Motorola Moto E (2nd gen)
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- Yo Ma Ma
- xD4
- 15 Aug 2024
My XT1527 Moto E2 is still working fine, battery keeps its charge & phone is still solidly useful - I upgraded to android 6.0 back in the day ... a great purchase for $100 new 8-9 years ago
I don't use it for social media so it matters little that farcebook etc won't talk to the browser any more ( prolly a good thing :P )
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- Arbuthnot
- 3aq
- 25 Feb 2024
Feb 2024, I'm using one of these on e/OS. It's still a nice little phone, good battery life, good size (actually fits in your pocket!) Bit sluggish with some apps of course but if you're patient then it's ok. For £20 you can't go wrong.
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- DD
- Ibx
- 17 Sep 2023
Nostalgia to 2015 spring when i was in the hotel sheraton in lagos and i was watching 76ers vs jazz highlights on youtube on this phone on hotel wifi in the lobby eating a doughnut
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- ashrobb
- 8FI
- 10 Aug 2023
Memory trip... Had this one for a few months before it was stolen from me. I was younger and I had little money so no way to get another one. I have fond memories of it, got the LTE version with the Snapdragon 410. I liked everything about this phone. Would have lasted me at least until 2018-2019 for sure.
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- fed-up
- QsS
- 24 May 2023
if it won't accept otg, how do i transfers the phone book and text messages to something else like a flash drive for example?
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- bio
- X@5
- 29 Jan 2023
Boss, 27 Nov 2015which is best tempered glass or screen guard for this mobil... moreDid you by any chance get the answer to it?
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- bio
- X@5
- 29 Jan 2023
Anonymous, 30 May 2022I've had this phone for 7 years. Still works great, an... morefr man, It is an amazing phone but sadly my temper has been crushed as it fell off some stairs by mistake a couple of days ago if possible could you or someone recommend me a Tempered Glass for this version Thanks
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- Anonymous
- Ibx
- 16 Oct 2022
Maverick, 16 Aug 2022How long does the battery lasts on an idle mode and on data... moreGreat phone😀 battery life stay 100% 🙃 great for music player with Bluetooth 💯
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- Maverick
- C9a
- 16 Aug 2022
Anonymous, 30 May 2022I've had this phone for 7 years. Still works great, an... moreHow long does the battery lasts on an idle mode and on data/ mode?
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- Anonymous
- AfP
- 30 May 2022
I've had this phone for 7 years. Still works great, and it's indestructible. Can't count the amount of times I've dropped it by accident with barely any scratches. LineageOS and a 32GB SD card keeps this phone relevant in 2022, the only real downside with this phone is the lack of RAM. With apps getting increasingly memory hungry, you will most likely not be able to keep multiple apps open at the same time without the OS closing them in the background.
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- Anonymous
- xDX
- 29 May 2022
Aditya Kumar, 15 Jul 2021Its been 5 years since it was released but still this phone... moremy xt1527 is still going strong in 2022
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- Frankie
- nFK
- 09 Jan 2022
This was my first phone
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- Swap
- rKg
- 17 Aug 2021
Aditya Kumar, 15 Jul 2021Its been 5 years since it was released but still this phone... moreI second this.. Moto once had the best quality phones.. but somehow they lost the plot to Xiaomi..
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- Aditya Kumar
- U{P
- 15 Jul 2021
Its been 5 years since it was released but still this phone works fine in 2021 , It is the longest running phone in my house in comparison Samsung J7 Pro and other phones .
I love this phone because even after 5 years its quality hasn't dropped yet .
Battery charges 1 percent in 1 minute
Games like Free Fire , Payback , COC are smooth with 60 FPS .
Only problem that I got is its storage - All apps had so many updates that now system apps have taken up the whole storage but still this phone handles them .
Overall best phone I have ever seen till now .
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- lolninja
- DkP
- 25 Jun 2021
Samoht, 06 May 2021I bought this phone in 2015, and I'm still using it 5½... moreSame man, i'm still using it even after 5 years....but my pop bought a flagship and it only lasted 2 years...lol
And it can still run subway surfers and asphalt nitro and some other light games
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- Shoshu
- saR
- 17 Jun 2021
Question: 1. Is the moto 2e is VOLTE COMPATIBLE WITH 4G LTE NETWORK.
2. will it survive the the fazing out of 3G phones on AT&T NETWORK.
Thanks.
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- imheremahi
- R5f
- 05 Jun 2021
this was my second smartphone I exchanged it for a Lenovo phone that was my first smartphone with 512MB ram and all.... I rooted and did all kinda stuff to it. this phone was so cute and durable I gave it to my sister.. I don't know what happened then
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- Samoht
- TkS
- 06 May 2021
I bought this phone in 2015, and I'm still using it 5½ years later. Not just as a backup or a secondary device, but as my everyday phone. Admittedly I've never used it all that intensively, but I browse the web, take photos, use various messaging apps, and I used it for maps before Covid made it much harder to go places. It has lasted amazingly well - I still get a couple of days battery life between charges.
It would have been replaced a couple of years ago, when it started to behave oddly, if not for Lineage OS. Thanks, whoever has created and maintained the Lineage build! Other than flashing Lineage onto it, I've used a pin to clean fluff out of the USB & headphone ports a few times. The casing is thoroughly scuffed by now, but that doesn't stop it working.
The photo quality isn't great next to more expensive phones, but it takes pretty decent photos in daylight - I'd say impressively good for a cheap device from 5 years ago. Similarly, it's noticeably slow at times, but mostly not so slow as to be frustrating.
The biggest downside, as others have said, is the limited storage. The operating system takes nearly half of that, and several apps will cheerfully store a few hundred MB of data each. I occasionally have to wipe the data from some apps and sign in again. Using a microSD card doesn't help much - many apps refuse to be stored on the card, and even some of those that allow it seem buggy when moved there.
One day it will give up, but I'm going to see how much longer I can keep it going.
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- scx
- 10 Apr 2021
Got this phone awhile back in 2015 and the phone still works fine today in 2021! The battery life is phenomenal, especially for a small phone like this.. usually, a small budget phone would have a 1400 mAh battery but this one has a 2600 mAh which is huge for a phone this size. I bought this phone to use as a media player, since it has a 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro SD slot and I've been using it everyday since I've gotten it. The small for factor makes it a great small media player, it's just easier to handle and use with one hand.
This phone was actually one of the last few phones designed by Google before they sold the company to Google (Lenovo did own Motorola when this phone was released but it was already designed and ready to go). As you can see, there were some Google influences.. the phone had stock Android and it has front facing speakers which is nice (the speakers sound good for a cheap budget phone). I have the Snapdragon variant and it's actually pretty snappy and quick.. the 1GB of RAM seriously helps and it was better than the 512MB RAM that other budget phones were using. The IPS LCD screen looks very nice, and the overall physical designed looked very clean (Google helped with the design).
There was a lot of bloatware apps on mines, I had the Verizon variant and there was a bunch of Verizon apps. This was unfortunate because the phone only has 8GB of storage.. minus the space for the OS and bloatware apps which makes it kinda limiting. I could move some 3rd party apps to the SD card, but it doesn't always work so space is still limited. A good thing though is this phone supports OTG which is very nice.
I purposely kept the phone on Android 5.1, I do not trust Verizon and I think if I update the phone to Android 6, there will be a bunch of problems. I had to modify the phone to disable the software updates. I'm not concerned with security because the Google Play Store automatically updates the Play Protect security on the phone, and I'm not too worried about security because I mostly use the phone offline anyways (mostly for music).
Overall, an amazing phone to use as a media player.. a much better alternative than an iPod touch.