Moto G now available online for Rs 15,137 onwards

The Moto G is expected to launch in India officially next month and may even come with KitKat out of the box. But the budget phone with mid-range specs is already available online at Shopyourworld.com for Rs 15,137 onwards. That price is for the 8GB Moto G, while the 16GB version is priced at Rs 17,089. That’s the price for the Moto G without a contract or SIM lock and an unlockable bootloader

The Moto G sports a 4.5-inch HD ’edge-to-edge’ display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, amounting to a pixel density of 329ppi, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The handset runs Android 4.3 for now, though the company has “guaranteed” that the smartphone will be getting Android 4.4 KitKat by January next year. Under the hood, the device comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (Cortex-A7) processor clocked at 1.2GHz along with an Adreno 305 GPU and 1GB of RAM.

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Moto G is here

For photography, there’s a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash as well as a 1.3-megapixel front shooter. The rear camera comes with HD (720P) video recording support. The handset sports a water-resistant nanocoating on the inside and outside.

Here’s a quick look at the specifications of the Motorola Moto G:

• 4.5-inch HD “edge-to-edge” display, 720x1280 pixels, 329ppi
• Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
• 8GB, 16GB internal memory variants
• 5-megapixel rear camera, LED flash; 1.3-megapixel front camera

Rounding up the package is a 2070mAh battery, which the company claims will give 30 percent more talk time than Apple’s current flagship, the iPhone 5s. FM radio support is packed in and the curved back panel is removable. The company is also offering 65GB of free Google Drive storage.