Stock Android Moto M debuts in UAE, compatible with all four US carriers

The Moto M has landed outside of China in, of all places, the United Arab Emirates. Some things have been switched in translation including the MediaTek Helio P10 chipset for a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617. But the biggest changes come in its versatility.

While the Chinese model, codenamed XT1662, has cellular compatibility with the nation’s networks, it seems that this XT1664 will work with all of the major US carriers on both the GSM and CDMA sides. PhoneArena has also learned that Lenovo has decided to stick with stock Android for this Moto M, not even Motorola’s light-skinned UI. Google Photos backups also come free for two years at original quality.

Other specs recall of the Moto M we’ve talked about: 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage with microSD capacity up to 128GB, a USB-C port, dual SIM slots, a 16-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel selfie camera, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and a 3,050mAh battery.

It’s a very decent phone with an unknown price tag outside of China — the XT1662 launched at the equivalent of $295. But if anyone gets a hold of this phone, we’d love to see if we could pull some proper Project Fi action running on Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cellular…

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LG Friends site opens up shop, redirects you to retailers

It seemed like LG was really about to hit 2016 out of the park, but so far, it hasn’t been the kindest of unwindings for the G5, its modular nature and not to mention one of its Friends. But hey, at least we now know what’s up with ...

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UAE gets Xiaomi products with Saudi Arabia on queue

Xiaomi has been fighting the contraction of its sales for some time now as it struggles to find pathways out of China. We’ve been talking about US expansion for that same bit of time, but there’s little fruition on that front. At least, though, the Chinese OEM is getting somewhere.Take the United Arab Emirates as electronics distributor Task FZCO and carrier Etisalat are partnering to sell ...

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United Arab Emirates gets an Android One device

With the wildfire spread the Android One project in India, Asia and Europe, you might be forgiven for thinking that a project focusing on spreading affordable stock-Android hardware making entry into one of the world’s richest countries would be a ridiculous idea. Well, not all of the country is Dubai and even without the recent price ...

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