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prior to the Moto G launch event from the name alone we knew it wasn't going

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to be a new high-end device so it wasn't clear why Motorola was making such a big

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deal out of a new mid-range product offering well this is fast as possible

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so I'll cut to the chase as quickly as I possibly can the Moto G delivers a 4 1/2

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in 720p LCD display a 1.2 GHz quad core

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Snapdragon 400 CPU and a dreno 305 GPU 1

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G of RAM 3G connectivity a 5 megap rear

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and 1.3 me front camera and Android 4.3

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with a guaranteed upgrade to 4.4 in January 2014 for $179 us for an 8 gig

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model and 199 us for one with 16 gigs

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there's no SD card storage expansion but the phone does come with 65 gigs of

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space on Google Drive the Moto G has a very similar curved clean industrial

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design compared to the Moto X but customizability has been taken a step

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further with removable colored back plates colored protective bumpers and

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colored smart screen covers real world performance was the main focus of the

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presentation with the non- removable 270 millia battery referred to several times

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as an all day battery and rather than show us synthetic benchmarks Motorola

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focused on metrics like bootup time browser launch time and phone call

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initiation then they went a step further and compared these numbers to a high-end

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phone costing two to three times as much now this performance was achieved by

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delivering a pure Android experience that enhances Google Services rather

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than competing with them for the longest finger quotes ever so basically they're

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issuing the use of custom skins and avoiding creating non- removable apps on

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the phone that duplicate the functionality of Google applications

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this is more intuitive for the phone user and it's also a clear shots fired

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moment at Samsung and other members of the open handset Alliance instead of

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that other stuff Motorola focused on value added software development so

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Motorola Migrate for example AIDS easy data migration from your old phone and

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Motorola assists proactively changes the behavior of the phone when you're

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sleeping or in a meeting or any other kinds of behaviors that it can learn

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over time finally the camera app has been given an extremely simple gesture

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aware UI now there was lots of talk about high-end performance but at $200

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or less the Moto G is not meant to be a

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top tier smartphone Contender the feature set is aimed squarely at

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lower-end markets FM radio is there so music streaming will be possible in

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regions with Spotty data connectiv and dual SIM support will be available

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in countries where that feature is the norm as well however premium features

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like 4G LTE wireless charging high-speed dual band or AC Wireless and Motorola's

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own us-based manufacturing active display notifications and always

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listening voice control from the Moto X are all absent no the intention here

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wasn't to make a high-end smartphone the intention was to deliver a mainstream

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phone that doesn't feel distinctly last gen and to position themselves as a

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clear value leader in big markets like India and Brazil around the world where

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disposable income and carrier subsidies are not as high as in North America the

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other intention that Google and Motorola remember under the same management now

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basically have demonstrated very clearly with the Nexus 5 and the Moto G is that

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they want the off-brand phones with degraded user experiences and the

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premium phones with huge profit margins to have a very hard time competing with

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