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New Moto G

The most important changes, Motorola says, were to the screen and speakers. People wanted a bigger screen, so the new Moto G has a 5-inch, 720p AMOLED display. They wanted better speakers, so the G (like the new Moto X) has two grilles on its front face, blasting sound toward you instead of away from you. One particularly consistent request was for an SD card slot, which is apparently a popular way to share files and information between phones, particularly in developing markets. So the new Moto G has an SD card slot. It has two SIM card slots, This is a phone made for everyone, for every need, and it reflects exactly what people want.

As ever, the G is aesthetically just a lower-rent version of the Moto X, minus some of the nicest aesthetic touches and LTE connectivity. (The last-generation G with LTE is staying in Motorola's lineup, and reps avoided the question of whether there's a new model with LTE coming.) It's plastic, a little bit lighter and cheaper than the metallic X, but it still feels surprisingly good. It's a little heavier and a little wider than the last model, which is to be expected thanks to the larger screen. Motorola also upgraded to an 8-megapixel camera, plus a 2-megapixel sensor on the front.It looks good, too, especially thanks to the 15 colorful, interchangeable backs that Motorola will also be selling. This, too, is something consumers are apparently asking for — reps said that there are people who buy every one of the shells and pick a different one to use each day. (The front is still only either black or white.)

The differences carry over into the software, too. Motorola brags in both cases about using stock Android, but on the Moto X it's customized and added a number of things, like the Moto Voice and Moto Display features. The Moto G has Moto Assist and Moto Alert, but in general it's quite pared down. It has no frills, no extras, almost no customization; this is truly a stock Android experience. To buy the G is to miss out on some of Motorola's most impressive engineering achievements — most of which were probably impossible to implement without the custom processor in the X — but stock Android is still better than most phones offer.

But its purpose hasn't changed: to bring as much smartphone tech as possible to as large an audience as possible. The original G has incredible momentum, and the new model should only speed it up.
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Anybody but me wish they had a proper local presence in SA again?
 
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The Moto g2 is available now here on orange, even cheaper than the previous generation (R2900 vs R2700)
 
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ahoudet said:
Wow :O. I'd go for that any day :)
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Yeah fantastic bang for buck!
But 2070 mAh seems a little too light in the pants for me on the battery front though. My next upgrade will need to have better battery life. I wonder how far moto managed to stretch that battery on a 5" screen?
 
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Park@82 said:
Yeah fantastic bang for buck!
But 2070 mAh seems a little too light in the pants for me on the battery front though. My next upgrade will need to have better battery life. I wonder how far moto managed to stretch that battery on a 5" screen?
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You'd be surprised, resolution also plays a big part in battery usage, which is why it's not always a bad thing if is not 1080p...
 
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Vegeta said:
This Acer has a 3500mAh Battery and Tri Sim. But will it get firmware updates? That's the question... probably not.
http://store.orange.com/za/mobile-phones/sim-free-phones/acer-liquid-e700-trio-red-263791/
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The Acer looks good on paper but I would still feel safer with the Moto G.

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You'd be surprised, resolution also plays a big part in battery usage, which is why it's not always a bad thing if is not 1080p...
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Yeah but it has the same res as my S3.

5.0 inches vs 4.8 inches
2070 mAh vs 2100 mAh
Very much stock like Android 4.4 vs CM11
 
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It's weird that Orange are selling the first gen Moto G for more than the second, but I guess it's down to the first gen having LTE support.

I need a budget phone to see me over the next few months, this may do the trick (the new one that is, given that it's dual SIM).
 
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Does anybody have any idea on the network compatibility of the LTE on the Motorola G 4G?
 
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