Powered by a 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, running a near-stock version of Android 7.0 Nougat and priced at less than $300 USD, the Moto G5 Plus has been crowned the best budget phone of 2017 by nearly ever reviewer to handle it. The phone is carrier unlocked, and Motorola remains one of the few phone manufactures not only open to, but actually friendly about, bootloader unlocking. By all metrics, the Moto G5 Plus should be an Android hacker’s playground, and in my limited experience with the device so far, it really is.
