Lenovo and Moto are expected to officially announce new a new Moto G phone tomorrow in India, likely called the Moto G (4th Gen). We aren’t sure why they are specifically targeting India for the launch while ignoring the rest of the world, but it does appear that the new Moto G will show up here eventually, if not right away. According to listings for new Motorola phones that hit the FCC at the end of last week, we indeed show a couple of model numbers with full US connectivity on AT&T and T-Mobile that have long-been attached to this new Moto G.
At least four new Moto phones are listed at the FCC from Thursday and Friday, with model numbers including XT1620, XT1621, XT1622, XT1624, XT1640, XT1641, XT1642, and XT1643. The two we care about are XT1620 and XT1640, both of which show carrier support here in the US. All of those other models are quite limited in terms of connectivity, but the XT1620 and XT1640 models have all the right GSM support, along with LTE bands 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, and 17.
Here is the general info chart from the FCC for those two models:
What’s a bit odd is the fact that the FCC listings all show an XT1620 numbers with an XT1640 number together, along with a single set of device dimensions. For months now, there has been talk of a Moto G (4th gen) and a Moto G Plus (4th gen), which one would think would mean smaller and bigger versions. That may not be the case, though, and we may just see lower and higher end versions with the “Plus” moniker differentiating the two.
The most recent set of rumors pegs the Moto G Plus (4th gen) as having a Snapdragon 617 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, 16MP camera, 5.5-inch FHD (1080p) display, and a fingerprint sensor. The regular Moto G (4th gen) should have the same size, but slightly lesser specs, like a Snapdragon 400-range processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, 13MP camera, and no fingerprint sensor.
Also, that new image at the top is from @evleaks, who referred to this as the “little bro” to another version of the Moto G.
Excited for the new Moto G?
Lol. I’m upgrading my phone in July, and it is going to be Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.Apart from turbo charging and a better camera, Redmi Note 3 is much better.(Also ₹3000 cheaper than the 3GB RAM Moto G4 Plus).
Could have been a good phone but when Xiaomi launched Redmi Note 3, everyone’s expectation for a good phone increased.. if it’s really SD 617, No sane person is going to care about this
NFC on the Plus?
Wow, it really looks like a Galaxy Nexus from the front.
Does the antenna placement seem odd to anyone else? In the base of the handset? Granted I grasp the phone roughly in the middle, but I know that at times I am covering the bottom. Seems like that isn’t going to net great reception.
That seems consistent with past Moto practice. When I recentlychanged the battery of a 2013 X, the antenna assembly was at the bottom. It never seemed to hurt reception.
“We aren’t sure why they are specifically targeting India for the launch while ignoring the rest of the world”
Probably because India is a huge growth market…
I really don’t see the point of getting Motorola phones outside of the software. Their hardware has always been trash.
I wouldn’t go do far as to say they’re trash, but definitely hit-or-miss. For every one good phone I’ve had from them, I’ve gone through two or three defective ones. Quality control doesn’t seem to be their strong suit.
Generally they have poor screens, poor cameras, poor battery life, and poor memory performance.
Aside from the poor screens, I thankfully never ran into any of those other problems.
1st and 2nd gen Moto Xs used Samsung AMOLED panels. So, you’re saying Samsung sucks?
Memory performance? RAM or NAND? Moto sources RAM from Samsung, Hynix; NAND from Samsung, Toshiba, or SanDisk.
SoC determines actual performance.
And do you think Samsung gives other OEM’S the good stuff? Just look at the technical specifications between the 6P screen and Note 4/5. They give them the hand me downs and they don’t even calibrate them correctly. Same goes with NAND modules.
I know you guys worship Motorola but come on.
They do after about 6-12 months of exclusivity.
That doesn’t put Samsung in a good light though, as they don’t want fair competition.
Samsung calibrates their AMOLEDs with software settings. What you see on the Nexus and Motorolas is exactly what comes off of the line.
Anyway, your original premise is still false.
Their screens tend to have low peak brightness, high minimum brightness, poor white balance, poor color accuracy. Their cameras have always been regarded as slow and generally not good up until last years Moto X which even then tends to be hit or miss. The battery life has always been subpar relative to the devices battery size. These are all not subjective points, but facts.
Color accuracy has never been an AMOLED attribute until Samsung forcibly toned things down in Cinema mode and some quantum dot tech. Otherwise, they’re completely oversaturated. Every. Single. Panel.
Battery life is decent. I get 4-5 hours SOT and 20-30h overall on my 3rd gen X with MM.
Battery life on almost every single Android phone with varying build versions of Lollipop was piss poor. Samsungs probably fared the worst without forcing ultra power saving mode.
Camera on the 1st gen was awful in low-light, decent in sunlight. They made the move to Sony sensors starting with the 2014 X and Nexus 6. 3rd gen takes some pretty good shots.
I had the motto g tried to break it talked bad about it but the truth with all it’s faults dam good phone done what it was suppose to Do without all the drama took me 3 years to actually break it
Lol what’s up with the Jellybean wallpaper?
I was about to say the same thing, lol. That is so 2012.
Better?
Yes.
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It will ship with Jellybean……. The new Motorola haha.
Very mehtastic… Bring out the big guns Moto.
Sadly, they’ve got no more big guns.
The G line is their big gun it’s their top selling android smartphone ever. Just because a flagship costs more doesn’t mean it’s the one being sold the most or making the most profit.
That doesn’t apply to me. I want a Real flagship.
And you were expecting that in this article about the moto g launch?
Dude move on.
Dude, know the position of the g you dolt
Why are you replying to sht from last month? Get a life.
You still can’t help trying to not look like a fool.
It’s not working
There will be launch events in India, Brazil, Mexico and Spain tomorrow, not only India.
Not for Verizon huh? Lame.
Could still be a version at some point, just no FCC listing yet.
Gotcha.
inb4 Droid branded Moto G complete with 20 Verizon logos and 1 security update after launch.
Yea I was hoping this would hit verizon as well. It would be nice if the phone would launch as a global phone like the nexus devices and be available on any carrier.
Every phone in the US needs to be like that. I am curious how hard it is.