Motorola quietly unveiled the Moto E14 – a cheap Android Go edition device that arrives as an upgrade to last year’s Moto E13. It’s a simple device with a modest price of £ 70. The phone still uses the Unisoc T606 chipset, but with only 2GB of RAM, it is limited to running Android 14 Go Edition. Interestingly, Motorola upgraded the 64GB of built-in storage from eMMC on the E13 to UFS 2.2. That’s faster than some recent entries into this segment. There is a microSD slot, so capacity isn’t an issue.
Anyway, there are more upgrades. The
display features a 6.56” IPS LCD panel with HD+ resolution, however, it now
also boasts a 90Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The whole phone
is rated IP52 (water-repellent design). The Moto E14 battery has the same
5,000mAh capacity and it now supports 15W charging. It doesn’t sound like much,
but it is a 50% increase over last year’s model. The downside is that the phone
is bundled with a 10W charger.
Alas, the camera remains the same – a
single 13MP module on the back with 1080p @ 30fps video recording. The selfie
camera has a 5MP module that also does 1080p @ 30fps video. The selfie camera
is now inside a punch hole instead of a notch, which we guess counts as an
upgrade. The E14 features a 3.5mm headphone jack, plus a single speaker with
Dolby Atmos. This is a 4G phone with a dual-SIM slot, Wi-Fi 5 (ac) and
Bluetooth 5.0 (no NFC).
The Motorola Moto E14 currently appears on
the UK and “Rest of Europe” sub-sites of motorola.com. It’s also available
through select retailers like Amazon UK (which gives August 1 as the release
date). There is only one memory configuration, 2/64GB, and three color options:
Pastel Green, Pastel Purple and Graphite Gray.