I-Moto G5 iboniswe ngeCawe ephelileyo, nge-26 kaFebruwari, ngaphakathi kwesakhelo seNkomfa yeHlabathi yeBhola e-Barcelona, inkampani yase-China i-Lenovo kudala ilawula ukwenziwa kwezi zixhobo kwaye kule nguqulo intsha ikwazile ukuphucula eyangaphambili. iimodeli ezineenkcukacha ezincinci njengokufika kwesinyithi kwi-chassis okanye ngasemva kwayo ukugcina ixabiso kuluhlu olunomdla ngokwenene ngaphandle kotshintsho olwenziwe.
Okwangoku, iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yenkampani ayikawuhlaziyi umhla wokuqaliswa okunokwenzeka, kodwakwiAmazon ungasele uyithengile ngokufumaneka kwangomso kwii-euro ezingama-199 kwimodeli yayo esisiseko. Ixabiso yinto eyathethwayo ngexesha lokwenziwa kunye nee-euro ezingama-199 zemodeli ene-2 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-16 GB yememori yangaphakathi. Kwimeko yemodeli ene-3 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-16 GB yememori yangaphakathi, ixabiso inyuka iye kwi-euro ezingama-209, 10 nje euro ngaphezulu.
Ngayiphi na imeko, into abayikhupha esifubeni eLenovo kukuhlala bethembekile kwimigaqo yabo ngezi zixhobo, isoftware ehlaziyiweyo ene-Android Nougat kunye nohlaziyo ubuncinci iminyaka. Ngokucacileyo asijonganga nee-smartphones ezilungileyo esinazo kwintengiso, kodwa sinokuthi ukuba bayayigcina loo mali esele sijonge kuyo phakathi kuluhlu, izibonelelo ukuze isixhobo singasileli, inkxaso kuhlaziyo kunye nenkonzo yasemva kokuthengisa kunye nexabiso eliqulathiweyo. Imodeli yeMoto G5 Plus kuya kufuneka ilinde ixesha elide njengoko singayiboni xa ithengiswa okanye kwiAmazon, kodwa asicingi ukuba kuthatha ixesha elide ukuyazisa.