Rumors have revealed a lot of information on an upcoming Motorola phone that is codenamed as Nio. It is being said that the device will be launching as the Motorola Edge S this evening in China. Recent reports have claimed that it will be breaking cover as a G-series smartphone in markets outside of China. Reliable tipsters have now revealed the moniker that the handset will be carrying in the global markets.

It is now known that the Motorola Nio phone will be heading to markets outside of China as Motorola Moto G100. The Capri and Capri Plus phones that have been in the rumors are expected to hit the markets as Moto G10 and Moto G30, respectively.

Coming back to the Moto G100, it will be a flagship-grade device powered by the newly introduced Snapdragon 870 mobile platform. In an image shared by reliable tipster Evan Blass, the Moto G100 can be seen docked in an HMDI cradle, which allows it to offer users with desktop PC experience like Samsung DeX. The said feature was recently teased by Motorola China recently for the Edge S as Multi-Screen Collaboration mode.

Motorola Moto G100 desktop mode
Motorola Moto G100 can be seen in a dock for a desktop PC-like experience

Also, the HDMI cradle has a rotating/swiveling that makes it possible to use the rear-facing cameras for split-screen teleconferencing. The tipster claimed that the color variant of the G100 which can be seen in the image will be called Iridescent Ocean.

Past reports have revealed that the smartphone will be coming with a 6.7-inch FHD+ display, a 16-megapixel + 8-megapixel dual selfie camera setup, a 64-megapixel quad-camera system, a 5,000mAh battery, and Android 11 OS. It may arrive in RAM variants like 8 GB and 12 GB along with storage options such as 128 GB and 256 GB.

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