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While close-up macro shots can be fun, I’d personally trade both of these supplemental lenses for a stronger main camera, but I’m evidently in the minority, given budget manufacturers’ insistence that more is better.

But all phones struggle when the light dips, and budget phones are especially susceptible to this phenomenon. As the sun sets, the Moto G13’s pictures get noticeably blurrier with added visual noise. The macro lens is fun, but probably the kind of thing you’ll only try once. Here’s a two-Euro coin close enough to see all the scuffs it endured while being passed around mainland Europe. With 128 GB eMMC flash, the phone's mass storage is quite slow but is also extensive: at the moment, most similarly priced competitors still offer 64 or even only 32 GB data storage. There is also an NFC module, which is by no means a matter of course in this price range. In good lighting conditions, however, the Moto G13 takes pretty impressive shots with a surprising amount of detail. Here’s a church near my house on a bright, sunny June day: Finally, there are differences in the phones’ cameras. While both have triple arrays led by a 50MP main sensor, the G13 swaps a 5MP ultrawide lens for an admittedly less useful 2MP depth sensor. The front-facing camera also doubles the megapixels to 16MP.Unusually, it doesn’t seem to apply horrendously over-the-top beautification settings, and I couldn’t see any way to add them, either. We will probably see this level of performance more often in budget phones this year, but it's still great that the Moto G13 shows that even a cheap phone finally allows smooth navigation through menus and even somewhat more demanding tasks. Does the gamble pay off? It’s a mixed bag. As you can see from the chart below, it’s some way off the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 with its Qualcomm chip. And that’s over a year old now, even if it still tops our list of budget phones.

The Moto phone can be operated swiftly and reliably via the touchscreen. This is also due to Motorola's 90 Hz refresh rate, which enables smooth scrolling. It’s a testament to how far budget handsets have come in the last decade that the Moto G13 looks pretty much like any other smartphone in 2023.

The Motorola Moto G13 is a solid handset for anyone on a tight budget

The Moto G13 comes with a triple-camera array composed of a 50MP (f/1.8) main snapper and two additional 2MP (f/2.4) lenses: one for macro, and another for depth.