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Moto G5 With Metal Body, Android 7.0 Nougat Launched in India: Price, Release Date, Specifications, and More

Moto G5 With Metal Body, Android 7.0 Nougat Launched in India: Price, Release Date, Specifications, and More

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 3 May 2017 15:29 IST

Highlights

Moto G5 is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 430 SoC
The Moto G5 sports a 5-inch full-HD IPS LCD display
It will be available via Amazon India from Wednesday itself

Moto G5 was launched on Tuesday in India by Lenovo, at an event in New Delhi. The smartphone has been launched in a single variant - 3GB RAM+16GB of storage - priced at Rs. 11,999. Moto G5 will be available in Lunar Grey and Fine Gold from Amazon India from 12am IST on Wednesday.

Moto G5 India launch offers

The Moto G5 smartphone comes preloaded with the Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, and Kindle apps. Prime customers will get Rs. 1,000 cashback if they use Amazon Pay balance. As for regular users, Amazon is offering these Moto G5 launch offers - flat Rs. 1,000 cashback with HDFC Bank credit cards, extra Rs. 500 of on exchange of an old phone, a free 16GB SanDisk Ultra microSD memory card. Moto G5 customers get also get an 80 percent discount on ebooks (up to a maximum of Rs. 300). More offers will be detailed later, the company said.

Moto G5 features

The new Moto G5 comes with a fingerprint scanner in the front, underneath the Home Button. It integrates Google Assistant, but unlike the Moto G5 Plus (Review) that was launched last month, this feature is available out-of-the-box, requiring no update. Moto G5 also features water-repellent nano-coating.

Just like the Moto G5 Plus, the Moto G5 comes with Motorola-exclusive features such as Moto Display, Actions, twist gesture, and a One Button Nav mode that lets users navigate the interface with swipes on the fingerprint scanner. Another highlight is its metal design, built out of aluminium.

Moto G5 specifications

The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) Moto G5 runs Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box, and features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) IPS LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and 441ppi pixel density. It is powered by 1.4GHz octa-core Snapdragon 430 processor coupled 3GB of RAM.

The Moto G5 camera features a 13-megapixel sensor with PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, and dual-LED flash, and a 5-megapixel front camera with a wide-angle lens and an f/2.2 aperture. The 32GB of inbuilt storage onboard is expandable via microSD card slot (up to 128GB).

Moto G5 connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth v4.2, Micro-USB, and 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor.

Battery capacity of Moto G5 is 2800mAh; the removable battery supports fast charging - the smartphone comes bundled with a 10W rapid charger. It measures 144.3x73x9.5mm and weighs 144.5 grams.

Motorola Moto G5

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Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Light and easy to grip
Stock Android Nougat
Decent camera
Image backups via Google Photos for two years

Bad
Heating issues
Average battery performance

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Display 5.00-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 430

Front Camera 5-megapixel

Rear Camera 13-megapixel

RAM 3GB

Storage 16GB

Battery Capacity 2800mAh

OS Android 7.0

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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