Motorola releases the Moto E5, E5 plus, and G6 in the Philippines

Motorola Philippines officially announced the availability of a trio of their mid-range offerings — the Moto E5, E5 Plus, G6.

First up let’s look at the G6. The device is powered by a 5.7-inch 18:9 FHD+ IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor, 3 or 4GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of internal storage, USB Type-C, Android 8.0 Oreo, and a 3,000mAh battery. As for cameras, we get a dual rear setup consisting of a 12MP main and 5MP secondary and a single 8MP front. It’s splash resistant thanks to its p2i water-repellant coating.

The G6 actually has an interesting curved design, reminiscent of the past Galaxy S Edge devices. That’s not to say its bad, it’s actually refreshing to see that Motorola has veered away from their generic design. Although, the protruding circular camera mount is still present.

Next is the Moto E5. The device is powered by a 5.7-inch 18:9 HD+ IPS display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 425, Adreno 308 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, microUSB, Android 8.0 Oreo, and a 4,000mAh battery. As for cameras, we get a single 13MP rear with 1.12um pixels and a 5MP front.

Design-wise, we get the more generic Moto design we’ve seen for a number of years now. Sadly, we lost the p2i water-repellant coating that we saw with the G6 line.

Next up is the bigger and slightly better specc’d Moto E5 Plus. Powering the E5’s bigger sibling is a 6-inch 18:9 HD+ IPS display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 425, Adreno 308 GPU, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, microUSB, Android 8.0 Oreo, and a whopping 5,000mAh battery. As for cameras, we get a single 12MP rear with 1.25um big pixels and an 8MP front with 1.12um pixels.

The E5 Plus gets a better looking curved glass body but still with that Moto touch. Thankfully, the p2i water-repellant coating is present on the E5 Plus.

Motorola Moto G6 Specifications

• 5.7-inch 18:9 Full HD+ IPS display @ 2160 x 1080 resolution
  Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 1.8GHz octa-core CPU
• Adreno 506 GPU
• 3GB/4GB RAM
• 32GB/64GB storage
• up to 128GB via microSD
• 12MP + 5MP dual rear cameras with f/1.8, LED flash
• 8MP front camera
• Nano SIM (Dual in select countries)
• 4G LTE
• WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz + 5GHz
• Bluetooth 4.2
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU
• USB Type-C
• Fingerprint scanner
• Face Unlock
• p2i water-resistant repellant
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• 3,000mAh battery
• 153.8 x 72.3 x 8.3 mm
• 167 g
• Deep Indigo

Motorola Moto E5 Specifications

• 5.7-inch 18:9 HD+ IPS display @ 1440 x 720 resolution
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 1.4GHz quad-core CPU
• Adreno 308 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB storage
• up to 128GB via microSD
• 13MP rear camera with 1.12um pixels, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, and LED Flash
• 5MP front camera with LED Flash
• Nano SIM (Dual or single, depending on country)
• 4G LTE
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz + 5GHz
• Bluetooth 4.2
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
• microUSB
• Fingerprint scanner
• NFC (Single SIM models)
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• 4,000mAh battery
• 154.4 × 72.2 × 8.95 mm
• 174 g
• Flash gray, Fine Gold

Motorola Moto E5 Plus Specifications

• 6.0-inch 18:9 HD+ IPS display @ 1440 x 720 resolution
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 1.4GHz quad-core CPU
• Adreno 308 GPU
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB storage
• up to 128GB via microSD
• 12MP rear camera with 1.25um big pixels, PDAF, Laser autofocus, f/2.0 aperture, and LED Flash
• 8MP front camera with 1.12um, f/2.2, and LED Flash
• Single Nano-SIM
• 4G LTE
• WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz + 5GHz, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth 4.2
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
• microUSB
• Fingerprint scanner
• p2i water-repellant coating
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• 5,000mAh battery
• 161.9 x 75.3 x 9.35 mm (camera bump 0.4mm)
• 200 g
• Flash gray, Fine Gold

The Motorola Moto E5 and E5 plus are now available today with a price tag that starts at Php 7,999USD 136INR 11,555EUR 130CNY 993 and Php 9,999USD 170INR 14,445EUR 162CNY 1,241, respectively. The Moto G6, on the other hand, will be available starting August 10 with a starting price of Php 14,499USD 247INR 20,945EUR 235CNY 1,799.