Motorola rolled out the Moto E in India at Rs 6,999 or $129 today, half the price at which the 16GB Moto G was launched and it’s available for ordering on Flipkart right now. Even if you’re not into smartphones, the Motorola Moto E is probably the toughest temptation you will have to fight considering its low cost coupled with specifications to match.
The launch of the Moto E should help Motorola capture a very large market share in countries like India where smartphone penetration is very low. Rs 6999 seems to be just the right price for those upgrading from feature phones to smart devices.
Motorola hasn’t put a 720p HD touchscreen on the smartphone, choosing instead to keep the resolution on its 4.3-inch display to just 540 x 960p qHD and protecting it with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and a splash-proof coating. A dual core chipset from Qualcomm as well as 1GB of RAM keep things up and running on the device which comes with the ‘latest Android update’ guarantee.
Moto E full specifications list:
– 4.3-inch 540 x 960p qHD touchscreen
– Android KitKat 4.4 OS
– 5MP rear camera w/o flash, no front lens
– 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth support
– 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage
– 32GB microSD card support
– Dual core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 processor
– 1980mAh battery
– 24 hours of mixed usage
You can follow this link to Flipkart if you’re interested in placing an order for the Moto E. As you can see from the specs we’ve jotted out above, only one variant with 4GB internal memory capacity and 32GB expandability is up for grabs.