Motorola Moto G5S Plus (2017)

This phone is a lemon – Bought this for my daughter probably 18 months ago now. It has stopped working several times requiring a return to factory settings and a loss of data, to get it going again. Since December she has been unable to receive or make a call or sms and can only use internet-related functions, with the "No SIM" error message a constant. Troubleshooting… Read more

has not resolved anything and strangely on 4-5 occasions the phone started to spontaneously work again, receiving a flood of missing text messages, then stopping again minutes later. I would never EVER buy a Motorola again.

Excellent phone – Battery holds for at least 3 days. Good screen and sound. Fast charging (2 hrs). Won't flash when messages arrive though. Other than that - very happy with it. Highly recommended. Show details

really good – Bought this from Officeworks $287 online. Wanted a good, dual sim phone to take advantage of cheap data when it arises without losing my original plan which doesn't exist anymore. Coming from an Iphone 5s its a bit of a learning curve, as I don't do social media perhaps a bit of overkill. I find that the dual sim ability is awesome. So camera,… Read more

battery life, brightness are good . Comes loaded with lots of apps, most of which I don't use. Negatives are the attachment for charging is difficult to plug into the phone, easily slides out of trouser pocket due to it size and slipperiness (cover has been ordered). Next time I'll get one a bit smaller.

OK Phone but don't drop it AT ALL! – Good value for money phone with much of the functionality of much dearer competitors, but on day 2 of owning the phone I drop it from about 1 foot high and the screen is now cracked. Been quoted at least $180 to fix it by an authorised repairer - only $100 less then what I paid for it, so much for the Gorilla® Glass 3. Tried calling the retailer I bought it from but can't get through to them on the phone.  Show details

a great bargain – This phone has a solid build, I have dropped it a few times, no dents,no crack. The display is also sturdy, I didn't put any screen protector, yet it doesn't have scratches. It has been almost a year now and it is still doing great. I guess for this price point, it is not too bad after all. This phone has a build up torch light where you can… Read more

shake the phone and the torch will lit. (other phones can do this as well with an app, but not as smooth as this phone). What I don't really like about this phone is the home and back button, which I don't know why but I feel awkward when I need to use it, it gives me a feeling of using an iphone.

Excellent quality phone easy to use – Grabbed this as my iPhone 5 died. It's affordable, works a treat, easy to use with Google built in. It has Google maps and directions, Google mail I installed my work email and Yahoo mail and all works perfectly. It's fast and responsive, great for watching Netflix in bed! Photo quality is quite good but I just take you average family at the… Read more ·  1

park pics and they are clear. It has some background high quality thingy but I don't use it. Apps are great using Android store. Hubby brought one too.

Battery lasts all day and charges super fast! The hotspot has great coverage using it for 2 kids iPads through telstea while in holidays.

A great phone I totally love!!!! Get a smash proof case off eBay $10 and you are away mine has been dropped a gazillion times and still good

Gorgeous phone – Glorious build quality, excellent interface, loads of battery life, bright, clear display, plenty of memory and affordable. What more could you want (unless you're a brand snob)? This is my third Motorola and they've all been fantastic. Very satisfied with the durability, attractive as and processing power of this phone. Highly recommended. I  Show details

Absolutely Fabulous For The Price – Have had this phone for a month now purchased from Officeworks Hobart at $AU287 and must say it has impressed. Memory is 3GB plus 32 GB Ram. The phone feels much more expensive than it is and the metal body feels solid though cold on a winters morning. The display looks crisp and with good colour which can be enhanced - even after my LG G3… Read more

which unfortunately had a dead screen after 4.5 years. Apps load super fast and battery life is amazing. I am not a big user, though I do Email, Google searches, 6 or 7 texts, Wikipedia etc., and a few phone calls per day. A day is using only 10%-15%. It has a Fingerprint sensor for security, combined with a pin if you want. The cameras is good in reasonable conditions and has 2 back cameras for portrait background blurring as per SLR feature. Video is up to 4K though image stabilisation is only available at 1080 30fps due to processor limitations. Normal use is super fast with apps loading immediately. The phone supports duel SIM cards though to use a micro SD to add memory for photos et al you use the second SIM slot. It came with Android 7.1 but just upgraded to Android 8 so it has the current operating system.

Be aware that the two rear cameras (13 MP) do protube slightly from the back of the aluminium rear. Must be tough glass as no issues with this so far. It does have flash and so far my shots look pretty well as good as the LG G3 if not better. I would say you need to pay probably double to have any phone better than this!

Overall I am very happy with this phone and hope it will last at least as long as the LG G3. It has to be one of the best value phones on the market and unless you want the latest and greatest at 3 times the price it comes with a super high recommendation from me.

Bernie

Excellent Value For Money – Price has to be the best value for money on the market, I only paid $259 16/8/18. Look what you get, a fingerprint scanner for security also doubles for navigation so no screen space is lost having navigation icons. It has an excellent Display, Processor and Memory, Great Battery life, Dual SIM slots, fast charging, 13 mp front and 8 mp rear… Read more

camera, twist it twice & camera comes on automatically, 2 karate chops and the light comes on. It is just so easy to use!

Fantastic smartphone for the money – Bought this phone a couple of months ago and haven't been disappointed. The camera quality is above average in daytime conditions. Nighttime photos aren't exactly the greatest but they're still better than phones from a couple of years ago. The display is big and bright and easy to read. I use a few apps here and there including web browsing and… Read more

haven't noticed any lagging or hiccups. You'd be hard pressed to find a phone with these specs in the same price bracket.. (I paid $327 for mine)

Excellent budget Android phone – The Moto G5S Plus is an excellent budget Android phone. It has an excellent display, processor and memory. It comes with the latest Android OS and is not cluttered with vendor changes and so should have good flow of updates as later versions of the Android OS are released. It comes with a finger print scanner for security that also doubles for navigation so screen space is saved with not having to display the the usual navigation icons.  Show details

Great phone, But – I bought the G5S plus, when I ran over my G4 plus and smashed the screen, I find these phones excellent value for money, under $350. So, the G5S plus has a couple of draw backs for me. You can have 2 Sims and no SD card or 1 Sim with SD card. The G4 I could have 2 Sims and SD card. Also the power button in wrong spot as when holding during a… Read more

call, you keep hitting restart cutting off your call. If these could could be fixed, brilliant phone. I paid under $300. Still happy.

Bye Byeiphone(s) – After my poor experience with and review of the Moto G6 Play I thought I should write a review of the phone I got instead. The Moto G5s Plus is now "last year's model." However for the same price (as of June 2018) you can buy "last year's" top end model (G5s Plus, released only about 8 months ago) or "this year's" low end model (the G6 Play). … Read more

And I have to say I'm very pleased with this phone. Highlights:

* Dual SIM slots. Won't be relevant to many people, but if you have two numbers you can carry them both with you on one phone. In my case, I can sell TWO used iPhones and after paying for the G5s Plus, come out with a couple hundred in my pocket.

* More memory. If you don't use the second SIM slot, you can instead put in a micro SD card for more storage. No need to pay Apple's crazy markups on storage. (Disclaimer: I haven't actually tried this yet but see no reason it won't work as advertised.)

* Fast fingerprint sensor. This is really good - you just put your finger or thumb on the sensor and the phone immediately unlocks. Whereas with the iPhone you have to actually press the button as well. I always found it confusing. (Perhaps the newer iPhones are better, I don't know.)

* Great battery life. In theory, having two SIM cards active means that battery life is 30% less but I still easily get through a full 24 hours. In fact, I have just run it for 48 hours without charging, to see if it lasted. AND that is from only 80% charge, which the AccuBattery app recommends for minimum "wear" on the battery. Whereas with an iPhone, I usually had to put it back on the charger in the early evening i.e. I could go from morning to early evening but not a full 24 hours.

* Fast charging. If you use the charger that the phone comes with it charges very quickly.

* More customizable than iPhone. Apple STILL don't let you do much with the home screens. It's getting really old.

* Generally very fast and responsive. Once you get used to Android, it's more productive than an iPhone. I am finding it so anyway, and I've only been using it a bit over a week.

* Price. I can't think of anything I would have gotten by paying more, other than fancy curved glass.

Things I don't like so much are mostly Android I think. For one thing, there's more configuring to do, and it takes a bit of time to get everything set up. When the phone is new it's constantly bleeping and blooping at you so you need to spend the time to configure the notification settings of everything. And also to turn off or pacify all the things demanding that you allow them to acess this or that (iPhone isn't all that much different but Android seems a bit more annoying for some reason). And that's all the downside I can think of....

Oh, migrating my contacts was easy, instructions are at android.com/switch. Every app I used on the iPhone is also on Android and works just as well. The only thing missing is that I can't sync Apple Notes from my Mac but there are alternatives. I use Trello, which runs on anything. Its not quite as simple and quick to use as Notes admittedly.

And that's it! Great phone and OS, couldn't be more pleased really.

PS As someone mentioned below you can't run a compass app on this phone. Doesn't bother me since I don't use one anyway.

Great mid-range phone – Bought this after my iphone 6s died suddenly. I was expecting some reduction in performance, but for my needs this is absolutely perfect. I haven't noticed any performance issues at all - if anything it seems faster and more responsive than my iphone, for a lot less money! I am super happy with this purchase.  Show details

Perfect Phone – There is nothing like Motorola Moto G5s Plus. It has features that a high-end phone have but at a cheaper price. With less pay, you enjoy what a phone should be. It has 4 gigabytes of ram, 32 internal memory, octa-core processor and a 5.5 screen top with gorilla glass, there is a phone like no other. I definitely love it!  Show details

Best phone I have ever had and less than $400 – I don't subscribe to the Apple iPhone hype where I would have had to pay at least $1000 to purchase an Apple iphone. I had an S5 Galaxy but a salesperson suggested that the Motorola motog5s Plus would run rings around most of the phones under $1000. So I purchased it with Gold Service Extras Extended Warranty. The phone is great all around I… Read more

cannot fault it. It charges quickly and takes fantastic photos and is very easy to use. I saved myself heaps I cannot believe you can buy a phone the quality of this one under $400. Thanks to The Good Guys.

Great phone which beats a lot of pricier mobiles – I recently purchased this phone following the death of a well -used cheapie. After extensive research this phone seems to tick all the boxes - nfc (unusual in phones at this price) 13 mp front and 8 mp rear camera, dual card slot and for those of us who like to read e-books a 5.5" screen. It runs on Android nougat, and has a Qualcomm snapdragon… Read more

625 chip set making it nice and fast. I'm not one to be constantly on my phone, so the battery lasts up to a week and with turbo charging it charges to 100% in record time. It has both face and fingerprint recognition and you can record multiple prints - all ten fingers in fact and also prints from others in case you want friends and relatives to use you phone. There have been some reports of the fingerprint scanner not working all the time, but so far, no problems. It does everything I want and more, but, my only bugbear is that is has no led light to show missed texts and calls, which my old cheap phone did. It was a very handy feature and one that should have been on a phone at this price. There is work-around but an led alert would have been so much better.

Certainly for the price this phone cannot be faulted and if you look around can be had for well below the rrp.

Moto 5Gs plus - good but with limitations – Overall a good phone, with fast resolution, tight buttons and a sensible layout. It is easy to use. It's camera is responsive and has a range of easily used options. However, when downloading pics for storage, it is difficult to find where they went. It also has no internal magnet. This omission means you cannot install a compass or star maps.  Show details

Good phone good camera – The cameras are great. I used iPhone till now, but this moto is great. Fast charging, good battery life better than iPhone and cheap phones. I think I will get stuck with this one for a long time. Totally recommended to everyone even iPhone lovers. Good, cheap and reliable phone.  Show details

Works perfect - no need to spend more – Brought this phone to replace a Xiaomi bought online that kept having issues. I think for the price it works perfectly, a good size, not too big to use with one hand. The speed seems fine, can watch YouTube no problem and loads pages quickly. The camera is more than adequate, low light is better than my partner's Samsung. At the time of purchase… Read more

it was rated close to the best phone for the price. I could have got a Chinese branded phone on line though happy to go through a local store, in case any problems. Even still bought online and delivered to my door. I've had Motorola phones before and had no issues, the only negative on this phone is the noise it makes on start up with the hello moto sound, otherwise I recommend it.

Amazing value for moeny – Phone is fantastic considering the price. Quite fast and has a descent sized screen. Build quality is above average for a phone of this price. One area which isn't that great is the camera, which really doesn't hold up against much more expensive phones. This can be expected for the price though.  Show details

Bang for your buck – Can't believe it's a budget phone. Comes with pretty much all the essentials you need for a smart phone today including nfc for Android pay. The 1080p screen is not really a draw back in my eyes and let's better battery life, although I would have liked it to have a usb c port instead of micro usb for future proofing.  Show details

Excellent budget phone – This phone is excellent value for money, I bought it for around 350 AUD and it has been of great use. The motorola g range is never a let down. To be specific, the processor is smooth, the screen is vibrant and the camera pictures are really nice even for amateur photographers  Show details

A Lot of good features but also lacking in others – Lets start with the good, SD card slot, Decent camera, stock android (with the company promising android oero soon) Really good battery life for its size, 5.5 inch screen. Cons are the lack of an led notification light for what ever reason, some apps which run fine on other android seem to crash more on this phone (snapchat) and sometimes the… Read more

fingerprint scanner will not work. Overally a really good phone for its price just wish they added the led light notification (which there is a led light on it already that is used for letting people know that their out of power phone is indeed getting power)

Impressive! 4gig of ram, 32 gig extended, 2.0ghz processor – Traded up from a Galaxy 4, this thing blows that Samsung 4 out of the water. I almost didn't buy this fone because I saw a few reviews that said it didn't have a back button making it difficult to operate - this is totally incorrect and shows that some people should not write reviews! True, it doesn't have a button that goes 'click', but what… Read more

it does have is 5 times better. The fingerprint scanner makes logging in instant, and while it doesn't move, if you swipe left on top of it it's a back button. Tape it once and it closes the window. If you swipe right it brings up all open windows. If you hold your finger on it, it brings up 'OK Google'. The fone can remember 5 fingerprints.

The fast charger is really quick, you can top it up for a days use in 15mins or less as long as you don't expect to have the screen on all day, you just want to use it as a phone. I put my 64 gig Samsung chip in it and it reads all data perfectly. I should point out it takes a nano Sim and not the micro. I didn't attempt to cut the old sim down as some recommend on the net as the instructions say don't do it. Went to Vodafone and they just gave me a nano, connected flawlessly. Because the new sim is smaller, I had to export contacts to the 64gig chip as a file then import it back into the Moto. No problems.

The fone is fast, I can't detect any lag time at all, even assessing the Samsung chip with all my previous data, music and images on it. I've got the gold model and I keep getting asked 'is that the new iPhone?' The display is crisp and clear and I'm amazed at what I bought off eBay for $305. eBay gave me a 10% discount for some reason.

Twist it twice and the camera comes on automatically - should be on all fones! 2 karate chops and the light comes on. Very useful. Mysteriously, comes with Microsoft Outlook, and while I go out of my way to avoid Bill Gates, it's pretty good but takes some getting used to. The emails come in as normal but when you click on one it organises them like a conversation (if one exists), newest on the bottom. Strange at first but get used to it.

No bloatware just seems to be straight Android, apart from Outlook. I'm loving it and more than happy. I may find some short comings and I'll post them if I do. Very happy Motto user. Thanks Motorola for making such a great product and a great price.

PS: Camera doesn't seem to be the problem it's the app. Camera can be greatly improved by downloading and experimenting with different Camera apps as the one it comes with seems to over compress the images into jpegs. I've been experimenting with Open Camera - way noticeably better pics. Google Camera should be out soon and I'll load it up once it is. If you find a great camera app pls post it here!!!!

Great phone at great price – Having owned a Motorola G 2 (2nd Gen) for many years I decided to upgrade and ordered the latest Motorola G5S Plus. The phone works just great and I was able to migrate just about everything from the old phone painlessly due to the Motorola original setup. The price from DWI ($310 incl delivery and insurance) was the best I could find by quite a margin. I can certainly recommend both the phone and the retailer.  Show details