Friends+Design
- Looks premium with a a high-gloss plastic back that looks like glass from afar - in fact from far away it can be easily confused for it's more expensive sibling the Moto G6
- Decent fingerprint scanner in the rear
- Weighing in at 197g and with large dimensions, the Moto E5 Plus is quite a bulky phone, and can be unwieldy - it is too wide and tall to be used comfortably with one hand
- The plastic back gets scratched very easily and is a fingerprint magnet - it is also very slippery - so using a case is a good idea
Display
- Modern, tall, 18:9 display with slimmer bezels - it's reasonably bright and vivid
- The display resolution is on the low side
Software
- In typical Moto fashion, the Moto E5 Plus run a clean, bloat-free version of Android, with minimal useful add-ons like Moto Display, Moto Actions, and Night Mode
Performance
- Decent day-to-day performance - for light workloads, the phone will perform just fine
- Performance is alright in daily use, but there are certainly significantly better performing phones around in this price bracket
Camera
- Decent rear camera in favorable lighting conditions, for the price bracket
- Decent front camera in favorable lighting conditions, for the price bracket
- Video recording is decent too with reasonably good stabilisation
Audio
- Call quality is pretty good too
- Average loudspeaker - both loudness and audio quality could have been a bit better
Battery
- Excellent battery life - with a 5000mAh battery, the E5 Plus is a road warrior, and can last you up to 2 days with moderate use, before you need to charge it again
- Fast charging support (TurboCharge) - the phone gets from 0 to 50% in about an hour
- The Moto E5 Plus is a decent phone by itself, and is a especially good choice if you value battery life above all else, but other devices from Xiaomi, Asus, Realme in this price bracket will likely be better overall deals
