The moto g85 5G is the odd one out, and it has to be said up front because it changes two quotes out of three: it has a pOLED display curved at the sides and it carries no water rating at all.
It is the most elegant of the mid-range Motorolas, and also the one where a fall costs the most.
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The panel is a 6.67-inch pOLED with curved edges, at 120 Hz. Glass that runs down the sides breaks differently from flat glass: the crack almost always starts at the corner, the point where the glass is thinnest and where the impact concentrates. And on reassembly, lamination onto a curved surface is more critical, because the panel has to be laid back down bubble-free onto a profile that is not straight. In two words: the part costs more and the job takes longer. We would rather say so first.
The second thing to know is that this phone has no IP rating — and it was not always so, because the previous model had one. Motorola mentions splash resistance generically, but declares no grade. For you that means contact with water is real damage, not a false alarm: if it happens, do not switch it on and do not put it on charge, and bring it in as soon as possible. The upside, if it can be called that, is that after a repair there is no seal to restore and no rating to lose.
The fingerprint reader is optical and sits under the display: replacing the panel also replaces the reader. There is a dedicated microSD slot, not shared with the second SIM. There is no 3.5 mm jack. The back is not glass but silicone polymer, what the catalogues call a leather finish. That changes two concrete things: in a fall it does not craze the way glass does, so a “broken back” on these models is almost always a cut or a deformation rather than a spider web of cracks; but during opening it heats and deforms far more easily than glass, so it has to come off slowly and at a controlled temperature. It is why nobody should rush a heat gun on a Motorola.
| Release year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Display | 6.67" pOLED with curved edges, 120 Hz, 1,600 nits peak |
| Resolution | 1080 × 2400 pixels (FHD+) |
| Battery | 5,000 mAh, 30 W TurboPower charging |
| Wireless charging | Absent |
| Dimensions | 161.9 × 73.1 × 7.6 mm |
| Weight | 171 g (173 g on the vegan-leather versions) |
| Connector | USB-C 2.0 |
| 3.5 mm headphone jack | Absent |
| Memory expansion | microSD with a dedicated slot, up to 1 TB |
| Biometric unlock | Optical under-display fingerprint reader |
| Water and dust resistance | No IP rating declared |
| Glass and materials | Gorilla Glass 5, plastic frame, silicone-polymer back |
| Rear cameras | 50 MP stabilised Sony + 8 MP ultra-wide |
| Front camera | 32 MP |
| Launch list price in Italy | €349 (12/256 GB) |
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