Motorola One Fusion+ design
Motorola One Fusion+ It is a bit different from some of the recent smartphones in the sub-Rs 20,000 range. Its display size is 6.5 inches and it is not easy to use with one hand. What I liked is that there is no notch or hole-punch for the front camera. The selfie camera is fitted in a pop-up module, which is very rare in smartphones coming around this price now.
I found the Motorola One Fusion+ to be a bit on the thick side. It measures 9.6mm thick and weighs a bit more at 210 grams. You will definitely feel the weight when you hold it in your hand. Thankfully, the smartphone has curved edges, which makes it somewhat comfortable to hold for long periods of time. Motorola has fitted all the buttons on the right side and left the left side completely empty. The power and volume buttons are easy to reach and there is also a fourth button, which is the Google Assistant button.
The back has a quad rear camera setup, with a flash next to it. There is a fingerprint scanner at the back, which is easy to reach and has Motorola’s popular Batwing logo on it. Now most brands provide fingerprint scanner in the power button instead of the back in their phones, still I like having a fingerprint sensor at the back, as it is convenient to use.
Motorola has given a 5,000mAh battery in it, which is also the biggest reason for this phone being heavy and thick. One Fusion+ comes with fast charging support and the company also gives an 18W turbocharger in its box. The smartphone has a USB Type-C port at the bottom and a 3.5mm headphone jack along with the speaker. This single speaker is quite good for a small room.
Motorola One Fusion+ specifications and software
The Motorola One Fusion+ comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor in India, while the international model comes equipped with a slightly less powerful Snapdragon 730 chipset. The Motorola One Fusion+ has been launched only in 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. Motorola has priced it at Rs 16,999. Yes, the display of the Motorola One Fusion+ does not have a high refresh rate, as we are seeing in other smartphones coming around this price nowadays, but it does not really prove to be a deal-breaker. I did not feel the difference of not having this feature while looking at the phone from the front and while operating it.
The display is really crisp. It is an IPS LCD panel that comes with HDR10 support and three colour modes to choose from. There is no protective glass, but Motorola says it has provided anti-fingerprint and anti-scratch coating. Still, we would advise you to be cautious.
Motorola sells the One Fusion+ in two colours, Twilight Blue and Moonlight White. While we had the blue variant, I would personally go for the all-white option as it looks a bit different from the rest of the phones available in the market. The One Fusion+ has dual 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 5, and Wi-Fi 802.11ac support. Storage is expandable but there is a hybrid dual-SIM slot.
What I liked most about the Motorola One Fusion+ is that it runs on an almost stock-feeling Android 10 operating system with some useful additional features. At the time of writing the review, it was running on the April security patch. The Motorola One Fusion+ is not a part of the Android One program and I can only hope that the company gives it timely software updates for the next few years.
Moto Actions gestures, such as a ‘double-chop’ to turn on the flash and a ‘double-crank’ to open the camera, are present. The phone also has a Moto Display feature that prevents the phone from going into standby while you’re looking at the screen. Peek Display gives you the option to interact with notifications even when the screen is locked. This feature largely compensates for the lack of a notification LED.
This My UX skin based on Android 10 is largely a stock UI, but the good thing is that you get the option to change icons, system fonts, icon colors and layout, etc. Motorola One Fusion+ comes with a few Google apps preinstalled. During my review of this phone, I did not get a single spammy notification on this device. Other smartphone companies should take note.
Motorola One Fusion+ performance
The rear-mounted fingerprint scanner on the Motorola One Fusion+ unlocks the smartphone instantly. Since Google removed the Face Unlock feature from stock Android 10, the Motorola One Fusion+ doesn’t have this feature. We didn’t miss it much, as the pop-up camera is a bit slow to pop up anyway.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G chipset powers this phone Poco X2, Realme 6 Pro And Redmi Note 9 Pro Max I didn’t notice any lag while using it and the smartphone multitasked with ease. It is good enough to handle day-to-day tasks as well as gaming.
The Motorola One Fusion+ can also handle gaming with ease. PUBG Mobile runs on the graphics set to HD and the High-preset by default. I played the game at these settings for 20 minutes without any issues, after which the smartphone barely heated up. After playing so much, the phone’s battery dropped by 5 percent, which is acceptable.
The Motorola One Fusion+ easily lasted a day and a half on a single charge. It managed to last 15 hours, 45 minutes in our HD video loop test. Charging via the 18W Turbocharger is relatively fast, but we have seen faster charging in competitors. The phone charged to 32 percent in 30 minutes and 60 percent in an hour. It took over two hours to charge it to 100 percent.
Motorola One Fusion+ cameras
Motorola has given a quad rear camera setup in the One Fusion+. It includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, a 5-megapixel macro lens with f/2.4 aperture, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There is a 16-megapixel selfie shooter on the front. I found the camera app to be very simple and easy to use. Its artificial intelligence feature also works well. If you are shooting in low light, it will suggest you Night mode and if you are taking a picture of an object from close, it suggests you the macro camera.
I found the Motorola Fusion+ to be quick to focus. In daylight, it took good photos with ample detail. Even distant subjects were captured well. The phone automatically enables HDR to take good shots in bright light.
The ultra-wide-angle camera can capture a fairly large area, but it produces a slightly different colour tone than the primary camera. Photos taken with it do not have as much detail as the primary camera and you will see a watercolour-like effect when you zoom in. I found the ultra-wide-angle camera to be good only for capturing landscapes.
This camera takes pretty good close-ups. The primary camera adds a natural depth effect to the background, which looks good. The macro camera lets you capture an object very close, but doesn’t give as much detail as the primary camera.
The portrait mode gives you the option to set the level of blur before taking the shot. Edge detection is good and it blurs the background well.
Low-light camera performance is average and the Motorola One Fusion+ loses detail in low light. Photos appear a bit grainy when zoomed in. Switching to Night mode eliminates most of these issues instantly. Although I had to hold the phone steady for a while with Night mode, photos came out much brighter and details improved as well.
Selfies taken with the Motorola One Fusion+ had good detail. You can also enable portrait mode for selfies and its edge detection was good. The quality deteriorates in low light, but the selfie camera also supports night mode, which helps fix the pictures to some extent.
Verdict
Over the past few years, I have reviewed a number of budget smartphones, but I truly enjoyed reviewing the Motorola One Fusion+ the most. Its main highlight is its clean, bloatware-free near-stock Android software, which delivers a great user experience. Moto Actions spice up the experience and make it even better. The display lacks a high refresh rate, but the display is bright and has good viewing angles. Its loud speaker enhances the video viewing experience.
I hope Motorola keeps updating the software of this phone over time to give it an edge over the competition. Motorola has set the price of the One Fusion+ at a reasonable price for its specifications, which makes it very easy for me to recommend it.