Frequently Asked Question of Moto E5 Plus

Hey, there! These are most frequently asked questions about Moto E5 Plus.
The questions are divided into 8 sections: Hardware, Display, Performance, Battery, Cameras, Software, Audio and Connectivity:

Questions related to the Hardware:

• • 1. Does it have a led Notification light?
       A: No, it doesn’t have LED notification light, but it has Moto Display, which lights up every time you get a notification.
    2. Does it have Gorilla Glass?
       A: Yes, it has Gorilla Glass. But, the company didn’t specify the version. It might be 3.
       
    3. How is the Build? Plastic or Metal?
       A: Plastic build with a glossy finish, just like the Moto G6 Play.
       
    4. How’s is the one hand experience? Can we use it with one hand?
       A: No, it has a massive screen, so using it gets difficult.
       
    5. Does it have Fingerprint Reader?
       A: Yes. It has Fingerprint reader on the back.
       
    6. Does it have Type C USB port or Micro USB port?
       A: It has Micro USB charging port.
       
    7. Is it water resistant?
       A: No. It isn’t water resistant.
       
    8. Does it have IRIS scanner?
       A: No. It doesn’t have IRIS scanner.
       
    9. Does it have IR Blaster?
       A: No, it doesn’t have IR blaster.
       
    10. What sensors does it have? [Gyroscope, Ambient, Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Magnetometer/Compass, GPS, Proximity]
        A: Fingerprint Reader, Proximity, Accelerometer, Ambient Light, Sensor Hub.
    11. What are the missing sensors?
        A: Magnetometer/Compass, Gyroscope are not present in this phone.
        
    12. Does it have NFC?
        A: No. It doesn’t have NFC.
        
    13. Is there dedicated SD card slot?
        A: Yes, it has a dedicated SD card slot along with 2 Nano SIM slots.
        
    14. Does it support OTG?
        A: Yes, it supports OTG.
        
    15. How does it feel in hand?
        A: It’s quite big and feels heavy.
        
    16. Are buttons easy to locate?
        A: Yes, they’re easy to locate and have a click-y feel. But, they could’ve been more elevated.
        
    17. Does it feel heavy?
        A: Yes, it feels heavy, but has a nice feel to it. Weight distribution is good.
        
    18. Do you need a case?
        A: It’s slightly slippery, so you’d need a case, which comes for free out of the box, anyway.
        
    19. Does it have adaptive storage? Or Can we install apps on the SD card?
        A: Yes, we can install apps on the SD card.
        
    20. Does it have native video calling? Or Can we make/receive video calls directly from the phone dialer?
        A: Yes, it has native video calling.
        

Questions related to the Display:
 

• • 1. How’s the Sunlight legibility?
       A: Sunlight legibility is pretty good.
       
    2. Does it support Adaptive Brightness/Auto brightness?
       A: Yes, it has Auto-Brightness.
       
    3. How thick are the Bezels?
       A: Bezels are pretty decent on the sides, but pretty huge at the bottom. They could actually put capacitive buttons.
       
    4. What is the Aspect Ratio?
       A: It has an 185:9 aspect ratio.
       
  • 1. What is the resolution? [Full HD, Full HD+, HD, HD+]
       A: It is HD+ display [720 x 1440 pixels].
       
    2. Does it have double tap to wake?
       A: No. It doesn’t have double tap to wake.

Questions related to the Performance:

• • 1. Does it have Heating issues?
       A: No, it doesn’t have any heating issues.
       
    2. Does it have any Gaming issues? Is it good for games like PUBG and Rules of Survival?
       A: No, it doesn’t have any gaming issues. Almost all games are playable, but because of the display, you won’t get a good gaming experience as you can see pixels in few games.
       
    3. How’s the Responsiveness?
       A: It’s not very responsive, but it’s good enough.
       
    4. How’s the memory management?
       A: Memory management is good on this phone.
       

Questions related to the Battery:

• • 1. How’s the battery backup?
       A: It’s very good. You can actually use this phone completely for 2 days on normal usage.
       
    2. Does it have Fast Charging support?
       A: No, it doesn’t have fast charging support. Moto calls it a Rapid Charger, but it’s normal 10W power adapter.
       
  • 1.  How much time does it take to full charge?
       A: It approximately takes 4 hours to charge from 0 to 100 percent.
       
    2. Does it support wireless charging?
       A: No. It doesn’t support wireless charging.
       
    3. What’s the screen-on time?
       A: Still testing.
       
    4. Does it have Power Saving Mode?
       A: Yes, but the regular battery saver from Google.
       

Questions related to the Cameras:

• • 1. Does it have any kind of image stabilization like OIS or EIS?
       A: It has Electronic Image Stabilization for recording video using rear camera.
       
  • 1.  Does it have front flash?
       A: Yes, it has front facing LED flash.
       
    2. Does it have Dual or Single tone flash?
       A: It has single LED flash at front and back.
       
    3. Does it support 4K recording?
       A: No, it only supports Full HD [1080p at 30fps] recording, on both front and rear camera.
       
    4. Does it have Portrait Mode for rear camera?
       A: No, it doesn’t have portrait for rear camera.
       
    5. Does it have Portrait Mode for front camera?
       A: No, it doesn’t have portrait for rear camera.
       
    6. How’s the camera bump?
       A: The bump is very small.

Questions related to the Software:
 

• • 1. Pinch to Zoom & Full Screen Display option working or not?
       A: Pinch to Zoom works on YouTube videos and in the video players like MX Player, but doesn’t work on Prime Videos or Netflix or other similar kind of Media playing apps.
       
    2. When will it receive Android P update?
       A: Based on the information we have right now, it will not get Android P update.
       
    3. Does it support two apps on the same phone? [App Clone]
       A: No, it doesn’t have dual apps support.
    4. Which Android version does it have, out of the box?
       A: It comes with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.
       
    5. How much free RAM do we get?
       A: Out of 3GB RAM, we get about 1.9 GB of free RAM, out of the box.
       
    6. How much free storage space do we get?
       A: Out of 32GB storage space, we get about 26.5 GB free space, out of the box.

Questions related to the Audio:

• • 1. Does it support Dolby Atmos?
       A: No, it doesn’t have Dolby Atmos.
       
    2. Does it have dedicated DAC?
       A: No, it doesn’t have dedicated DAC.
       
    3. How is the audio experience on the headset?
       A: Audio experience on the headset is pretty average.
    4. Is the sound loud enough?
       A: It’s sufficiently loud for ringtones and alarms and general media consumption.
       
    5. A Does it have Single or Dual Speaker?
       A: It has a front facing single speaker near the earpiece.
       
    6. How’s the speaker placement?
       A: It has a front facing single speaker near the earpiece.

Questions related to the Connectivity:

• • 1. Is there dual 4G and dual VoLTE? or Can we use 2 Jio/VoLTE SIMs on this? or Can we use 2 VoLTE SIMs at the same time? or Can we use 2 4G SIMs at the same time?
       A: It only supports one 4G SIM at a time. The other 4G SIM is automatically put into 3G or 2G.

• • • Does it give tough competition?
      A: No, it doesn’t give tough competition.
      
    • What are the alternatives?
      A: If you’re looking for Stock Android experience and bigger Battery, you can go with Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1. It doesn’t have great cameras but has better performance. For portrait mode, you can go with Honor 9 Lite, and RealMe 1 for better performance and good cameras.
      
    • Who is it for?
      A: If you’re a Motorola fan and want a phone with huge battery, you can consider this phone.
      Or if you want something very stable with good battery life and good cameras, even if it lacks in performance, this will be good enough for a basic user.
      

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