Moto G5S Plus hands-on review: Special first look

29 August 2017
The Moto G5S Plus is Motorola's latest budget smartphone in the Moto G lineup. Released only four months after the launch of the Moto G5 Plus, the G5S Plus should come as no surprise to anyone who saw the Motorola roadmap that was leaked back in May. What differentiates the Special Edition from the standard model is mostly the presence of a dual camera system on the back, which is in vogue these days.

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  • Bob
  • v$B
  • 02 Sep 2017

Rathod, 30 Aug 2017It's with hybrid sim slot or there will separate slot for S... moreThey have hybrid slot

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    • venkatesh
    • bES
    • 31 Aug 2017

    Rathod, 30 Aug 2017It's with hybrid sim slot or there will separate slot for S... moreIts coming with hybrid sim slot. You can choose either dual sim option or single sim with memory card. Fortunately, this phone is coming with 64GB of storage

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      • Anonymous
      • gMJ
      • 30 Aug 2017

      Pkv, 30 Aug 2017Same thoughts. I own Moto x and always thought it is placed... moreMoto X4 is coming, it will be king of midrangers, IP68, wide angel lens, 16mp selfie cam with flash, amoled 5.2inch screen for better one hand use, newest sd630, i cant contain my excitement, at sub 400$ it will be a bomb. It will be the most practical phone of 2017 i guess, ip68 is very much necessary for a gadget which we need most of the time.

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        • Anonymous
        • IJ2
        • 30 Aug 2017

        what happened to Motorola .they went crazy

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          • AnonD-696119
          • 7wy
          • 30 Aug 2017

          Does this phone have EIS or OIS?

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            • ashishjune
            • rKL
            • 30 Aug 2017

            Moto G5 plus or Moto G5 s plus? Moto g5 plus already purchased. Seriously with launches and launches one is not secured of the handset at least for a year. Companies should always keep a handset for 6 months at least. When it was G5 it should have been g5 only. Plus was ok but s+ do not know what they want. This way they may make there present users unhappy.

              AnonD-695930, 29 Aug 2017NoYes it has compass sensor, check the specification page.

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                • AnonD-546038
                • ncI
                • 30 Aug 2017

                Snap 625 really? Couldn't they have put a little more up to date cpu/gpu? Like Snap 626 or 630?

                Snap 625 was announced on Feb 2016 for god's sake and it's almost 2018...c'mon Moto...

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                  • PARTHA SARATHI DUTTA
                  • 9xN
                  • 30 Aug 2017

                  its dual stream.. power processor .. inbuilt carborator ..excellator .. 4/4 and 2/2 built stoke .. the piston a,d the v- valve .. common engine ... double stream im-compact .. and word built .. dasun looks .. piston .. and 6 stroke engine ... work built ..

                  just superb. for me

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                    • iwq
                    • 30 Aug 2017

                    Rathod, 30 Aug 2017It's with hybrid sim slot or there will separate slot for S... moreNo dedicated microsd slot

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                      • Anonymous
                      • gNS
                      • 30 Aug 2017

                      AnonD-672395, 30 Aug 2017It's truly sad, that in this price range (14k-20k), there a... moreMotorola is a Chinese oem itself. Owned by Lenovo, destroyed by Lenovo. The g2 camera is the best that i have seen in the price segment. But it had problem of battery dying by discharging.
                      Heck it's not even Motorola anymore, it's MOTO.
                      It should have gone the nokia way of licensing the brand to a startup which can understand its core values and work on them. Camera and updates. Now it sucks in them to. Same lenovo gene.

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                        • apo
                        • PEY
                        • 30 Aug 2017

                        Lenovo killed moto.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • I9H
                          • 30 Aug 2017

                          LLL, 30 Aug 2017Thanks to its larger 1/2.3" sensor, physics doesn't lie, ye... moreStill waiting for Panasonic to come up with a CM2.

                            It is difficult to read this hands-on without knowing first the price or suggested price for this device. Each praise or criticism in the hands-on means little without knowing the price they want for this.

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                              • piku
                              • gML
                              • 30 Aug 2017

                              Very uninspiring phone they again missed compass

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                                • AnonD-672395
                                • vIY
                                • 30 Aug 2017

                                It's truly sad, that in this price range (14k-20k), there aren't any good smartphone camera manufacturers.
                                The Photo samples on the Moto G5S Plus look truly dreadful, as bad as the Moto G5 Plus. I don't know how Motorola makes such bad cameras at this price range. Its like they don't work on the software at all, and just let their Chinese OEMs give them whatever seems right to them.

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                                  • Pkv
                                  • KSt
                                  • 30 Aug 2017

                                  AnonD-687126, 30 Aug 2017Blurring the line between the G5 series and the upcoming Mo... moreSame thoughts. I own Moto x and always thought it is placed above Moto g. But looking at these new launches, I am confused.

                                    AnonD-556313, 30 Aug 2017Thanks for the quick review !!! Love GSMArena GSM arena is the best phone site I know of

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                                      • LLL
                                      • PA7
                                      • 30 Aug 2017

                                      Cod3rror, 29 Aug 2017G4 Plus beats all G5s in camera quality. In daylight it res... moreThanks to its larger 1/2.3" sensor, physics doesn't lie, yes.
                                      It's high time that OEMs should just abandon sensors smaller than 1/2.5" (looking at those 1/3" ones), if they are actually serious about improving image quality, dual cam or not.

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                                        • AnonD-556313
                                        • GXm
                                        • 30 Aug 2017

                                        Thanks for the quick review !!!
                                        Love GSMArena