The Moto G Power (2022) is Motorola’s first budget phone with a 90Hz display

With a North American caveat to that claim

Forget about the holiday season — Motorola is jumping straight through to 2022 by announcing the newest edition in its Moto G Power series.

North America is usually the last region in the world to get razor-sharp improvements in the budget department, but at least with the Moto G Power, they’re coming.

The 720p LCD, for example, may be a given on a $200 Motorola phone. But it’s one of the few at this price level to feature a 90Hz refresh rate — hopefully, the MediaTek chipset will be hefty enough to showcase every bit of 90Hz content unlike the cheaper OnePlus Nord N100. Notably, Motorola gave Europe some sub-€250 phones with 90Hz displays earlier this year, so the Moto G Power (2022) really nails home the feeling that the United States and Canada are the caboose on this particular train (which was called out last week).

Motorola’s featherweight tier has also gotten its first super-resolution camera sensor with a 50MP unit though it gets shouldered with 2MP macro and depth sensors.

The rest of it is pretty standard low-price Moto G stuff: a 5,000mAh battery (advertised to last 3 days), a headphone jack, an IP52 rating, the absence of NFC, and some unfashionable OS lag with the inclusion of Android 11.

Republic Wireless and Metro by T-Mobile will get the phone first “in the coming months.” Further availability will then open up at AT&T, Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, Google Fi, UScellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile. In the unlocked market, Amazon, Best Buy, and Motorola will start sales in early 2022. You can sign up for a reminder to buy one here.

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