Motorola One 5G Ace review: specs, battery & used prices

Summary

The Motorola One 5G Ace was 5G on a budget before that stopped being remarkable: a Snapdragon 750G, a 6.7-inch display and a 5,000 mAh battery at a $400 launch price. Our everyday score of 33/100 and battery score of 40/100 describe a practical mid-ranger whose secondhand price has fallen to impulse territory.

Display and design

The 6.7-inch LCD at 60 Hz and 400 nits is the honest workhorse panel: big, adequately bright, unexciting — an 18/100 screen score records the refresh rate and contrast without cruelty. At 212 g with IP52, it is a large, dense slab built for endurance over elegance. The 73/100 compactness score notes the heft.

Performance

The Snapdragon 750G was solid budget silicon with a genuine 5G modem: everyday 33/100, gaming 5/100. The modem future-proofed the phone for networks more than the chip did for apps — which, for a budget buyer in 2021, was the correct priority.

Camera

A 48 MP main, 8 MP ultrawide and a 2 MP macro, no OIS, 4K30 video. The 26/100 score is the tier's standard result: usable daylight shots from the main camera, everything else decorative.

Battery and charging

The 5,000 mAh cell scores 40/100 and pairs with the modest chip for a comfortable day and a half of mixed use. Charging at 15 W is slow; the battery is the feature, the charger is the chore.

Verdict

Used supply is healthy at the bottom of the price scale: 6/128 units cluster around $65 (seven listings) — a functional 5G phone for pocket change, with the spent software window as the honest caveat. That makes it one of the best floor-buys in the catalog. The G Pure is the even cheaper no-5G alternative; the Edge (2021) adds an OLED-adjacent experience and faster chip for a small step up in the used market.