The Moto G5 Plus is scheduled to be revealed at the MWC event alongside its lower variant, the Moto G5on the 26th of February, and even though that is still a week away, full details about the specifications as well as the images of both devices have emerged.
The Motorola Moto G5 Plus will succeed the Moto G4 Plus which was released last year. It is a high end device with a not-too-big display and many advanced specifications.
Moto G5 Plus Specifications, Review and Highlights
The Moto G5 Plus comes with a 5.2-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and a FHD (1920 * 1080) pixel resolution. It has a metal unibody which is nano-coated with water-repellent material. The phone is 7.9 millimetres thick and weighs 155 grammes.
Under the hood, the Moto G5 Plus is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 625 processor with a clock frequency of 2GHz, and an Adreno 506 GPU which handles its graphics operations. The phone has an internal storage capacity of 64GB and comes in 2GB and 4GB RAM variants.
The G5 Plus houses a 12MP camera with Dual-Pixel Autofocus and a dual-tone LED flash on its rear, and a 5MP camera with OmniVision OV5695 sensor at its front. Unlike the G5, the Moto G5 Plus features a fingerprint sensor embedded into its home button.
The phone packs a 3000mAh battery with Turbo charging feature, and comes with a dual Nano SIM slot which supports 4G VoLTE networks. The Moto G5 Plus runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box.
Moto G5 Plus Full Phone Specifications
General
Device Type
Smartphone
Model
Motorola Moto G5 Plus
Announced
2017, February 26
Released
2017, February
Status
Coming
Network
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE with VoLTE
SIM Type
Nano SIM / microSD card
SIM Count
Dual SIM/Hybrid SIM
Data
2G
GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps
3G
Up to 42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA)
4G
Up to 300/50 Mbps
Speed
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Web Browser
Yes, HTML5
Design
Type
Smartphone
Dimensions
150.2 * 74 * 7.9 mm
Weight
155 g
Build
Metal Unibody Design.
Protection
Water-repellent Nano-coating
Colors
n/a
Display
Display Type
IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen
Size
5.2 inches
Resolution
1080 * 1920 pixels
Colors
16M colors
Pixel Density
~424 ppi
Touch Screen
Yes
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
~67.1% screen-to-body ratio
Secondary Display
No
Camera
12MP Camera
Dual-Pixel Autofocus (DPAF), Sony IMX362 sensor & f/1.7 aperture
Yes
4K Video
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, auto-HDR
– MP4/H.264 player
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
Availability and Price of Moto G5 Plus in China, Nigeria, Kenya & Ghana
The Moto G5 Plus would be launched alongside the Moto G5 on February 26 by 4:30 PM at the MWC 2017 event in Barcelona. Then, the price and availability details of both smartphones would be known.
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