Motorola rumor roundup: Moto X, Moto G, and more? What to expect tomorrow

We have got a busy day ahead of us in the smartphone world, with major launches from two Android OEMs just hours away. OnePlus may be first on the agenda with the launch of the OnePlus 2, streaming live in VR tonight starting at 10pm EDT, but just hours later Motorola is broadcasting an announcement of its own, and while the company is keeping a tighter lid on things than OnePlus, we’re almost certainly about to see the launch of a new Moto X and new Moto G model. Come with us as we take a few minutes ...

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Moto G 2015 unboxed early, leak reveals retail box, specs

In these images you can allegedly see a Moto G 2015 unboxed early. With all the recent leaks around the soon-to-become official smartphone, we have no reason to doubt the veracity of these stills. The phone has been heavily leaked, from pictures, to rumors, from its looks and Moto Maker options, down to its specs. You can find everything here, in our dedicated Moto G 2015 hub.The box shown, despite having its text in Portuguese (so probably either a European local version, or a Brazilian unit) features a black unit with a blue and green ...

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Carrier leak seemingly reveals third-gen Moto G pricing

For all we’ve heard about Motorola’s third-gen Moto G, which by all accounts will launch on Tuesday, there are still a few big unanswered questions. Considering how the Moto G is positioned as a more affordable alternative to the Moto X, pricing is a big factor that will help dictate the phone’s ultimate success, but so far we haven’t had a great sense for just how much the phone might end up costing. Would it follow in the footsteps of the first two Moto G models, priced at just about $180 at ...

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New Moto G stars in fresh set of hands-on pics

Are these Motorola smartphone leaks ever going to slow down? With the week drawing to a close, next Tuesday’s Motorola event is practically upon us, and they’re showing no signs of slowing down. After a couple days of retailers accidentally publishing promotional materials early, and in-store carrier displays leaking, we’re back in good ol’ fashioned hands-on territory this morning, as we have the ...

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Moto G retailer promo video surfaces early, attempts to confirm specs

Motorola is almost certainly launching the new Moto G next week, but from all appearances the mid-ranger’s been doing everything in its power to break cover in advance of its formal arrival. We’ve seen no shortage of leaks in the weeks leading up to the manufacturer’s July 28 event, and this afternoon we’ve got another big one to share with you, as one retailer (seemingly accidentally) publishes a new Moto G promo video just a few days early.Brazilian retailer Americanas has already yanked the clip ...

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Moto G 2015 carrier leak talks screen size, waterproofing, battery life

Motorola’s Moto G began life as a 4.5-inch smartphone, but for its second generation with saw the handset grow to a 5.0-incher. We’ve been looking forward to the third-gen Moto G for months now, and the past few weeks have been jam-packed with all manner of leaks, hoping to give us an early look at the phone – leaks that have been quite consistent in establishing that the 5.0-inch screen size was returning for this year’s model. While we probably won’t get official word until Motorola’s event next week, today we pick up some very formal-looking evidence, as ...

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New Moto G retailer leak arrives with conflicting specs

The new Motorola Moto G has been one of the most leaked phones in recent memory, popping up in pic after pic as we look forward to Motorola’s launch event next week. Recently, we’ve been seeing those leaks expand to cover some premature retailer listings, and shared one such posting with you overnight. But as shouldn’t be too surprising when we’ve got an unannounced device like this, not everyone agrees on all the specifics, and this afternoon we’re checking out yet another Moto G ...

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2015 Moto G specs leaked by retailer, price mentioned too

We only need to put up with 2015 Moto X and 2015 Moto G rumors, reports, and leaks, for about a week or so, as Motorola is holding a special event on July 28, where we will hopefully see both aforementioned phones, and maybe even a ruggedized version of the 2015 Moto X, dubbed the Moto X Sport. Until then, however, we take what we can get, and this report seems to unveil some 2015 Moto G specs.The information has been published on Spanish retailer FNAC’s website, but still, we advise you to treat it ...

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New Moto G leak reveals upgraded water-protection rating

As we mentioned a little earlier today when checking out one of the latest leaks of upcoming Motorola smartphone hardware, despite the Moto X being arguably the more exciting of the handsets we’re looking forward to, the new Moto G has been positively dominating the leaks that have arrived to date. That continues to be true this afternoon, as we take a look at a couple pics of what’s reportedly a new Moto G store dummy unit, one that gives us a peak at the phone’s defenses against environmental ...

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Moto G 2015 shows up in import logs, confirming hardware detail

In just over a week, on July 28, Motorola’s holding an event that all indications point to being its launch platform for new smartphone hardware – and specifically we’re expecting to see the company introduce the new Moto X and new Moto G. Of the two, it’s this year’s Moto G that’s found itself the star of the majority of recent Motorola leaks, including some recent hands-on pics, and ...

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Smartphones just got cool again | Pocketnow Weekly 157

Update: Warning – peaking audio levels at the beginning and end of this podcast. Enjoy!Yo dudes. This week was gnar, dudes.First we get word from Commodore that they’re (sorta) back and they’ve got a fleshtone phone to prove it. Then we hear that some kind of modern-day Iron Man is building a phone out of a material called “liquidmorphium.” Then we go hands-on with an all-metal, super-stylized ZTE phone, before hearing that Samsung’s new smartwatch is gonna have a digital crown and a rotating bezel control. And that’s not even half of ...

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Is a varied new family of Moto models exactly what Motorola needs?

And “tweak, tweak, tweak” go the little mouses at Motorola. Skeumorphs, component and material orders, machine settings, marketing plans, Motorola.We are expecting a bevy of new devices from the Lenovo subsidiary including updates to its flagship Moto X series and the affordable Moto G and Moto E lineups. Another two phones have shown up as slight tweaks of the aforementioned: the Moto X Sport and the Moto G Nuevo.Keeping in mind that Motorola has ...

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2015 Moto G leaks in real life images, Snapdragon 410, 2GB of RAM hinted

July 28 is when you should prepare to hear official word from Motorola on the 2015 Moto G, according to a recent report, one that also confirms some of the upcoming phone’s specs, as well as hints that the device will be waterproof. We’ve already seen renders of the device, and even some alleged images and videos, but this set of ...

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Waterproof 2015 Moto G launch rumored for July 28, specs also leaked

These are exciting times for Motorola fans as we’re hearing (and seeing) a lot of cool things about the company and its upcoming products. Lots of devices are popping up in certification documents, the Moto Maker could be enabled to customize the upcoming (2015, 3rd generation) Moto G, and the new Moto X, alongside the Moto G, and some other Droids are starring in the

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Motorola leak attempts to show off new Moto X, Moto G, pair of Droid models

The floodgates have been opening on new Motorola hardware lately, with rumors and leaks detailing not just a next-gen Moto X and Moto G, but maybe also some fresh Droid models for Verizon. Yesterday we had the chance to check out a photo of the back panel of what was supposedly one of those Droids, revealing a design that largely mirrored earlier Moto G leaks, while being just different enough to suggest we really were looking at some new ...

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