Motorola Moto G5S Plus: Review and Specs

The Motorola Moto G5S Plus is an improved version of the Moto G5 Plus offering an improved design, a better camera system, and a bigger display. Already available in August and starting to become a hot topic in September 2021 in various Indonesian media, until December 2021, Moto G5S Plus is still one of the most searched topics on search engines related to the best budget price cellphones in 2021.

Price of Moto G5S Plus

In Indonesia, the Motorola Moto G5S Plus can be purchased online and offline. To buy online, one of the trusted online stores for this best smartphone is Lazada. In this online shop, this phone is one of the exclusive smart phones. Although smartphone sellers other than Lazada remain in this online store, the prices offered do not vary. The selling price of this smart phone on Lazada is Rp. 2,999,000.

Moto G5S Plus Specifications

Based on GSMArena, Motorola Moto G5S Plus has LTE/HSPA/GSM network technology. The dimensions of the body of this smartphone are 153.5 x 76.2 x 8 mm, weighs 168 g, the body material is made of aluminum, there is resistance to water splashes. The SIM slot for this smart phone is available in two options, namely single and double.

The Moto G5S Plus display is made of glass with an IPS LCD type capacitive touch screen of 16 million colors. Display size is 83.4 cm² with a screen-to-body ratio of 71.3 percent. The embedded resolution is 1080 x 1920 pixels with a density of 401 ppi. The display can accept multiple touches at once, and has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

The OS provided is Android 7.1 (Nougat) which can be upgraded to 8.0 (Oreo). The embedded chipset is Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625. CPU specs are Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 with Adreno 506 GPU. The memory card slot is a microSD which can be up to 256 GB in size. There is a choice of 64 GB of internal memory combined with 4 GB of RAM, and or 3 GB of RAM combined with 32 GB of internal memory.

The main camera is a dual camera with 13 MP specifications, autofocus, f/2.0, and dual-LED dual-tone flash. Camera features available are touch focus, geo-tagging, panorama, face detection, and auto-HDR. The video size is 2160p@30fps and the second camera has 8 MP specifications, LED flash, and f/2.0.

In the Moto G5S Plus there is a loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack, and vibration alert type sounds, MP3, and WAV ringtones. The battery is a non-removable Li-ion battery with a power of 3000 mAh. Available colors are Lunar Gray, and Fine Gold.

The specifications for WLAN communication technology in the Moto G5S Plus are dual-band, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi Direct, and hotspot. Its Bluetooth technology, namely 4.2, LE, A2DP, aptX, and EDR. Available GPS with A-GPS, and GLONASS. The USB used is microUSB 2.0.

Sensor features in this smart phone are accelerometer, fingerprint (front-mounted), gyro and proximity. Messaging available is SMS, MMS, IM, push email, and email. Browser technology uses HTML5, and no JAVA technology. There are fast battery charging features, document viewer, MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player, photo/video editor, and MP4/H.264 player.

Review Moto G5S Plus

Advantages of Moto G5S Plus

The body of the Motorola Moto G5S Plus is made of full metal which in some parts of the metal are pinned with several plastic frames making it look superior even to its twin Moto G5 Plus. The embedded camera specifications are the first and best of the Motorola Moto G series. The selfie camera is good with an 8 MP sensor and a wide-angle lens. The display size is larger than its twin.

A battery with fast charging makes the smartphone last all day without making it difficult for you to continue charging when usage is at its peak. The screen looks clear with the colors in it that look bright. The weight, thickness, and aluminum material of the Moto G5S Plus convey a uniqueness that a cellphone that can be purchased on a budget does not have.

The embedded Snapdragon 625 is still quite capable of running browser technology and also mobile games with ease. Android is especially useful for Moto Actions and Moto Display. The fingerprint sensor can be used quickly and is able to function as a second home button. Headphone jack adds more value when many smartphones are starting to leave this technology.

Weakness Moto G5S Plus

Although the camera specs of this smartphone are the first and best of the Motorola Moto G series, it is not the best when compared to other smartphones of almost the same price. Indeed, dual cameras have been implemented, but the size of 13 MP still makes this smartphone camera the best. Photos from Moto Depth Editor don’t look good.

The camera does not match Motorola’s claim which states that a professional SLR camera is in the hands of the user. Granted, you can get some pretty decent photos with good lighting, but this smartphone camera can’t produce the best image quality you can post on your Instagram.

Low light photos are poor in standard mode, and look soft to the point where you have to use professional mode which many people are reluctant to use. There is no USB type C available so charging must use a micro USB. Due to the absence of NFC, this smartphone cannot use Android Pay.

Motorola Moto G5S Plus vs Xiaomi Mi A1

Motorola Moto G5S Plus and Xiaomi Mi A1 are eyeing the same market. The price of the Moto G5S Plus is 100 thousand different from the Xiaomi Mi A1 where the Xiaomi Mi A1 costs Rp. 3.1 million and the Moto G5S Plus costs Rp. 3 million. The specifications are almost all similar, but there are still differences.

Although there is a choice of 64 GB of internal memory, but at a price of Rp. 3 million offered internal memory specifications provided is 32 GB of internal memory. While the Xiaomi Mi A1 which costs Rp. 3.1 million offers an internal memory of 64 GB.

With the embedded specifications, the Moto G5S Plus camera focuses on photos with the main subject of the photo displayed sharply, while the background or foreground of the photo is made to appear blurry. While the Xiaomi Mi A1 camera focuses on the depth-of-field effect which makes the background look closer to the main subject of the photo. This Xiaomi camera is suitable for photographing subjects at a distance. That’s a little discussion of Moto G5S Plus vs Xiaomi Mi A1.

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