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Motorola Moto E (2nd gen)

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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.

    I got one of these for free recently, except thankfully it's the version with the snapdragon 410 in it and not the pitiful 200. It feels snappy for how low end it is

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      • Anonymous
      • 0jP
      • 09 Feb 2021

      LAB3, 06 Feb 2021Five years of service and it still holds a good charge! Hat... moreThere is Lineage OS for the device. See: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/surnia/

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        • LAB3
        • Iux
        • 06 Feb 2021

        Five years of service and it still holds a good charge! Hate to give it up but it's no longer able to handle secure certificates. If they'd allow an upgrade to a higher version of Android I'd keep using it.

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          • Anonymous
          • 0sj
          • 30 Jan 2021

          I can't recommend this phone. I own two of them and in both the battery died. To a point the display popped off from battery ballooning.

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            • Raza
            • rAQ
            • 03 Jan 2021

            Not supported Amazon app upi

              So nostalgic. I had this phone back in 2015, the LTE version. Only lasted me a few months because it was stolen from me :( I really liked it. Ran Asphalt 8 like a champ, and the camera improved so much in comparison with the Moto E 1st gen which I also had. Good battery life too. Solid mobile back then, and still usable for basic stuff.

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                • Suresh
                • D0h
                • 25 Oct 2020

                It's really nice one. Now i'm using this mobile.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • U@L
                  • 01 Aug 2020

                  I am writing a review about a phone using the same phone that I have purchased 5 years ago....
                  That sum up my review.
                  Thank you Moto E2.....literally the best phone I have ever used

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                    • Anonymous
                    • v$B
                    • 25 Jul 2020

                    What a good phone. It was cheaper than my samsung galaxy grand 2 (literally 3rd the price) and still better than that thing. I bought it for Rs4747 on a flipkart sale in 2015 and sold it for Rs3600 using the exchange program on Amazon for a moto g5s+.

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                      • elrevoltoso
                      • LXu
                      • 22 Jul 2020

                      Richard46, 12 May 2020Bought mine in Feb 16 still working and not a scratch; I wa... moreYou can use link2SD it works excellent with this phont

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                        • IJ9
                        • 26 Jun 2020

                        Best phone I ever used. Compact and still easy for a guy to keep hold of. Wasn't dainty. And wasn't overly large as most newer phones seem to be.

                        I'd like to see this phone resurrected and put back into mainstream production. Maybe update it with some added data capacity

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                          • Richard46
                          • 7Ms
                          • 12 May 2020

                          Bought mine in Feb 16 still working and not a scratch; I want an excuse to get a new phone but this thing just keeps going. It has run out of memory for new apps because they will not use the SD card so sadly it will go soon.

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                            • Vino
                            • uwX
                            • 12 Apr 2020

                            Roddy, 21 Feb 2020I've been using this phone since November 2015 and I still ... moreMine works pretty well but yeah battery has problems switches off at around 40%

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                              • Roddy
                              • LMq
                              • 21 Feb 2020

                              I've been using this phone since November 2015 and I still use it today in February 21, 2020. What a good phone. The battery is quite weared off, though. It cannot operate for over 5 minutes without the charger plugged in. But this phone still does it's job very well.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • feh
                                • 09 Feb 2020

                                Vkm, 30 Dec 2016i am using global version xt1524.it supports 4g data and vo... moreThanks. I want to use Moto E2 XT1524 in Delhi with Jio Volte. Does this support LTE 850 band of Jio ?

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                                  • jc3
                                  • 14 Jan 2020

                                  A Non eMoose, 03 Jul 2019I've owned a lot of phones. Not because I always have to ha... more"We can rebuild it" (the Bionic Moto E gen2)

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                                    • 10 Nov 2019

                                    Raj, 02 Aug 2019Very nice phone still i m using 2019Yes, it's a nice little phone. I like it because it is simple and compact. I have a 2019 model Motorola phone but I still prefer to use the E2. It suits my requirements.

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                                      • Raj
                                      • 7kj
                                      • 02 Aug 2019

                                      Very nice phone still i m using 2019

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                                        • A Non eMoose
                                        • 7A5
                                        • 03 Jul 2019

                                        I've owned a lot of phones. Not because I always have to have the latest generation smart phablet with a fingerprint reader and nacho cheese dispenser, but because I'm exceptionally hard on electronic devices. If it has a flip screen or a pop-up doohickey or a removable battery I've probably owned it and broken it. As a point of comparison, my laptop, which is almost 8 years old, has no keyboard, a half-dead touch pad, dead USB ports and probably is leaking mercury from the cracks in the screen, but it still runs. I'm THAT hard on electronic devices.

                                        But not this little chunk of plastic and glass. It has survived everything I've thrown at it for over 4 years. Drops, trips through the wash, 40 below zero temperatures and even an attempted theft. Worst thing that happened to it was a broken screen because I, in my infinite hubris. tried to balance it on my finger over a concrete step. A few bucks spent online on parts and tools and even that wasn't a debilitating condition.

                                        So yeah, this is probably the single best phone I've ever owned, in terms of value for your money. I paid $100 bucks in 2015 for it, and it survived everything I threw at it. Battery life was respectable, touch screen was responsive to my chunky fingers, and it's camera is decent enough that I used it to snap crime scene photos in a pinch once. It ain't going to walk your dog or render a Triple-A gaming title, but for us folks who need a phone that can text, watch YouTube or snap a picture of the jerk who nearly ran you over at a crosswalk, this phone is, in my opinion, the single best phone ever made.

                                        But the astute reader may note the use of past tense, as indeed it has given up the ghost. Given the ease of which I replaced the screen, I may dive into it and try to Frankenstein it back to life once more. If there isn't a triumphant "IT LIVES!" posted in a few weeks, it may have been too far gone to save. Either way, though, this phone is top-tier in my books. I doubt I'll ever find one half as tough as it.

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