Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2025) review: specs, battery & used prices

Summary

The Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2025) is Motorola's stylus-toting midranger: a 6.7-inch 120 Hz pOLED, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, and a built-in pen at $399 new. Used 8/128 GB units sell for around $125 with a deep seventeen-sale sample — the most affordable route to a stylus phone in the current catalog, with roughly a year of updates left.

Display and design

The 6.7-inch pOLED refreshes at 120 Hz with a 1,400-nit peak — screen quality 69/100 on our axis, unusually strong for the class — in a 191 g body with compactness at 85/100 and IP68 sealing. The stylus slides into the chassis corner, no case compromise required.

Performance

The Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 is a modest platform: gaming 15/100 and everyday responsiveness 52/100 on our axes. Notes, sketches, and general apps run fine; heavy 3D is outside the brief. The pen workflow, not the silicon, is the purchase logic.

Camera

The camera pairs a 50 MP stabilised main sensor with a 13 MP ultrawide; video records to 4K at 30 fps. Our camera score of 26/100 is honest entry-midrange: daylight main-sensor shots are fine, and little else is promised.

Battery and charging

The 5,000 mAh battery scores 40/100 on battery life, and 68 W charging scores 49/100 — a pairing that keeps the modest platform topped up without routine thought.

Verdict

At around $125 used with the deepest sales sample in this comparison, the Stylus 5G (2025) is the rational stylus buy: a genuinely good OLED, IP68, and the pen for a fifth of flagship pricing. The entry-level chip and short update runway price in — and resale at the bottom of our scale (0/100) means buying used is the only sensible route. The 2024 edition is the cheaper prior year; the Moto G (2026) is the no-pen sibling platform.