{"id":418187,"date":"2026-01-17T02:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418187\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T02:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:43:10","slug":"motorola-readies-new-durable-budget-phone-in-g57-pickr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418187\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola readies new durable budget phone in G57 \u2013 Pickr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Budget and mid-range phones don\u2019t typically handle water or drops well. At $299, the Moto G57 is trying something different.<\/p>\n

Spend a lot of money on a phone and you\u2019ll probably end up with something that\u2019s not only feature packed, but also somewhat resistant.<\/p>\n

Few phones are drop proof, but that\u2019s invariably the part that you\u2019ll protect with a case. Really, it\u2019s the water resistance we look for, because accidents can and will happen.<\/p>\n

And that just almost never exists in phones below $500. It\u2019s even less likely below three hundred.<\/p>\n

But interestingly, Motorola once offered was resistant in a mid-range options years ago. Back in 2015, the Moto G3 came with IPX7 water resistance<\/a>, a sort of feature that almost never occurs and has since largely been skipped by Motorola.<\/p>\n

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This year, though, there\u2019s a little more to it as Motorola brings water resistance to the line-up with a little more durability for good measure.<\/p>\n

Motorola\u2019s $299 Moto G57 will support IP64 water resistance<\/a> as well as Corning\u2019s Gorilla Glass 7i, a glass covering that supports improved drop durability for its 6.72 inch Full HD+ screen, as well as being military spec certified at MIL-STD-810H.<\/p>\n

Inside, there\u2019s a properly mid-range processor with the Snapdragon 6s Gen 4, plus a 5200 mAh battery on the back, and two cameras you can actually use on its three camera setup. There\u2019s a 50 megapixel main camera and an 8 megapixel ultra-wide, but the last \u201cthird\u201d camera is a light sensor, so it\u2019s really just two cameras.<\/p>\n

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While under $300 might seem like an inexpensive price for Motorola\u2019s G57, the red flag is memory: with only 4GB RAM, it might end up being a little slow at times, something the processor will only help so much with.<\/p>\n

But if durability and price are the things that matter most, Motorola\u2019s G57 might just be attractive enough, and available now at electronic retailers across the country.<\/p>\n

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