Just received my Motorola Moto E (4th Gen) and I'm impressed with how nice it feels in the hand. Amazon will sell a boatload of these things. The new Moto E4 looks like it had a Moto G5 Plus as a father and a Moto G Play as a mother. The 5 inch size will fit well in anybody's hand and is a good size for a man or woman. This phone is thinner than the G Play and like that model, works on all four major carriers as well as their smaller MVNOs. Verizon beat out Amazon, introducing the Moto E4 a week ago, but that model can only work on the Verizon's CDMA network and only has 4 LTE bands. It is $30 cheaper than the Amazon version, but you lose the flexibility of being able to drop any carrier and go to another. That alone, can save you from having to buy another phone. This phone gives you the flexibility to drop AT&T and go to Verizon or T-mobile. Not very many phones support Univeral Carrier Access!

The Moto E4 is powered by a Snapdragon 425 chip that is surprisingly speedy for a low-priced phone. It won't play Asphalt 8 as well as a Samsung S8, but for less resource-intensive games it will be fine! Just for the technically-minded here are 2 popular benchmark scores

Geekbench 4
Single Core 649
Multi Core 1819

Antutu v 6.2.7
34947

These scores aren't going to impress a hard-core gamer, but for most people, they're pretty good! The newer 400 and 600 series Qualcomm chips aren't much slower than the 800 series from a couple of years back. This phone takes a nano-sim, so you may need to see your carrier or have a friend trim your micro-sim to use it in this phone! The camera is an 8 MP 1080 P shooter. I took a couple of daylight snaps and they looked quite decent! The 5 MP selfie camera has a flash ...a nice addition. I'll post them to this review later. This Moto model has a micro USB input for charging, not the USB-C type which is on newer, more expensive phones, so you can re-use your older cords and chargers.

Here are the available bands:

GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

WCDMA B1 (2100)/ B2 (1900)/ B4 (1700/2100)/ B5 (850)/ B8 (900)MHz

CDMA BC0 (850) BC1 (1900) BC10 (850+)

LTE TDD 38/41

FDD Band 1/2/4/5/7/8/12(lower 700 1bc)/13 (upper 700)/17 (lower 700 bc)/25/26/66

The fingerprint sensor works very well and is a great feature at this price point!!

This phone like the G4 and G5 Plus Moto models, also features dual-band Wireless N, so you folks with dual-band wireless routers can take advantage of the 5Mhz band, releaving the stress on your overburdened 2.4 Mhz band. This makes for faster app downloads and YouTube and Amazon Prime videos that don't stutter and drop frames! Put that cable TV app on your phone and you have another TV set!

I'd recommend the Moto E4 to anyone who wants a quality phone at a low price. It's a better buy than the older Moto G Play, which sells for the same price. It has an even newer version of Android Nougat 7.1.1 (May 1, 2017 security patch) than the Moto G5 Plus. It's a great first smartphone for someone or as a backup to your flagship phone. It's also perfectly suitable to be the daily driver for someone who really doesn't need an expensive phone. Buying this phone, is like buying a Toyota Corolla ...it's not super fancy, like a Lexus, but it gets you where you need to go!

I picked up a few accessories when I ordered this phone as well. I got a micro sd card SanDisk Extreme 32GB microSDHC UHS-I Card - SDSQXAF-032G-GN6MA [Newest Version] which I formatted for Internal Memory. It's a faster u3 type which is better to use as internal storage. I've also switched to glass screen protectors, which surprisingly, are easier to install than the matte or clear sheet type are. Moto E4 Screen Protector, Wellci [ 2 Pack ] Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Moto E4 (Ultra Clear) This was one of the few brands available when I bought my phone. The selection may be better now. For a case, I purchased the Moto E4 Case, LONTECT [Heavy Duty] [Shock-Absorption] [Kickstand Feature] Hybrid Dual Layer Armor Defender Case Cover for Moto E4 - Grey I like this style of case as it offers good protection and has a nice stand to use your E4 as a TV or for watching your Amazon Prime and YouTube content. It is available under several brand names!
* Please check any case carefully before you buy it. Thanks to Donavon Hornbeck for pointing out that many of the E4 cases are for the International Version, which has the microphone opening above the camera lens and the earphone jack in a different place. Only purchase a case with the microphone opening to the left of the Camera lens for the E4 USA version! I bought the wrong one, but I'll drill a small hole and fix that!

Update: 08/01/2017 Last night I was in Walmart, and saw they are selling the Verizon Prepaid version of the Moto E4 for $39.95! For Verizon prepaid customers who need a better phone, it’s an absolute bargain. But please be aware that it’s a locked phone, that only has Verizon’s LTE bands 2,4 and 13, so you can’t use it on AT&T or T-Mobile or smaller MVNOs that buy minutes from them. It lacks a GSM radio! Verizon gives you a hard time if you want to use it on your postpaid account, so be aware of that situation as well!
Sprint and its discount daughter Boost, as well as Metro PCS, are now selling the Moto E4 in gold. The drawback is …that it doesn’t have the fingerprint sensor on it, so it’s not such a great deal for $49.95

 Check out my video for more detail on this phone, which I believe is definitely one of the best phones that you can get right now for under $100. Check out my YouTube Channel for follow up videos, and reviews of some accessories for this device.

Note: I just received this device today, but here are my thoughts so far. I will update this when I complete my full review.

Build: 4/5 - There is no doubt that this is a budget phone when you hold it. With that being said, it looks good in my opinion, and it feels quite sturdy to hold in the hand. The back plastic has a decent grip, but I would definitely recommend buying a case for this phone, because the camera sticks out quite a bit from the back and could quite easily get scratched or broke without the protection of a case. P.S. The fingerprint sensor on this phone works great, and I love the one button nav. option that you can find in the Moto App.

Display: 4.5/5 - The 720p 5" display on this phone looks good in my opinion. It's actually one of the more pleasing 720p displays that I've looked at in a while. The screen also gets fairly bright, and is pretty easily visible on the brightest of days.

Performance: 4.5/5 - The Snapdragon 425 processor and 2gb of RAM is a relatively common setup in many budget friendly phones. In the Moto E4 it seems to run quite well as a combination. So far gaming has been very smooth, and it's able to handle all the common daily tasks like scrolling through social media, watching YouTube, listening to music, etc...

Software: 4/5 - Moto is known for there mostly stock software, and the slight tweaks they offer are generally quite useful. The same is true on this device. Personally I would recommend getting the non-Prime Exclusive version for the extra $30, but if you don't mind the ads and all of the Amazon Apps that are pre-installed, then the $99 version is still very good.

Battery: 4.5/5 - So far, so good. On day one (today) I set it up by 10am with the basics that I use on a daily basis. By the time I shot my video at 11pm I was down to around 40% battery. At that point I had just over 3 hours of screen on time, which would lead me to believe that this phone would safely get 5 to 6 hours of SOT for most users. All that is to say that you should be able to get through most days pretty easily with this phone.

Camera: 4/5 - Check out my video on YouTube for clearer images, because Amazon compresses the video a ton (lowers the quality significantly), but in general the cameras on the Moto E4 are nothing amazing, but they also aren't bad at all. I would say for a $100 phone the cameras are honestly quite good. They certainly won't compete with the flagships phones in clarity, but you shouldn't expect that at this price point.

Other Notes:
- The speaker is front facing and can get quite loud and is pretty clear.
- It is unlocked, so you will be able to use it on any carrier in the U.S.
- It is splash resistant. I haven't tested this, but I will have to take Moto's word for it on this one. It's not water resistant though, so don't accidentally drop it in your toilet.