Entry level Smartphone Motorola Moto C launched

Motorola was USA based multinational telecommunications company founded on September 25, 1928; 88 years ago (as the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation). It is headquartered in 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S. After consecutive losses back to back from the year 2007 to 2009 of $4.3 billion, the company is divided into two parts that were Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility. Then Motorola Mobility derives the Motorola. Handset division was a pioneer in cellular telephones in Motorola’s wireless telephone. It was also known as PCS (Personal Communication Sector) before 2004, the “mobile phone,” “flip phone,” “clam phone” are pioneered with DynaTAC, MicroTAC, and StarTAC respectively in the mid-1990s. By the mid-2000s it had staged resurgence with the RAZR.

In the second half of that decade, it has lost market share. Later it focused on the Android-based operating system (Google’s open-source). After losses continuous Motorola Mobility has been bought by Google in 2012. On May 22, 2012, Google had closed its deal to acquire Motorola Mobility, Google CEO Larry Page announced. Lenovo finalized its purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google On October 30, 2014.

Moto C specifications

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Body dimensions and network:

Motorola Moto C body dimensions are 145.5 x 73.6 x 9 mm (5.73 x 2.90 x 0.35 in) and weight of 154 g (5.43 oz).

3G variant works on 2G (GSM) and 3G (HSPA) network while 4G variant works on 2G (GSM), 3G (HSPA) and 4G (LTE) network with 4G voLTE and Dual-SIM supportive.

Design:

Motorola Moto C is of simple design with flat front and slightly round edges of the back side of the device. The button is in the same location with touch buttons on the front bottom of display and volume (up and down) and power button on right side of the device.

Display:

Moto C features with TFT capacitive touchscreen display type (16M colors), 5.0 inches (~64.3% screen-to-body ratio) size of screen and resolution of 480 x 854 pixels (~ 196 PPI pixel densities) with multi-touch compatibility.

Operating system:

Motorola Moto C runs on the latest Android 7.0 (Nougat), Mediatek MT6737M Chipset, Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, and Mali-T720MP2 GPU.

Memory:

Motorola Moto C is available in two variants. The internal memory is 8 GB in the 3G model and 16 GB in 4G (LTE) model. In both these variants, the internal memory can be expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card. RAM available in both variants of Motorola Moto C is 1 GB.

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Camera:

The primary camera of the device is 5 MP with LED flash. Features of the camera are 1.4 µm pixel sizes, geo-tagging; touch focus, panorama and video recording at 720p@30fps. The secondary camera of Moto C is 2 MP with front LED flash.

Connectivity and sensor:

The other connectivity options which are available in Motorola Moto C include WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot), Bluetooth (4.2, A2DP, LE), GPS (with A-GPS), FM radio, microUSB 2.0 and 3.5 mm jack. Only one sensor is available in Moto C i.e. accelerometer.

Battery:

Motorola Moto C powered by Removable Li-Po 2350 mAh battery.

The colors in which this device is available are Metallic Cherry, Pearl White, Fine Gold, and Starry Black.

Price and release date:

Moto C launch in India might be in June 2017, and Moto C price in India for 3G variant might be Rs. 6,200 and for 4G (LTE) it might be Rs. 6,900.

Merits and demerits:

Merits are:

  • Latest Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
  • 0 inch, TFT Capacitive touch-screen, 480 x 854 pixels
  • HD video recording at 720p@30fps
  • It has the Multi-touch option
  • All connectives like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS, USB, 3G, 4G
  • Removable battery device
  • Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A53 processor
  • Additional features like Document viewer, Photo editor/viewer
  • It is Dual-SIM

Demerits are:

  • It looks thicker
  • Average display
  • Only one sensor like the accelerometer
  • Not great performance
  • No fingerprint sensor
  • Only 1 GB of RAM
  • Average camera

My reviews:

As according to me Motorola Moto C is a decent phone with less than average specifications. There are many smartphones on the market available at same price with better specifications. One of them is Xiaomi Redmi 4A which has the better camera, display resolutions, processor and much more. As far as Motorola Moto C is the concern, there is no point to buy a phone with such specification.