And here’s my first impression of the Moto Tab G20.

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Moto Tab G20 DesignMoto Tab G20 AudiovisualMoto Tab G20 ConnectivityMoto Tab G20 PerformanceMoto Tab G20 BatteryMoto Tab G20 CameraMoto Tab G20 First Impression

Moto Tab G20 is a mini tablet that is easy to handle. Its dimensions, 305 grams of heft, and the curved edges by the back contributes to this in-hand feel. It is fully metal and comes in a silver grey paint. It seems sturdy but there’s nothing fancy about it’s design. By the back, there is just the single camera bump towards the top left corner, a Moto logo at the middle, and Dolby Atmos branding towards the bottom. The actual speaker is at the top flanked by a 3.5mm headphone jack (Yay!). There is a USB-C 2.0 socket by the foot (again, good to see). The left has the dedicated memory card reader slot and the right houses volume rocker, power key, and the solo mic in between. The buttons are slightly loose, but offer discernible tactility. Let’s now go to the front. A new thing you might get to learn is the display type of the Moto Tab 20. That is it sports something called TDDI which expands to Touch Display Driver Integration. This is made by Synaptics and involves the touch sensors baked into the LCD resulting in thinner, clearer, and economical screens. So, you get why it is used here. Now the rest of the display specs includes it being 8 inches in size with 1280×800 pixel resolution (standard affair), 60Hz refresh rate, 350 nits of brightness (okayish legibility outdoors), and 10-point Multitouch support. So, this should be suitable for casual games like Fruit Ninja and high-octane shooters, provided the internal machinery support it. Within the display settings, you can choose the color profile, dark mode, eye protection mode, and system navigation, among other things. As for the audio, the sound from the single speaker isn’t going to win any prize. It is just serviceable. The Tab G20 brings no cellular facility. So, no phone calls. Allyou can communicate is over dual-band WiFi 5. Other connectivity options are Bluetooth 5.0, and GPS. Motorola has stowed in a 12nm Mediatek Helio P22T chipset that consists of four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.3 GHz while four other Cortex-A53 cores run at 1.8 GHz. The graphics are handled by PowerVR GE8320 processor. The only memory configuration is 3GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 32GB of storage. This can be further expanded via microSD card up to 128GB. The software on top is Android 11 with no ads and no junkware. So clean stock experience with some Google apps only. Two notable inclusions are Google Kids Space and Google Entertainment Space. As the name hints, the former is a library of kid-friendly apps, videos, and books with built-in parental controls for ensuring the kiddos consume safe content and within limits. The other one, btw, is a hub-of-sorts that assembles all your OTT content at one place for quicker access. That’s all to know about key internal specs and software at offer. But one of those interior components is — Moto Tab G20 packs a 5100mAh battery backed by a 10W charger. Considering stock Android optimization and lack of any power-consuming pre-installed crapware, the battery life should be good. Anyways, moving on… Moto Tab G20 is outfitted with a 5MP camera on the rear side, while the front keeps a 2MP webcam for video calls. While the back one can go up to 1080p@30fps videos, the front shoots at just 720p. Note that the camera app is Camera Go with the bare minimum settings and switches. You get to translate from within this app, which can be useful. And, with that, it’s time for my hot take — For the asking price of ₹10,999, the Tab G20 offers goodies that are competitive. This includes everything from its display resolution, Helio P22T chip, available memory, battery size, charger speeds, and perhaps more. The major draw is the vanilla Android 11 software. So on one hand, it can be your kid or dad’s tablet due to its straight forward form and function. Still to be sure, in the days leading to the full review, I will be putting this Moto tablet through its paces and see whether you should go for this one or spend elsewhere.

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