Moto G 5th Generation

Silly Goose On The Loose · 19 Mar 2017 at 23:47

G5 Plus is exclusive to CPW IIRC :rolleyes:

Marsman · 20 Mar 2017 at 01:01

hornetstinger said:
any idea of price? I've got Moto 1st gen (and still a great fast phone)

I'm still using a 1st gen too.

As above, £170 for the 2GB one. Whether I'll get one, I don't know. The 1st gen was only £90 when I got one and the lack of SD card aside, it still does what I need without feeling like it's too slow. I had a Huawei G300 previous to that which did feel frustratingly slow by the time I decided to get new phone and was like a snail compared to the Moto G 1st gen.

Simps · 20 Mar 2017 at 01:43

Thanks for the replies.

konicky · 20 Mar 2017 at 07:10

Simps said:
I think I'm going to get two. A replacement for my Nexus 5 and a replacement for the other half's vodafone smart ultra 6.
My getting excited for the next Nexus device days are over.

Nokia is the new Nexus !

Scam · 20 Mar 2017 at 11:40

Looks great. My girlfriend's S4 mini (I think, maybe the S5? :confused:

) is on it's last legs. Finally a decent 5.2" phone. 5.5" is just too big. I've had my OnePlus One for two years now.. this might be my next phone.

Simps · 20 Mar 2017 at 18:32

The normal 5 inch version is live on John Lewis now.

Bonjour · 20 Mar 2017 at 19:22

I've pre-ordered as a replacement for my Moto G4. CPU appears to be slower on the G5 (Snapdragon 430 vs. 617) but I'm keen to have the extra GB of RAM.

MikeB · 21 Mar 2017 at 18:05

My g4 has been a nightmare, looking at net there's a lot of faults with them, buyer beware on g5

Psycho Sonny · 21 Mar 2017 at 18:53

Bonjour said:
I've pre-ordered as a replacement for my Moto G4. CPU appears to be slower on the G5 (Snapdragon 430 vs. 617) but I'm keen to have the extra GB of RAM.

the Gen 5 Plus is the best one from the range

Larger Screen
Better CPU
More Battery
Better GPU
Choice of up to 4GB of RAM

I'm guessing it will be £200-£250 which is quite expensive IMO, better off buying something older second hand.

The normal Gen 5 Moto G is cheap and the £180 (£10 extra 3GB version) is the one to go for as it has extra RAM for your £10. Don't know why anyone would buy the £170 version tbh with only 2GB RAM.

Bonjour · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:07

I think i read £250 for the G5 Plus, which is simply too much. I paid about that for my LG G4 (cracking phone, sadly deceased).

I've gone for the 3GB one.

Big Elf · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:25

MikeB said:
My g4 has been a nightmare, looking at net there's a lot of faults with them, buyer beware on g5

I'm on my 3rd G4 Plus. The first 2 were plain G4s and both were badly affected by the ghost touch problem and both were returned and refunded. My G4 Plus Dual SIM was fine right up until the Nougat update. Now it goes into a boot loop for up to 10 minutes about 50% of the time. Battery performance is a lot worse and it did the ghost touch, fortunately only the once shortly after the update.

The biggest problem I can see with the latest Moto Gs is that Lenovo is now the owner and their support is the worst I've ever seen and experienced. If you look in the forums there's problem after problem with the supposedly expert moderators spouting corporate BS without actually resolving any problems. We've had all the generations of the Moto Gs up to the G4 but this is the last one we'll buy.

Bonjour · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:40

I've not experienced the 'ghost touch' problem (standard dual-SIM Moto G4). Maybe it was fixed with later revisions.

MikeB · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:47

I have exactly the same ghost problem,random switching off and battery discharges

BombayMix · 22 Mar 2017 at 10:33

Was going to buy a G5 for the GF birthday present, to replace her G2. That phone had lots of overheating problems. If the weather get remotely hot it just can't cope! (I told her to buy it too, so I kind of feel guilty

)

The new phone not needed for another month, so wait and see what people think of it.

Simps · 22 Mar 2017 at 11:18

Oooo there is a blue version and it's blue all round unlike the Pixel

http://gsmarena.com/blue_sapphire_moto_g5_gets_pictured_in_leaked_press_renders-news-24105.php
Hope the plus gets that colour too.

edit*yes the Plus is getting the blue colour too

Psycho Sonny · 22 Mar 2017 at 12:17

G5 plus sold out within minutes in india.

G5 plus 3GB RAM version is £185. G5 Plus 4GB version is £210.

very good prices for Asia. I see it being overpriced here in the UK.

Bonjour · 23 Mar 2017 at 11:29

My Moto G5 has dispatched, arriving tomorrow. I'll report back my findings.

boxman2000 · 23 Mar 2017 at 11:45

Bonjour said:
My Moto G5 has dispatched, arriving tomorrow. I'll report back my findings.

Which model did you go for?

Bonjour · 23 Mar 2017 at 12:21

boxman2000 said:
Which model did you go for?

Moto G5 3GB dual-SIM, Lunar Grey.

Columbo · 23 Mar 2017 at 12:54

Bonjour said:
My Moto G5 has dispatched, arriving tomorrow. I'll report back my findings.

Where from?

Moto G 5th Generation

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