Motorola Moto E5 / Motorola Moto E (5th Gen.)

Low price ; Solid screen ; Excellent battery life

Sluggish day-to-day performance ; Moto G6 Play is better value

Big screen ; Good endurance ; Solid, durable build

Poor camera ; Mediocre performance ; Reportedly no software updates

This svelte budget offering has curves and specifications in all of the right places and offers up a solid user experience. Issues with performance and a mediocre camera prevent it from being an instant recommendation however, despite the excellent price.

bright display ; performance is typical for the price class ; decent GPS ; acceptable cameras ; good battery life

aging security patches and system version ; slow WLAN

A bright screen, good battery life, decent performance, and reasonable cameras: The Motorola Moto E5 offers several good reasons to adopt it as your future smartphone. On the other hand, current software, a good camera performance in bad light...

Great price ; Solid battery life

Uneven performance ; Average camera

Though there’s plenty to like about the Moto E5 on its own merits, it falls short when stacked up against last year’s E4.

Best phone for around $200

The usual price compromises - no deal breakers

It hardly matters how quick the Moto E5 and E5 Plus are or, indeed, how good or bad the cameras are, or that they don’t have water repellency. They are budget handsets after all.