Moto G5S Plus,price, specifications, features.
Moto G5S Plus smartphone was launched in August 2017. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels. Moto G5S Plus price in India starts from Rs. 13,000*.
The Moto G5S Plus is powered by 2GHz octa-core processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Moto G5S Plus packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Moto G5S Plus runs Android 7.1 and is powered by a 3000mAh non removable battery. It measures 153.50 x 76.20 x 9.50 (height x width x thickness) and weighs 168.00 grams.
Moto G5S Plus price in India starts from Rs. 13,000. The Moto G5S Plus is powered by 2GHz octa-core processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM
Motorola Moto G5S Plus -:
Body: Aluminum unibody, Gorilla Glass 3 front.
Display: 5.5" IPS LCD, 1,920x1,080px resolution, 401ppi.
Rear cameras: Dual 13MP, f/2.0 aperture; autofocus; dual LED flash; 2160p video recording.
Front camera: 8MP, f/2.0 aperture; fixed focus; LED flash; 1080p video recording.
OS/Software: Android 7.1 Nougat, scheduled to get Oreo.
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625: octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Adreno 506 GPU.
Memory: 3/4GB of RAM; 32/64GB of storage; hybrid microSD slot.
Battery: 3,000mAh Li-Ion (sealed).
Connectivity: Single SIM and dual SIM versions, market dependent; Cat. 7 LTE (300Mbps/150Mbps); microUSB 2.0; Wi-Fi a/b/g/n; GPS, GLONASS; NFC (market dependent); Bluetooth 4.2.
Misc:FM radio, 3.5mm jack, bottom-firing single speaker, front-mounted fingerprint reader.
Moto G5S Plus full specifications
GENERAL
| Release date | August 2017 |
| Form factor | Touchscreen |
| Dimensions (mm) | 153.50 x 76.20 x 9.50 |
| Weight (g) | 168.00 |
| Battery capacity (mAh) | 3000 |
| Removable battery | No |
| Colours | Lunar Gray, Blush Gold |
DISPLAY
| Screen size (inches) | 5.50 |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1080x1920 pixels |
HARDWARE
| Processor | 2GHz octa-core |
| Processor make | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Internal storage | 64GB |
| Expandable storage | Yes |
| Expandable storage type | microSD |
| Expandable storage up to (GB) | 128 |
CAMERA
| Rear camera | 13-megapixel |
| Rear Flash | Dual LED |
| Front camera | 8-megapixel |
| Front Flash | LED |
SOFTWARE
| Operating System | Android 7.1 |
CONNECTIVITY
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards supported | 802.11 a/b/g/n |
| GPS | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v 4.20 |
| NFC | No |
| Infrared | No |
| USB OTG | Yes |
| Headphones | 3.5mm |
| FM | No |
| Number of SIMs | 2 |
| SIM 1 | |
| SIM Type | Nano-SIM |
| GSM/CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G/ LTE | Yes |
| Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | Yes |
| SIM 2 | |
| SIM Type | Nano-SIM |
| GSM/CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G/ LTE | Yes |
| Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | Yes |
SENSORS
| Compass/ Magnetometer | No |
| Proximity sensor | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Barometer | No |
| Temperature sensor | No |
Reviews
Camera
The Moto G5S Plus has a rather unique camera setup in the Moto lineup. A dual 13MP configuration, it's neither the Moto X4's normal/ultra-wide pairing, nor the Moto Z2 Force's dual 12MP setup. Motorola says the dual camera is used for blurring backgrounds and improving image quality - so the secondary shooter has no particular purpose of its own. It's only assisting the main camera in its work.
Anyways, the 13MP sensor, or presumably both of them, come with an f/2.0 aperture lens attached. There's no optical stabilization. While it isn't specifically mentioned in the product docs, the G5S Plus appears to have laser assisted autofocus - there's a window above the lenses for the beam to shoot out of, plus focusing on close up objects is very quick and precise.
The in-house camera app is one of the few areas where Motorola's opted out of the default Google solutions, and it's packed with features. It's got the double-twist gesture for launching and then switching between rear and front camera, there's a built-in QR code reader and business card scanner, depth-enabled mode (read blurred backgrounds), plus the usual Panorama and Pro mode. The last three are to be found in the three-dot menu, while the QR reader just engages when you point the camera at a code.
The Moto G5S Plus captures adequate though not spectacular images. Detail is good, but foliage can get a little mushy. Noise reduction is handled well, though you can still see some speckles if you're looking for them.
Colors are lively without being over the top, but there's a tendency towards a certain warmth. It's not just the gloomy weather messing up the white balance, the studio shots have a noticeable color shift as well.
Motorola Moto G5S Plus battery life
The Moto G5S Plus has a Snapdragon 625 under the hood. Motorola figured that since the chip is mightily efficient, going overboard with battery capacity is unnecessary and fitted a reasonably-sized 3,000mAh cell.
This proved more than adequate in our testing where the Moto G5S Plus just missed the 10-hour mark in video playback by a minute and checked in an almost full 12 hours of web browsing before calling it quits. The phone excelled in 3G voice call endurance (close to 27 hours) and standby times were good too. That adds up to an overall endurance rating of 81 hours.
Software
The Moto G5S Plus runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat, and we can't really fault it for not having Oreo as it did, after all, come out all the way back in August. Oreo is coming, though, so no worries. The look and feel of the Moto G5S Plus' software is for the most part that of stock Android.
The Moto G5S Plus' fingerprint scanner can be used in a number of ways. The obvious one is to wake/unlock the phone - it is always-on, very fast and quite reliable.
For navigation purposes, as part of Moto Actions, it can fully replace the on-screen nav bar - tap to go Home, swipe left to go Back or swipe right to switch between recent apps. Gestures get detected pretty accurately, though you may find the left-right mechanics a little counterintuitive if you switch hands often.
Performance
The Moto G5S Plus is powered by the Snapdragon 625 chipset, a super-popular midrange SoC, and rightfully so - the 14nm chip blends excellent power efficiency with adequate performance. The former we already established to be the case once again, let's have a quick look at the latter.
The numbers are hardly surprising - after all we've tested a whole lot of Snapdragon 625 phones, and the Moto G5S Plus isn't much different. In single-core CPU tasks it's on par with its predecessor and the Moto X4 (S630 and a slightly higher clocked processor), while the HTC U11 Life (S630, again), the Xiaomi Mi A1 (S625), and the Honor 7X (Kirin 659) marginally outperform it.
The Snapdragon 625 uses eight Cortex-A53 cores. A Cortex-A72 core is inevitably vastly more powerful as represented by the Galaxy A8 (2018)'s Exynos 7885 Octa chipset in the chart below. We've included the Samsung mostly for reference as it's about twice as expensive and not really a direct competitor. Same with the Oppo R11s and its Snapdragon 660 with them Kryo cores.
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