It appears that the Motorola One and One Power are
entirely new devices even though they share similar design and hardware with
their Chinese counterparts. The Motorola One Power, for instance, seems like a
blend between the P30 and P30 Note whereas the Motorola One marches on its own.
But enough about that.
Motorola announced both devices via a short blog
post accompanied by a landing page on its official website with largely
insufficient information. There is something to work with, though. The Motorola
One is built around a 5.9-inch FHD+ panel with trendy 19:9 aspect ratio and a
notch on top. The back of the chassis is made of glass and houses a double
camera setup and a fingerprint reader.
The main sensor is 13MP while the secondary one is
yet unknown - Motorola mentions only the front-facing 8MP camera. The text also
says that a Snapdragon 625 chipset powers up the device while the battery
should last a full day on a single charge.
Interestingly, a Spanish Amazon listing helps
unravel the mystery around the handset by adding 4GB RAM, 64GB of expandable
storage and a 3,000 mAh battery to the specs sheet. However, we aren't entirely
sure if Amazon's specs are accurate enough as the primary camera is listed as
12MP and contradicts Motorola's press release.
The Motorola One Power is a slightly bigger version
of the first with a focus on battery life. It boasts a 6.2-inch FHD+ display
with the same 19:9 aspect ratio and a notch. It runs Snapdragon 636 under the
hood and holds 64GB of expandable storage. The press release also mentions
two-day battery life and if the previous report is to be believed, we could be
looking at close to 5,000 mAh unit crammed up inside.
The main feature of both devices is the clean
Android One experience and Motorola promises swift update to Android 9.0 Pie
after release - "it will be among the first to get it." Unfortunately, it's still too
early to connect all the pieces as the press release on Motorola's blog is
pretty vague while the official website says "coming soon." But we do
have availability and pricing information - the Motorola One will be available
to the global market (Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific) in the
"coming months" with a starting price of € 299, which is in line with
the Amazon listing found in the source link below. As far as the One Power is
concerned, it will be made available sometime in October for the Indian market
with no mentions of pricing and worldwide availability.
