Head Back to School With a $150 Motorola G Power Smartphone

Fast and affordable—even more so during Lenovo’s Back to School sale—the Motorola G Power 2022 smartphone is available now for a discounted $149.99.

Take 25% off the $199.99 retail cost of this unlocked handset, which lasts two days between charges and sports a 6.5-inch LCD display with a 1,600-by-720 resolution and 90Hz refresh rate.

While the Moto G Power is a bit of a handful at 6.6 by 3 by 0.4 inches (HWD) and 7.2 ounces, its weight is distributed well across a textured matte black plastic chassis, which shows neither fingerprints nor scratches.

Motorola opted for a hole-punch cutout for its 8-megapixel selfie camera instead of a larger notch. On the back you’ll find a 50-megapixel shooter, plus the same 2-megapixel macro and depth lenses as the 2021 G Power model.

A headphone jack sits on the top edge, opposite a USB-C charging port and speaker on the bottom. A combined SIM-and-microSD slot is the sole port on the left, while a volume rocker and textured power button can be found on the right. The back of the phone houses a fingerprint sensor for quick-and-accurate access.

Motorola claims its 5,000mAh battery lasts three days between charges (though only for the most conservative of users); PCMag got an impressive two days of juice before needing to plug in.

The base model runs Android 11 (with the promise of an Android 12 upgrade in the future) and supports Bluetooth 5.0. It features 4GB of memory and 64GB of internal storage, with space to stash another 512GB via the microSD card slot.

Already a good value for the price, the unlocked Motorola Moto G Power 2022 model is on sale from Lenovo for $149.99—25% off the $199.99 sticker price.