WHAT IS THE MOTO G5 PLUS?
For years now the Moto G5 has been the pinnacle of budget smartphones. Others have crammed in more specs and often a lower price, but none have constructed a phone that actually works like something that’s double the price.
The new G5 Plus is Moto’s attempt to take what makes the G5 so special, and pimp it up a bit. Adding a better camera, faster internals and a couple of handy extras, such as NFC.
I always quite liked the unabashed ruggedness of the Moto G series. They were plastic phones done well, and they withstood serious amounts of wear and tear. They were never ugly though, they were just simple and got the basics right.
That’s all changed with the Moto G5. Well, mostly. Moto and Lenovo are clearly trying to match budget options from Honor and Huawei by replacing the plastic body with metal. It’s true; there is metal here, but there’s a lot of plastic acting as metal.
The 5.2-inch, 1080p LCD display that sits on the Moto G5 Plus is good and it’s hard to quibble for the price for the phone. Colours are accurate, and there’s plenty of detail, but it can often feel a bit dull when compared to the G4 or the Honor 6X. Photos and videos look washed out and there isn’t isn’t a huge difference when you jack the brightness up.
The interface has a very clean look and feel(stock Android). Even if you delve deep into the settings page, there’s nothing that sticks out as being customized. Hopefully, this also means that software updates will be faster. What it also means is that the phone feels as fast as a flagship despite the mid-range Snapdragon 625 processor. It’s Android 7.0 pre-loaded and you get 24.6GB free space.