Moto G, is new Android device displaying ambitious performance for very affordable prices.
Moto G A screen of 4.5 inches with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (329 ppi), a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400 1.2 GHz, 1 GB RAM photos 1.3 and 5 megapixel sensors, 2070 mAh battery and connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0: Moto G has specifications that make it a mid-range smartphone particularly interesting.
Moto G also has interchangeable covers Shells Motorola as the manufacturer already offers for Moto X. Flip shells Shells available in seven colors allow mobile users to give a personal touch to their terminal.
The smartphone, which will have its release of Android 4.3 - an update to Android 4.4 KitKat is already scheduled for January 2014 - not, however, have the support of 4G, and does not include drive memory card, which limits its ability to 8 or 16 GB depending on the model.
To recap on the features, the Motorola Moto G is an entry level smartphone and offers:
- Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat after updating the out of the box
- IPS Screen 4.5 "
- HD resolution of 1280 × 720 (326dpi)
- Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core clocked at 1.2 hz
- GPU Adreno 305
- 8GB or 16GB of internal memory
- 1GB of RAM
- Camera with 5 megapixels sensor
- Record videos in 720p HD
- Video camera with a 1.3 megapixel sensor
- 3G/3G +, H +
- WiFi a / b / g / n
- Port MicroSIM
- Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS
- Port MHL MicroUSB incompatible or SlimPort
- Battery 2070 mAh
- Size 129.9 × 65.9 × 11.6 mm
- Weight 143g.
As you can imagine, at the packaging, it is fairly standard and takes what we usually see. We thus find eternal USB charger, headphones / hands-free kits, plus instructions for use for the first grip. For cons, I'm not sure why Motorola chose rather not propose a separate Micro-USB cable USB charger, the price difference in production must be ridiculous compared to the charger supplied.
The Design
Remember, when testing the Moto X, I had doubts about the overall finish of the latter and I was more than reassured. Well, it was the same thing with the Moto G. Indeed, with a minimum price of
Rs.12,499.00, I do not expect much, but I was immediately reassured once the smartphone hand. Without reaching the level of its big brother, the Motorcycle G is doing pretty well with final quality plastics and soft-touch coating on the back quite nice. For cons, I reproach him probably the general thickness and weight, too heavy for this format. But at this price point, these two flaws are easily forgivable.
The grip remains ultimately pleasant and found a very similar design to the Moto X, and as for the latter, rounded brackets at the front and in the back corner. We also find high-bevelled edge at the back for those who tend to place the index finger on the upper back. In fact, what has surprised me the most is the feeling of having a high-end smartphone when compared directly to other smartphones in the same segment.
On the front, there is the top of the screen with a speaker on the left the video camera and 1.3-megapixel sensor and the right proximity sensors and light. LED notification between the video camera and speaker are found. There is nothing on the left edge while the right slice, you will find the classic volume buttons and the sleep button and / or power. On the bottom edge, you will find the Micro-USB port (not compatible SlimPort or MHL) and one of the two microphones. On the top edge, there is a second microphone with 3.5mm jack. And finally, at the back you will find the 5 megapixel camera with its LED flash just above and below again, the Motorola logo. Beside the APN is multimedia speaker.
For inserting the Micro-SIM, back retires (with difficulty) and thus reveals the left edge Micro-SIM port. You will also discover that the battery is unfortunately not replaceable, at least by the general public. With an interchangeable back, so you can have a little more color than the eternal black of the base shell.
The screen and sound
With such a low price, one of the other fears I had necessarily involved the screen. To have tested a lot of entry-level smartphones where you could find screens to limit resistive, the Moto G is simply excellent with more accurate colors, good brightness, wide viewing angles and above HD resolution. I remind you that the input range of the wonderful world of Android smartphones are more likely to offer a resolution of 800 × 480 than 1280 × 720. This is a very pleasant surprise that side. It could possibly blame too big for my taste screen edges.
While manufacturers are focused around the 4G, even for entry-level smartphones, Motorola has chosen to ignore the 4G and offers "only" 3G/3G +. Given the current deployment of 4G and the lack of truly innovative service somewhere "4G only" are for the time of the test, I could easily do without the 4G. By cons, in the specifications, I can only advise you to opt for the 16GB model because our test model, the 8GB version only offer the final just over 5GB of space to use . As more and there is no port Micro SD, you may feel cramped very quickly with the 8GB version.
As for Moto X, Moto G offers Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat (after upgrading from Android 4.3) with a slight overlay manufacturer. At almost exactly, one might think that this is a smartphone Google Edition (also available in the United States). Basically, apart from the news we can find on the Google Nexus 5 as Google Now panel on the left, you'll be on familiar ground. The differences will be located mainly in software additions like Motorola Migrate allows to import the contents of your old smartphone to the Motorola Moto G or Assist allows you to define user profiles. Note that the version on the Moto G is somehow a light version of that found on the Moto X because there is not all functions.
