but do lose a bit of detail.

At night, the images taken from the ultrawide camera have good detail but the amount of noise is much more present and the contrast is not good also. There is no Night Vision on this camera, so Motorola needs to work on the low-light photography of the ultrawide camera.



The third camera is a 5MP macro camera which is good in taking close up shots. However, this sensor is larger compared to the 2MP sensor on the POCO X2, Realme 6 Pro, etc. This macro camera can focus between 4cm and 10cm distance.


The focus works well and the shots taken from the macro camera have good detail and retain colors. The background blur needs some improvement though. But considering all other smartphones in this range, the Motorola One Fusion Plus has a better macro camera.


The 2MP depth camera comes in handy while taking portraits as combined with the 16MP main camera have good edge detection and the background blur works well.

The focus works well and the background blur can be adjusted also. The colors have good contrast and look saturated in the images.



On the front, the Motorola One Fusion Plus has a 16MP f/2.2 camera which is a pop-up motorized one. The selfies come out really good with excellent contrast but the dynamic range is average. For the night, there is a dedicated Night Mode, which improves the dynamic range and removes the noise in the background.

In terms of videos, the Motorola One Fusion Plus can record up to 4K at 30fps. The videos shot at this resolution come out decent but do lose in detail and the noise is predominantly found. Switching to 1080p, the videos come out much more stabilized and the contrast works well.

This is due to the presence of EIS that kicks in, thus making the video more stabilized and improving the dynamic range. But still, the dynamic range is not good and needs improvement.

On the front, the Motorola One Fusion Plus can record 1080p at 30fps and the videos come out good. There is a bit of over sharpness noticed and with the portrait mode, the background blur can be adjusted and the edge detection works well.

The set of cameras is good on the Motorola One Fusion Plus but in some areas like the ultrawide camera and videos do need improvement.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Battery Life:

The Motorola One Fusion Plus sports a larger 5000mAh battery which is more capacity than some of its rivals like the POCO X2 and the Realme 6 Pro. The smartphone can easily last for two days with normal usage. Since there is no higher refresh rate display, the battery life is excellent on the smartphone.


With heavy usage which includes playing high-end games and watching videos, the smartphone can easily last for a one single day with some charge left. The Stock Android battery optimization has been done very well on the smartphone.

The Motorola One Fusion Plus is equipped with an 18W fast charger which is good but competitors like the Realme 6 Pro and POCO X2 provide 27W and 30W fast charging. So from 0 to 40% takes half an hour and charging it completely to 100 percent takes around 2 hours 20 minutes.

In terms of battery, the Motorola One Fusion Plus provides a healthy battery life but could have got better if Motorola had used a slightly faster-charging solution.

Motorola One Fusion Plus Audio Quality:

The Motorola One Fusion Plus has a single speaker at the bottom which is adequately loud and clear. The sound quality is good overall but and can make many smartphones run for their money at this price range. The levels of bass and clarity are good overall.

There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack and the output through it is very good and you can say one of the best at this price range. The stock sound equalizer is good enough and the audio is crisp and clear. Call quality is also good through the earpiece located above the display.

Verdict:



Motorola has done everything in the right direction with the One Fusion Plus by making it a perfect mid-range smartphone with all the essentials. It has a powerful Snapdragon 730G chipset which is really good when it comes to gaming and performance, a full-screen display with no notch, and a larger 5000mAh battery.

Overall, the cameras are good on this smartphone but could have been better if the Motorola could have gone for a telephoto camera instead of a depth sensor. Another major thing that makes this smartphone apart from the competition is a much-refined software experience in the form of Stock Android.

But there are some things that let it a bit down which is the lack of a higher refresh rate display which most of its rivals offer though it makes up for the support of HDR content, then there could have been slightly faster-charging support, better ultrawide camera performance.

Other than these, the Motorola is a great smartphone to consider and is worth buying for a user who wants excellent gaming and software experience.

The Motorola One Fusion Plus is available in one variant which is the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage and is priced at Rs.17499 which makes it a solid mid-ranger to consider.

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