Moto G5s

A SPECIAL EDITION THAT RESTS ON ITS LAURELS.

THE ORIGINAL MOTO G5 was a very impressive budget offering, its G5 Plus counterpart even more so, but is the special edition all that special? For comparison’s sake, the headline features of the G5s are a higherresolution camera, an all-metal unibody design, a slightly larger display, and a slightly bigger battery. The aluminium body greatly helps with the premium illusion (despite the somewhat awkward shape of the phone) and the camera is definitely an improvement, but neither seem like enough of a step up to warrant the release of a new product six months down the line, especially considering the $50 bump in price. It’s a testament to the first iteration, then, that the G5s still holds up against the competition — a 1080p display, fingerprint scanner, and performance that has little contest in the price range make it a pretty safe choice. However, if you’re happy to forego a fingerprint scanner and higher-resolution display, the Huawei Y7 (over the page) is a better performing handset for $100 less.