14 DAY TRIAL // Although Motorola has yet to confirm that the sequel to the popular Moto G smartphone will be named Moto G2, rumors on the company’s next budget-friendly smartphone already refer to it by that name.
Regardless of how Motorola will decide to name the Moto G’s successor, let’s take a look at what appear to be the phone’s most important specs. Spotted at GXBench by the folks over at GSMArena, the so-called Motorola XT1063 seems to be the Moto G’s rightful successor.
First of all, the smartphone appears to be running Android 4.4.4 KitKat, which is the operating system that is likely to ship with the final version of Moto G2 as well.
The GFXBench database also mentions that the Motorola XT1063, which will be referred as Moto G2, sports a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution.
That’s a slight upgrade from the original model that packs a smaller 4.5-inch display with the same 720p resolution. However, any minor upgrade is still an upgrade, so those who consider switching to Moto G2 from its predecessor should have enough reasons to do it as soon as the phone goes on sale.
Furthermore, the Moto G2 is confirmed in the GFXBench database to be equipped with a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, an Adreno 305 graphics processing unit and 1GB of RAM.
This seems to be the same hardware configuration seen on the Moto G, so there are no upgrades when it comes to performance. The Moto G2 is also said to pack 8GB of internal memory and there’s no mention of a microSD card slot for storage expansion.
As a reminder, the Moto G lacks a microSD card slot too, so users are stuck with either 8GB or 16GB of storage, depending on what version of the smartphone they have decided to pick up.
Another upgrade in comparison with the Moto G would be the 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, which features autofocus, LED flash and HD (720p) video recording, as well as the secondary 2-megapixel camera on the front. The Moto G only packs a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front.
With only three certain upgrades over the Moto G, there seem to be too few reasons for someone to replace their original model with the new one.
Still, those who are looking to buy an affordable but reliable Android smartphone and still don’t own the Moto G might take into consideration the Moto G2 if Motorola makes it affordable enough. Stay tuned for more updates on the unannounced Motorola Moto G2.