Motorola Moto E (2nd gen)
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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.
- TheWildShadow55
- q8P
- 07 Apr 2021
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
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- jgblanco88
- Puh
- 05 Dec 2020
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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- Johnw
- 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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- OSI
- 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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- AnonD-862551
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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.