Motorola One Zoom: the complete Review

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If Motorola continues to sell smartphones, the brand can no longer rely on the same volumes as before. It tries, on the other hand, to arouse the interest of the consumers by proposing mobiles which revolve around a use, a characteristic or a very specific detail. Recently, the brand has unveiled the Razr, a foldable smartphone inspired by a mythical model, to revive the flame of nostalgia for some and the curiosity of innovation in others. With its One range, Motorola is tackling uses such as action video (Motorola One Action), macroscopic photography (Motorola One Macro), or long-range photography with the Motorola One Zoom that interests us here.

The most elegant of Motorola One

With the One Zoom, Motorola certainly delivers the most beautiful copy of this range. The smartphone is quite imposing (75 x 158 x 8.8 mm for 190 grams), but enjoys a beautiful construction, which is what is expected of a mid-range end of 2019. In this regard, we say without restraint that this Zoom model is the most elegant of the series.

It is adorned with an aluminum shell very pleasant to the touch, not messy for a penny, and the photo module to the four sensors is frankly well integrated despite the fact that it is imposing. Quite prominent, it will be aesthetically displeasing and will be in direct contact with the various surfaces encountered. If you are the type to ask your terminal frequently your terminal on the first desk come, distrust! Note that a Motorola logo is on the back when you use the phone, but this option may be disabled in the settings if you want more discretion.

Small strangeness of design: the speaker grille is located on the top of the phone, which is not really common although he is not the only one concerned. Note that the audio quality of this speaker output is pretty average. Fans of wired headphones will be delighted to find a 3.5 mm jack on the lower edge, next to the USB-C port for charging the device. If you are looking for the fingerprint reader, this one is located under the screen, but it has been found a bit long.

A bright but poorly calibrated screen

Not surprisingly, the Motorola One Zoom boasts a 6.4-inch screen edge-to-edge with a teardrop shaped notch. This gives a screen occupancy rate of just over 83%. Motorola highlights its Max Vision OLED slab, which puts on an infinite contrast. We also measured a high brightness of 714 cd / m2 for this screen, which allows easy use in direct sunlight. The colorimetry is not optimal at the output of the box since the phone is set to "saturated" in the display parameters (with a Delta E measured of 7.10). It is better to opt for the "contrasted" display, which provides a better rendering, but still far from optimal, with a Delta E measured 4.48.

Very correct performance

While it is still proposed at a price of 449 euros, the Motorola One Zoom is equipped with a Snapdragon 675 Soc, characteristic of the mid-range, associated with 4 GB of RAM. Performances are very suitable in game with the ability to display a high level of graphics. Navigation in the interface is rather fluid, the mobile to perform heavy tasks without difficulty. Nevertheless, competition is fierce in this market segment where mobiles – the Honor 20, for example – ship more powerful SoC at very affordable prices It is not said that the One Zoom must blush his performance against his competitors, just that we can find more powerful for less, if it is a key argument for you.

A big battery for an autonomy … classic

For autonomy, the One Zoom can count on a battery of 4000 mAh, but it is clear that the endurance does not benefit to be exceptional despite this capacity higher than the average. We measure a versatile autonomy of 12h56, a video autonomy of 10:30 and a call autonomy of 25h18. This will still be more than enough to keep a whole day away from a charger. It will also rely on 2h15 of connection to give 100% juice to this One Zoom.

A convincing telephoto lens … by day

When it comes to talking about the Motorola One Zoom, it is the photographic aspect that mainly interests since the phone takes its name. The quadruple rear module features a 48 megapixel (f / 1.7) main sensor, 16 megapixel ultra-wide angle, 5 megapixel depth sensor for portraits, and 8 megapixel telephoto lens with x3 optical zoom. an image stabilizer.

These cameras leave us an impression sometimes a little mixed, especially because of a fairly uneven quality according to the shots or focal lengths used. Two pictures taken with the same lens at a few seconds intervals can have a very different software processing, some images show excessive smoothness and sharp outlines, while others are frankly pleasant to the eye and very well managed colorimetry and texture.

The smartphone is also struggling when it comes to making the focus. It must be said that the poverty of the preview (before shooting) in the dedicated application does not help to know if our focus is done. The photographs in ultra-wide angle mode benefit from a treatment a little strange, which gives the impression of a lack of sharpness and difficulties of development. For a consultation on smartphone, it's enough, but we can hardly hope for an enlargement.

The x3 zoom is obviously interesting because it allows to highlight elements of a landscape, or to try a distant portrait, without fear of degradation of quality. On the other hand, it shows its limits in a low-light situation, where the images produced are tasteless and display a significant digital noise.

Still at night, with regard to the main sensor and the ultra-wide angle, the results are also a little irregular but overall satisfactory. Using Night Vision mode can recover scene information and is quite effective. In normal mode, the white balance turns too easily to yellow or pink depending on the lighting.

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