Moto G5 hands-on: A solid, metal-ish budget phone with removable battery
by Ars Staff from Ars Technica - All content on (#2E3TW)
Andrew Williams
| Specs at a glance: Moto G5 | |
|---|---|
| Screen | 5.2-inch 1920i-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 | a179/$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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