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there's always a special spot in my heart for budget-friendly products that just works well it doesn't have to have all the bells and whistles it doesn't have to do anything fancy but the bare essentials are all I need it brings me back to a simpler time when things were just much less complicated but still had very much quality behind them now this phone isn't for everyone but for certain needs it may fit that pocket well no there's no no pun intended there but what I have here is the Moto e from Motorola now it's priced at $150 for the 4G LTE version at the time this video and that's without a contract that is so I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room calm and I'm here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to another review the Moto is a small smartphone compared to today's standards it's easy to carry and easy to manage now the physical size is slightly smaller than the iPhone 6 a Samsung s6 or HTC m9 for premium comparative purposes it's measuring at 5.1 inches tall 2.6 3 inches wide and this screen itself measures 4.5 inches now it is slightly thicker than most other premium phones today granted its budget pricing but after using this for a good month now it's not a nuisance it doesn't feel like a brick matter of fact it's just slightly bigger than the $600 off contract and g4 phone by LG and a g4 was suitable for me as well now the construction I have to admit feels dirty as hell it's solid this feels very durable and I think it's because this entire backing and the sides too are coated with a very simple silicone like material now when gripped this doesn't feel like metal or plastic found in premium phones but it feels ruggedized it won't slip out of your hands matter of fact this phone is also water resistant against accidental spills splashes and light rain and from my testing spilling water on it and lo still hold up pretty well and besides feeling tough you can soften up look here with changing the surrounding bezel by snapping off the old one and snapping on the new one which I'll show shortly you might like the colors but as you guys know through my reviews here black and Gray's are the way to go but real quick here on the very top is your three-and-a-half millimeter headphone port the sides offer very solid and clicky buttons and on the bottom here is a micro USB port for charging your phone and transferring data to your PC but about that bezel here once that's removed you'll have access to your micro SIM card and a micro SD card slot allowing up to 32 gigs of expandable memory unfortunately it's not up to 64 but with a general phone like this it's not targeting data heavy users 32 gigs is still very good for the average consumer but as you can see here on the back can they want an only thing that I wish all phones had there's no removable battery and it's not the fact that I'll be swapping batteries out during the day but the fact users might keep the phone for a year too maybe even more and after so many charging cycles the battery starts to lose its ability to hold its charge over time but with that being sentient for a phone this cheap here without a contract it's almost justified now in the front again is your earpiece but it's also your speakerphone as well it's clear and moderately loud that was suffice for most people now last is your front-facing camera which only has VGA resolution if you're taking selfies or doing video calls it's unfortunately not clear even when you're outdoors with ample lighting but on their rear and getting into the primary camera it's a 5 megapixel sensor that does surprisingly well for such a budget-friendly device it is advertised as a 5 megapixel camera but that's only for a 4 by 3 ratio photo to achieve this widescreen photo like the one I'm showing you on screen which is 16 by 9 you do have to drop it down to a 3.7 megapixel image now although that was the case if all you're doing is just basic social media setting photos to others who show them something real quick the camera still works fine as long as there's ample lighting now keep in mind all photos on screen are unedited for your personal review now the only big downfall here on this camera though the low-light performance is not great in a parking deck with parking lamps and artificial lighting words are not clear and the surrounding cars are somewhat pixelated and washed out the same thing is also evident when you're indoors despite having light though so if you're into the night scene other weekends you can almost forget about this camera here but overall the camera functions fast no stutters with taking photos testing burst shots surprisingly doesn't even seem to have a buffer lag shooting a full 60 shots back-to-back and then deciding to let go basically it didn't even faze the phone so keep in mind the camera from my test here functions fine outdoors but it's when you're indoors or taking photos at nights here that's when it doesn't perform gracefully but let's move on to the screen again it's 4.5 inches bidding with a resolution of 960 by 540 translating to 245 pixels per inch now would be unfair to compare this to a premium phone but I can say the screen is very well done it could use a little bit more color or set in here but again for its price it's actually nice now playing netflix and viewing iron chef's house of cards and random movies all did well viewing text on internet browsers are fine images are clear enough to be enjoyable and overall nothing appears to saturated nothing appears so washed out that it looks unnatural the only areas I didn't see as clear were the icons on the phone and that was maybe the most noticeable still not a deal-breaker but getting into the internals here the Moto e is running an older Snapdragon 410 processor with one gigabyte of RAM on board per the cpu-z app here five gigabytes of internal storage is available out of the 8 which makes the micro SD card slot very handy now from real world usage it does fine for normal everyday tasks watching movies playing most android games browsing the internet and using social media apps all of them felt perfectly fine there isn't much happiness felt and if there was any it's only noticeable when I have a significant amount of apps already open and what I mean significant I mean 15 plus apps and windows it's fast enough for most needs it's not zippy just want to make sure that's clear there as other premium phones but it's a reasonable time for apps to open and for actions to be executed from a hundred and fifty dollar phone so with all that being said here the power of this CPU despite being an older chip still can hold its ground and despite being an older chip and less power efficient here as the new chips available the battery life on this thing is ridiculous now the last time I remember getting more than two days of better life was with this quote-unquote dumb phone which I still have here so far this has lasted me two days 10 hours and 42 minutes to reach 10% power remaining and that's from a full charge a screen on time has been 5 hours and 58 minutes to be exact practically 6 hours those elements are Stellan numbers compared to the recent phones that I have been using so with all that being said when I told followers on my social media I was reviewing the Moto e several commented their parents and some women said that their kids were actually using this particular device probably the first generation that is now I can very much see that I can all see this for those with occupations and construction or maybe home remodeling or so on those kind of fields plumbing electrical whatever it may be that may find the water resistance and also the good battery life and that ruggedized feeling to work out well for them now overall I really enjoy this phone it's a quality build it is at a great price and most importantly it simply works and it works well so how this review helped you in some way be sure to stop by and take a look at Jim's review 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