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Moto G Pro

Price: £289 (inc VAT) from fave.co/3lhVHPo

The stylus used to be one of the defining features of ‘smart devices’, back in the age of the PalmPilot and its reign more or less continued until Steve Jobs famously berated the peripheral while introducing the touch-driven original iPhone in 2007 – changing attitudes towards smartphone interaction, forever. Of course, since then Apple’s – and the wider mobile industry’s – opinion of the stylus has softened, to the point that it’s been able to enjoy something of a renaissance.

While today’s stylus-toting stars are namely Samsung’s Galaxy Note range and the pairing of iPad and Apple Pencil, there’s definitely room for more players in the space, especially at more affordable climbs; a region that Motorola is exploring with the Moto G Pro.

WHAT’S MEANT BY ‘PRO’?

Before we look at the hardware, there’s something to be said for that name – it’s confusing. Namely, because there’s nothing particularly ‘pro’ about this phone’s spec sheet compared to other 2020 Moto G-series phones, so we’re assuming that the ‘Pro’ here stands for ‘productive’ or ‘productivity’, rather than ‘professional’.

The G Pro’s US counterpart is actually called the Moto G Stylus – a far more apt

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