Motorola’s second generation xe máy E receives significant enhancements, including a faster 64-bit SoC, front-facing camera, and bigger battery. There’s even an LTE option. Is this budget điện thoại cảm ứng worth more than its bargain price?
Motorola finds a good balance between features & price with the second generation of the moto E. It has a long lasting battery & even a color calibrated screen. The moto E 4G LTE is an inexpensive điện thoại that you will actually enjoy using.
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Two years ago, Motorola launched the well-received, mid-range moto G điện thoại that cost only $179 for the 8GB version & $199 for the 16GB version. It had a quad-core Cortex-A7 processor, a 4.5-inch HD (1280x720) screen, & 1GB of RAM. These specs were seen in devices that cost almost double at the time such as the smartphone htc One Mini or the Galaxy S4 Mini. With similar specs for half the price, the xe máy G offered great value khổng lồ customers looking for a low-priced, mid-range smartphone.
Then, about six months later, Motorola launched the even cheaper xe máy E. Aimed at the 3G only market, it cost just $129 và came with a dual-core Cortex-A7 processor, a 4.3-inch qHD (960x540) screen, và also 1GB of RAM.
However, this device did not deliver the same value as the xe máy G. It had a significantly worse camera with no flash, which is important for many customers in emerging markets, and no front-facing camera either. Motorola cut too many corners lớn create a device that was “only” $50 cheaper, which is why most people still recommended the moto G over the xe máy E. The moto G was a much better package overall.
For the second generation of the xe máy E, Motorola is offering two different versions that get several significant upgrades. There’s still a 3G only version for $120, but now there’s a 4G LTE version too for $150. Both models include 8GB of internal storage (twice as much as the original moto E) and tư vấn microSD (up to lớn 32GB). Battery kích thước has also increased substantially from 1980mAh khổng lồ 2390mAh, a 20% improvement. The new moto E also adds a front-facing camera—a serious omission on the first generation—and the rear camera gets autofocus. Each version comes in either black or white.
The display has grown compared to the last generation xe máy E, increasing from 4.3-inch to 4.5-inch. However, it keeps the same 960x540 resolution (245 PPI). Considering that the competing Lumia 635 comes with an even lower 854x480 resolution, the xe máy E’s qHD resolution seems adequate for this price range.
Motorola moto E Tech Specs
The second generation xe máy E 3G still uses a Snapdragon 200 SoC like that found in the original version; however, it moves from a dual-core khổng lồ quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU.
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The xe máy E 4G LTE, which we’ll be focusing on in this review, uses Qualcomm’s latest low-end SoC, the Snapdragon 410, which is the successor to lớn the Snapdragon 400 found inside both generations of the moto G. It has a quad-core 64-bit Cortex-A53 CPU và an Adreno 306 GPU.
This puts a bit of a kink in Motorola’s product lineup, since the xe máy E 4G LTE should offer better system performance than the moto G (2nd gen). Add in LTE support and it starts looking like a great value compared to lớn the 3G only moto G that costs $30 more. But what the moto G lacks in system & wireless performance it makes up for with a larger, higher-resolution display, stereo front-facing speakers, and better cameras front và rear (with LED flash). The moto G really needs LTE support to make it the clear mid-range option.
These jumbled system specs are a result of the staggered six-month release schedule, which gives the xe máy E access to lớn newer hardware. With LTE tư vấn becoming ubiquitous, we suspect this idiosyncrasy will disappear in Motorola’s third generation products.
The Snapdragon 410 SoC in the xe máy E 4G LTE version includes Qualcomm’s third-generation Category 4 LTE modem on package. Functionally equivalent khổng lồ the Qualcomm MDM9225 baseband processor, it offers 150 Mb/s down & 50 Mb/s up with carrier aggregation. It also supports HSPA+ Release 10 for 84 Mb/s down using dual-carrier HSDPA, along with most major radio modes, including GSM/EDGE, UMTS (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA), LTE (LTE-FDD, LTE-TDD), CDMA1x, and EV-DO Rev. B. It does not support CDMA2000, however.
We were unable to lớn confirm this, but it’s likely that the primary transceiver is paired with the WFR1620 receive-only transceiver, since this baseband generation can’t support full Category 4 LTE speeds on its own.
The two 3G variants utilize the Qualcomm baseband integrated into the Snapdragon 200 SoC, delivering 3G speeds up to lớn 42 Mbps. It supports GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, CDMA1x, and EV-DO Rev. A.
