Feb 5, 2014
Motorola will release Android KitKat update for its Moto G smartphone in India within a week. Motorola India's spokesperson announced this during the launch event today. Motorola Moto G was launched in India today with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system. The phone comes in 8 GB and 16 GB versions; while the former is priced at Rs 12,999, the later costs Rs 13,999.
Motorola Moto G comes with replaceable and colourful back panels which has created quite a buzz in the US market. It flaunts a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display with 1280x720 pixels resolution which means this display has 326 pixels per inch pixel density. The display has been constructed using the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 which provides some protection against the normal wear and tear.
The Moto G is powered by a quad-core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 mobile chipset, Adreno 305 GPU, and 1 GB RAM. Motorla Moto G measures 11.6 mm thick and weighs 143 grams. Note that Moto G does not have a memory card slot.
Thankfully, it bundles Google Drive 50 GB storage free for two years. At the rear, Moto G packs 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash along with imaging features such as geo-tagging, touch focus, face-detection, panorama and HDR. The camera can record HDR videos and videos at 720p (HD) quality. In the front, it has a 1.3 megapixel camera for making video calls.
Motorola has packed WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) in the Moto G for faster mobile web experience. Moto G supports quad-band HSPA+">HSPA network for faster mobile internet and can accommodate a micro-SIM module. Other features of Moto G include Bluetooth 4.0, USB Host, micro USB 2.0 and GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS. The smartphone has a good looking 2070 mAh non-removable battery.
