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 Motorola is looking to start mobile phone manufacturing in India and may tap the company's Chennai factory, which has been lying unused since 2013. If the plan goes through, this will be the third manufacturing location for the company outside China and Brazil, a top company official said.  Motorola, part of Chinese electronics major Lenovo which bought the company from Google, sells phones in India only through Flipkart. The company is looking at a larger play through its 'E', 'G' and 'X' range of devices, while also eyeing orders for 4G phones from Mukesh Ambani's 4G venture, Reliance Jio Infocomm.  "India is one of the biggest markets for Motorola globally, and also among the fastest-growing. We have started evaluating on whether it makes sense to make in India," Marcus Frost, senior marketing director for Motorola Mobility's Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as well as Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, told TOI here.  Frost said ...

The price and specifications of the much-awaited Moto G (Gen 3) are out, courtesy the smartphone's accidental listing on Flipkart app.  As per the listing on Flipkart, which was first spotted by Techdroider, the smartphone will come in two variants: one with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage, the other will have 2GB RAM with 16GB storage.  The price of the 1GB RAM version will be Rs 11,999, as per the leaked listing.  Other specifications of the smartphone include 5-inch HD (720x1280p) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The device runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and an Adreno 306 GPU. 

Motorola has slashed the prices of its second-generation Moto E smartphone in India. The company has cut the price of both 3G and 4G variants of the smartphone by Rs 1,000. After the price cut, both 3G and 4G variants of the Moto E (second-generation) are available for Rs 5,999 and Rs 6,999 respectively. The entry-level smartphone is exclusively available on Flipkart. Additionally, the e-tailer is also offering an exchange offer on the smartphone. Under this offer, users can trade in their old smartphone to get a discount of up to Rs 2,000. Moto E (second-generation) sport a 4.5-inch display of 540x960p resolution, 5MP rear camera and 0.3MP front camera. The phone offers 8GB internal storage and supports micro-SD card of up to 32GB. The 3G variant of the smartphone runs on 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 32-bit processor whearas the 4G variant is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor. Connectivity options in both the variants include Wi-Fi, ...

Data by import tracking website Zauba shows that the upcoming Motorola smartphone will have 2GB of RAM, while Android Syrup claims it will feature IPX7 certification. W ith the launch of the next generation of Motorola products  scheduled for July 28 , we are seeing more details of the third-generation Moto G smartphone surface almost every week. Now, two recent reports have shed more light on what we might expect from the Moto G (Gen 3).  According to import tracking website Zauba, Motorola has imported a total of 192 units of the third-generation Moto G to India for testing purposes.  The data by Zauba  shows that the upcoming Motorola smartphone will have 2GB of RAM, along with a 5-inch screen, 8GB internal storage, and white and black colour options.  This report contradicts earlier speculation that Moto G (Gen 3) will come with only 1GB RAM, like its predecessors. With 2 gigs of RAM, the smartphone will be better positioned to take on the competition ...

NEW DELHI: Lenovo-owned Motorola is likely to release its next-generation Moto G smartphone, whose images and videos have hit the web recently. The  video  shows several details about the upcoming Motorola smartphone, including key hardware and software version. It seems that the third-generation Moto G model will share quite a few features with its predecessor, such as the 5-inch (720p) HD screen, 8GB internal storage, 1GB RAM, and microSD card support The new model will also be powered by the 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor, with four cores running 1.4GHz. Its Antutu benchmark score is reportedly higher too at 23355, compared to the 17976 score of the second-generation model. Moto G (Gen 3) will run on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) operating system out-of-the-box. Like Moto E (Gen 2), the upcoming smartphone will support 4G networks. The biggest upgrade to Moto G will be the camera resolution, jumping straight from an 8MP rear camera to a 13MP primary shooter,...