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  • Motorola Moto C Plus To Launch in India 19th June

    Motorola Moto C Plus To Launch in India 19th June

    Motorola has confirmed via invite that the company will launch their budget Moto C Plus in India on the 19th of June. The Phone which is expected to launch under the Rs. 10000 price was launched back in May in other markets and will make it’s way to India in June.

    Motorola Moto C Plus runs a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and has 2GB of RAM along with 16GB of internal storage. The Motorola Moto C Plus has an 8-megapixel camera plus a 2-megapixel front camera.
    The Motorola Moto C Plus announced in May is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone, however, the Indian variant may be launched with dual-SIM capability along with MicroSD card expandability.

    The Motorola Moto C Plus runs Android 7 Nougat and is powered by a  4000mAh removable and user replaceable battery. Motorola has a whole host of phones to launch this year, with the Moto E4 and E4 Plus, Moto X4 and Moto Z2/ Z2 force to yet be launched, the Moto Z2 Play was recently launched in India.

  • Moto Z2 Play Launched With Thinner Design

    Moto Z2 Play Launched With Thinner Design

    Motorola’s next Z phone is out and the company has started with the Moto Z2 Play and the phone has been launched in several countries. The Moto Z2 Play has been upgraded with certain design aspects but retains the modularity along with new mods which have launched in several markets. The Moto Z2 Play has been launched for $499 and is expected to hit markets like India in June itself.

    The launch also brings a few new mods by Motorola (previously Moto), the JBL SoundBoost 2, the Moto TurboPower Pack, Moto Style Shells with Wireless Charging, and the Moto GamePad. The SoundBoost 2, TurboPower Pack, and GamePad are priced at US $79.99, while the wireless charging Style Shells are priced at US $39.99.

    With the new thinner design the Moto Z2 Play also loses its chunky battery and now sports a 3,000mAh battery. The newer battery is supposedly good for 30 hours of use vs 50 hours seen ion the previous generations Moto Z Play.  The new design brings thickness down to 5.99mm thick, and the weight is 145 gms. The phone still misses the water resistance and comes with a water repellant nano coating.

    As far as hardware is concerned, the Moto Z2 Play runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor with either a 3 or 4GB of RAM, 32 or 64GB of storage with microSD card support.

    The front of the Moto Z2 Play has a 5.5-inch, 1080p AMOLED display along with a 5-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.2 lens and dual LED flash, the camera shoots 1080p video. The main camera 12-megapixel dual pixel autofocus camera with a f/1.7 lens, very similar in design to that of the G5 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S7. The Moto Z2 play also has laser autofocus, PDAF and dual pixel focus.

    The Moto Z2 play runs Android 7.1.1 out of the box, with several customizations from Moto, including Moto Voice and Moto actions, and a new blue light filter. The new software on the Moto Z2 Play, activates commands with “show me” instead of phrases like “Hey Siri” or “Okay Google” so you can say words like “Show me the time in LA” making it a more natural command.

    The new Mods include a new wireless style shell which comes in multiple colors allowing you to drop your phone on any wireless mat to get the phone charging. The TurboPower Pack brings an additional 3,490mAh battery and can charge the phone at 15W speeds. The MOD will not charge through the phone, instead you can charge the phone through the Mod’s inbuilt USB C port.

    The GamePad allows you to drop any Moto Mod enabled Moto Z phone including the first generation Zs and the new Moto Z2 Play and game on any compatible Android Game. The GamePad Mod includes dual control sticks, a D-pad, and four buttons. Motorola says it was developed in partnership with the gaming division at Lenovo and it has a 1,035mAh battery.

     

     

  • Motorola Canada: The Next Bold Motorola Phone to Launch On 1st June

    Motorola Canada has tweeted that the company will be launching their next “bold phone” on the 1st of June. While it isn’t clear whether the phone will be launched in just Canada or other parts of the world, the tweet shows a colorful GIF.

     

    What phone exactly will launch is unclear, as rumors for the next generation of both Moto Z and Moto X phones have been lingering. We also saw leaked images of the Box of the Moto Z2 Play recently. 

    Motorola seems to be on point when it comes to refreshing their device lineups, and now with both the Moto Z phones and Moto X phones due for update it could be either or both in this cycle. 

  • Moto Z2 Play Leaked Unboxing In Images

    Moto Z2 Play Leaked Unboxing In Images

    Images of what appear to be the Brazilian retail unit of the upcoming Moto Z2 Play have leaked. The leakster has not only leaked the packaging but the full unboxing experience, showing a new color full design on the packaging.

    The leak also shows the new slim design of the Moto Z2 Play along with practically every spec of the device. The images show that the Moto Z2 Play show that the phone will have 4 GB of RAM and 64GB of Storage, along with possibly support for microSD, the device also appears to comewith a 3000 mAh battery with TurboPower charging.

    The specs also reveal that the Moto Z2 play has a 12 MP dual AF pixel camera along with Laser autofocus, and a 5.5 inch 1920 x 1080p display. The Moto Z2 play clearly seems to be built on the Mods platform and will support old and possibly new mods, referred to as Moto Snaps in Brazil.

    The Moto Z2 play leaked is the grey model which comes with the black front panel, though it will be offered in a white and gold model, as well as a white and silver model according to leaks.

     

  • The Moto Z2 Play Will Be Thinner and Have Less Battery According to new Leak

    The Moto Z2 Play Will Be Thinner and Have Less Battery According to new Leak

    A new leak of the Moto Z2 Play by Evan Blass shows that while the company is strongly following their modular policy the Moto Z2 Play will slim down considerably but not without losing about 15-20 hours from it’s impressive usage time.

    This may not go down well with the fans of the Z Play who were planning an upgrade this year. The design according to the leaks is still reminiscent of the the first-gen Z Play, while the hardware on the inside will see minor improvements. The Moto Z2 Play is expected to run on the Snapdragon 626 at 2.2GHz clock speed with the same Adreno 506 GPU.

    On the memory front the upgrade to both RAM and storage is expected with a  4GB RAM and 64GB onboard combination. The Display on the Moto Z2 Play is expected to be the exact same 5.5 inch 1920 x 1080p display.

    On the optics front the Z2 Play will feature the same 5 MP camera but the rear camera will feature the newer 12 MP f1.7 sensor seen on the Moto G Plus with some improvements on image processing and clicking capabilities. The Moto Z2 Play is expected to launch in two colors i.e. Lunar Gray and Fine Gold and will ship with refreshed Moto Z and Moto Z Force along with new E Series, X Series and Moto C phones in the coming months.

     

     

     

     

  • Moto G5 To Go On Sale on 5th April Amazon Exclusive

    Moto G5 To Go On Sale on 5th April Amazon Exclusive

    Moto will launch the Moto G5 in India on the 4th of April with the phone going on sale Midnight of the 4th-5th April. The phone is a cheaper alternative to the recently launched Moto G5 Plus which sells at Rs.14999 as a flipkart exclusive. 

    Moto will sell the Moto G5 on Amazon.in in India, and the price is expected to be around the Rs. 10,000 price mark (not confirmed). The Moto G5 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chipset and has a 5 inch 1920 x 1080p display protected by Gorilla Glass 3.

    The main camera also gets a change to a 13 MP camera without the dual pixel tech, and without the camera bump. The front camera remains a 5 MP shooter. Moto has a good set of launches planned ahead this year, with the recently leaked Moto X and upcoming revisions to the Moto Z and Moto Z Play, their budget Friendly Moto E will be changed to a metal design this summer.

     

  • Moto X 2017 Leaks Online with Dual Camera and Metal Body

    Moto X 2017 Leaks Online with Dual Camera and Metal Body

    Moto’s next Moto X has leaked in images online, with a metal unibody similar to that of the Moto G5 Plus, however, the camera housing shows a dual camera setup. The back is curved and shows the Moto logo thankfully sitting in a dimple and not flush like the Moto G Plus.

    The images of the recovery mode of the phone show that the phone is running a Snapdragon 625 processor with  3GB of RAM and  32GB of internal storage. The screen is expected to be a 5.5. inch display. The Moto X has not been updated in a while and the Moto X Force was the last phone launched by Moto in India, which was over one year ago.

    The new Moto X is expected to be launched early May and may see revisions to the hardware by the time it launches. However, for a market like India, Moto may launch the phone just slightly above the Moto G5 Plus which features almost the same specifications minus the dual camera setup. Dual Cameras seem to be the trend in 2017, with homegrown brand Micromax also set to launch their own dual camera phone on the 30th of March. 

  • Moto M Coming December 13th For Rs. 17,999

    Moto M Coming December 13th For Rs. 17,999

    Lenovo Owned Moto is hosting an event on the 13th of December to launch the Moto M smartphone in India, with a suggested retail of Rs. 17,999. The Moto M runs a 64-bit MediaTek Helio P15 chipset with a 2.2GHz CPU and 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM. The M is also the first Moto phone with a rear placed fingerprint sensor showing design hues of the Lenovo design house.

    The Moto M will come with  32GB of inbuilt storage and have microSD card expandability(up to 128GB) via a  hybrid SIM slot with a  Micro-SIM or microSD card in the second SIM slot.

    The gold colour is a feature that a lot of Moto fans want, and the M will only be sold in the Gold colour. Moto M sports a 16 MP main shooter with PDAF and f/2.0 along with an 8 MP front camera. With a 3050 mAh battery the phone will support a turbo charging via the supplied turbo charger Type – C in the box. The USB – C port and NFC included in the phone make it sound like a good deal for the expected price.

    The Moto M will sit between the Moto G4 Plus and Moto Z Play giving the phone a 5.5-inch full-HD 2.5D IPS display with a pixel density of 401ppi.

  • Lenovo Will Use the “Moto” Branding On All Future Smartphones

    Lenovo Will Use the “Moto” Branding On All Future Smartphones

    To differentiate its hold on the market, Lenovo will now brand all future smartphones with the Moto branding while the PC/Laptop business will continue with the Lenovo branding. Smartphone sales for the company were US $ 2 billion less Year on Year, which has possibly let to the decision.

    However the company has seen a 20 % increase on the quarter and claims that 70% of the revenue still remains from its computing business. the future of existing brands under the Lenovo name like “Phab,” “Zuk,” and “Vivo” etc are presently unknown.

    Lenovo recently launched thee Moto M in china with a fingerprint sensor at the back, which could possibly be the first rebranded Lenovo product. Chances are that the Moto M will make its appearance in India in the coming weeks.

    Lenovo on the other hand launched the Phab 2 Plus in India yesterday, without any news of the change.

     

  • Lenovo and Moto Bring Back Hello Moto

    Lenovo and Moto Bring Back Hello Moto

    Lenovo may have fully acquired and integrated with Moto (previously Motorola), but it appears the chinese parent wants to keep the heritage of the Moto brand alive. What appears to be a reimagined sound for the original “hello moto” slogan was now tweeted by Moto and you can find the tweet below.

    This also just comes shy of the 4th October launch of the Moto Z and Z Play in India. The company wants to build the brand around the new logo language and you may see excessive use of the #hellomoto branding hashtag. Either way, it does bring back some exciting memories of the Moto Razr, which we though Moto will release, but they won’t. So the “Hello Moto” jingle works for the time being.

  • Moto E3 Power Launched in Hong Kong, Coming to India Soon

    Moto E3 Power Launched in Hong Kong, Coming to India Soon

    Moto’s latest budget smartphone is a revision to the existing Moto E gen 2 and long over due. The subtle upgrade offers up only a few changes for the loyalists.

    The Moto E3 Power gets its name from the massive 3500 mAh battery and long battery life. This new edition of the Moto E has a 5 inch display with an HD resolution and an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash along with a 5 MP selfie cam

    The new Moto E3 Power runs on the MediaTek MT6735P chipset and power through using  2GB of RAM along with 16GB of storage which is expandable using a microSD

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    The Moto E3 Power supports 4G LTE and the variant launching in India will have VOLTE and dual-SIM functionality.

    The Moto E3 Power runs the latest Android 6.0.1, but now that Nougat has started pushing to official phones, the new Moto phones should be getting it too.

    The handset is currently listed in Hong Kong for HKD 1,098 or Rs 9,500, but we expect it to launch in India for under Rs. 9000.

    Moto India has been teasing a new smartphone on their twitter recently. While earlier thought to be tweets leading up to the Moto Z, the Moto India campaign could be for the next Moto E, considering they are talking about multitasking and good battery life.

     

  • Moto Z and Z Force Launched with Moto Mods

    Moto Z and Z Force Launched with Moto Mods

    Modular is the new, now that Lenovo sub-brand Moto has launched the new and highly leaked Moto Z and Moto Z Force.

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    The Moto Z has a 5.5-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB of RAM. You get 32 or 64GB of storage with SD card expansion, 13-megapixel camera with f/1.8 lens and optical image stabilization and the new fingerprint scanner that we saw in the G4 Plus. The Moto Z also gets a 2600mAh battery. The phone is super slim at just 5.2mm and light at just 136g.

    Moto Z Force Droid Edition lifestyle photography

    The Moto Z Force upgrades the camera to a 21-megapixel, the display gets a shatterproof panel like the one on the Moto Force, and the battery gets a bump to 3,500mAh.The phone is also thicker at 7mm.

    Moto Z Force Droid Edition product photography

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    The best part about the Moto Z phones is the Mods, which can be had in a variety of materials or finishes, such as nylon, wood, or leather. The SoundBoost Mod, built in partnership with JBL, is a speaker with upgraded two three-watt drivers and adds an extra 1,000mAh of battery capacity. The Power Pack Mod adds a 2,220mAh cell to the back of the phone and is made by either Incipio, Kate Spade, or Tumi. The Insta-Share Mod adds a pico projector to the phone and lets you broadcast your phone’s display up to 70 inches wide at 480p resolution.

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    The Mods are plug and play and unlike the LG G5, you will not need to reboot your phone, the software comes preloaded on the Moto Z, and Moto Z force and the phone recognizes the pair instantly.

    Both the Moto Z and Moto Z Force come with USB Type-C ports and without a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which now seems to be the industry standard. 

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    Motorola will bring these phone to global markets including our market later this year in september; presently they have been launched in the US with Cellular carrier Verizon under the branding of Droid. You will also be able to add style shells in your favorite design and material.

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  • Flipkart Plays Sore Loser in the Moto G4 Launch

    Flipkart Plays Sore Loser in the Moto G4 Launch

    Flipkart sees some bad days while the company is seeing a mark down in share value by up to 27%, a lot of manufacturers are choosing to go with other Online e-commerce players which offer not only better customer support but have better business practices.

    A mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley has recently marked down the value of Flipkart’s shares by 27%, indicating that global investors believe India’s largest internet company is overvalued.

    Flipkart, who had in a press release, mentioned that the value of the company is at $15.2 billion right now. A 27% fall in Flipkart’s share price would imply Flipkart’s valuation now is around $11 billion vs. the 15.2 billion claimed.

    But, yesterday’s launch of the Moto G4 was an indication of one of many manufacturers including Lenovo, and now Lenovo-owned Moto, who have shifted their sales to the like of Amazon with higher levels of customer satisfaction. Xiaomi, a brand who had launched in the country with Flipkart has also turned to Amazon this year for offering the Redmi Note 3.

    Losing out on flash sales and exclusive launches means that E-commerce giants like Flipkart will also lose out on significant and quick revenues, a large chunk of traffic and customer loyalty.

    Flipkart today released a print ad reading  #motoOnFlipkart which is identical to the advertisement done by Amazon for their Moto on Amazon.

    It seems that Flipkart is now worried that it is losing a large chunk of its revenue to the likes of Amazon and even Snapdeal, and now foul play mode is on.

    Earlier this morning the hashtag #motoOnFlipkart was trending on Twitter and some users noticed.

     

     

     

     

  • All Moto Devices to Feature Fingerprint Scanners in 2016

    All Moto Devices to Feature Fingerprint Scanners in 2016

    Motorola (and this might be the last time we use the name) has been the name attached to the advent of the phone back in the 90s, and even fingerprint sensors back in 2011 with the Atrix 4G, much before Apple did it with the iPhone 5s. However, Motorola was still behind in including the feature to many of its devices in the past few years, especially last year’s Moto X Style and Play, while other brands have largely embraced the feature.

    Speaking of fingerprint sensors then, Lenovo has stated that all of its Moto devices this yer will feature fingerprint scanners. Chen Xudong, SVP of Lenovo and president for Lenovo China and Asia Pacific, has revealed that all Moto-branded handsets launching this year will have fingerprint sensors. One can’t help but feel that Lenovo is ready to make some big changes to the Moto lineup after it officially kills off Motorola this year.

    Lenovo Vibe P1 with fingerprint scanner
    Lenovo Vibe P1 with fingerprint sensor

    Additionally, Lenovo has also stated that there will be no more devices with screen size under 5-inches, which, if one cares to venture, could mean the end of the Moto E line. Lenovo’s plan looks pretty straightforward – the Moto devices will be launched aimed at the high-end market, while budget devices will bear the ‘Vibe’ moniker. Between the two, Lenovo plans to launch no more than 15 devices this year.

    Lastly, Chen also stated that Google Play Store will launch in China, which is likely to give a stiff competition to many of the local app stores for Android in the country. In fact, Google was supposed to announce a China-only version of the Play Store last year along with the launch of the Nexus devices, but that did not happen.

  • Motorola Explains its Next Step as a Brand

    Motorola Explains its Next Step as a Brand

    Yesterday, news around the world focused on Lenovo killing off the Motorola brand name from its phones. Lenovo’s decision to do this was to bring its phones under one name. It followed that any upcoming smartphone by the company will be branded under “Moto” and “Vibe”, removing Motorola’s name, but keeping the “M” logo.

    A day after, Motorola released a statement in its blog to address the news. The company reassured that ‘Motorola Mobility’ will continue to exist and Lenovo will still use the name for its phone division. “As a wholly owned subsidiary, we remain the engineering, design and manufacturing engine for all of the Mobile Business Group’s smartphones and wearables,” Motorola said in its blog.

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    Motorola went on to assure that though the Motorola name will disappear, the brand will continue to live on with ‘Moto’. The company explained that the focus for the past few years has always been on ‘Moto’ and its batwing logo remains its most important symbol, both of which will continue to carry the Motorola image.

    “Moto” is synonymous with Motorola, and it conveys the Motorola brand to consumers in a contemporary and engaging way. That wasn’t the only thing that evolved — the iconic batwing was static blue or red for many years, and we made it fun and colorful. That symbol, which has come to represent the “Moto” brand, continues to play a prominent role, and will remain on our products and in our marketing.

    The company reaches the point most talked about yesterday in that the company will focus its marketing efforts on “Moto” and “Vibe”, but also conceded that the products will under Lenovo solely. “This latest move is all about where we focus our brand marketing efforts in the future. That will be on our two hero smartphone brands: Moto and Vibe, with the Lenovo corporate brand tying all of our consumer and commercial products together more holistically.”

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