Motorola E20 2/32GB all carriers - Graphite Grey

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Up front, the Moto features a 5MP selfie cam that's more than capable of producing decent self-portraits. There's really no differentiating the Moto E's shot from what the TCL 10L captured with its 16MP front camera, though I think the Moto E did a better job handling the sunlight breaking through the orange tree around me. Like many phones, the Moto E is a little too aggressive with smoothing out my face, but you can turn off the camera's beauty mode if you prefer. Moto E review: Performance

Lower-cost phones have made a habit of adding extra lenses as of late, so in a sense, the Moto E feels decidedly old-school. There's a 13-megapixel main shooter with an f/2.0 aperture, augmented by a 2MP depth sensor for better portrait shots. That hardware produces pretty competent photos, though the Moto E can struggle with lighting. I also noticed slight lag when switching between apps on the Moto E. Essentially, it's a phone that can handle basic tasks, but forget about running graphically intense games or anything that requires a lot of processing power. Moto E review: Battery life UK calls/texts to standard UK landlines and mobiles and when roaming in our Europe Zone. Fair Usage policy applies. Special and out of bundle numbers chargeable.4G phone required to access 4G. 4G available in selected areas. Take this photo of the big honkin' burrito I ate for lunch while testing the Moto E. The shot captured by the Moto E does a decent job recreating the colorful sauce topping the burrito, and you can even make out some of the beans and meat that make up the filling. But the light streaming in from a nearby window causes serious overexposure problems in the upper third of the photo. That didn’t happen with a shot I took with the TCL 10L. One telltale result of this is that you get the Google Gallery app pre-installed, instead of the full-fat Google Photos that comes with most other Android phones. The onus is clearly on taking the strain off that creaky old processor and limited RAM.

Communication, software, and operation - Fast Wi-Fi but without NFC

At 6.5 inches, it’s plenty large, and it gets bright enough for indoor usage, although you’ll be looking for shade when you’re outdoors on brighter days. Even the colours are reasonably vibrant, considering it’s such a low-grade LCD. That’s true of the shots I took in good natural lighting, at least. They looked reasonably sharp and had colours that broadly resembled the scene as I saw it. Skin tones were decidedly non-ghoulish, and close-ups even yielded some convincing bokeh.

Should you find yourself in a situation where you're short on cash but need a new Android phone to get you by, the Moto E is a fine device. It makes calls, sends texts, and runs all of the apps you need it to while maintaining one of the lowest prices out there. Beyond that, though, it's a tough sell. Sure enough, in my tests, an hour of Netflix streaming with the screen brightness set to 50% sapped just 2% off a full charge. An hour of YouTube Music streaming, meanwhile, didn’t even make the battery drop below 100%. That’s actually fractionally better than the Moto G22 with its 5,000mAh battery. RPI: Each year your Airtime Plan will be increased by the Retail Price Index (RPI) rate of inflation announced in February plus 3.9%. If RPI is negative, we’ll only apply the 3.9%. You’ll see this increase on your April 2024 bill onwards. Find out more at o2.co.uk/prices. Source: Joe Maring / Android Central (Image credit: Source: Joe Maring / Android Central) Who it's for I can understand the omission of Moto Gametime given that this isn't a phone designed for playing a lot of games, but not including the camera twist gesture is flat-out weird. This is one of the most iconic traits of Motorola's Android software and has been a thing ever since the original Moto X from 2013. Double-pressing the power button to launch the camera is a perfectly fine alternative, but it's just such a strange thing for Motorola not to include.Apps often come with slow loading times when navigating through different parts of them, multitasking isn't the best, and the Adreno 506 GPU doesn't offer enough horsepower for intensive games. I tried playing Call of Duty: Mobile on the phone, and while it was serviceable with Low graphics and Medium frame rate settings, the gameplay wasn't entirely free of some stutters. Nevertheless, buyers should be aware that they cannot expect razor-sharp camera pictures, a very bright screen, or fast storage for under 100 Euros. The Moto E20 does not offer all that, so it is more suitable for users who use their smartphone rather occasionally and do not need some features at all or only very rarely. That is how it is with most entry-level phones. Change your airtime tariff after 30 days and then once every billing month during your minimum contract period, choosing from a selected family of tariffs. Some tariff extras are only available on the starting tariff, are not transferable, and may be lost if you change to an ineligible tariff. Devices are subject to availability.

Unfortunately, we can't really tell you how the Moto E compares to other phones, as the phone can't currently install the Geekbench 5 test for measuring general performance. We were able to run 3DMark's Sling Shot Open GL test to measure graphics performance, however, and the results don't put the Moto in a flattering light. The Moto turned in a score of 949, which was well behind the results of the Moto G Power (1,734), Moto G Fast (1,769) and TCL 10L (1,747). Those three phones all use a Snapdragon 665 chipset, which is certainly a decent piece of silicon but not something that's going to blow away other handsets.But with a resolution of 720 x 1600, or 720p, the Moto E20’s display simply isn’t sharp enough to show media and web content at anything close to its best. Needless to say, the refresh rate won’t go past 60Hz either. However, given this phone’s humble performance, that’s probably a good thing.