Motorola Moto G hands-on video

The Motorola Moto G has been making the news quite a lot lately and its popularity seems to be surging. There’s now the Google Play Edition available for $179 for the 8GB model so it’s perhaps easy to see why this Android smartphone is being snapped up so quickly.

It may not have the best specification on offer but with a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB RAM and a 720 x 1280 display, the Motorola Moto G is beginning to redefine entry-level.

As you know, we love to start out by unboxing a new products but our Motorola Moto G review unit is a beta device so arrived in a simple envelope. So our unboxing becomes an un-enveloping and I go hands-on with the Moto G, take a look at the hardware and then dig at the OS a little.

Full review up soon too.

Motorola Moto G specification:

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• CDMA 800 / 1900 – CDMA version
• 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• CDMA2000 1xEV-DO – CDMA version
• Micro-SIM
• Dimensions: 129.9 x 65.9 x 11.6 mm
• Weight: 143 g
• Display: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours, 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.5 inches
• Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• 3.5mm jack
• Internal Memory:  8/16 GB
• RAM: 1GB
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, LE
• microUSB v2.0, USB Host
• Primary Camera: 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama ,720p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
• Secondary Camera: 1.3 MP
• Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
• Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
• Adreno 305
• Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• FM radio
• GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS
• Non-removable Li-Ion 2070 mAh battery