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thatjeffdude's review of the Motorola Moto G5S Plus
original version, submitted May 2, 2018, 8:15 PM:
Serious design flaws! Lenovo/Moto to remove from Market soon!
I bought a Moto G5S Plus somewhat recently and it had the following issues: - A popping sound is heard when a notification sound finishes playing on the external speaker of the phone - Audio is still very quiet even at max volume while headphones are plugged in (audio is fine without headphones, with the exception of the previous problem) - Phone crashes often while using googlemaps and driving - Phone irregularly turns off during the night - Wifi Cutting in and out Oh, and you know how they advertise it as having a nice camera? The actual camera is great, but the video camera is SHIT! The camera has tons of great customization options and the video camera LITERALLY HAS NONE! I'm not joking... nothing. TERRIBLE auto focus and the autolighting (that you can't disable), and it's so bad it makes your 1080p 60fps footage look grainy and pixelated af. I read on the Lenovo forums and TONS of people are having the same issues (specifically the audio issues). Did all the troubleshooting (even factory reset) and it didn't fix it. They sent me a replacement and it has the SAME audio issues! That means it's a badly designed, glitchy, overall shitty phone. Just to be fair, the battery life, hardware, display, and speed of phone are all great. Nothing wrong in those departments, but it doesn't make up for the several glitchy issues seen in nearly every one of these phones. I'm currently work with Ting (the cell phone provider I bought the phone from) and after showing them the forums and seeing everything, they're removing the Moto G5S Plus from their store soon! I'm also bringing it up with Lenovo, but I think they already know the issues with the phone, but aren't going to stop selling them because they're scumbags. I assume they're just stop producing them and finish selling them off quickly. Do NOT buy anything from Lenovo. I'm $270 down the drain and stuck with a shit phone. Go with a different manufacturer.
edited May 2, 2018, 8:19 PM to the current version:
Serious design flaws! Lenovo/Moto to remove from Market soon!
I bought a Moto G5S Plus somewhat recently and it had the following issues:
- A popping sound is heard when a notification sound finishes playing on the external speaker of the phone
- Audio is still very quiet even at max volume while headphones are plugged in (audio is fine without headphones, with the exception of the previous problem)
- Phone crashes often while using googlemaps and driving
- Phone irregularly turns off during the night
- Wifi Cutting in and out
Oh, and you know how they advertise it as having a nice camera? The actual camera is great, but the video camera is very, very bad! The camera has tons of great customization options and the video camera literally has NONE! I'm not joking... nothing. Terrible auto focus and the autolighting (that you can't disable), and it's so bad it makes your 1080p 60fps footage look grainy and pixelated.
I read on the Lenovo forums and tons of people are having the same issues (specifically the audio issues). Did all the troubleshooting (even factory reset) and it didn't fix it. They sent me a replacement and it has the same audio issues!
That means it's a badly designed, glitchy, overall terrible phone.
Just to be fair, the battery life, hardware, display, and speed of phone are all great. Nothing wrong in those departments, but it doesn't make up for the several glitchy issues seen in nearly every one of these phones.
I'm currently work with Ting (the cell phone provider I bought the phone from) and after showing them the forums and seeing everything, they're removing the Moto G5S Plus from their store soon! I'm also bringing it up with Lenovo, but I think they already know the issues with the phone, but aren't going to stop selling them because they're business ethics are questionable at best. I assume they're just stop producing them and finish selling them off quickly.
Do not buy anything from Lenovo. I'm $270 down the drain and stuck with a shit phone. Go with a different manufacturer.
