New Motorola Moto G Headed To Moto Maker

Republic Wireless today expanded its collection of Motorola-made Android phones with the new Moto E.

The most intriguing device is something now codenamed “Kinzie” that Droid Life suspects may be the 2015 Moto X since it will be available on all major US carriers. We have analyzed separately specifications and also the Motorola Moto DROID Turbo, with similar characteristics; but what device is the best of the three? The question now is, can this year’s version hold that trend? It starts with a very familiar 5-inch HD (720p) IPS LCD display, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

The third generation Moto G is expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor which will be backed by Adreno 306 graphics, 1GB of RAM and will run on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS. 2 aperture and being able to shoot 1080p video at 30fps. Lastly, the lights are kept on by a removable 2,400mAh battery. You can expand on that with a microSD slot if you’d like. However, the Moto G (2015) does seem to be a bit thicker than the Moto G (2014), which had a thickness of 11.7 mm.

The upcoming Moto G (2015) has been in the news for quite some time now, with its predecessor already completed one year and Lenovo recently announcing that it would be releasing a number of Motorola smartphones this year. All these small China-based outfits are putting out phones with upper midrange capabilities at ridiculously low prices, using those cheaper but nonetheless capable and spanking new octa-core MediaTek Helio chipsets that give LTE connectivity for cheap.