So I want to do something a little different with this video
This is the new Moto E and this is going to be my only phone for the next week.
The thing you have to keep in mind is that the Moto E is a very, VERY budget oriented smartphone.
We're talking about $150 here. This is a version with LTE, a little bit later on there's going to be a
$120 version that does not have LTE so the battery life probably won't be too bad on the Moto E we'll find out,
but the camera I'm a little bit worried about.
So, instead of having a removable back panel,
we actually have the removable bezels, so once you pop it off
you'll be able to see on the right side you have the option for a micro SD card.
Which is important although not quite as much as on the original Moto E
which only had four gigabytes of storage. This comes with eight gigabytes out of the box which still isn't a lot,
so if you're gonna be using this you'll probably want to throw in a micro SD card, but for my week little test
I think I should be fine, and because the bezels are removable that means you can swap them out with different colors.
So I have the white and red combo here which actually I think looks pretty good in person.
It's really echoey in here
So first impressions are, the screen is not so bad. So it's not even HD, it's 960x540,
but considering that the screen is only 4.5 inches it actually doesn't look bad.
I mean, yes if I look closely I can absolutely see pixels,
but for $150 I'm not complaining.
So after one day with the Moto E I've got to say one thing.
This is an awesome size for a phone.
Now I really like the original Moto X, and this is almost the exact same size.
It's a little bit thicker and slightly bigger in a couple dimensions, but overall, especially coming from the iPhone 6 plus
This is awesome. It actually fits in my pocket
It's really easy to kind of just hold and use in one hand.
Performance really isn't bad.
Now, I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that's running stock lollipop which makes a huge difference
So, today was a travel day and the Moto E did great. So I decided to take along the Moto 360 today
Which is kind of funny considering that the watch costs $100 more than the phone, but they're a great combo.
One thing I really appreciated today was having LTE, something that the original Moto E, and even the current Moto G lack.
So I'm traveling especially in busy places like airports
Usually it's really difficult to get a decent signal however because it has LTE was actually able to do just fine
I was streaming Youtube, you know the catch up with Twitter all that kind of stuff
No problem all day long, but I like that it's also still really impressing me
So after using the phone all day to listen to PodCasts,
music, as well as keep up with Twitter and all that kind of stuff
I've still got 25 percent, and that's from 4 hours of screen on time.
Now the phone did get slightly laggy on me a couple times today, usually when I was multitasking
Sometimes it would freeze for 3, 4 maybe 5 seconds, before it would finally catch up.
Now, this is a lower end phone, and it only does have one gigabyte of RAM. It's not a big deal, and it only happened
and it only happened maybe like two or three times in the entire day.
But you can sometimes notice it's really trying to struggle to keep up, so this is the Moto E. This is a $150 phone,
What do you think?
The front speaker is definitely a nice feature that I kind of wish that we had as well,
Because I will turn on like a podcast or something and if I don't want to have earbuds or something
and I'm on the run, I don't have my Bluetooth speaker, I'll just turn it on just to have something.
No, I want to focus on my face, okay!
It's just really great. It's really great. (It's like VGA.) It's really grainy considering how much makeup I've got.
Okay, I mean seriously.
Hey, (don't know what they said)
That's how,
(Thumbnail) so it's a 5 megapixel camera, but the thing is the last one didn't even have AutoFocus,
It was really bad this one at least has autofocus. It's not, terrible.
I'm impressed. I'm impressed that this phone is $150......
like total, not like with a contract
So tomorrow is going to be my last day with the Moto E,
I think the thing that's really jumped out at me most about this is that there really are no major drawbacks
Sure, it's not the fastest phone in the world, it doesn't have the best screen or the best camera
but I've used this just like we'd use any other high-end smartphone all week long and it is not let me down.
So after one week with the new Moto E, I think the verdict is pretty clear.
First of all this is a major upgrade over the original.
You're getting LTE,
Better specs, (twice as much memory, a much better rear-facing camera and an actual front-facing one). Is it perfect? No.
However for $150 it would be hard-pressed to do much better
So, I'm interested to know, what do you guys think about this format for doing reviews.
Let me know in the comments below and if you enjoy it I might make a few more.
Thank you so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one