Lenovo Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus
The first two phones under the "Lenovo Moto"
have been unveiled and they are the successors to the Moto G (3rd gen). Screens have
grown larger and sharper - 5.5" 1080p - after staying at 5" 720p for
the 2nd and 3rd generations. The processing power has doubled with a higher-end
Snapdragon chipset, the camera and memory have been improved as well.
Rather than
"Turbo", this one is a "Plus" and in its high spec option,
the Moto G4 Plus places in the upper echelons of the mid-range segment. The
5.5" screen has 1080p resolution (with Gorilla Glass 3 protection), a
necessary bump in both size and resolution for the G4 to stay competitive. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Below the
screen is the square fingerprint reader, which is unique to the Plus model -
the regular G4 goes without one. The sensor can unlock the phone in just 750ms.
The Moto G4
Plus is a 16MP shooter with hybrid focus (Laser + phase detection) and it
records 1080p video. The camera uses an OmniVision PureCell Plus sensor - with
1.3µm pixels and behind an f/2.0 aperture. There's a Pro mode with manual
controls too. The selfie cam has a 5MP sensor and an 84° wide-angle lens. The chipset
went up to Qualcomm's 6-series - a Snapdragon 617 to be precise. It has eight
Cortex-A53 cores at 1.5GHz and an Adreno 405 GPU. That's double the CPU cores
of the Moto G (3rd gen) and a newer generation GPU.
The top model
comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage. There will be more affordable options
with 2GB or 3GB of RAM and 16GB or 32GB of storage. And there's a microSD slot,
so even the 16GB models can have plenty of storage.
While both
the Moto G4 and G4 Plus have 3,000 mAh batteries and support fast charging, only
the Moto G4 Plus has a Turbo Charger in the box. It can put 6 hours worth of
juice in just 15 minutes. For the first time, the Motos will be exclusive to
Amazon.in. Pricing starts at INR 13,500 (US$ 200/€ 180) for the base 16GB Moto G4
Plus model and INR 15,000 (US$ 225/€ 200) for the 32GB model.
The Moto G4
brings many of the same improvements as the Plus mode. It has a 5.5"
screen with 1080p resolution, Snapdragon 617 chipset and a 3,000 mAh battery
with fast charge support (it's a bring your own charger affair, though). You
get a choice of 16GB and 32GB built-in storage (expandable via microSD). The
RAM is fixed at 2GB.
The camera on
the Moto G4 is closer to the 3rd gen phone - 13MP with 1080p video capture. It
gets the same 5MP wide-angle selfie cam as the Plus model, though. The final
difference between the G4 and its Plus sibling is the fingerprint reader -
there isn't one here.