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things","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"prior to the Moto G launch event from the name alone we knew it wasn't going to be a new high-end device so it wasn't clear why Motorola was making such a big deal out of a new mid-range product offering well this is fast as possible so I'll cut to the chase as quickly as I possibly can the Moto G delivers a 4 1/2 in 720p LCD display a 1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon 400 CPU and a dreno 305 GPU 1 G of RAM 3G connectivity a 5 megap rear and 1.3 me front camera and Android 4.3 with a guaranteed upgrade to 4.4 in January 2014 for $179 us for an 8 gig model and 199 us for one with 16 gigs there's no SD card storage expansion but the phone does come with 65 gigs of space on Google Drive the Moto G has a very similar curved clean industrial design compared to the Moto X but customizability has been taken a step further with removable colored back plates colored protective bumpers and colored smart screen covers real world performance was the main focus of the presentation with the non- removable 270 millia battery referred to several times as an all day battery and rather than show us synthetic benchmarks Motorola focused on metrics like bootup time browser launch time and phone call initiation then they went a step further and compared these numbers to a high-end phone costing two to three times as much now this performance was achieved by delivering a pure Android experience that enhances Google Services rather than competing with them for the longest finger quotes ever so basically they're issuing the use of custom skins and avoiding creating non- removable apps on the phone that duplicate the functionality of Google applications this is more intuitive for the phone user and it's also a clear shots fired moment at Samsung and other members of the open handset Alliance instead of that other stuff Motorola focused on value added software development so Motorola Migrate for example AIDS easy data migration from your old phone and Motorola assists proactively changes the behavior of the phone when you're sleeping or in a meeting or any other kinds of behaviors that it can learn over time finally the camera app has been given an extremely simple gesture aware UI now there was lots of talk about high-end performance but at $200 or less the Moto G is not meant to be a top tier smartphone Contender the feature set is aimed squarely at lower-end markets FM radio is there so music streaming will be possible in regions with Spotty data connectiv and dual SIM support will be available in countries where that feature is the norm as well however premium features like 4G LTE wireless charging high-speed dual band or AC Wireless and Motorola's own us-based manufacturing active display notifications and always listening voice control from the Moto X are all absent no the intention here wasn't to make a high-end smartphone the intention was to deliver a mainstream phone that doesn't feel distinctly last gen and to position themselves as a clear value leader in big markets like India and Brazil around the world where disposable income and carrier subsidies are not as high as in North America the other intention that Google and Motorola remember under the same management now basically have demonstrated very clearly with the Nexus 5 and the Moto G is that they want the off-brand phones with degraded user experiences and the premium phones with huge profit margins to have a very hard time competing with their own offerings it's going to be an interesting year speaking of Interest in Hotspot Shield VPN is an interesting solution to a common problem these days and you can use offer code Linus to get 20% off their Elite prices Hotspot Shield helps protect your privacy online making it more difficult for people to track who you are and where you live and it can also help you to circumvent government content blocks and Regional restrictions on services for example many International customers use Hotspot 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