Moto G5 Plus review: A metal-bodied budget phone with a fast f/1.7 Dual Pixel camera.
The budget camera champion of 2017.
Moto G5 Plus punched above its price with an f/1.7 Dual Pixel camera borrowed from far pricier phones, plus the efficient SD625 and a metal body. It was widely recommended as the budget phone to buy that year.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.
02Camera
62/10062/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.
03Performance
56/10056/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.
04Battery
68/10068/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.
05Build
64/10064/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.
06Value
74/10074/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.
- f/1.7 Dual Pixel camera was great for the price.
- Efficient Snapdragon 625.
- Metal unibody.
- microSD + jack.
- Mono speaker.
- 5.2" felt small even then.
- TurboPower but only 3,000 mAh.
- Two OS updates.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .