Today Motorola announced three new smartphones the Moto G (2015) the Moto X Play and the Moto X Style.
Now onto the first the Moto G
Motorola has today officially announced its Moto G (Gen 3) 2015 smartphone. The third-generation device will be looking to build on the successes of the company’s previous Moto G generations and will hopefully do so by featuring greatly improved hardware and proprietary software alongside the Android operating system.
The original Moto G, which originally hit physical and digital shelves back in 2013, set the tone and built a customer base for the second-generation device launch in September last year.
From a hardware perspective the third-generation Moto G is much improved in relation to its predecessors. The latest device in the range, which has built up somewhat of a cult following among budget-smartphones over the last two years, will ship with a 5-inch 720p display serving up a 1280×720 pixel resolution and battery capacity of 2,470mAh. Motorola has taken the opportunity to integrate a Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 SoC with either 1GB or 2GB of RAM depending on the specific variant chosen. A lower capacity 8GB version and a higher capacity 16GB will be offered, served up with the aforementioned 1GB and 2GB RAM respectively.
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The standard microSD slot is all present and correct on the device in an effort to serve up additional internal storage beyond the relatively limited 8 or 16GB.
Motorola has also bundled in a 13-megapixel camera in the rear that features the same sensor as found on the Nexus 6 with dual-tone flash. Fans of video-calling and those who want a strong selfie game can take advantage of the forward-facing 5-megapixel offering and the integrated 4G LTE connectivity for those seamless streaming face-to-face video calls.
The new Moto G has a IPX7 certification allows the Moto G 2015 to be submerged to a depth of 3 feet for 30 minutes.
Price:
The new Moto G is available today starting price of £179 on Moto Maker, with the 16GB version available at £209 starting today. Also available through carriers including Three, 02, Vodafone and BT Business and a number of retailers and e-tailers, such as Amazon from a starting price of £159.
Release Date:
Moto G goes on sale in 60 countries worldwide today.
The new Moto X family: Finally, phones that love you back.
Announcing two editions to offer you even more choice:
Now for the Moto X Play
Moto X Play With up to 48-hours of battery life and a water-repellent design, Moto X Play will love you back day and night, rain or shine. Stay connected on your commute, at work, at play and whenever you need it most—and still have enough battery to get you into the next day. Take brilliant photos and stunning videos with its 21 megapixel camera, and show them off on the edge-to-edge 5.5-inch HD display. And living up to its name, get all the power you need for gaming, streaming and multi-tasking at the speed of life with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.
The Moto X features a 3,630 mAh 30-hour battery which should let it run up to two days on a single charge, plus a water-resistant body, the new Moto X Play “is ready for anything.” The front of the device is dominated by a 5.5-inch 1080p screen which maxes out at 1,920-by-1,080 pixels, just like Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus.
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The Play is driven by a 1.6GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 450 graphics and has two gigabytes of RAM. Connectivity capabilities include built-in NFC for contactless payments, as well as Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band 802.11an Wi-Fi and 4G LTE.
The Play has a five-megapixel shooter out the front and a back-facing 21-megapixel camera with 1080p video capture at 30 frames per second. It comes in 16/32GB tiers, expandable via micro SD, and will be available starting in August in “various countries” across Europe, Latin America and Canada.
The Moto X Style
Featuring a 5.7-inch edge-to-edge quad-HD 1440p display at 2,560-by-1,440 pixels, the phone has front-facing stereo speakers and is powered by Qualcomm’s 1.8GHz hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor with Adreno 418 graphics and three gigabytes of RAM.
The Style supports Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11an Wi-Fi and 4G LTE Category 6 for up to twice as fast 300Mbps cellular data transfer, a feature forthcoming iPhones should include as well.
The Moto X Style has a powerful back-facing camera with a whopping 21 megapixel resolution and 1080p video capture at 60 frames per second. The front-facing camera is five megapixels with a wide angle lens. Both front and back cameras have flash.
The phone can be customized with a variety of backplate colours and metal accents, including all-new Saffiano leather, real wood with unique grains and new silicon options. And if you buy it straight from Motorola, you’ll get pure Android Lollipop 5.1.1 experience without carrier junkware and bloatware.
A 3,000 mAh battery provides up to 30 hours of “mixed use,” according to Motorola, with a fast-charging feature called TurboCharge capable of providing ten hours of power in just fifteen minutes of charging.
The device will be offered in 16/32/64GB tiers, but the storage can be upgraded to 128 gigabytes by way of micro SD memory cards.
The Style will be available in markets across Europe, Latin America and North America starting in September.
