I do recommend using the charger that comes with your phone, but it’s frustrating to not be able to use existing USB-C chargers. I plugged in the 18W Pixel charger I normally use and it wouldn’t charge, nor would a number of others. One finicky part of charging is that the phone has a limitation on charging. There is of course no wireless charging offered on the Moto E7. The phone takes around an hour and a half to 2 hours to charge fully. The Moto E7 is rated for 5W of charging (with a 10W charger in the box) – as you’d expect, the charge times from this aren’t impressive. I was able to eke out a fairly solid life on the Moto E7 averaging from 5-7 hours of screen on time, though if you want more you’ll lessen the overall life.
The Moto E7 is no different, easily getting through a day, and stretching into a second, sometimes with ease – dependent on your use. The past few generations of Moto phones have included an impressively solid, one to two day battery life. The MediaTek platform is fairly good overall, and the only thing I have to note is the lack of NFC which is a hassle when purchasing at stores that prefer Tap & Pay to cash in this new world defined by COVID-19. The MediaTek Helio G25 also only supports 4G, but does a decent job on the speeds with the hotspot on though it can seem slower when surfing the web or checking apps. That said there are times when the CPU seems under-powered, with the phone locking up to the point of not responding for a few seconds. It chugs along just getting through what you need without a lot of fanfare. While MediaTek aren’t the flagship vendor for CPUs, they do a respectable job and for the most part that’s the story of the Moto E7.
Under the hood, Motorola are using a MediaTek Helio G25 processor, with 4GB RAM and 64GB of on-board storage (with microSD card support up to 512GB). It’s an underpowered speaker, and prone to distortion. The headphone jack is still worth having for a lot of people, and it works pretty well which is good because the speaker setup on the phone is pretty poor. There’s a USB-C connector on the bottom, and a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top.
As far as the rest of the design goes, you get the usual volume rocker and power button on the right, with a Google Assistant shortcut key on the left hand side.
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