Motorola has lifted the veil off its latest budget smartphone, the Moto G. The device brings with it a user experience found on the Moto X but on a budget. Starting off with the specifications, the smartphone has a 4.5-inch 1280x720p edge-to-edge display covered in Gorilla Glass 3. The insides of the smartphone has a water-resistant nano-coating making it hardier than most phones in its segment.
Under the hood of the Moto G we have the Snapdragon 400 chipset with a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, Adreno 305 GPU along with 1GB RAM. The smartphone runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean from the get go and Motorola says that the Android 4.4. Kitkat update will be available in January 2014. The rear of the smartphone has a 5MP camera and the front has a 1.3MP video-calling camera. A 1950mAh battery powers the entire package. Taking a leaf from the Moto X, the smartphone is available in a bunch of colours such as red, yellow, blue and more.
The smartphone will be available in two storage variants – 8GB and 16GB. The 8GB variant is priced a $179 (Rs. 11,300 approx.) and the 16GB variant is priced at $199 (Rs. 12,500 approx.). In India, Motorola will launch a dual-SIM variant of the smartphone.
On its official blog Motorola says that the smartphone will go “on sale this week in Brazil and parts of Europe and will be available within the next few weeks throughout Latin America, Europe, Canada and parts of Asia. It will be available in the US, India, the Middle East and more of Asia in early January. Moto G will be in more than 30 countries with 60 partners by 2014.”
In the sub 15K price range, the Moto G will face competition from the likes of the Xolo Q1000S, Micromax Canvas Magnus, Micromax A90S, Xolo Q2000, Sony Xperia M Dual and more.
Source: Motorola