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Reviews<br />
Geekbench 4<br />
GFXBench Manhattan<br />
GFXBench T-Rex<br />
most part it works well, and it feels<br />
sluggish switching back to on-screen<br />
buttons. It’s especially helpful here<br />
given the G5’s relatively petite 5in<br />
screen – the extra screen real estate<br />
gained by removing the on-screen<br />
buttons makes the display feel more<br />
expansive than it really is.<br />
of which may be familiar from other<br />
Motorola phones, while others are<br />
entirely new. They’re all optional,<br />
and are activated or deactivated<br />
from the included Moto app.<br />
You can do a double ‘karate chop’<br />
motion to turn on the torch, and<br />
quickly twist the phone backwards<br />
and forwards twice to activate the<br />
camera. Placing the phone face<br />
down on a table sets it do ‘Do Not<br />
Disturb’, while picking it up when<br />
it’s ringing will silence the ringtone.<br />
You can also swipe up from the<br />
bottom of the screen to shrink the<br />
display for easy one-handed use.<br />
The most welcome addition is<br />
the use of the fingerprint sensor<br />
as a one-button replacement<br />
for Android’s normal on-screen<br />
controls. You can now swipe left<br />
across the sensor to go back, tap<br />
it for home, and swipe right to<br />
open the list of recent apps.<br />
It’s an intuitive system and<br />
within seconds we were comfortably<br />
swiping away – it really speeds up<br />
loads of basic tasks, and is a feature<br />
not many other Android phones<br />
have yet. Occasionally, it can be a<br />
bit fiddly – registering your swipe as<br />
a press, or vice versa – but for the<br />
Verdict<br />
There’s fierce competition in<br />
Android’s mid-range market, but<br />
the Moto G5 is a strong contender.<br />
The build quality alone feels like it<br />
belongs on a much more expensive<br />
phone, while the fingerprint<br />
gesture controls genuinely improve<br />
the Android experience. The<br />
benchmarks and battery hold it<br />
back, but they’re not unreasonable<br />
given the price – and you won’t find<br />
a much better-looking phone at<br />
£169. You might want to spend the<br />
extra to get the Moto G5 Plus with<br />
more storage, a better camera and<br />
more. J Dominc Preston<br />
The G5 takes clear<br />
and crisp photos<br />
<strong>July</strong> <strong>2017</strong> www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews 53
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