High-end · 2026

Motorola Moto G Max

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A15 5G

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), All-day battery (5200mAh)

Extras Rugged build, Leather back

Watch out Plastic build

Skip if Heavy gaming or multitasking

6.8″ AMOLED · 120Hz

6400 8 / 256 GB

5200 mAh 30W charging

200 MP 2 rear · 32 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.8″ · AMOLED · 1272 × 2772 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.8"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1272 × 2772 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

5000 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 6400 (6 nm) · 8-core 2.5 GHz · Mali-G57 MC2

Light-use CPU

Fine for messaging, calls, and browsing. Heavy multitasking will feel slow.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 6400 (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

AnTuTu

449,588

v11

CPU

8-core, 2.5 GHz

GPU

Mali-G57 MC2

Process

6 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

CPU layout

2× Cortex A76 a 2.5 GHz +6× Cortex A55 a 2.0 GHz

Software & updates

Android 16 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 16

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~2 years

Camera

200 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 32 MP selfie

Stabilised

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

200 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

32 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Samsung

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, laser AF

Video

1440p @ 30 fps

Battery

5200 mAh · 30 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5200 mAh

Wired charging

30 W

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB · expandable

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Storage type

UFS 2.2

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, SUPL, Galileo

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B71

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n25, n26, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78

Build & Design

183 g · 7.3 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

164.5 mm

Width

77.3 mm

Thickness

7.3 mm

Weight

183 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 17e

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1272 × 2772 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 6.8″ vs 6.1″ screen

30% larger battery capacity

5,200 mAh vs 4,005 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

450k vs 2.2M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

183 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S26

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

21% larger battery capacity

5,200 mAh vs 4,300 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

450k vs 3.1M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

— vs Telephoto · OIS · 1440p @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Heavier in hand

183 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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