I just finished my Moto G (2026) review. And while this $199 phone has the sort of limitations you'd expect from a device that inexpensive, it's definitely one of the best cheap phones you can buy right now. I'd go so far as to say it's your best option if you don't want to pay more than $200 for a phone, whether by choice or budget restrictions.
There's several reasons why this phone impresses me. For starters, it doesn't look like a cheap phone, with a stylish vegan leather back and some eye-catching color options. (The Cattleya Orchid would be my choice.) And you don't have to worry about charging the phone, as it held out for more than 19 hours of continuous web surfing in our battery test, an outstanding result that places it in the upper echelon of our best phone battery life list.
