Moto C and Moto C Plus are now official, start at €89
Following quite a
few rumors and leaks about them, Motorola has just unveiled its lowest-end
smartphones for 2017. They are the Moto C and Moto C Plus. On the outside they
are, as you'd expect, almost indistinguishable from each other, but their
innards are a different story. Let's take a look.
Moto C
This is the
entry-level model, as hinted at by the name. It comes with a 5-inch FWVGA
(854x480) touchscreen, which is not something you read often in a spec list in
2017. The main camera is a 5 MP unit with 1.4 micron pixels, 74-degree field of
view, fixed focus, an LED flash, and 720p video recording support. For selfies
you get a 2 MP shooter with 1 micron pixels, a 63-degree field of view, fixed
focus, and an LED flash.
The phone is
powered by MediaTek's MT6737M chipset, which comes with a 1.1 GHz quad-core
Cortex-A53 CPU, aided by just 1GB of RAM and 8 or 16GB of expandable storage.
Keeping all things running is a 2,350 mAh removable battery. The Moto C runs
Android 7.0 Nougat. Its dimensions are 145.5 x 73.6 x 9 mm, and it weighs 154g.
Color versions are Metallic Cherry, Pearl White, Fine Gold, and Starry Black.
It will become
available starting "this spring" in "various countries across
Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific". It will be priced at €89 unlocked
and SIM free if you purchase the 3G-only model with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of
storage. If you want 4G, you'll need to shell out at least €99 for otherwise the
same package.
Moto C Plus
This handset is
very similar to the Moto C in some respects, but it ups the game when it comes
to screen resolution, battery life, rear camera features, RAM capacity, and CPU
frequency. So quite a lot of improvements there.
It has a 5-inch
720p display, an 8 MP f/2.2 main camera with 1.12 micron pixels, autofocus, a
71-degree field of view, and an LED flash. Its SoC is the MT6737 (sans
"M") which means the CPU, while still being a quad-core Cortex-A53
unit, has been bumped to 1.3 GHz. You also get 2GB of RAM in some models, and
16GB of storage comes as standard.
But perhaps the
biggest improvement has to do with the battery capacity, which in the C Plus is
a whopping 4,000 mAh. That will certainly ensure at least one-day operation for
even the most demanding use-cases. The Moto C Plus measures 144 x 72.3 x 10 mm,
and weighs 162g. Other details, including the color options on offer, are the
same as for the C.
The C Plus will
start at €119 with 1GB of RAM. Expect to pay more if you want double that. The
availability time frame and markets are shared with its lesser sibling.
Source: gsmarena
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