Motorola Moto G5 Plus Gray

Name: Motorola Moto G5 Plus Gray
Brand: Motorola
SKU: 769077
Price: 229 EUR
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Rating: 9 (518 reviews)

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Key specs

	Camera quality	Standard
	Speed class	Mediocre
	Screen quality	Standard
	Total storage capacity	32 GB
	Year introduced	2017
	Screen size	5,2 inches

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Capture every memorable moment accurately with the 12-megapixel camera.
Shoot razor-sharp videos in 4K resolution.
The casing is made of metal, so the device can take a bump or two.
There's a small bump at the back of the phone, due to the camera.

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With the Motorola Moto G5 Plus you'll make videos with high resolution. The 12-megapixel rear camera lets you shoot videos in 4K resolution. View all your footage on the 5.2-inch Full HD screen. The Moto G5 Plus has a sturdy casing made of aluminum. Underneath that exterior is a hefty 3,000mAh battery. This allows you to keep using the device until the early morning.

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Review is 8,4 out of 10.

Excellent price/quality ratio

Absolutely the screen, clear, sharp and with very wide viewing angles
Nearly stock Android 7.0, fast and very stable
Price budget/midrange, device is better
Camera 12 Mp, however perfectly usable under normal lighting conditions

I received the Moto 5G plus yesterday. Years ago I received a HTC One X plus from my employer (then HTC's top model with 64 GB of fixed internal storage) and it has lasted 4.5 years. Recently, some apps have stopped running smoothly, synchronization sometimes freezes, after changing a password at work the exchange server sometimes had to wait a day before it worked again, the smartphone sometimes suddenly became nice and warm (inexplicable excessive processor usage) and the battery deteriorated quickly. HTC hasn't released an update since 2013, so time for some news.

I was actually looking for something:

without this heavy supplier shell around Android, please as bare as possible, running well,
with some fixed memory (32 GB or more), preferably expandable with an SD card for the storage of photos,
a good screen that is still legible in sunlight during the day,
a reasonable camera (use it a lot for work, but don't have to be top photos),
a reasonable battery, which can be used for at least a full day.
a sturdy metal housing.

This Moto G5 plus seemed to meet that perfectly. It will not officially be released in the Netherlands until April 21, but one of the major web stores was already able to deliver it. I agreed with the boss to try this this weekend.

Put everything into use today and I have to say for this amount this seems like a great smartphone. All apps from my old HTC taken over via the Google account, these run fine again, clearly much smoother than before.

Contacts came back in via my SIM card and everything was installed quickly. Android 7.0 works intuitively and is certainly no more difficult to use than before.

For my work I need a calendar and email via an exchange server. GMail can also do this nowadays, according to indicate, but I couldn't get this to work. Installed the Microsoft Outlook app on this and whoops, within 2 minutes a good agenda, synchronized with the one at work, and great email. The only downside is that Outlook again doesn't accept POP servers, so I've added Blue Mail for my private mails. Two email icons on the screen, but Blue Mail is a very nice email program and Outlook has the calendar built in. Forget about GMail for now. It's nice that you can just install your own independent apps, without the mandatory supplier shell around Android with a built-in mail and SMS preference.

The screen of this Moto 5G plus is also very beautiful, razor sharp and crystal clear, really in a class of its own for such a budget smartphone. The 5.2" size is also a good size, not too small, but not so big as to make the phone unwieldy. It fits well in the hand, certainly no worse than my old 4.7" HTC One X puss. Manually regulate the brightness, because this does not work automatically enough, just like many other smartphones.

I had some difficulties with the fingerprint scanner when adjusting, but once in use it no longer gives incorrect readings. This now set to a few fingers more. The smartphone can be locked and unlocked very easily in this way. However, this is not a hard security, according to the supplier (it is probably easy to disconnect inside). However, it works well. This fingerprint scanner also takes over the function of the three "home", "previous" and "running apps" buttons at the bottom of the screen. Contrary to the messages, I think this sliding over the fingerprint scanner works fine and it makes the readable screen a bit larger.

This smartphone has dual sim. So I can put in an extra local 4G data network card while on holiday abroad, the boss has to pay less for private data use and I pay less attention to this. The only thing is that they are nano SIM cards. So I had to cut again with the KPN micro-SIM card from the employer, but this went well.

A micro SD card can be placed at the bottom of the slide with the two nano-SIM cards. I put 32 GB of SD memory in it, in addition to the fixed internal memory of 32 Gb in the smartphone itself. I am now using 7.41 GB of Android operating system, 2.94 GB of internal shared storage and am still transferring my photos and videos to the SD card (about 4.5 GB). All in all, a lot less than the old HTC One X plus had in use (about 21 GB in all). Is this bare, "stock" version of Android 7.0 that much more economical than HTC's 4.2 version with their apparently heavy shell?

The battery charges significantly faster than my old HTC and now, with all that installation work, it has lasted a good half a day and is only 30% empty. Unlike the Moto G5, the Moto G5 Plus doesn't open the back to change the battery as far as I've found.

The 12 Mp camera works well and much better than what I was used to. There are top devices with better cameras, but under normal lighting conditions I have nothing to complain about. Facial recognition is available. In the professional mode, multiple focus points are measured and the exposure is also balanced over multiple spots.

I think this smartphone will please you and it will be a nice workhorse. The smartphone is sturdy, but not waterproof. For this price, however, the employer will not make a fuss if a new one is needed due to circumstances.

Review by:
Robert.
Date:
9 April 2017
Translation:
Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 9,2 out of 10.

Perfect budget smartphone

Screen
Battery lasts all day
Fingerprint sensor very fast
Camera a little less

For the price there is no better smartphone in my opinion. It can easily last a full day at full brightness. The screen is very bright and sharp. The fingerprint sensor works every time and very quickly.

Review by:
Milan Vandenbilcke
Date:
26 April 2017
Translation:
Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 9,6 out of 10.

Join the Moto G club!!!

Screen size
Takes good pictures
Pure Android 7
With case: big and thick in your pocket

I had a Moto G4 Plus before, but it fell in the river this summer and broke.

I then compared a lot of devices, and the G5 Plus came out as the best for me:

not too expensive
big enough to read effortlessly (I'm 40+ :-)
big enough to make few typos
as pure as possible Android
quality is good enough to last at least 3 years

You can put a second SIM card in the Moto G5 Plus. (I don't use it though).

The memory is expandable with an SD card. I use a 32 GB card that contains my music.

The battery lasts a day smoothly, and the touch screen works very smoothly.

In short, this is an excellent no-nonsense phone. You get a lot for your money.

As an ex-iPhone user, I would like to add that Android is just as easy as iOS.

Do not be guided by the marketing of Apple and Samsung, and compare your wishes with the specifications of the Moto G5 Plus in an objective way. And who knows, you might become a Moto G fan too!

Review by:
Alain B.
Date:
2 August 2017
Translation:
Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

Product

Product
	Product number	769077
	Manufacturer code	SM4454AC3W6
	Brand	Motorola
	Processing of your defect	Carry-in warranty
	Old product returned for free

General

General
	Mobile phone type	Smartphone

Update policy

Update policy
	Year introduced	2017
	Operating system	Android
	Android One

Physical properties

Physical properties
	Height	15,02 cm
	Width	7,4 cm
	Depth	0,77 cm
	Weight	155 g
	Color	Gray
	Water-resistant
	Shockproof
	Sound reproduction	Mono

Processor and memory

Processor and memory
	Speed class	Mediocre
	Processor	Snapdragon
	Clock speed primary processor	2 GHz
	Number of primary processor cores	Octa-Core (8)
	Total storage capacity	32 GB
	Internal RAM	3 GB
	Memory card reader
	Expandable storage capacity up to	128 GB

SIM card

SIM card
	SIM free
	Dual SIM

Rear cameras

Rear cameras
	Camera quality	Standard
	Built-in camera
	Total number of megapixels	12 MP
	Autofocus
	Video function
	Video Recording quality	4K @ 30 FPS
	Rear flash
	Image stabilization type	No image stabilization
	Aperture	1,7
	Flash type	Single LED
	HDR support camera
	Type of image sensor	1/2.5
	Second rear camera
	Third rear camera
	Fourth rear camera

Front cameras

Front cameras
	Front Camera
	Number of megapixels front camera	5 MP
	Fixed aperture front camera	2,2
	Type of image stabilization front camera	No image stabilization
	Front flash
	Second front camera

Screen

Screen
	Screen size	5,2 inches
	Screen-to-body ratio	62,22 %
	Screen quality	Standard
	Resolution height	1920 pixels
	Resolution width	1080 pixels
	Pixel density	424 ppi
	Touchscreen
	Sharpness	Full HD (1080p)
	Screen type	IPS - LCD
	Scratch resistant
	Gorilla Glass
	Gorilla Glass Type	Gorilla Glass 3
	HDR support

Battery

Battery
	Battery/battery capacity	3000 mAh
	Replaceable battery

Connectivity

Connectivity
	Headphone jack
	USB port
	Type of USB port	Micro USB-B (type: 2.0)
	Lightning connector

Sensors

Sensors
	Fingerprint identity sensor
	Facial recognition
	Accelerometer
	Light sensor
	Compass
	Pedometer
	GPS sensor

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