Motorola Moto E6s Smartphone Review - Mobile Phone for Little Money
Vergleichsgeräte
Bewertung | Rating Version | Datum | Modell | Gewicht | Laufwerk | Groesse | Aufloesung | Preis ab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74.8 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 05 / 2020 | Motorola Moto E6s Helio P22 MT6762, PowerVR GE8320 | 160 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.10" | 1560x720 | |
| 74.3 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 01 / 2020 | Nokia 2.3 Helio A22 MT6761, PowerVR GE8300 | 183 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.20" | 1520x720 | |
| 75.3 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 01 / 2020 | Huawei Y6s Helio P35 MT6765, PowerVR GE8300 | 150 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.09" | 1560x720 | |
| 74.5 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 12 / 2019 | Xiaomi Redmi 8A SD 439, Adreno 505 | 188 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.22" | 1520x720 |
Case, Equipment and Operation - Solid Workmanship
The Motorola Moto E6s offers a matt plastic case in two colours: Peacock Blue or Sunrise Red, both offering a colour gradient. This looks chic, the case can be pressed in a bit, but the pressure can't get through to the screen. The back cannot be removed, and the battery cannot be replaced either. At 160 grams, the smartphone is not quite as light as the Huawei Y6s, but it is far from being a heavyweight.
With LTE Cat.4 and WiFi 4, the equipment is on the usual level for the class in terms of communication, but the internet via WLAN can only be reached quite slowly in our test with the reference router Linksys Nighthawk AX12, where other devices have a speed advantage. As a small goodie there is a dedicated microSD slot, so you can use two SIM cards and one microSD card for memory expansion.
The fingerprint sensor on the back works reliably, but needs a short time to actually unlock the screen. You have to live with jerks in the daily use and slight delays, especially when complex apps are running in the background.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
Cameras - Dual Camera with Depth of Field
With its 13 megapixels as the resolution for the main camera on the back, the Motorola Moto E6s is on a class level, and a second camera for the depth of field is rarely seen. It only brings an added value if you use the camera's portrait function, but at least.
Basically, the camera pictures lack a bit of contrast, colors look a bit dull. In detail, the pictures are also quickly washed out and grainy in daylight. But if one does not enlarge the pictures too much, they offer an acceptable impression. Also in low light and high contrast it becomes clear that the small camera is a little overstrained, the image contents are still recognizable, but the image is still not very detailed.
The front camera makes useful selfies, but details are blurred on closer inspection. Overall, the Moto E6's camera can be used for snapshots, but you shouldn't expect too high quality due to the often blurred display.
Display - Good Contrast
The screen with Waterdrop-Notch can be made quite bright if desired and we don't notice any PWM, so people who are sensitive to flickering can breathe a sigh of relief. The black level is also quite low, which contributes to somewhat stronger colours. The color representation is also quite decent for such a cheap device. Due to the high response times, the screen is rather not suitable for gamers.
Because the Moto E6s has DRM Widevine certification, streaming content can be viewed in HD on the phone, but the screen supports a maximum of 720p.
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Brightness Distribution: 95 %
Center on Battery: 488 cd/m²
Contrast: 1952:1 (Black: 0.25 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 5.02 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.9
ΔE Greyscale 4.4 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
93.9% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.252
| Motorola Moto E6s IPS, 1560x720, 6.1" | Nokia 2.3 IPS, 1520x720, 6.2" | Huawei Y6s IPS, 1560x720, 6.1" | Xiaomi Redmi 8A IPS, 1520x720, 6.2" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Times | 8% | -9% | 1% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 64 ? | 49.2 ? 23% | 54 ? 16% | 52 ? 19% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 24 ? | 25.6 ? -7% | 32 ? -33% | 28 ? -17% |
| PWM Frequency | 7692 ? | 100 ? | 595 ? | |
| Screen | -15% | -35% | -15% | |
| Brightness middle | 488 | 515 6% | 424 -13% | 441 -10% |
| Brightness | 481 | 488 1% | 397 -17% | 421 -12% |
| Brightness Distribution | 95 | 92 -3% | 85 -11% | 89 -6% |
| Black Level * | 0.25 | 0.23 8% | 0.35 -40% | 0.38 -52% |
| Contrast | 1952 | 2239 15% | 1211 -38% | 1161 -41% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 5.02 | 6.1 -22% | 6.45 -28% | 4.46 11% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 8.99 | 13.4 -49% | 12.76 -42% | 8.01 11% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 4.4 | 7.7 -75% | 8.5 -93% | 5.4 -23% |
| Gamma | 2.252 98% | 2.26 97% | 2.231 99% | 2.146 103% |
| CCT | 7841 83% | 8639 75% | 9108 71% | 7901 82% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -4% /
-10% | -22% /
-30% | -7% /
-12% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 24 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 3 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 21 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 50 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 64 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 31 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 33 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 97 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (32.8 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8687 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance, Emissions and Battery Life - Good Stamina
The MediaTek Helio P22 is built into many cheap smartphones as a processor, some of which are much more expensive than the Moto E6s. Thus, the smartphone is equipped with a reasonable amount of power for its price range and this is also reflected in the benchmark, where the smartphone can keep up well. Nevertheless, you always have to reckon with jerks in everyday life.
We do measure a minimal warming on the case, but it isn't noticeable with the hand. The small loudspeaker on the back isn't a highlight, but bearable at medium volume. Audio devices connected via a 3.5mm jack or Bluetooth work perfectly.
The Motorola smartphone gets a good 13:26 hours runtime out of the small 3.000 mAh battery in our WLAN test. The small battery also accounts for the low weight of the smartphone. A heavy Xiaomi Redmi 8A offers a much larger battery and also significantly longer runtimes. But you should also survive two days of average use with the Moto E6s. Since the charger only charges with a maximum of 5 watts, charging can take up to 3 hours.
| PCMark for Android | |
| Work performance score (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (4404 - 7465, n=18) | |
| Work 2.0 performance score (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (3805 - 5380, n=21) | |
| GFXBench | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (6.4 - 7.6, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (3.6 - 166, n=211, last 2 years) | |
| 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (3.5 - 4.7, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (2.3 - 321, n=211, last 2 years) | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (4.1 - 4.8, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 144, n=212, last 2 years) | |
| 2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | |
| Nokia 2.3 | |
| Huawei Y6s | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 (1.3 - 1.6, n=21) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 129, n=211, last 2 years) | |
| Motorola Moto E6s | Nokia 2.3 | Huawei Y6s | Xiaomi Redmi 8A | Average 32 GB eMMC Flash | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AndroBench 3-5 | 19% | -4% | 0% | -10% | 967% | |
| Sequential Read 256KB | 275 | 261.8 -5% | 263.2 -4% | 282 3% | 242 ? -12% | 1883 ? 585% |
| Sequential Write 256KB | 103.5 | 149.2 44% | 118 14% | 106.4 3% | 100.5 ? -3% | 1476 ? 1326% |
| Random Read 4KB | 69.4 | 69.6 0% | 46.7 -33% | 73.1 5% | 43.1 ? -38% | 278 ? 301% |
| Random Write 4KB | 17.7 | 30.33 71% | 18.6 5% | 15.8 -11% | 22.3 ? 26% | 311 ? 1657% |
| Sequential Read 256KB SDCard | 82.3 ? | 83.7 ? 2% | 80.9 ? -2% | 84.9 ? 3% | 71.8 ? -13% | |
| Sequential Write 256KB SDCard | 63.5 ? | 63.7 ? 0% | 60.6 ? -5% | 61.7 ? -3% | 52.9 ? -17% |
Temperature
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 33.9 °C / 93 F, compared to the average of 35.1 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 63.7 °C for the class Smartphone.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 35.4 °C / 96 F, compared to the average of 33.9 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 27.4 °C / 81 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.
Speakers
Motorola Moto E6s audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82.3 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 66.5% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(-) | nearly no mids - on average 66.5% lower than median
(+) | mids are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(-) | nearly no highs - on average 66.5% lower than median
(+) | highs are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(-) | overall sound is not linear (121.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 90% of all tested devices in this class were better, 8% similar, 2% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 36%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 97% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 1% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Xiaomi Redmi 8A audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (83.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 69.1% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(-) | nearly no mids - on average 69.1% lower than median
(+) | mids are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(-) | nearly no highs - on average 69.1% lower than median
(+) | highs are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(-) | overall sound is not linear (118% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 86% of all tested devices in this class were better, 9% similar, 5% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 36%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 96% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 2% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Battery Life
| Motorola Moto E6s 3000 mAh | Nokia 2.3 4000 mAh | Huawei Y6s 3020 mAh | Xiaomi Redmi 8A 5000 mAh | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | |||||
| WiFi Websurfing | 806 | 919 14% | 743 -8% | 1145 42% | 999 ? 24% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict – Affordable and Light
The Motorola Moto E6s is a rather light, handy smartphone, which looks chic and is quite well made thanks to the color gradient on the back. The camera takes useful pictures, but with little contrast. Nevertheless, the small battery gives it a decent battery life and the performance is reasonable for its price range.
You should know that you can't expect miracles for 100 euro, but Motorola makes a decent smartphone out of the limited budget overall. The fingerprint sensor is not always a matter of course in this price range and the dedicated memory slot is a nice thing. Also positive: The smartphone only offered Android 9 in our review, but with current security patches.
If you're looking for a light and affordable smartphone that still offers a useful battery life, you'll be in good hands with the Motorola Moto E6s.
We found the very slow WLAN, which can't even keep up in a class comparison, to be a nuisance. Nevertheless, the Motorola Moto E6s is recommendable for fans of light smartphones, as long as they use their device for less demanding activities.
Motorola Moto E6s
- 05/06/2020 v7 (old)
Florian Schmitt
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