Moto E5 Plus with Qualcomm MSM8917 snapdragon 425 chipset, supports Android version 8.0 (oreo) and has Adreno 308 GPU. The CPU in Moto E5 Plus is Quad-core 1.4GHz cortex-A53. The dimensions of the phone are 160.9×75.3×9.4mm and 196.6g weight. Internal memory options are 32GB, 3GB or 16GB, 2GB RAM. There is a card slot which can support microSD up to 256GB. Moto E5 Plus provides single SIM (Nano-SIM) or dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) options. The Moto E5 is set to go sale on amazon on July 10th. The E5 plus is confirmed to be amazon exclusive.
Moto E5 Plus has a non-removable Li-Ion 5000mAh battery which provides 1.5 days of battery life. And when it’s time to power up, the turbopower charger gives upto 6 hours of battery life in 15 minutes. The size of the phone is 6.0 inches with IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen and 720×1440 pixels resolution. Multitouch is enabled and since corning Gorilla glass provides the protection, Moto E5 Plus can resist much scrathes. Primary camera has 12MP (f/2.0), PDAF & laser AF along with LED flash. Secondary camera is 5MP (f/2.0) with LED flash and 8MP (f/2.2), LED flash. Other features of camera are Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR and panorama. The technology used are GSM/CDMA/HSPA/EVDO/LTE and provides a speed of HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps,CTE cat4 150/50 Mbps.
Network options in Moto E5 Plus
Moto E5 Plus supports 2G, 3G, 4G bands along with GPRS and EDGE.
- 2G bands GSM 850/900/1800/1900-SIM 1 & SIM 2, CDMA 800/1900-USA
- 3G bands HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100, CDMA 2000 1×EV-DO-USA.
- 4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600).
Above all sensors like fingerprint which is at rear end, accelerometer and proximity are present. SMS, MMS, Email, push Email and IM are the messaging options. Since MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player, DIVX/WMV/MP4/H.264 player are made available along with the photo /video editor and document viewer. Similarly Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB (microUSB 2.0) are the other features. FM radio is present and Wi-Fi 802.11, Wi-Fi direct, hotspot is the supported WLAN. Finally Moto E5 Plus is available in black, flash gray, mineral blue, fine gold colours and price is about 190 EUR. Hence the smartphone will be in the budget segment.
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