**Motorola Moto G 5 Review: A Budget-Friendly Option with Great Features**
The Motorola Moto G 5 is a budget-friendly smartphone that packs a punch when it comes to features and performance. With its sleek design, great display, and impressive camera system, this phone is definitely worth considering for anyone looking for an affordable option without sacrificing too much in terms of quality.
**Camera App**
One of the standout features of the Moto G 5 is its camera app. The camera is accessed by launching into the camera app and snapping a photograph by twisting twice - once to turn the flashlight on and off, and if you don't want that feature, you can also turn them off as well. Another useful feature is the twist for quick capture, which is a feature that I really like about Motorola phones. This allows you to quickly take photos without having to go through too many steps.
To demonstrate this feature, let's launch into the camera app and snap a photograph. You can also switch between the front-facing and rear-facing camera by twisting again. We also have swiped to shrink screen, but this only works if we turn off the one-button navigation. So, let's go ahead and turn that off so we can demonstrate this feature.
**Swiping Screen**
To show you how this works, swipe up toward the middle of the screen. This will minimize the display, giving you more space to work with. You can tap anywhere on the black space to get back to full screen. If you swipe to the right or left, it justifies to the left or right. We have a few other features here, such as pickup to stop ringing soon as you pick up the phone, and also do not disturb by flipping the phone face down under display.
This is where we could turn off live screen notifications, so if you don't want those flashing on the lockscreen, you can just turn them off right here. We also have blocks or naps from showing that on the lock screen, or limit the amount of information and detail that appears on the lock screen in terms of vibrate on touch if you have new notifications and you pick up the phone.
**Notification System**
The rest of the interface is pretty close to stock Android. We have our notifications with a clear all button down below. We can expand out our quick setting toggles, and they're pretty close to stock Android, nothing really unique here. So, if we go to edit, you can expand this out to see what else is available.
**Edit Section**
If you want to edit these, just drag and drop to the active screen or remove anything you don't want by dragging it to the inactive screen. You can also add the nearby feature. If you don't want this default widget, you can go ahead and remove it if you don't want it but I find it useful.
**Settings Panel**
Not a whole lot to take a look at here so you can see we can swipe in from the edge to jump to our settings list. Go back here to get to the main settings homepage, and then the options here are pretty basic, nothing really stands out.
**Display Options**
Under display, we have the option to turn on the camera by double pressing the power button which is great this works whether the device is locked or not so that takes you right to the camera. Now, the one feature that's unique to this Amazon version is this Amazon settings page so this allows us to switch our accounts or modify our account preferences.
**Camera Settings**
Terms of the camera app it is really simple it's easy to use and gets the basics right snap a photograph you can tap anywhere on the shot to adjust exposure and focus manually if you want. We can also take a burst shot, it's not the fastest first shot here and then we can also swipe in from the edge to get to our settings and some of the settings include our resolution in terms of our video resolution.
**Video Resolution**
We can go up to 4k at 30 frames per second or if you want 60 frames per second you can go down to 1080p in terms of photo size. 12 megapixels is 4 by 3 so you want to crop it if you want 16 by 9 otherwise that's all there is to it. We also have our flash controls and the timer.
**Manual Controls**
At the end of the day, the moji 5 does something that I really like about this type of phone and that is the question why flagship phones are so expensive especially when this one gets all the basics right and a lot of flagship phones can't even do that. It's got a great display, a great design that's solid and rigid, a great camera system that really impresses, and then your stock Android experience that isn't bogged down by the weight of its features.
**Battery Life**
And that comes with great battery life as well so overall the Moto G 5 is easily my recommended film for anybody looking for a phone that's cheaper than $500 without sacrificing too much in terms of quality. It may not have all the bells and whistles, but it gets the job done and at this price point, it's definitely worth considering.
**Conclusion**
The Motorola Moto G 5 is a budget-friendly smartphone that packs a punch when it comes to features and performance. With its great display, impressive camera system, and solid design, this phone is definitely worth considering for anyone looking for an affordable option without sacrificing too much in terms of quality.