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hey I'm Nate Messina and today we're checking out the motorola moto e now this budget smartphone isn't too exciting in a world filled with phablet and speedy flagship phones from Samsung and LG but it doesn't really need to be at 150 bucks went out to email and about 120 for a 3g model it's cheap but delivers in all the right ways so you can get a pretty great phone for folks in a tight budget the Moto e is an unassuming little device it's a little on the chunky side but comfortable to hold its display as a 960 x 540 pixel resolution that's well disappointing especially with all the 1080p and higher phone to see every day but it gets the job done on the 4.5 inch screen text is sharp and easy to read photos look good too colors are accurate and don't look faded or washed out as you might expect from a budget phone the rest of the body is plain but functional just a round white shell but the plastic band around the border pops off really easily and you can pick up extra color pacster motorola for twenty bucks the SIM card and micro SD slots live under that plastic strip but the batteries are removable things get a little more interesting inside there's a quad-core 1.2 gigahertz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and one gig of ram not stellar but the phone is nice and zipping will get you through web browsing video streaming and gaming with the minimum of fuss it's also running Android lollipop and best of all motorola hasn't bugged the phone down with lots of extra apps or a custom skin just pure Android well nearly pure Android I say nearly because there are a few Motorola gestures built right in here's my favorite twist your wrist twice and no matter what you're doing the phone will open up the 5 megapixel camera and be ready to start shooting it's a pretty deliberate action so you won't have to worry too much about triggering it accidentally twist your wrist twice again while the camera is open and it will switch to the front facing camera I'm sure some folks you'll appreciate that the cameras aren't exactly stellar and my shots on the rear camera tend to look a little washed out but details were otherwise clear and that's the Moto e it isn't flashy there are no screens on the side and it doesn't bend or flex but it's cheap and visit a pain to use and that's important too many inexpensive phone sacrifice just about everything to hit that low price point and Motorola has shown us then you can get decent hardware without spending all that much you're going to want to read the full review for all thought on cnet com I'm it Ralph thanks for watching