Hands On with Motorola's Cheapest Smartphone, the Moto E
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We go hands on with Motorola's newest budget handset.
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HomeSkillenSlice
May 13, 2014 9:02:36 AM
Looks like Google got Greedy
jkjk
Its a pretty decent phone and it is affordable indeed. But the price isnt low enough. Not enough to justify buying it over the Moto G at least anyways. For the people in developing countries where $50 can mean saving for like 4 more months this is going to be a great phone!
jkjk
Its a pretty decent phone and it is affordable indeed. But the price isnt low enough. Not enough to justify buying it over the Moto G at least anyways. For the people in developing countries where $50 can mean saving for like 4 more months this is going to be a great phone!
Score
-5
boo radley007
May 13, 2014 9:12:23 AM
I have a trusty Samsung galaxy appeal that I have had for over two years. Pretty low end with android 2.3. Bottom line it suits my purposes well. A little bigger screen would be nice but I prefer being able to put in in my pocket. I think it only has 2 gig of storage but I have not filled it up yet. It has 512mb of ram which is bare minimum but my app killer app keeps everyone in line. I also like the real slide out keyboard. I wouldn't spend more than $150 for a phone because I am very rough on small electronic devices and would soon go broke replacing iphones or other expensive products. I like the 5mp camera and 1gb ram and the larger screen compared to mine. Also since I use voice search and speech to text often I like that it runs kit kat. I don't watch videos on my phone?!?! so thats not an issue. 3g is ok for me but I am worried that it will be phased out of networks soon. I use straight talk 45/mo unlimited plan.
Bottom line: this is designed for people like me for whom the phone is a tool not a lifestyle.
Bottom line: this is designed for people like me for whom the phone is a tool not a lifestyle.
Score
4
HomeSkillenSlice
May 13, 2014 9:34:40 AM
Looks like Google got Greedy
jkjk
Its a pretty decent phone and it is affordable indeed. But the price isnt low enough. Not enough to justify buying it over the Moto G at least anyways. For the people in developing countries where $50 can mean saving for like 4 more months this is going to be a great phone!
jkjk
Its a pretty decent phone and it is affordable indeed. But the price isnt low enough. Not enough to justify buying it over the Moto G at least anyways. For the people in developing countries where $50 can mean saving for like 4 more months this is going to be a great phone!
Score
-8
HomeSkillenSlice
May 13, 2014 9:35:32 AM
Looks like Google got Greedy
jkjk
Its a pretty decent phone and it is affordable indeed. But the price isnt low enough. Not enough to justify buying it over the Moto G at least anyways. For the people in developing countries where $50 can mean saving for like 4 more months this is going to be a great phone!
jkjk
Its a pretty decent phone and it is affordable indeed. But the price isnt low enough. Not enough to justify buying it over the Moto G at least anyways. For the people in developing countries where $50 can mean saving for like 4 more months this is going to be a great phone!
Score
-8
hannibal
May 13, 2014 11:20:11 AM
calguyhunk
May 13, 2014 9:56:01 PM
In India, the Moto G 8GB variant costs $209 (the 16GB one costs $225) and the Moto E has been launched at $117. So a $92 differential definitely makes it much more attractive than it is in the US with such a small difference in price.
I'm probably going to get this for my Mom or maybe the ZenFone 5 once it's launched later this month, depending on the price.
I'm probably going to get this for my Mom or maybe the ZenFone 5 once it's launched later this month, depending on the price.
Score
2
ddpruitt
May 14, 2014 5:00:40 AM
antilycus
May 14, 2014 6:38:43 AM
I don't think people understand how great your phone is without Samsung, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc dumping all their crap on it. The entire MOTO Brand (maybe just the Moto X, which is what I have experience with) is owned by LENOVO now , BTW not Google. Anywho, I've had experience with Samsung G4 and it's slackware is annoying. Just give me pure android anyday.
Score
0
shriganesh
May 15, 2014 12:19:44 AM
GreaseMonkey_62
May 15, 2014 12:13:31 PM
While it does sounds like a decent low budget smart phone for once, it would still be worth it to spend a little more and get the Moto G if nothing else for the extra internal storage. Even if you can add a microSD card, apps can't be installed on it with the latest version of Android. A smart phone isn't much to use without apps.
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0
teh_chem
May 16, 2014 7:24:24 AM
Thick, small screen, and ugly.
This is no more revolutionary than any other budget smartphone was from 2-3 years ago; which is to say, not very. This is akin to using an LG Optimus Elite in 2011. The only difference is now we have hardware tech that is 2-3 years more advanced while the software and services haven't advanced as fast, so it appears you're getting a great device.
While I will admit, the 'flagship' devices from the major manufacturers are very high priced, I have also never had a good experience using lower-end phones, no matter how promising. I give Moto respect, more for the G than this E, but mostly for the X.
While I don't want to be too pessimistic, each time I used a low-mid range device, the experience was always poor, insofar as that now, for a device I'm using all day, I'd so much rather pay the arm-and-leg for flagship devices, because the experience is much better. Sure, not as much bang-for-buck, but definitely fewer frustrations and dissatisfactions.
This is no more revolutionary than any other budget smartphone was from 2-3 years ago; which is to say, not very. This is akin to using an LG Optimus Elite in 2011. The only difference is now we have hardware tech that is 2-3 years more advanced while the software and services haven't advanced as fast, so it appears you're getting a great device.
While I will admit, the 'flagship' devices from the major manufacturers are very high priced, I have also never had a good experience using lower-end phones, no matter how promising. I give Moto respect, more for the G than this E, but mostly for the X.
While I don't want to be too pessimistic, each time I used a low-mid range device, the experience was always poor, insofar as that now, for a device I'm using all day, I'd so much rather pay the arm-and-leg for flagship devices, because the experience is much better. Sure, not as much bang-for-buck, but definitely fewer frustrations and dissatisfactions.
Score
0
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