On Monday, Motorola is announcing a new
midrange 5G smartphone. The Motorola One 5G is essentially a rebranded Moto G
5G Plus headed to the US market with a unique ring flash. The company doesn’t
yet have an exact price point, but it promises the phone will cost under US$ 500.
The Moto One 5G comes with the same specs
as the G 5G Plus. It has a total of six cameras: four on the back and two in
the front. One of the selfie cameras is a 16MP f/2.0 camera and the other is an
8MP ultra wide shooter for wide selfies. Around back, the main camera is a 48MP
shooter, an 8MP ultra-wide, a 5MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth camera.
The main difference between the Moto G 5G
Plus and the Motorola One 5G is that the latter has a new ring flash around the
main camera module. This is in addition to the main dual LED flash that’s next
to the camera setup. The chipset wasn't explicitly mentioned, but we expect it
to use the Snapdragon 730G.
The phone has a 6.7-inch CinemaVision LCD
screen with FullHD+ resolution and 21:9 aspect ratio, along with a 90Hz refresh
rate. There’s also a huge 5,000 mAh battery joined by support for 20W fast
charging. The Motorola One 5G will come be available from AT&T and Verizon.
The Verizon variant will come with support for the carrier’s mmWave 5G network
and will likely cost a bit more than other variants. The Moto G 5G Plus had a
€ 350 price point, so we wonder if it will be roughly the same in the US.
T-Mobile just announced the T-Mobile Revvl 5G, which has a price point of US$ 399.
We wonder if the carriers will try to undercut the Revvl 5G’s price point –
which is currently the lowest for a 5G smartphone in the US market.
