Motorola is updating the Moto G Stylus to make it extra sturdy

Motorola isn't radically reinventing the Moto G Stylus for 2025, however it’s bettering the midrange smartphone the place it issues. And when the opposite stylus-friendly smartphone is the $1,300 Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely, that could be all it wants.

The Moto G Stylus has a 6.7-inch Tremendous HD pOLED show with an 120Hz refresh fee and a max brightness of 3000 nits. Just like the earlier Moto G Stylus, this yr's mannequin additionally has a 5,000mAh battery that Motorola says ought to provide 40 hours on a single cost. That's paired with a Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chip, 8GB of RAM and both 128GB or 256GB of storage — step-up from the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 within the final Moto G Stylus.

A person using the stylus on a Moto G Stylus.Motorola

Apart from the up to date internals, the Moto G Stylus can also be a lot safer round water and dirt. The cellphone has IP68 water safety and MIL-STD-810H certification, which implies its coated in the case of mud and rain, however may also survive falls from "practically 1.5 meters and whole submersion in practically 1.5 meters of water for as much as half-hour," in accordance with Motorola.

Motorola's important enchancment to the namesake of the Moto G Stylus is to make it extra responsive. The brand new stylus is "6.4x" extra responsive than the earlier era, and will also be used for brand new Android options like Circle to Search and Motorola's "Sketch to Picture," which might flip scribbles into detailed photographs with AI.

Blue-green and bright blue versions of the Moto G Stylus.Motorola

Regardless of all of these modifications, the Moto G Stylus doesn't look all that totally different the brand new Moto G and Moto G Energy Motorola introduced in January, with a textured, faux-leather again in both a blue-green or a vibrant blue, and a raised plateau for its digicam system. The selfie digicam on the entrance of the Moto G Stylus is 32MP, and the rear cameras embrace a 50MP huge with optical picture stabilization, a 13MP ultrawide / macro and a "3-in-1 gentle sensor."

The Moto G Stylus will launch on April 17, unlocked, for $399.99 at Amazon, Finest Purchase and Motorola's web site. The cellphone may also be obtainable within the coming months by way of Metro by T-Cell, Seen, Complete Wi-fi, Straight Speak, AT&T, Cricket, Spectrum Cell, Shopper Mobile, UScellular, Xfinity Cell, Google Fiber Wi-fi, Optimum Cell and Enhance Cell.

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