As far as $150 smartphones are concerned, we think the Moto E offers the best bang for your buck. It’s a big display that offers quality good enough for most tasks, and its handling of tasks if quite fast for a mid-range device. The Moto E’s battery life is so long, you’ll be hard pressed to find a way to run it out in less than a day.
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With so many midrange and budget phones with similar specs all so closely grouped together on its lineup, the new Moto E and Moto G Fast are a little hard to parse. It’s a strategy that feels less about building phones on their own merits, and more about building devices to hit specific price points.
The cheaper Moto E is still fine if you're strapped and are looking for the cheapest good option. Whether it's for you, a teen, or grandma, the Moto E will satisfy the need for a basic smartphone. Maybe just also invest in a compact camera if you want quality photos.
Moto E 2020 is no flagship, clearly. If the price tag didn't make that clear, our review probably did. That said. I'm pretty pleased with what you can get from Motorola here for $150. Outside the camera performance, I never felt like I was using a budget phone in normal day-to-day use, and it delivers a surprisingly good overall experience.
The new Moto E aims to deliver a fully-fledged Android handset at an extremely low price, and at its core, it succeeds. It runs Android 10, has all of the features you'd expect to see, and does so in a surprisingly well-built chassis. Certain expectations need to be set when evaluating a phone that costs so little, but Motorola made major cuts to a lot of key areas in order to hit the Moto E's appealing price. It also doesn't help that the company has another super affordable phone that is vastly superior in more ways than one.
With an attractive design, long battery life, and solid performance for the price, the $150 Motorola Moto e is one of the best affordable phones you can buy.
The Moto E gives you a basic smartphone for $149 that’s capable of taking good photos. But if you can spend a little extra, opt for the Moto G Fast or Moto G Power instead, as they deliver better value.
As far as $150 smartphones are concerned, we think the Moto E offers the best bang for your buck. It’s a big display that offers quality good enough for most tasks, and its handling of tasks if quite fast for a mid-range device. The Moto E’s battery life is so long, you’ll be hard pressed to find a way to run it out in less than a day.