Moto E 2015 Phone Review
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,182 words · ~5 min read
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it's on Enthusiast Hardware where we first see the innovations that trickle
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down to the mainstream stuff a couple of years later so there's usually a whole
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lot more for me to say about a piece of high-end gear than a value one but once
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in a while it's helpful to come back down to earth and find out just how much
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the value customer gives up compared to the Enthusiast customer so welcome to a
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bit of a new style video for me I'm calling it a micro review about the
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Motorola Moto e25 4G
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variant of course our h8i GT and h100i
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GTX all-in-one liquid coolers improve both the appearance and cooling of your
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PC click my face or this spot or this
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spot how many annotations can he make Nick do to learn
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more since this is a micro video there's
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no time to waste so let's get right into it this little guy is an entry-level
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smartphone whose killer feature is right in the name 4G connectivity but it gets
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some other upgrades as well compared to the 2014 model the processor has been
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boosted to a Snapdragon 410 RAM holds steady at 1 GB storage gets bumped from
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4 to 8 gigs with the same micro SD expansion the battery capacity jumps 20%
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to 2390 milliamp hours and the screen jumps from a 540 by 960 pixel 4.3 inch
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display to an okay the resolution stayed the same and it only got bumped to 4
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and2 in but size ain't the only important thing here folks the new
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display is an IPS panel it's not the
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best I've seen and whites have a yellow or even slightly orange cast and blues
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are oversaturated but it's a heck of a lot better than TN so yay joining that
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at the front of the phone is a 640x480 selfie cam a speaker that pulls triple
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Duty as the headset speaker an unexceptional loudspeaker and a great
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little storage Nook for pocket lint and other random crap and that's about it
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the buttons are on screen at the back is the camera for 5 megapixel Stills in
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720p 30fps video that stunningly doesn't
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include an LED flash I mean seriously how much more would that have cost then
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around the edges of the removable rubbery feeling ring are the micro USB
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charging port satisfying feeling volume and lock buttons and a headphone jack
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then you can pull that baby off if you want to get a different color one or
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access the micro SD and Sim slots 3G
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version users will actually find two slim Sim slim Sim slots in here so let's
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talk about using this thing the screen is noticeably non-retina uh it's pretty
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slow uh Android 5.0 Lollipop in spite of its non bloated basically vanilla
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implementation other than some little stuff like the handy notification glance
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feature that I love on the Droid Turbo cannot save it compared to older
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Hardware something like an iPhone 4 or 4S nonp power users might not be
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bothered but on occasion I found myself putting the phone aside to do something
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else while I wait for something which is never a good sign which isn't to say
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that the whole experience is terrible the phone feels really solid and the
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ergonomics are mostly good with more grip on the back being my only real
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request 2.4 only gigahertz Wi-Fi is a
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bit of a drag but the good news is that my bell LTE connection is significantly
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faster than in my landline which the 2.4 GHz connection could saturate anyway and
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I have lots of data so there's that battery life was a really strong point I
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was expecting going from a 4,000 milliamp phone the Droid Turbo to a
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2000ish milliamp battery would bother me
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but the lower power Hardware in here allows it to easily make it through my
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most demanding days with plenty of battery to spare which leads to the
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micro conclusion of this micro video the camera is not as bad as I expected
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indecent light but the lack of a flash means that poor lighting conditions will
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come often and while at $20 more than
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the original Moto E it doesn't feel quite like a direct replacement given
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how much has improved you're getting a great value for your extra 20 bucks with
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the most notable bits being for me the IPS display the improved battery life
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and of course LTE connectivity the only
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decision then to make is whether to spend a little bit more for the
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significantly better Moto G
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