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Brightness too is okay at best, with the panel not getting so bright that it can compete with the sun, nor so dim that it can be comfortably used in bed at night. Also, in daylight the noise reduction algorithms tend to turn some natural textures such as grass into mush. There’s often too much purple hue in the browns of nature scenes, highlighted by the Motorola Moto E6 Plus’s tendency to slightly overexpose images when there’s no sky in the shot to act as an exposure guide. Asphalt 9 runs but its frame rate is slow enough to seem slightly juddery. PUBG is pretty smooth but will only run at the lower graphics settings, missing out on anti-aliasing and some higher-end textures. It’s an octa-core CPU with Cortex-A53 cores and a PowerVR graphics chipset. That’s an ageing core and one of the least common brands of mobile GPUs. In this regard, the Motorola Moto E6 Plus really has taken a leaf out of the old-school book of phone design.

The Moto G6 Play or Moto G7 Power are better “low maintenance” phones for light users who want to think about charging as little as possible.

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I switched to the Motorola Moto E6 Plus from the Google Pixel 3A XL, an “affordable” phone that’s almost five times the price of the Moto. Sure, the plastics used in the Moto are cheaper, but it didn’t seem like a major stylistic downgrade. Like most Motos, it’s fine. Moderate use might see it hold onto around 20-30% by bed, but I’ve drained it further most days. This is because use has included a lot of streamed audio, a fair amount of YouTube and some public transport navigation by CityMapper. Space isn’t limitless, then, but for the kind of person who wants a cheap phone for the basics it will do the job. Motorola, with the E6 Plus, is certainly attempting to show that it is dedicated to providing something of a luxury experience - at least when compared to rivals. One real positive however is the itty-bitty notch at the top, which is so small that it is really quite difficult to become annoyed about. In person it is even smaller than in photos, so only the most committed of notch-phobes need worry.

You can see the grid of pixels in some lower-end LCDs, and low-res OLEDs tend to look fuzzy. But here? A perfectly satisfying image. You’ll see these loading pauses more regularly than in other phones, too, because the Motorola Moto E6 Plus has only 2GB of RAM (4GB version available in some countries). Phones use this kind of memory to “park” apps when not in use, to avoid closing them down completely in case you return after a few minutes. The Motorola Moto E6 Plus doesn’t yet support the Vulkan graphics API, so certain titles such as Ark: Survival Evolved simply won’t work as they should. The game runs, but none of the 3D elements appear. On the other hand, a sealed in unit is often accomplished in concert with some basic weather-sealing techniques, which give a phone a degree of water-resistance – even if officially has none. Other Motos use a “nano coating” to achieve this effect. The Motorola Moto E6 Plus’s blur mode also lets you choose the virtual aperture. Its widest f/0.95 setting throws everything out of focus bar your subject, with a pleasing level of progressive blur on show.As mentioned, the Moto E6 Plus goes a little further than most budget handsets in its quest to impress on the design front. That’s a departure from the previous generation which used Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, but if your heart sunk when you saw the word “MediaTek” then you’re in for a pleasant surprise. As well as feeling smooth enough in day-to-day use, it actually outperformed most of its Qualcomm-toting rivals in our benchmarks. The Motorola Moto E6 Plus’s 6.1in display is one of the best you’ll find at the price, even though its 1560 x 720 pixel resolution doesn’t sound impressive on paper. It’s a similar story when it comes to graphics processing. The E6 Plus ranks significantly ahead of last year’s Moto E, and within touching distance of the Moto G7 Power. At a glance, it seems to be well ahead of the Vodafone Smart X9, but resolution is important here: while the Redmi 7A and Moto E6 Plus have 720p screens, the Vodafone handset has a 1080p panel – hence the numbers are levelled when the tests are done offscreen.

But for the basics – and more besides – the Motorola Moto E6 Plus is a charmer, and one of the better Moto E series phones to date.

Super cheap, but at what cost?

The Motorola Moto E6 Plus has a 6.1in screen. A number of Motorola’s “Plus” phones over the years have been a bit of a handful; they’ve been unsuitable for children and those who find bigger displays a bit of a stretch. As smartphones go, the Moto E6 Plus doesn’t really stand out when it comes to looks. In this case, I think that’s a good thing, though. At a glance there’s precious little difference between this and a handset two or three times the price.