Moto G 4G

Brand: Motorola
Category: Mobiles

CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
RAM: 1 GB
Storage: 8/16 GB
Display: IPS LCD, 4.5 inches
Camera: 5 mega pixels
OS: Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our editors

8 4.0 1

Design 9 / 10
Display 8 / 10
Camera 8 / 10
Features 9 / 10
Connectivity 8 / 10
Usability 8 / 10
Performance 8 / 10
Battery 9 / 10

Enjoy incredible speed and seamless experiences streaming videos, downloading content, and connecting with family and friends.
The sharpest 4.5″ HD screen in its class, all-day battery, quad-core processor, Android™ 4.4, KitKat®, and 15+ colourful backs to customise your Moto G 4G phone.

What you’ll notice first about Moto G 4G is the sharp HD screen. The edge-to-edge display stretches to all four corners of the phone. Watch, read and browse on a big, brilliant display. You’ll get a sharp picture and then some.

Touch anywhere to take a shot, capture panoramic pictures or record HD video with front and back cameras. And within three clicks, quickly share your best photos with friends and family. To get the shot, and stay in touch, Moto G 4G is all the camera you need.

There’s music in the world and tons of it is still free. Just grab a pair of headphones and tune in with Moto G 4G’s FM radio.* Listen to your favorite stations or pick up a new signal. It’s all yours to explore.

You don’t have to hang up to send an email or turn off YouTube when you want to text. Moto G 4G multitask as easily as you do.

Moto G 4G is smart when it comes to the battery, so as you go about your day, you won’t run out of power.
With Android™ 4.4, KitKat® you’ll experience a more polished design, improved performance, and new features.

Moto G 4G owners get an extra 50GB of Google Drive storage free for two years* to safely keep and share photos, documents and other files (that’s on top of the standard 15GB).

Moto G 4G - SPECIFICATIONS

General

Model

Moto G LTE
Released

01-06-2014
Status

Available

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar
Dimensions

129.9 x 65.9 x 11.6 mm (5.11 x 2.59 x 0.46 in)
Weight

143 grams (5.04 oz)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

IPS LCD
Size

4.5 inches
Resolution

720 x 1280 pixels
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

16M colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

329 ppi
Touch Screen

Yes, Multitouch
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features

Capacitive touchscreen

Hardware

GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

Adreno 305
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

1 GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

8/16 GB
Memory Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.

Yes, microSD, up to 32 GB
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Accelerometer, proximity, compass

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

Android v4.4.2 (KitKat)
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

Moto UI

Camera

Rear Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

5 mega pixels
Image

2592 х 1944 pixels
Video

Yes, 720p@30fps, stereo sound recording
Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)

LED flash
Front Camera

Yes, 1.3 MP

Network

SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Micro SIM

Connectivity

Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB

microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

No
Headphone Jack

No