Monday 27 February 2017

Moto G5 hands-on: A solid, metal-ish budget phone with removable battery

Andrew Williams

Specs at a glance: Moto G5
Screen 5.2-inch 1920×1080 IPS LCD
OS Android 7 Nougat
SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (octa-core Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz CPU + Adreno 505 GPU)
RAM 2GB
Storage 16GB
Ports Micro USB
Camera 13MP rear camera with phase detection auto focus, f/2.0 lens
Battery 2800mAh (removable!)
Price €179/$199 (probably ~£170)
Availability March 2017

BARCELONA, Spain—Somewhat unusually for a newer phone, the Moto G5 isn't a flat-out better phone than the Moto G4 in every respect. It's just... different.

The biggest upgrade is in the Moto G5’s build. There’s a lot more metal than before. The best way to tell metal parts from plastic ones is to chill a phone to see which parts get colder than others. But because I no longer wheel a freezer behind me when I attend conferences like MWC, I have to make do with a simpler fingernail scratch test. It would appear that the rear of the Moto G5 is metal but the sides are plastic with a convincing metal finish.

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