Motorola has announced a new entry-level phone for the North American market. The Moto E6 is a budget phone with a new design, a removable battery, and an aging processor.

The Moto E6 still has thick bezels surrounding its 5.5-inch HD+ Max Vision display (yes, it is smaller now) though the forehead isn’t as thick as the chin. There is a 5MP camera in front. It has ditched the LED flash of its predecessor and replaced it with Screen Flash. The Motorola branding still sits on the lower bezel.

The back is where the major difference is. Gone is the circular camera housing that made it easy to identify Motorola devices. Instead, the camera is now at the top left corner of the phone. It is a 13MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture and a 1.12µm pixel size. It also has PDAF and there is an LED flash below the sensor. The Moto E6 is also the first Moto E phone to have features like Spot Color and Portrait Mode (for both cameras).

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The Moto E6 has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage (expandable to 256GB max.) and is powered by a Snapdragon 435 processor. This is a processor that was released back in early 2016. It is also built on the old 28nm node. What is worse is that Motorola has also cut the battery capacity from 4000mAh to 3000mAh. So you have a smaller battery and a processor that is not efficient. The Snapdragon 429 or even MediaTek’s Helio P22 or Helio A22 SoCs would have been a better choice.

The battery is removable and charges via a MicroUSB port (5W charger). The phone also has an FM radio, P2i water-repellent nano-coating, an audio jack, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, and GPS. It runs Android Pie and will come in Starry Black and Navy Blue.

The Moto E6 has a starting price of $149.99. Motorola says it will be available in the US starting today on Verizon. It will also be available on T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Consumer Cellular, and Xfinity Mobile. It will also be available universally unlocked on Amazon.com and at Best Buy, B&H Photo, and Walmart. It will also be available in Canada.

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