Rolling in the cheap
Words Tom Morgan
The E6 Play is the cheapest phone Motorola makes yet it has a design in keeping with much pricier handsets, with a polished rear, 18:9 screen and minimal branding. Only the chunky bezels around all four sides give the game away.
It doesn’t have the most extensive feature list, with no NFC, microUSB rather than USB-C, and no real water-resistance.
There’s a single rear camera, a fingerprint sensor and a decent 5.5in LCD display. The E6 Play is the slowest phone we’ve tested in some time. Simply typing can be an exercise in laggy frustration, and 2GB of RAM is barely enough to keep Android feeling functional. Battery life is also poor, and photos aren’t great.
Barely half a year since the Realme 3 Pro wowed budget phone fans, the 5 Pro arrives with a design that punches well above its weight. The teardrop selfie-cam notch keeps the bezel minimal, and there are four rear cameras.
The 6.3in display is plenty sharp, while a Snapdragon 712 with 4GB of RAM should see this phone outperform most of the £200 competition. The main camera, meanwhile, is the same one you’ll find in the mighty OnePlus 7T.
Like the Moto, this phone makes do without waterproofing or NFC… but very much unlike the Moto, it offers fluid and responsive performance, good battery life (with USB-C charging) and detailed, well-exposed photos.