Moto G is Impressive Enough to Change India’s Smartphone Landscape
by Rudradeep Biswas on November 21, 2013 1:23 pm | Editorial 14 Comments
Google, once a search engine is now well established software and
hardware maker is going to bring affordable Android smartphone to
developing nations, from its own handset manufacturing unit, Motorola
which was acquired by Google in 2011.
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Motorola shrinked its handset business in India by that time and now
Google-owned Motorola is all set to takeover its market position.
Motorola is going to launch its much-hyped affordable Moto G in India in
coming days. In US Moto G is selling for $179 (8GB) and $199 (16GB).
That is translated into INR 11,000 and INR 12,500 approx. respectively.
Under the hood:
Motorola keeps Moto G simple. It ships with Android 4.3 in Brazil and
Europe but Motorola promised a Kitkat 4.4 update by 2014. As Indian
launch is by January 2014, we hope Moto G might be the first handsets
with KitKat in the country.
It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC with quad core 1.2GHz
Cortex A7 processor, Andreno 305 GPU and 1GB RAM. Its 4.5 inch display
with 720 x 1280p has 326 ppi and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
There is no microSD slot (like all Nexus phones) but it comes in 8/16GB
storage capacity.
There are some usual features: 5MP rear camera with LED flash, video
recording at 720p, front 1.3MP shooter, HSPA+ 21Mbps, Bluetooth v4.0,
WiFi, WiFi hotspot, active noise cancellation mic, 3.5 mm audio jack,
GPS via A-GPS & GLONASS, accelerometer, compass, proximity sensor and
Li-Ion 2070 mAh battery. It misses NFC but who is using it in India.
It’s little bulky at 143gm. Google will offer 50GB Drive storage as Cloud.
Color is the in-thing in smartphone arena and Motorola is offerimg
several back panels – blue, teal, red, yellow, purple, white, and black
covers, as well as rugged versions and flip-style portfolio covers for
the Moto G (the company says there are 19 options in total).Design wise
it looks alike earlier launched Motorola’s flagship Moto X.
Many argue that Indian smartphone market is dominated by Samsung and
other Indian brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Lava, Xolo and others; and
thus Motorola’s re-entry will not be a easy route. And there are already
many Android smartphones which are available for Rs 4000 or less. Even
at that price range there are several competitors like Samsung Galaxy
Trend, Micromax Canvas 4, Karbonn Titanium S5, Lenovo A850, Xolo Q1000S,
Lava 504q, Gionee Dream D1 – to name a few.
Then what Moto G stands for? It is a excellent vfm (value for money)
product which ensures impressive hardware and almost stock Android
experience with certainty of future Android upgrades, last thing many
manufacturers care about. Moto G may change the whole ecosystem of
Android devices in the country and reduce the OS fragmentation.
In a whole Moto G is a fantastic handset, which will give a lead for
Android over other OS as well as other Android brands. Last couple of
months Windows phones is doing better in India, thanks to Nokia
branding. Moto G may trigger a new vfm smartphone war and as of now Moto
G wins.
Tips: Using a low budget smartphone and thinking for a winter fest
upgrade at around 12-15K? Wait til January next year as Moto G lands in
India.
Special request to MTS India, the data focused operator, Moto G supports
1x- EvDo too. You already missed Diwali timeline to bring new smartphone
from Micromax. Why don’t you ask for Moto G single SIM variant or Dual
SIM variant with awesome data offerings (existing plans are not cheap
compared to Reliance and Aircel’s 3G tariffs)?
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With care and regards,
Kannan ...
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