Moto G Smartphone Makes an Appearance on Motorola's Website
A link for the "Moto G" smartphone made an appearance on Motorola's website earlier this week.
The site was updated yesterday to include a button labeled Moto G. Clicking the link would bring the user to a non-existent webpage labeled www.moto-g.com.
Motorola removed the link shortly after it surfaced. This basically points to the company releasing this device that is rumored to be a low-cost version of the Moto X.
The Moto G surfaced in previous rumors as another device called the Moto DVX.
The handset will feature a 4.5-inch "non-super AMOLED" display, dual-SIM card slot and easily removable colored covers. It will be powered by the same X8 computing system found in the Moto X which means it will most likely come with a dual-core Snapdragon CPU, a quad-core GPU and two low-power processors for contextual features and natural language processing.
The device will is expected to cost in between $195-$245 off-contract.
A leaked presentation slide from Republic Wireless revealed that the handset will be released in North America sometime this month. Judging from information in the new report, it will not be made in the U.S., making it cheaper for Motorola to manufacture. It probably will cost significantly lower than the flagship Moto X on contract and will ditch the dual-SIM feature here as well.
In the meantime, customers can pick up the Moto X for just $99 at Best Buy.
This new price applies to customers picking up the handset at the retailer on contracts with carriers such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint and is available to both new and existing customers. This is about half of what the price would be if customers were to buy it directly through a carrier.
