Moto E: Camera performance and image quality

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The newest member in the Moto family, the Moto E, offers a 5MP fixed focus camera which sounds decent for a low-budget smartphone, but does it really deliver?

Motorola is very smartly launching smartphones in every price segment with competitive specifications and is gathering a lot of buzz across the country. Recently it launched the Moto E, a low-budget smartphone for Rs. 6,999. We’ve already seen its performance capabilities and also done our standard battery test which turned out to be surprisingly good.

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In the camera department, things don’t sound good as there is a 5MP fixed-focus camera and there is no flash to provide a fill-in when shooting in low-light conditions. There is no autofocus which means that you will be left with pictures which are not sharp as the focusing mechanism of the camera is fixed to a particular distance.

We clicked some pictures and found that the imaging sensor on the Moto E is not capable to handle low light conditions. Even in bright conditions the camera struggles to capture quality sharp pictures and as they lack details and colour vibrance. Even the Moto G has a 5MP sensor, but when compared to the Moto E, there is a vast difference.  While the camera on the Moto G has an autofocus system, it also has a better sensor resulting in way better pictures.

So if you are hoping that the camera on the Moto E will impress, well we suggest you to bring down your hopes as the camera quality is just not up to the mark.

Kunal Khullar
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