Motorola Moto E7i Power Smartphone review - Cell phone under 100 euros with stamina
Possible competitors in comparison
Rating | Rating Version | Date | Model | Weight | Drive | Size | Resolution | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73.2 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 05 / 2021 | Motorola Moto E7i Power SC9863A, GE8322 / IMG8322 | 200 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.50" | 1600x720 | |
| 74.6 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 01 / 2021 | Motorola Moto E7 Helio G25, PowerVR GE8320 | 180 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.50" | 1600x720 | |
| 76 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 12 / 2020 | Nokia 3.4 SD 460, Adreno 610 | 180 g | 64 GB eMMC Flash | 6.39" | 1560x720 | |
| 75.7 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 11 / 2020 | Xiaomi Redmi 9A Helio G25, PowerVR GE8320 | 194 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.53" | 1600x720 |
Case, features and operation - Even with IP certification
Tahiti Blue or Coral Red are the two shades that at least give a South Seas feeling. Both have a slightly shimmering, matte finish that looks quite high-end. However, the smartphone can be clearly dented in the center. The Moto E7i Power even has an IP certification, but only according to IP52, which is a passable protection against dust, but otherwise only against splashing water.
2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of mass storage are not much, but standard for under 100 Euros. The older Bluetooth 4.2 is on board and you should not expect record speeds in the Wi-Fi standard either: WiFi 4 is just sufficient for slow transfer rates typical for the class, whereby the E7i Power proves to be a bit slower than some competitors. We found this in our test with the reference router Netgear Nighthawk AX12.
In terms of weight, the high-capacity battery is noticeable: 200 grams are 20 grams more than in the Moto E7. In terms of size, however, the smartphone is on par with other devices. With 6.5 inches, it is rather unsuitable for small hands.
The fingerprint reader on the back works quite reliably, but it takes a short second to unlock the screen. There is a dedicated Google Assistant button on the casing's right. The touchscreen can also be operated reliably.
Android 10 Go is installed as the operating system. The security updates are from March 5 at the time of testing and are thus almost 3 months old. Thus, you should not expect too regular updates.
| Cross Platform Disk Test (CPDT) | |
| SDCard Sequential Read 0.5 GB | |
| Average of class Smartphone (36.9 - 1269, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| SDCard Sequential Write 0.5 GB | |
| Average of class Smartphone (11.4 - 49.7, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
Cross Platform Disk Test (CPDT)
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
Cameras - With macro lens
Motorola's Moto E7i Power comes with a real dual camera on the back, which means two lenses that can both be used for taking pictures. Many other inexpensive smartphones only use the second lens to collect additional information for blurring in portraits. However, the second camera is not a wide-angle lens, but a macro camera with a resolution of 2 megapixels that you can only use in a special camera mode.
The main camera on the other hand has a resolution of 13 megapixels. Our sample pictures show a good brightening with a tendency to overexpose white areas. The detail reproduction is a bit coarse in parts, but overall the camera takes quite acceptable photos for the price range in good lighting. In low light and high contrasts, the brightening is also OK, but the reproduction becomes very inaccurate in detail. At 1 lux illuminance in the lab, hardly anything can be recognized in the pictures
We also take pictures of our test chart in full illumination in the lab. Here, the main camera shows low contrasts, and the picture generally looks a bit pale. However, the image sharpness is OK.
A selfie camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels is found on the front. Its pictures are okay for snapshots, but you should not enlarge them too much since details are only displayed inaccurately.
Image Comparison
Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device.
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Display - Dark, but rich in contrast
Motorola's Moto E7i Power has an IPS screen with a resolution of 1600 x 720 pixels. This puts the smartphone at class level, but the screen is quite dark overall: It achieves just 328 cd/m² at its brightest point with the brightness sensor fully exposed. This is more reminiscent of 5 years ago; current smartphone displays are usually much brighter, even in this price range, which is also evident in the rivals.
At the same time, the Moto E7i Power offers a decent black level and thus also quite good contrast, which makes the colors a bit more radiant. We tested the color reproduction with the software CalMAN and the spectrophotometer. A bit shifted grayscale and overemphasized blue tones are visible here, but the reproduction is otherwise OK.
We only noticed PWM at a very high frequency, so most people should not have any problems.
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Brightness Distribution: 92 %
Center on Battery: 324 cd/m²
Contrast: 1620:1 (Black: 0.2 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.62 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.91
ΔE Greyscale 5.6 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
96% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.482
| Motorola Moto E7i Power IPS, 1600x720, 6.5" | Motorola Moto E7 IPS, 1600x720, 6.5" | Nokia 3.4 IPS, 1560x720, 6.4" | Xiaomi Redmi 9A IPS, 1600x720, 6.5" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Times | -31% | -24% | 9% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 58 ? | 61 ? -5% | 46 ? 21% | 48 ? 17% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 32 ? | 50 ? -56% | 30 ? 6% | 32 ? -0% |
| PWM Frequency | 50000 | 962 ? -98% | ||
| Screen | -9% | -11% | 11% | |
| Brightness middle | 324 | 470 45% | 440 36% | 435 34% |
| Brightness | 314 | 445 42% | 417 33% | 411 31% |
| Brightness Distribution | 92 | 92 0% | 91 -1% | 91 -1% |
| Black Level * | 0.2 | 0.35 -75% | 0.4 -100% | 0.33 -65% |
| Contrast | 1620 | 1343 -17% | 1100 -32% | 1318 -19% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 4.62 | 5.69 -23% | 4.77 -3% | 2.68 42% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 7.57 | 13.4 -77% | 8.85 -17% | 5.33 30% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 5.6 | 3.5 37% | 5.7 -2% | 3.6 36% |
| Gamma | 2.482 89% | 2.264 97% | 2.156 102% | 2.365 93% |
| CCT | 7524 86% | 7089 92% | 7660 85% | 6779 96% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -20% /
-13% | -18% /
-14% | 10% /
11% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 32 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 17 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 15 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 84 % 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 | ||
| 58 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 29 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 29 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. » 94 % 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 detected | 50000 Hz |  | |
The display backlight flickers at 50000 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) . The frequency of 50000 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8705 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance, emissions and battery life - lame memory, long runtimes
The Unisoc SC9863A is a somewhat older SoC that offers 8 cores with up to 1.6 GHz. It is still reasonably on class level in terms of performance, but does not offer too much power overall. It is sufficient for everyday use as long as you do not run too demanding apps. However, you will have to reckon with stutters when you want to change the volume while using a demanding app, for example. An even bigger problem is the memory, which proves to be very slow.
At least you do not have to deal with excessive heating: All temperature measurements on the case remain below 40 °C even after a long load. The small mono speaker at the back tends to be muffled on soft surfaces and is already not very loud. It hardly offers any low mids and certainly not any basses, so the sound comes across a bit treble-heavy. It is best to use it at medium volume, but even then the sound is mediocre at best. If you want to connect headphones or speakers, you can do so via Bluetooth or the 3.5 mm jack and get clear sound.
The 5000 mAh battery (battery ) lasted 18:45 hours in our Wi-Fi test, which is quite respectable and is also enough for two days of normal use. The battery can be charged with a maximum of 10 watts, which sometimes takes longer than 2 hours due to the size, depending on the charge status at the beginning.
| PCMark for Android | |
| Work 3.0 (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A () | |
| Average of class Smartphone (4609 - 27169, n=197, last 2 years) | |
| Work 2.0 performance score (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (4389 - 4694, n=6) | |
| 3DMark | |
| 2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (699 - 766, n=6) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (883 - 23024, n=73, last 2 years) | |
| 2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Graphics (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (629 - 681, n=6) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (840 - 45492, n=73, last 2 years) | |
| 2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (1107 - 1407, n=6) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (1075 - 8749, n=73, last 2 years) | |
| GFXBench | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (3 - 6.2, n=7) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (3.6 - 247, n=208, last 2 years) | |
| 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (3.2 - 3.4, n=7) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (2.3 - 321, n=208, last 2 years) | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (1.9 - 3.8, n=7) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 144, n=208, last 2 years) | |
| 2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | |
| Motorola Moto E7 | |
| Nokia 3.4 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Average UNISOC SC9863A (1.1 - 1.2, n=6) | |
| Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 129, n=208, last 2 years) | |
| Motorola Moto E7i Power | Motorola Moto E7 | Nokia 3.4 | Xiaomi Redmi 9A | Average 32 GB eMMC Flash | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AndroBench 3-5 | 89% | 278% | 146% | 100% | 1997% | |
| Sequential Read 256KB | 90.5 | 261 188% | 301.9 234% | 258.9 186% | 242 ? 167% | 1883 ? 1981% |
| Sequential Write 256KB | 117 | 101 -14% | 221.6 89% | 171.9 47% | 100.5 ? -14% | 1469 ? 1156% |
| Random Read 4KB | 28.6 | 58 103% | 123.1 330% | 57.6 101% | 43.2 ? 51% | 278 ? 872% |
| Random Write 4KB | 7.6 | 13.5 78% | 42.5 459% | 26.7 251% | 22.4 ? 195% | 310 ? 3979% |
Temperature
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 39.8 °C / 104 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 39.7 °C / 103 F, compared to the average of 33.9 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 25.9 °C / 79 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.
Loudspeaker
Motorola Moto E7i Power audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (77 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 30.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6% higher than median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (8.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 7% higher than median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (9.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (28.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 72% of all tested devices in this class were better, 4% similar, 23% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 37%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 85% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 13% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Motorola Moto E7 audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (87.2 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 75.5% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(-) | nearly no mids - on average 75.5% lower than median
(+) | mids are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(-) | nearly no highs - on average 75.5% lower than median
(+) | highs are linear (0% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(-) | overall sound is not linear (117.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 86% of all tested devices in this class were better, 8% similar, 6% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 37%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 96% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 2% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Battery life
| Motorola Moto E7i Power 5000 mAh | Motorola Moto E7 4000 mAh | Nokia 3.4 4000 mAh | Xiaomi Redmi 9A 5000 mAh | Average of class Smartphone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | |||||
| WiFi Websurfing | 1125 | 867 -23% | 843 -25% | 1319 17% | 991 ? -12% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - Decent budget smartphone
Motorola's Moto E7i Power is a typical smartphone for under 100 Euros with long runtimes. That is a bit of a shame because the manufacturer could have made something special out of its phone with a bit more effort, and the beginnings are there: Besides the large battery, there is an IP certification against splash water, a passable dual camera, and a screen without PWM.
But for a smartphone that really stands out in terms of quality, the manufacturer should have installed a more modern SoC, a brighter screen and, above all, faster storage. That is of course difficult with the extremely tight budget, but other manufacturers show that it is not impossible.
Motorola's Moto E7i Power is a budget phone with a long runtime, but it wastes potential due to the dark screen.
Thus, we are left with a solid budget phone for beginners who primarily want long runtimes and a screen without flickering. The camera should primarily be used for snapshots and complex apps and games should not be used if possible. Then you can definitely have fun with Motorola's Moto E7i Power.
Price and availability
Motorola Moto E7i Power
- 05/25/2021 v7 (old)
Florian Schmitt
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