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Motorola Moto E5 Play

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Released · May 16, 2018

This device is also known as Motorola Moto E5 Cruise

7.2

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4.5

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Design
Dimensions	5.94 x 2.91 x 0.35 inches 151 x 74 x 8.85 mm
Weight	5.29 oz (150.0 g)
Materials	Back: Plastic
Resistance	Splash
Biometrics	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors	Black, Gray, Blue

Display
Size	5.2-inch
Resolution	1280x720px, 16:9 ratio, 282 PPI
Technology	LCD
Screen-to-body	66.84 %
Features	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

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Bright Max (20 APL)	Untested
Bright Min	4 (Poor)
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Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 MSM8917 (28 nm)
Processor	Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU	Adreno 308
RAM	2GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage	16GB
Storage expansion	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS	Android (8.0 Oreo)

Battery
Capacity	2800 mAh
Type	Li - Ion
Charging	Fast charging

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash	LED
Video recording	1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (30 fps), 720x480 (DVD) (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front	5 MP (Flash), Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth	4.2
WLAN	802.11 a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB	microUSB, USB 2.0
Hearing aid compatible	M3/T4
Location	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors	Accelerometer, Compass
Other	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia
Headphones	3.5mm jack
Speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring	Wireless screen share
Radio	FM
Additional microphone(s)	Yes

Cellular
4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type	Nano SIM
HD Voice	Yes

Regulatory Approval
Measured SAR	Head: 1.35 W/kg Body: 1.23 W/kg

Buyers information
In The Box	Charger and USB cable

Availability
Officially announced	Apr 19, 2018

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Carrier Availability

Discontinued

Verizon
T-Mobile
U.S. Cellular
Metro by T-Mobile
Cricket
Boost Mobile
Xfinity Mobile

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Overall User Rating

(2 reviews)

4.5

Build quality

7.5

Camera quality

5.5

Performance

Display

Battery life and charging

SDRokusek

Arena Apprentice

Decent phone

Edited: Jan 15, 2020, 12:25 AM

Phone owned for more than a year

Maybe it's just that I have set my standards really low for smartphones, but this got the job done when I needed it too. The CPU is good, the Wi-Fi capabilities are fine, the storage is decent. The phone is also easy to navigate. The design is pretty subtle, but less is sometimes more. I should also probably mention that it sort of falls into the category of a starter phone, given the good but not extreme price and quality.

Build quality

Camera quality

Performance

Display

Battery life and charging

What I like

Great battery
Good CPU
Good display
Loud/Good speaker quality
Great Motorola actions/features exclusive to other phones

What I don't like

Low Storage
Can heat up over (very) intensive use
Large
Larger apps will run slow

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KatMat

Worst Motorola I've ever had

Posted: Dec 29, 2019, 3:25 PM

Phone owned for less than a year

I can honestly say, if this was the first Motorola I had ever gotten, I would never get another.
More problems with this Motorola than with my 3 year old Motorola. My boyfriend has also had multiple issues with his. He has already replaced his, I will replace mine soon, both of us replacing with different Motorola models