New Moto E Released

[ryankul]

Picked one up a few days ago. Great build quality, nice display size and expandable storage. Battery life has been awesome! $59 for the Sprint prepaid model. Would make even a great little internet device.

My unboxing
http://youtu.be/D__2uK4l7XQ

 

[Stooby Mcdoobie]

Picked one up a few days ago. Great build quality, nice display size and expandable storage. Battery life has been awesome! $59 for the Sprint prepaid model. Would make even a great little internet device.

My unboxing
http://youtu.be/D__2uK4l7XQ

Did you have to purchase any type of plan when you bought it? I'm looking to replace my workout device (currently Lumia 520) and would not be activating it to use as a phone.

 

[AppleRobert]

Did you have to purchase any type of plan when you bought it? I'm looking to replace my workout device (currently Lumia 520) and would not be activating it to use as a phone.

I never had to activate when I have bought prepaid smart phones from Best Buy from Sprint, Boost, Virgin, etc.

I just bring them to the checkout and I am on my way. Some devices go through an initial activation procedure when powered on for the first time, I just remove the Sim beforehand. If it still tries, it will ultimately fail and I just go ahead and use it like an iPod touch.

 

[MacGekko]

Picked one up a few days ago. Great build quality, nice display size and expandable storage. Battery life has been awesome! $59 for the Sprint prepaid model. Would make even a great little internet device.

My unboxing
http://youtu.be/D__2uK4l7XQ

I tried the Lumia 635 as an Ipod Touch alternative and I hated the Windows Phone OS and the myriad of data sharing and privacy you had to turn off/on, couple that with a glitchy music player and native video player that did not have a proper fast forward/rewind button and I decided to return it.

How would this stack up if my main concern was playing movies, video podcasts, and youtube videos downloaded from mac and transferred to the Moto E.

How many hours of video watching would this battery provide? How would the screen compare to an Ipod Touch's retina display for watching video? How is the native video player?

Is there a lot of bloatware and can you configure the home screen to remove as many icons as you like? Is there an OS X program that allows for a relatively easy way to transfer music and videos from Itunes onto the Moto E when it is connected to your Macbook?

 

[AppleRobert]

I tried the Lumia 635 as an Ipod Touch alternative and I hated the Windows Phone OS and the myriad of data sharing and privacy you had to turn off/on, couple that with a glitchy music player and native video player that did not have a proper fast forward/rewind button and I decided to return it.

How would this stack up if my main concern was playing movies, video podcasts, and youtube videos downloaded from mac and transferred to the Moto E.

How many hours of video watching would this battery provide? How would the screen compare to an Ipod Touch's retina display for watching video? How is the native video player?

Is there a lot of bloatware and can you configure the home screen to remove as many icons as you like? Is there an OS X program that allows for a relatively easy way to transfer music and videos from Itunes onto the Moto E when it is connected to your Macbook?

I'm not an owner so cannot help but if others don't chime in for your inquiries, why not just go buy and try? Unless that is not an option for you.

 

[AppleRobert]

Sprint Prepaid on sale at Best Buy:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sprint-...lack/2729581.p?id=1219563946201&skuId=2729581

 

[jnpy!$4g3cwk]

Ars Technica has a really good detailed review out. Looks like the battery is really good too.

According to the review, Band 12 LTE is supported on the GSM version. This is important! T-Mobile has stated that it intends to roll out a lot of Band 12, and, very few phones until now have supported it. A family member has a similar previous Moto G and loves it.

The processor supports ARMv8/AArch64! Almost no other phones support it (except Apple iPhone 5S/6/6+ of course.) I wish that Motorola/T-Mobile would commit to/upgrade to/support 64-bit Android Lollipop when it becomes more stable. If they did, I would literally go buy one tomorrow.

 

[PDFierro]

According to the review, Band 12 LTE is supported on the GSM version. This is important! T-Mobile has stated that it intends to roll out a lot of Band 12, and, very few phones until now have supported it. A family member has a similar previous Moto G and loves it.

The processor supports ARMv8/AArch64! Almost no other phones support it (except Apple iPhone 5S/6/6+ of course.) I wish that Motorola/T-Mobile would commit to/upgrade to/support 64-bit Android Lollipop when it becomes more stable. If they did, I would literally go buy one tomorrow.

I saw that. Pretty impressive. Many recent phones such as the Moto X are missing Band 12.