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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.
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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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:
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.
Robert.
9 April 2017
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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.
Milan Vandenbilcke
26 April 2017
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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:
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!
Alain B.
2 August 2017
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Product number | 769077 | |
Manufacturer code | SM4454AC3W6 | |
Brand | Motorola | |
Warranty | 2 years | |
Processing of your defect | Carry-in warranty |
Mobile phone type | Smartphone |
Year introduced | 2017 | |
Operating system | Android | |
Android One |
Height | 15,02 cm | |
Width | 7,4 cm | |
Depth | 0,77 cm | |
Weight | 155 g | |
Color | Gray | |
Water-resistant | ||
Shockproof | ||
Sound reproduction | Mono |
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 free | ||
Dual SIM |
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 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 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 capacity | 3000 mAh | |
Replaceable battery |
Headphone jack | ||
USB port | ||
Type of USB port | Micro USB-B (type: 2.0) | |
Lightning connector |
Fingerprint identity sensor | ||
Facial recognition | ||
Accelerometer | ||
Light sensor | ||
Compass | ||
Pedometer | ||
GPS sensor |
