Lenovo’s Motorola brand has got a handful of new models which would be released this year. The models spread across the flagship range to midrange models and even budget phones. The Z17 series caters for the flagship while the G series is Motorola’s midrange army, then there is the budget E series.
Moto’s 2018 G series models will be called G6 and G6 Play. The Moto G6 has just been benchmarked on Geekbench with some of its key specs revealed. Notable among the specs is the presence of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor paired with 3GB of RAM. The G6 is also shown to run Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. The SD 450 Chip was announced last year by Qualcomm. The The SD450 mobile platform uses leading-edge 14 nm technology to power premium experiences in high-tier smartphones without draining the battery. It comes with features like support for real time Bokeh camera effects, integrated X9 LTE, and an Adreno 506 GPU. The chipset is designed to provide fast connectivity, vibrant displays, and performance that’s both powerful and efficient. The benchmark score shows a considerably higher score than the SD430. On the single core test, SD 450 scored 709 points while it’s multi-core test is 3582. The Moto G6 Play was recently spotted on Geekbench confirming the presence of a Snapdragon 430 mobile platform. The single core score of the G6 Play stood at 472 points while the multi-core score is 1801 points.
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The G6 is thus an higher model than the G6 Play. Previous leaks tied the device to also feature NFC, as well as a 3000mAh battery. The device will come with a dual camera setup at the rear with the second sensor likely being a Boehner sensor. The device will be launched sometime in Q2 2018 and it will come with a Rs. 15,000 (~$234) price tag.
