Motorola G Stylus 2025
Hacker ApprovedRanked 6 of 6 Android phones by recommenders
Recommended as a capable, affordable Android phone with a headphone jack and SD slot, though critics say the stylus is mostly for fidgeting.
Recommended as a capable, affordable Android phone with a headphone jack and SD slot, though critics say the stylus is mostly for fidgeting.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 79%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Headphone jack and SD card slot
“to get a headphone jack, snapdragon cpu, and reasonable cost, I had to also accept a stylus that I only use to fidget”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?” “it was the most reasonable phone with a headphone jack, enough ram, and a qualcomm cpu”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device” “Wired headphones are the top reason I've bought Moto phones the last two times.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?” - Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device”
- Comment from 17 Nov 2025 in “Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy”
Capable hardware for the price
“it was the most reasonable phone with a headphone jack, enough ram, and a qualcomm cpu”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device” “it's a very capable phone, and the headphone port and SD card slot are great”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device” “I just wanted good-enough screen/camera/battery life/performance”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes” - Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device”
Good value for the money
“to get a headphone jack, snapdragon cpu, and reasonable cost, I had to also accept a stylus that I only use to fidget”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?” “it was the most reasonable phone with a headphone jack, enough ram, and a qualcomm cpu”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device” “it's about the best you can do in today's market”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?” Liked it more than past phones
“I like the Stylus G better than most phones I've owned”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes” “It's a great device, I loved using it.”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation” “The G Stylus 2024 was a great phone.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “LineageOS Statistics”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Stylus is mainly a fidget toy
“to get a headphone jack, snapdragon cpu, and reasonable cost, I had to also accept a stylus that I only use to fidget”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Wired headphone sales are exploding. What's with the Bluetooth backlash?” “all they do is imitate the finger”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device”
Other Android phones people recommend
The four most recommended other Android phones, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Pixel | 388 | 338 | 53% | 12 | 1 yr31 owners | — |
| Samsung Galaxy S series | 70 | 51 | 58% | 12 | 3 yrs13 owners | — |
| OnePlus 15 | 31 | 9 | 78% | 9 | 7 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| Motorola Moto G | 25 | 4 | 86% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Motorola G Stylus 2025This page | 11 | 3 | 79% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“has almost everything I want in a phone”
“all they do is imitate the finger”
“it's a very capable phone, and the headphone port and SD card slot are great”
“it was the most reasonable phone with a headphone jack, enough ram, and a qualcomm cpu”
“have been running an experiment for almost a year now in which I use this device without ever logging into the device with a Google account”
“The G Stylus 2024 was a great phone.”
“I just wanted good-enough screen/camera/battery life/performance”
“I have to disable Glance after every reboot”
“I like the Stylus G better than most phones I've owned”
“Motorola's Stylus Android phones retain the same model and version number while the stylus dimensions change sufficiently to make them incompatible”
“Wired headphones are the top reason I've bought Moto phones the last two times.”
“it's about the best you can do in today's market”
“to get a headphone jack, snapdragon cpu, and reasonable cost, I had to also accept a stylus that I only use to fidget”
“It's a great device, I loved using it.”
“it's big (which I like), has a heaphone jack, and has an sd-card port”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.