This could be the Motorola Moto G

Arriving after Motorola’s Moto X, the Moto G has been making leaks as a follow-up mid-range device for the holiday season. As the end of the year approaches, we’re getting closer and closer to its supposed announcement and we have a lot of juicy details to make up with already.

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Physically, it looks a lot like the Moto X with a few minor changes such as the speaker placement & the earpiece. It’s also hinted that it may have a removable backplate though that isn’t confirmed yet.

The Moto G is expected to run on a 4.5-inch 720p display, a 1.2GHz quad-core CPU (presumably Snapdragon 200 or 400) and Android 4.3 Jellybean. It’s also going to pack 8GB of internal storage and a 5 megapixel 720p camera paired with a 1.3MP front-facing one.

Motorola Moto G

While the package may seem quite lacking for some, the killer might be its off-contract £134.95 price tag (around Php9,300 converted). Talk says the phone will be making its way internationally too. Anyway, we’ll just have to find out soon and we’ll keep you posted for the official announcement.

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Moto X vs. the world’s flagship phones; specs comparison

The Motorola Moto X is one of the tech industry’s worst kept secrets, and the hype has been everywhere since the day Google bought Motorola. Now that it’s finally official, let’s have a look on how it stacks up against the competition, especially since Motorola is calling the Moto X its future.

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Motorola Moto X vs. Android competition

MOTO X VS THE WORLD

When compared to its Android counterparts, you’ll find that except for the light weight of the device, the Moto X can’t boast that much when it comes to specs; it has the smallest display among the bunch together with the HTC One & it’s the only device not running on a 1080p display & a quad-core CPU.

It runs 2GB RAM and an Adreno 320 GPU together with the competition, and while it may be running on just a dual-core CPU, the Moto X does feature two more cores for language and contextual computing.

The Galaxy Note 3, Optimus G2 and other phones like the Xperia Z Ultra are already on their way, and those things will pack a lot more power than the ones listed above. Is the Moto X even trying to compete?

Motorola Moto X vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Nokia Lumia 1020 vs BlackBerry Z10

MOTO X VS IPHONE LUMIA BLACKBERRY

Unlike its comparison to the Android superphones, the Moto X stands a better chance in a spec shootout with other platformers. While it might have the lowest pixel density, the phone packs the largest screen at 4.7-inches this time, and it has the most updated chipset and the largest battery.

Also, in a megapixel fight, the 10MP shooter easily overtakes the ones on the iPhone 5 and the Z10 (but then again, megapixels aren’t everything).

It’s also the thickest along with the Lumia 1020 at 10.4mm, but other than that, the Moto X doesn’t seem to fail when put side-to-side with its iOS / BlackBerry OS / Windows Phone rivals.

Conclusion

When put beside the big names in Android, the Moto X looks small, weak & underpowered on paper. However, if you put it beside other platformers, it finds itself above them in theory overall. What does this mean for the Motorola Moto X?

Well, great spec sheets don’t immediately translate to great sales and great experiences. The seemingly underpowered iPhone 5 takes a significantly huge share of the market when compared to most phones in this comparison, making them quite irrelevant. We guess the whole reason and story behind the Moto X isn’t the specs; it’s definitely more than that.

Besides, a 720p display on a 4.7-inch display isn’t that bad, is it? Not everyone needs a 5-inch 1080p display, but some might want that simple feeling of contentment for choosing their phone color combination.

Anyways, it seems like Motorola is trying to make a huge leap here, and they’re focusing on the North American market for the meantime; bringing the said phone here to the Philippines can be a problem, especially with all the customization options.

But even if the phone seems irrelevant to the Philippine market, at least we know what Google’s game is – it’s more about the experience now from here on out.

You can read all about the Motorola Moto X here.

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