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
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