Motorola Moto G37 Review: Eye-Catching Budget Phone – Tech Advisor

A little disappointingly, Motorola won’t be supporting the Moto G37 for long as it’s committed to just two years of OS updates, and three years (until April 2029) of security updates. Oppo provides a similar schedule for the A6 Pro with two years of OS and four years of security updates. In contrast, Samsung offers six years of both on the Galaxy A17.

It means if you’re looking to buy this phone for the long-term, you might find the software and security aspects of the G37 fall behind the times in the not too distant future. 

Yet, if you’re looking for an almost-stock Android experience, and your budget doesn’t stretch to Google’s A-series, the Moto G37 gets you pretty close in the software department.

Price & Availability

The Moto G37 price is £219.99, but at the time of writing, Motorola is offering £20 off, taking the price down to a sub-£200/ level, making the Moto G37 a seriously affordable phone.

This seems to be the standard price as it’s how much the likes of Argos, EE and Amazon UK are charging without noting the RRP.

In return, you get 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, which is the only configuration available in the UK. Other regions might see 4G/64GB and 4/256GB models.

In the US the Moto G37 isn’t available. Instead, Motorola has a sibling with similar – but not identical – specs in the Moto G 2026. It starts at $299.99, is slightly thicker and heavier, and offers more powerful front and rear cameras.

Check out our list of the best budget phones to see our current top 10 recommendations for cheap handsets.

Should you buy the Moto G37?

The Moto G37 continues the series’ trend of delivering a solid smartphone at a reasonable price, although these days the G series doesn’t quite offer the same bang for your buck.

Yet if you’re after a large-screen phone with solid battery life, stereo speakers, a headphone jack and expandable storage, the G37 is one of the very few that offer all this at a sub £220/$300 price.

Add to that the close-to-stock Android experience – something the likes of Samsung, Oppo and Nothing don’t offer with their heavier interface skins – and you could almost consider the Moto G37 as a budget Pixel phone (which Google doesn’t offer).

But the cameras aren’t up to Google Pixel levels of quality, and the MediaTek chipset alongside a lacklustre 4GB of RAM means you’ll have to be patient when loading apps and using the G37.

Keep an eye out for discounts, though, as I’ve already seen the phone go as low as £160 in the UK, and at that price it will feel like more of a steal.

Specs

• Android 16
• 6.67-inch, HD+ (1604 x 720), 264ppi, 120Hz, 1050 nits peak brightness
• Fingerprint scanner
• MediaTek Dimensity 6300
• 4GB
• 128GB (plus microSD up to 1TB)
• Cameras:
• 50Mp main sensor
• 2-in-1 Light Sensor
• 8Mp selfie camera
• Up to 2K @ 60fps rear video
• Stereo speakers
• Dual SIM
• Bluetooth 5.4
• Headphone jack
• 5,200mAh battery
• 166.23 x 76.50 x 7.85 mm
• IP64 certified
• 191g
• Colours: Pantone Impenetrable (Black), Pantone Nautical Blue, Pantone Fuchsia Red (Pink)