Motorola G06 Power Review: Ridiculous Battery Life, Budget Price (But There’s a Catch)

Price: £89 (UK) | $170 (US estimate) | Available: Amazon UK, Tesco Mobile, retail stores

TL;DR Should You Buy the Motorola G06 Power?

YES, if you want:

• All-weekend battery life (7000mAh lasts 2.5-3 days)
• Budget phone under £100 for basic tasks
• Large 6.88-inch display for media consumption
• Premium-looking design (fake leather back, minimal camera bump)
• Dual SIM + microSD card slot (separate slots)
• 3.5mm headphone jack

MAYBE NOT, if you need:

• Smooth performance (MediaTek Helio G81 Extreme is painfully slow)
• Good camera quality (50MP is basic, struggles in low light)
• Gaming (even Call of Duty Mobile struggles badly)
• Long software support (expect 1-2 years max security updates)
• eSIM support (not available)

Bottom Line: The Motorola G06 Power costs less than a month’s worth of Greggs meal deals (£89). It has obvious limitations slow performance, basic camera, limited software support. But if you want a budget phone for browsing, messaging, and need it to last a full weekend without charging? It’ll do the job.

Introduction Not Even a Full Month’s Worth of Greggs Meal Deals

The Motorola G06 Power (or Moto G06 Power if you want to be pedantic, and let’s face it, everyone on the internet is pedantic) boasts:

• All-weekend battery life from a massive 7000mAh cell
• Posh Pantone design with fake leather back
• Massive 6.88-inch display for movies and gaming
• £89 price tag in the UK

That’s not even a full month’s worth of Greggs meal deals. So is it the bargain of the century? What’s the catch?

Let’s have a closer squint at the Moto G06 Power.

Unboxing What’s in the Box?

Not much these days, besides:

• The phone itself
• USB Type-C to Type-C cable
• Silicone case (Motorola calls it a “condom case”)

No charger included. You’ll need to use an existing 18W charger or buy one separately.

Design Big, Chunky, But Surprisingly Premium

There’s no polite way to say this: this phone is a big old chunky boy.

Key Dimensions:

• Display: 6.88 inches (huge even by 2025 standards)
• Weight: 220g (almost as much as some foldables)
• Thickness: 8.82mm

The bezels surrounding the display are thick with at least two C’s. Especially down below where you’ve got proper “Jimmy Hill chin action” going on.

Why So Bulky? That massive 7000mAh battery. It has to go somewhere.

The Good News: The aspect ratio is stretched, so it’s pretty long but reasonably thin. Not horrifically girthy.

If You Want Slimmer: The regular Moto G06 (without “Power”) is slimmer and lighter but has a smaller 5000mAh battery.

Materials:

• Plastic frame (expected at this price)
• Textured fake leather back (strokely soft, clear departure from shiny plastic)
• Matte finish (doesn’t pick up fingerprints, though dust clings occasionally)
• Gorilla Glass 3 on front (pretty old-school, not very drop-resistant)
• IP64 dust and splash resistant (don’t drop it in water)

The Camera Bump: Barely even a bump. Neatly integrated into the back. Beautifully seamless. From the rear, the G06 Power is a bit of a beauty.

Color Options:

• Pantone Tapestry (sultry aquamarine the one I tested)
• Pantone Laurel Oak (slurry brown in pictures)
• Pantone Tendril (availability varies by region)

Build Quality Verdict: For £89, this looks and feels way more premium than it should. The fake leather back is a nice touch.

Display 6.88-Inch LCD with Thick Bezels

The Motorola G06 Power sports a massive 6.88-inch LCD panel with the return of our great mate: the nipple notch (waterdrop notch). Haven’t seen this in a while most modern smartphones have a punch-hole cutout.

Display Specs:

What’s Good:

• Large screen great for media consumption
• 120Hz refresh rate (smoother scrolling, in theory)
• Reasonably poppy colors for an LCD
• Night Light feature filters blue light

What’s Not:

• HD+ resolution not the crispest, especially on a 6.88″ screen
• 600 nits brightness struggles outdoors on sunny days (you’ll be squinting)
• Contrast not fantastic can’t compete with OLED
• Image darkens significantly when you tilt the phone away from your face
• No always-on display (budget Motorola limitation you have to wake the phone to see notifications)

The Bezels: Thick. Especially the bottom chin. It’s not pretty, but at £89, what do you expect?

Verdict: Perfectly fine for Netflix, YouTube, and casual browsing. Don’t expect flagship-level clarity or outdoor visibility.

Audio Stereo Speakers (Surprisingly!)

I really wasn’t expecting a stereo speaker setup from a sub-£100 smartphone. But here we are.

Audio Quality:

• Fairly loud when maxed out
• Bottom speaker pulls majority of weight (earpiece speaker is tiny)
• No bass to speak of
• Dolby Atmos support (in name only doesn’t make a huge difference)

Perfectly fine for watching videos or casual music listening. Don’t expect HiFi quality.

Plus: You get a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top edge. So you can get wired in for proper high-quality audio.

Verdict: Better than expected for the price.

Performance Slower Than a Two-Legged Tortoise

This is where you can really tell the G06 Power is a budget smartphone. The overall experience can be rather juddery at times.

Specs:

• Chipset: MediaTek Helio G81 Extreme (the word “Extreme” should be taken lightly)
• RAM: 4GB (UK model only 64GB storage version)
• Storage: 64GB UFS 2.1 (expandable via microSD)
• RAM Boost: Adds virtual RAM, but doesn’t help much

Real-World Performance:

• Apps don’t take forever to load a handful of seconds usually
• UI navigation is sluggish even with 120Hz refresh
• Multitasking struggles with only 4GB RAM
• Occasional glitches like video streaming going blocky

Gaming: Forget it. Even basic optimized games like Call of Duty Mobile struggle on this thing:

• Inconsistent frame rates
• Sludgy responsiveness
• No Motorola gaming modes included

I usually don’t get my ass handed to me this thoroughly in COD Mobile. But on the G06 Power? It’s a massacre.

Verdict: Fine for browsing, messaging, YouTube. Terrible for gaming. Patience required.

Battery Life The Absolute Highlight

This is the real star of the show. You’ve got a 7000mAh capacity cell stuffed inside that chunky chassis.

Real-World Battery Life:

• Full weekend of use from a single charge
• Even with buckets of screen-on time, plenty of streaming, camera use it still lasts 2.5-3 days
• Battery drain is no more than a trickle

Motorola claims up to 65 hours (nearly 3 days) of mixed use. In my testing, that’s accurate.

Charging:

• 18W wired charging (measly, takes hours to fill up)
• No wireless charging (not surprising at this price)
• Expect to plug it in overnight

Verdict: If you’re on your phone a lot browsing, messaging, streaming the G06 Power’s battery prowess is genuinely impressive.

Software Android 15 (But Don’t Expect Updates)

The Motorola G06 Power runs Android 15 out of the box. Not quite the latest (Android 16 exists), but recent.

Update Promise:

• When/if it gets Android 16? Who knows. Possibly never.
• Security patches: Expect 1-2 years max
• If you want a phone for the long haul, look elsewhere

Software Experience:

• Mostly stock Android with Discover feed, app tray
• Loaded with crapware random games, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Booking.com (I didn’t install any of this)
• No Motorola suite of apps beyond Moto Secure

Moto Secure Includes:

• Secure Folders for locking away private stuff
• PIN pad scramble mixes up digits when typing PIN in public (anti-shoulder-surfing)

No Smart Connect or Moto AI. But you get:

• Perplexity AI
• Google Gemini AI
• Circle to Search (Google’s visual search feature)

Gesture Support: Still excellent, including the fast torch (chop-chop motion to turn on flashlight).

No eSIM Support: A pain if you travel a lot. You’re stuck with physical SIM cards.

Storage:

• 64GB only option in UK
• Between system files and apps, I used up more than half in just 2 days
• microSD card slot (separate from dual SIM slots) lets you expand storage

Verdict: Software is fine but bloated. Don’t expect long-term support.

Cameras Basic 50MP, Struggles in Low Light

Despite looking like a dual-lens setup, the secondary lens is just a depth sensor. You’ve got a single 50MP shooter on the back.

Camera Specs:

• Rear: 50MP (Samsung JN1 or GalaxyCore GC50F6 sensor)
• Front: 8MP selfie camera
• No ultrawide or telephoto
• 2x zoom is basic digital zoom

Camera App: Pretty simple. Not much in the way of features:

• Filters
• Google Lens integration
• Flash, timer
• Portrait mode
• Pro mode (adjust white balance, ISO, shutter speed)

Performance Issues:

• The camera app feels sluggish because of the limited processor power
• Takes a while to process portrait shots
• Expect occasional blurry pics when shooting moving subjects
• Low-light capabilities are less than stellar

All the usual limitations of budget phone cameras.

Video:

• Full HD (1080p) at 30fps max
• No 4K option (unsurprisingly)
• No 60fps option

Shoot in broad daylight and hope for the best.

Selfie Camera:

• 8MP
• Full HD video at 30fps
• Perfectly fine for video chats
• Audio pickup is decent as long as you don’t mumble

Verdict: Fine for casual snaps in good lighting. Don’t expect Instagram-worthy photos or low-light performance.

Motorola G06 Power Full Specs

Pricing How Much Does It Cost?

UK Pricing:

• £89 (official Motorola price for 64GB/4GB model)
• £60-70 (Black Friday deals seen)

US Pricing:

• ~$170 (estimated, not officially available)

Other Markets:

• €70-100 depending on region

For context, that’s cheaper than:

• Samsung Galaxy A07 4G: £140
• Xiaomi Redmi A3: £100
• Nokia G42: £130

The G06 Power is genuinely one of the cheapest smartphones you can buy from a major brand in 2025.

Motorola G06 Power vs Regular G06 Which Should You Buy?

Buy the regular G06 if: You want slimmer, lighter, and cheaper.

Buy the G06 Power if: Battery life is your top priority and you don’t mind extra bulk.

Who Is This Phone For?

Perfect For:

• Elderly users who need a simple phone with huge battery life
• Kids who just need something for YouTube and messaging
• Backup/emergency phone that lasts days without charging
• Festival-goers/travelers who need extreme battery life
• Budget-conscious buyers who only browse, message, stream

Not For:

• Gamers (performance is terrible)
• Photography enthusiasts (camera is basic)
• Power users (too slow for heavy multitasking)
• Anyone who needs long software support

Final Verdict Is It Worth It?

The Motorola G06 Power has obvious limitations:

• Performance is pretty slow
• Camera tech is quite basic
• Software support will be limited

But for £89, if you want a budget-friendly phone for:

• Browsing the web
• Messaging mates
• Watching videos

…and you want it to keep going for a full weekend without needing a top-up, well, great news. It’ll do the job.

The Lesson: The spec sheets don’t always reveal the whole truth. Sometimes more battery equals better for the right user. The G06 Power knows its audience and delivers exactly what they need: insane battery life at an insanely low price.

My Rating: 6.5/10

It’s not the best budget phone overall, but for battery life fanatics on a tight budget, it’s hard to beat.

That’s what this weathered old reviewer reckons. What do you think of the Moto G06 Power? Let me know in the comments below.