Motorola Moto E5
Specifications

Secondary Camera: 5 MPix f/2.2, LED flash
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Average of 9 scores (from 10 reviews)
Reviews for the Motorola Moto E5
The Motorola Moto E5 offers a large screen and large battery at a small price. However, for about 130 Euros (~$149; usually $100 in the US, currently on sale for $70) you can also get some good deals from other manufacturers. We find out in our test whether the Moto E5 is able to stand out.
Source: Zdnet.com

We have two key observations from this tale of three handsets, the first of which is that it's very difficult to deliver an effective smartphone for under £100. The £89 Moto e5 Play is likely to leave purchasers hankering for more fairly quickly.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/22/2018
Source: Toptenreviews

It's a shame it's not more responsive in use, but the Moto E5 gives you the best camera and screen you'll see at this price.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/15/2018
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Techradar

This svelte budget offering has curves and specifications in all of the right places and offers up a solid user experience. Issues with performance and a mediocre camera prevent it from being an instant recommendation however, despite the excellent price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/25/2018
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Trusted Reviews

The price is right and battery life excellent, but day-to-day performance isn’t quite good enough.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/11/2018
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Good Gear Guide

Though there’s plenty to like about the Moto E5 on its own merits, it falls short when stacked up against last year’s E4.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/31/2018
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Gadgetguy

It is undeniably a value class handset. If offers build quality above that, so it is a safe buy. The Motorola e5 ticks every box in the value segment and then some. It is stellar value in this segment.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/19/2018
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 70% workmanship: 80%
Source: Tech Advisor

The Moto E5 has exceptional design and build quality making it feel like a much more expensive handset. And that's just for starters. You get a great screen, decent battery life, a good camera and even a fingerprint scanner to boot.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/02/2018
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Tech Advisor

We need to test performance, cameras and battery life properly, but the Moto E5 seems like a decent phone for the tiny sum of just £119.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/23/2018
Foreign Reviews
Source: Computerbild

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/14/2020
Rating: Total score: 73%
Source: Computer Totaal

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/26/2018
Rating: Total score: 80%
Comment
Model: The Motorola Moto E5 is a budget smartphone which still offers amazing features. Featuring all-day battery life, and a 5.7” Max Vision display, the Motorola Moto E5 is all engineered to fit in a slim design that looks as good as it feels. With an arched back and a rounded glass front, the compact design is so comfortable to use with just one hand it’ll make a user smile. It’s easy on the eyes, too. Aerial lines are hidden away for a smart, clean look. A water-repellent design safeguards the phone inside and out. So, don’t worry about accidental spills and splashes. The Moto E5 measures at 154.4 × 72.2 × 8.95 mm and weighs at 174 g. It only comes with one color option, which is gray. The 8 MP camera gives autofocus. It focuses in the blink of an eye and captures bright, clear photos, even in low light conditions. Besides that, a user can touch the fingerprint reader just below the camera to wake up and unlock the phone instantly, and lock it again when done. It’s discreetly located within the phone’s iconic logo, so users hardly know it’s there until they use it.
With the front-ported speaker, you can hear conference calls and favorite music and movies perfectly, even when the phone is lying on its back. As for the display, a user can enjoy a 5.7" Max Vision display panel, which can be comfortably used with just one hand. The Moto E5 has an IPS LCD screen with an 18:9 aspect ratio and HD+ resolution of 720 x 1.440 pixels. Users can also do less scrolling on websites, get a crazy-wide landscape view of games and even multitask effortlessly on a split screen. The display is vivid and colorful. As for hardware specifications, the Moto E5 features the Snapdragon 425 and 2 GB of RAM. This entry-level specification is capable of running apps but lacks memory to run multiple apps smoothly. Users can add up to 128 GB more photos, songs, and movies thanks to a dedicated microSD card slot. With a relatively big 4000 mAh battery, users get up to a day of battery life. And when it’s time to power up, the 10W rapid charger gives a quick burst of power when the user needs it most. Conclusively, the Motorola Moto E5 is a well-made and well-thought smartphone at a tight budget. It is suitable for users on a budget and does not run many resources demanding apps. It is a perfect entry-level smartphone for students or the elderly.
Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam
Qualcomm Adreno 308: Integrated mid-range graphics card in the Snapdragon 425 SoCs that supports OpenGL ES 3.0 and features unified shaders.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
425: Entry-level SoC that was announced in February 2016. It integrates 4 ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores clocked at up to 1.4 GHz, an LPDDR3 memory controller and wireless radios for WiFi and 4G/LTE.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
5.70":
This display is quite big for a smartphone but frequently used for smartphones.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.0.174 kg:
Only few smartphones are more lightweight than this.
Motorola: The original company Motorola Inc was split in 2011. Motorola Mobility got the smartphone range and was taken over by Google in 2012 and by Lenovo in 2014. The Motorola smartphone brand continues for the time being. There are still a lot of reviews on Motorola Mobiles with average ratings.
78.18%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
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