Motorola India has started sending
invites for an event scheduled for March
10, where the company will unveil the
new Moto E (seen in the invite above) fo
the Indian market. The company is set t
launch the second-generation Moto E
smartphone alongside the LTE variant o
the handset.
Soon after officially announcing the
Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) last week, the
company also tipped the price of the 3G
variant of the handset to be Rs. 6,999 in
a video - the same price as the original
Moto E price at launch last year.
However, we will have to still wait till
March 10 to hear the official price from
the company.
(Also see : Motorola Moto E vs Motorola Moto E Gen 2 )
The Lenovo-owned company has alread
revealed that the second-generation
Moto E will be available in India
exclusively via Flipkart, similar to other
Moto devices.
Considering that Motorola launched the
unlocked 3G model at $119.99
(approximately Rs. 7,400) and the LTE
model at $149.99 (approximately Rs.
9,200), we can expect the LTE variant of
the new Moto E to be priced at around
Rs. 8,999.
The Indian smartphone segment is
already lined up with a few 4G-enabled
handsets priced below Rs. 10,000,
namely - Lenovo A6000 (Rs. 6,999),
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G (Rs. 9,999), and
Micromax's Yu Yureka (Rs. 8,999) - the
Moto E (Gen 2) LTE looks set to be
another entrant in the segment.
(Also see : Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) LTE vs Lenovo A6000 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G vs Yu Yureka)
One of the biggest highlights of the Mot
E (Gen 2) will be Android 5.0 Lollipop,
which will also make it the first handset
from Motorola running the latest Androi
version out-of-the-box launched under
Rs. 10,000.
For specifications, the new Moto E pack
a slew of improvements over its
predecessor. Both the new Moto E (Gen
2) and Moto E (Gen 2) LTE come with
identical specifications except the
chipsets.
Under the hood, the Moto E (Gen 2) is
backed by a quad-core 1.2GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor
coupled with 1GB of RAM and Adreno
302 GPU. The company has finally
upgraded the dual-core Snapdragon 20
SoC to quad-core. The Moto E (Gen 2)
LTE is powered by a 64-bit quad-core
1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC
with Adreno 306. The new Moto E only
supports single-SIM, unlike the dual-SI
first-generation Moto E.
The new Moto E features a 4.5-inch qHD
(540x960 pixels) offering a pixel density
of 256ppi. The first-generation Moto E
came with a 4.3-inch qHD display.
The company has gone with a 5-
megapixel rear camera again on the
handset, while this time there is a 0.3-
megapixel front camera also onboard.
The new Moto E comes with 8GB of built
in storage, which is double the storage
on Moto E, and supports expandable
storage via microSD card (up to 32GB).
The Moto E (Gen 2) includes Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth 4.0LE, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS,
FM radio, and Micro-USB connectivity
options. Another major improvement is i
battery department, the new Moto E
packs a large 2390mAh battery
compared to 1980mAh battery on the
first-generation. The handset measures
129.9x66.8x12.3mm, and weighs 145
grams.
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