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what's going on guys long hair from Android authority and last year's moto II was arguably one of the best budget smart phones you could buy and it was pretty incredible what Motorola was able to put together for such a low price this year they're back at it again with a successor that brings a lot of new features and enhancements most notably LTE connectivity but is it still the same bargain of a smart phone as it was last year well that's what we're here to find out with the 2015 Moto e motorola has created a very distinct design language for their smartphone lineup and when looking at the Moto e there's no mistaking it for anything else other than a Motorola phone the Moto e features the same rounded corners and sloping curve along the back with Motorola signature dimple that can be found across the entire Moto lineup the back is made of a soft touch plastic material while the outer frame features a ridged texture that goes all the way around giving the Moto e plenty of grip in the hand the outer frame can also be easily removed allowing you to swap in different colors for a little bit of customization which is something motorola has become very big about over the last couple of years I decided to go with this black and blue combo here and personally I think it looks pretty sleek what I really love about the Moto e though is its one-handed usability it's so small and compact that I can easily grip the entire phone from top to bottom in one hand and I can also easily reach every single corner of the display without having to do even the slightest bit of shuffling in the hand in order to do so and one-handed usability is one of those things that often gets overlooked quite a bit nowadays so it's always a really refreshing feeling to be able to use a phone of this size going around the device the power and volume keys are comfortably placed on the right side which are both very clicky and tactile and the power button features the same Ridge texture that is on the Moto X and the Nexus 6 so it's very easy to locate by feel other ports are in their usual places with the headphone jack up top microUSB port along the bottom and the entire left side has been kept completely bare up front of the usual sensors along with the earpiece / speaker and a newly added front-facing camera also on the front is the display which has received a slight size increase this year from 4.3 to 4.5 inches the resolution however remains the same at 960 by 540 resulting in a slight dip in pixel density but the difference is most likely negligible the resolution is fairly low and yes if you look close enough pixels definitely are noticeable especially when gaming but for general everyday tasks like reading webpages and keeping up with social media it was more than adequate you do lose out on HD video playback which is probably the biggest drawback to having a non HD display but everything else about the display like color saturation outdoor visibility and viewing angles are all quite good with very little color shifting when viewing the screen off axis the internal specs of the Moto e will vary between the LTE and 3G models but the LTE version is packin a snapdragon 410 and Adreno 306 whereas the 3G model utilizes a Snapdragon 200 and Adreno 302 both however clocked at 1.2 gigahertz and feature the same 1 gigabyte of RAM for most tasks like navigating through the OS web browsing and opening up applications the Moto e performs without much of a hiccup gaming is also possible on the Moto e although load times can get a little bit long and drop frames will occur from time to time on more intense games also with only one gigabyte of RAM you'll definitely notice some stutters when trying to multitask and touch responsiveness was also an issue as I often found myself having a swipe or tap the screen multiple times to do whatever it was that I was trying to do besides the inclusion of LTE and the usual slew of connectivity options the internal storage has also been upgraded to 8 gigabytes which is double that of last year's model it's still not a lot but underneath the removable frame next to the micro SIM slot is a micro SD card slot that will allow up to an additional 32 gigabytes of storage the earpiece on the front now doubles as a speaker and it automatically gets points for being on the front but otherwise it's fairly run-of-the-mill it's decently loud and produces a clean sound but since it's just a single driver at the top of the phone it does sound lopsided especially when the phone is in landscape the camera on this year's Moto e for the most part remains unchanged from last year's model it's still a 5 megapixel sensor and it still lacks an LED flash but it does feature autofocus this time around the camera UI is very simple and easy to use and if you've ever used a Motorola camera before this will be very familiar terra-tory taking a photo is as simple as tapping on the viewfinder and swiping inwards from the left side will reveal what it's mostly basic camera settings by shooting modes like HDR panorama and 720p slow motion video are also available picture quality is exactly what you might expect from such a basic camera they didn't receive much of an upgrade the addition of autofocus is nice but it doesn't do much to improve the image quality color saturation and sharpness is pretty underwhelming providing for some very muddy looking images noise levels are also very high and noticeable in even the most well lit of environments if this is the only camera you have it'll certainly get the job done but I think it's pretty safe to say the camera is the biggest weakness on the Moto e selfies are possible now though on the Moto e because of the new front-facing camera but the quality is VGA so if you're looking to step up your selfie game this isn't the phone to do it with the battery on the Moto e comes in just shy of 2,400 milliamp hours and while this may sound small compared to all the three thousand plus milliamp hour batteries were seeing current flagships it's actually more than enough for the Moto e the display makes a huge difference here as it draws very little power due to its low resolution leading to some very high screen on time numbers even with a lot of gaming and picture-taking screen on time never dipped below five and a half hours on lighter days where my usage consisted of mostly just texting and keeping up with social media battery life salt upwards of six and a half hours of screen on time which was pretty incredible so a day to a day and a half's worth of battery life was very easily achievable in software the Moto e is running what it's mostly a stock version of Android 5.0 point 2 lollipop and a near stock something motorola has committed themselves to over the last couple of years it's not the latest android 5.1 but considering Motorola's recent track record with updates we assume it should get it fairly quickly to enhance the experience the Moto e this year bring some of these staple features that can be found on Motorola's flagship the Moto X you now have moto assist to keep your phone quiet during meetings and when you sleep moto actions to quickly launch the camera by simply twisting your wrist and moto display for those subtle notifications when the screen is off one thing to be aware of though is since the Moto e has an LCD display these notifications do not continuously pulsate like on the Moto X because if they did it would quickly drain the battery they do however show up when you pick up the phone and when the notification is initially received and just in case you're curious you can't wave your hand over the display to wake it like on the Moto X because the Moto e does not feature any IR sensors on the front when it comes down to it the best part about the Moto e is the price it's extremely affordable with the LTE version coming in at a hundred and forty-nine ninety-nine and that's without a contract if you want to save an extra thirty bucks there's also a 3g version available for eight hundred and nineteen ninety nine but it is definitely worth the extra thirty bucks for the LTE connectivity as it makes the overall experience on the Moto e that much better all in all I've really enjoyed using the Moto e and when you put everything into perspective it's another very solid entry-level phone for Motorola it's small compact lightweight and for a smart phone with 4G LTE Android 5.0 lollipop and a sub $200 price the Moto e is won bargain of a smart phone motorola is proving once again how dominant they can be in this price range and that you can get a lot in a smart phone while paying very little as always guys thanks so much for watching this video if you did enjoy it please give it a thumbs up down below we definitely appreciate that and also subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you haven't already and if you want to see more content make sure to click the videos over here on the side and don't 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