Lenovo’s Moto brand is set to launch the Moto X4 in India today and the event will be held in New Delhi. You can keep up with the launch event which begins at 2.30pm IST right here at Gizmochina. Find the YouTube channel where you can watch the livestream of the launch event below.

The Moto X4 is a mid-range model but it is a premium mid-ranger and was first unveiled for Europe at IFA Berlin in September. The device is one of the first smartphones to come with inbuilt support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, and since it is based on Android 7.1 Nougat, it also supports Google Assistant. Other features which make the Moto X4 a standout model include an IP68 water and dust resistance.

The Moto X4 has a 5.2-inch 1080p display covered with a 2.5D glass. It has joined the still very short list of phones powered by the Snapdragon 630 mobile platform. There will be two variants – a 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM version for the US and Europe and a 4GB RAM + 64GB model for other markets.

For connectivity, the phone has Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac and supports LTE bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/25/26/28/66 as well as TDD LTE bands 38 and 41. It also has NFC. In addition, the Moto X4 packs a 3000mAh battery and a USB type-C port sits at the bottom and flanking it on the right is a 3.5mm audio jack. On the camera end, there is a dual 12MP + 8MP rear cameras as well as a 16MP selfie shooter.

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The device is expected to carry a retail price of Rs. 23,999, based on a recent leak. The price is significantly lower than the EUR 399 (roughly Rs. 30,300) price tag with which it was announced at IFA 2017. The Moto X4 comes in two colors – Super Black and Sterling Blue and is also coming to India as a Flipkart exclusive. We’ll bring you details from the launch here on Gizmochina.

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Lenovo-owned Motorola is gearing up to launch its new smartphone in the Indian market — Moto X4 on November 13. The company has now confirmed that the smartphone will be exclusively available via online retailer Flipkart in India.

Flipkart has already created a special landing page for the Moto X4 smartphone launch and mentions the 4 ‘Es’ — Extraordinary, Exceptional, Excellent and Exquisite. The media invite that Motorola sent out last week includes a large X logo followed by a hashtag #ExperiencePerfection. It further reads, “Experience ‘perfection’ crafted into a smartphone as Motorola brings to you the new Moto X4”.

To refresh, the Moto X4 was originally announced at IFA 2017 in Berlin in September. One of the highlight of the smartphone is that it features both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa as voice-based virtual assistants. The smartphone, which comes with IP68 rating, has a metal and glass design.

As of the specifications, the Moto X4 features a 5.2-inch LTS IPS Full HD display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and pixel density of 424 ppi. For protection of display, there is a layer of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4 on top. Under the hood, the phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 octa-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz, along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. However, in India, the company might launch another variant with 32GB of internal storage and 3GB of RAM.

In the camera department, the smartphone features a dual camera setup at the back. There is a 12-megapixel primary sensor and an 8-megapixel secondary sensor. On the front, there is a 16-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture and an LED flash. It runs on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system out of the box and has a fingerprint sensor embedded in the home button. The device packs a 3,000mAh battery which the company claims can deliver power backup for the whole day.

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Motorola is expected to offer both colors — Super Black and Sterling Blue in India. For pricing and availability information of the Moto X4 in India, we’ll have to wait for the company to officially launch the smartphone in India on November 13.

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After launching the Moto X4 smartphone at IFA 2017 in Berlin in September earlier this year, Motorola is now all set to launch the device in the Indian market. The company has started sending out media invites for the launch event on November 13.

The media invite reads, “Experience ‘perfection’ crafted into a smartphone as Motorola brings to you the new Moto X4.” The company goes on explaining the four ‘X’ of the smartphone — extraordinary, exceptional, excellent and exquisite.

Moto X4 has a metal and glass design, and features a dual camera setup at the back. It also comes with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa support. It has IP68 rating, making it resistant from dust and water.

The Moto X4 features a 5.2-inch LTS IPS Full HD display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and pixel density of 424 ppi. It is protected by a layer of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4 on top.

The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 octa-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz, along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. However, in India, the company might launch another variant with 32GB of internal storage and 3GB of RAM.

In the camera department, it features a dual camera setup at the back. There is a 12-megapixel primary sensor and an 8-megapixel secondary sensor which has a wide-angel lens. On the front, there is a 16-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture and an LED flash.

It runs on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system out of the box. The device packs a 3,000mAh battery which the company claims can deliver power backup for the whole day. There is also a fingerprint sensor embedded in the home button.

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The Moto X4 has already been launched in the US where it is available in Standard version as well as Android One edition. It was recently included in the Amazon Prime Exclusive smartphones, offering a discount of $70 on its price of $399.

Motorola is expected to offer both colors — Super Black and Sterling Blue in India. For pricing and availability information of the Moto X4 in India, we’ll have to wait for the official launch in the country on November 13.

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Moto X4 — latest mid-range smartphone from Motorola has now joined the list of Amazon Prime Exclusive smartphones. With this, the smartphone is now available at a discount of $70.

The unlocked version of the Moto X4 is priced at $399.99 in the US, but Amazon Prime members can grab the phone at just $329.99. To cover the cost of the offered discount, Prime Exclusive devices shows ads on the lock screen.

The smartphone comes with a 5.2-inch Full HD LCD display with screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and pixel density of 424 PPI. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor, along with 3GB of RAM. The device has 32GB of internal storage and also supports storage expansion via microSD card up to 2TB.

In the camera department, the Moto X4 features dual camera setup at the back — 12-megapixel primary sensor with f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle secondary sensor with f/2.2 aperture. On the front, there is a 16-megapixel snapper with LED flash.

It also comes with IP68 certification, ensuring water and dust resistance. Connectivity options on the device include USB Type-C port, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, and GPS.

Read More: Moto X4 Android One Smartphone Faces Production Issues, Shipments Delayed

The phone is powered by a 3,000mAh battery, which also supports TurboPower charging. It features a fingerprint sensor and ships with Android 7.1 Nougat operating system.

The Amazon Prime Exclusive Moto X4 will be available in two color options — Super Black and Sterling Blue. The company will start shipping the phone from October 26, but it has started taking pre-orders.

Motorola has also announced that the unlocked Moto X4 will be available for pre-order from October 19 for $399.99 at Motorola.com, Best Buy, B&H, Newegg, Jet.com, and Fry’s.

Last month, Google had launched Android One Moto X4 in the US, making it the first smartphone in the US under the Android One program. It is also the first non-Google device that supports Project Fi network. However, the Android One Moto X4 is not a part of Amazon Prime Exclusive.

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It has been a long time waiting for the official launch of the Moto X4. And tonight, Lenovo (Motorola) has finally made it official. The launch of the Moto X4 can be termed the resurrection of the X series, but after a one year hiatus, things are no longer the same.

Moto X4 Design

The Moto X4 has completely veered of the design path of its predecessors. No longer does it wear the polycarbonate body we were free to customize to our desire using Moto Maker. Instead, it is now cloaked in metal and glass – that is a metallic frame sandwiched in between two sheets of glass.

The design language isn’t too different from what we have seen in other Motorola phones released this year. The front employs the same style – a pill-shaped home button/fingerprint scanner, thick bezels at the top bearing the usual array of camera sensor, earpiece and LED flash; and an equally thick bezel at the bottom.

The power button and volume rocker (split into separate buttons are on the right) and a hybrid dual SIM card slot (nano only) is on the left. There is a dual camera setup on the back with a familiar design. The entire back is covered with a 3D glass that you already know is a fingerprint magnet.

Moto X4 Specifications

The Moto X4 has a 5.2-inch 1080p display covered with a 2.5D glass. It has joined the still very short list of phones powered by the Snapdragon 630 mobile platform. There will be two variants – a 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM version for the US and Europe and a 4GB RAM + 64GB model for other markets.

The Moto X4 comes with some very interesting features. It is the first Motorola phone with Amazon’s Alexa on board. It also has a feature called Wireless Sound System which lets you pair it to multiple audio devices and listen in sync on all of them. The technology is designed by a company called Tempow, and it also lets you control the volume for each one.

Lets also not forget that the Moto X4 is IP68 certified.

For connectivity, the phone has Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac and supports LTE bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/25/26/28/66 as well as TDD LTE bands 38 and 41. It also has NFC.

The Moto X4 has a 3000mAh battery. There is TurboPower support which should provide 6 hours of power when charged for 15 minutes. A USB type-C port sits at the bottom and flanking it on the right is a 3.5mm audio jack.

The phone runs Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box but should get Android 8.0 Oreo in due time.

Moto X4 Cameras

One of the key features of the Moto X4 is the dual rear cameras. Sitting inside the circular housing with a watch-dial design is a 12MP dual autofocus lens with a f/2.0 aperture and 1.4um pixel size, paired with an 8MP ultra-wide angle lens with a f/2.2 aperture and a 1.12um pixel size.

This configuration allows for ultra-wide angle images but can also take images with depth of field effects. There are additional camera features such as selective black and white, background replacement and landmark recognition. Sitting above the sensors is a dual LED flash.

The front facing camera is a 16MP f/2.0 sensor with LED flash. It has a beautification mode, panorama mode and a professional mode. It also has an adaptive low light mode.

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Moto X4 Pricing and Availability

The Moto X4 comes in two colors – Super Black and Sterling Blue. It is priced at 399 Euros ($475) for the 3GB version. Pricing for the 4GB RAM version has not been disclosed.

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Lenovo’s Motorola is expected to launch a number of smartphones this year and one of the phones expected is the Moto X4. The Moto X4 commands some level of interest due to the fact that the X series hasn’t had a new addition since 2015  and from earlier leaked photos, the X4 promises to come with a sleek design. We now have a more distinct photo of the X4 showing the device both from the front and back.

The Moto X4 is a mid-range device but the photo in question shows a well-designed, premium look that I dare say resembles a flagship model. The design is patently Motorola’s as it resembles what the company had done in the past with the front physical home button which will double as a fingerprint sensor, a common feature on almost all Moto models. The exception thing on the design is the rear camera. At the rear, the device features a unique camera design where there is a dual camera setup with the cameras and flash lying inside a round enclosure which protrudes from the body forming a slight bump at the rear. The dual cameras are in a horizontal alignment with the LED flash sitting at the top in between the two cameras.

The Moto X4 is expected to come with a metal body and the specs have already been revealed to include a 5.2-inch Full HD display with Gorilla Glass protection. The device is expected to feature a Snapdragon 630 processor and that would be backed by a 3GB RAM with 32GB storage. Some models will have 4GB RAM + 64GB storage onboard. There are speculations that the device will pack a Snapdragon 660 chip but that may likely not happen. The Moto X4 will also be IP68 dust and water resistant.

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Other expected specifications include a 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture and 1.0µm pixel size, which Motorola touts as capable of shooting 4k video at 30 frames per second or Full HD video at 60 frames per second. The selfie camera is also said to be designed for ultra low-light selfies and will come with an Adaptive Low Light mode. At the rear, there will be a 12 MP + 8 MP dual camera setup with dual-tone LED flash and Phase Detection Autofocus as well as the ability to add depth of field effects, like most other dual camera devices. Also, the device will run on Android 7.1.1 OS and a 3,000mAh non-removable battery with TurboCharging feature. Although the X4 is tipped for release in the fourth quarter, no official date has been disclosed.

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The Moto X4 is one of the models that are expected to herald the return of the rebranded Motorola line.  The model has appeared in a couple of leaks recently, including its likely image and is even rumoured for release in the fourth quarter of this year. A new leak has appeared on Twitter that reveals the price of the Moto X4.

The Moto X4 is expected to fall in the mid-range category and the most spectacular is that the device will be supported by Google’s MVNO, Project Fi. The leak points at a price in the region of €350 ($410) in Europe for the 32GB variant. There will likely be a 64GB variant but its price is yet to be disclosed.

Moto X4 32GB will have some interesting pricing it seems. ~350 Euro in eastern EU. Lower than I thought.

— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) July 27, 2017

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From previous leaks and benchmark appearances, we are able to gather the Moto X4 will have a 5.2-inch Full HD display. The device is expected to feature a Snapdragon 630 processor and that would be backed by a 3GB RAM. There are speculations that the device will pack a Snapdragon 660 chip but that may likely not happen. Other expected specifications include a 12MP rear camera as well as a 16MP front camera. There is also a rumour that the device will feature a 12MP + 8 MP dual camera setup at the rear. Also, the device will run on Android 7.1.1 OS. Although the X4 is tipped for release in the fourth quarter, no official date has been disclosed. We could as well see the X4 and even the Moto G5S launching at IFA Berlin 2017.

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Lenovo’s Motorola brand has planned a flurry of smartphone releases this year and one of the models that are likely coming is the Moto X4. The model has appeared in a couple of leaks recently, including its likely image. We have also seen a leak showcasing its specifications and that leak has got some sort of confirmation. A Motorola model has appeared on GFXBench and is suspected to be the Moto X4.

The Moto model appeared with the model number XT1789 and presents with a 5-inch display having a FullHD resolution (1980 x 1080pixels). The GFXBench data also shows the Moto X4 will come packing Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS which may likely feature some customisation in the China version, ZUI perhaps. The device is powered by a 2.2GHz Octa-core Qualcomm chip believed to be the Snapdragon 630 chip due to the presence of an Adreno 508 GPU.

In addition, the Moto X4 features 3GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage. The device is also listed with a 12 MP rear-facing camera with LED flash and a 16MP front-facing selfie shooter. A previous leak had tipped the X4 as coming with a dual camera setup and that was also captured in the leaked image. GFXBench app doesn’t detect dual camera setup so, it shouldn’t be surprising that only one of the cameras was captured. The device will likely have a 12 MP + 8 MP dual camera setup.

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GFXBench doesn’t reveal too many details about the specs but other details revealed about the Moto X4 includes that the device will feature an IP68 certified body and a front-mounted fingerprint reader which will be versatile enough to recognize gestures for on-screen navigations. The smartphone is also detailed to be the first non-Google phone that would support Project Fi MVNO. This feature will allow the phone to switch between different networks like Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular networks and Wi-Fi hotspots seamlessly. There is also NFC on board as listed on the GFXBench data which makes contactless payment services possible. The Moto X4 is tipped as coming in the fourth quarter of the year which is still a little time away but Lenovo could spring up a surprise before then.

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The Moto X series used to be the flagship line for Motorola, but last year Lenovo replaced it with the Moto Z. Since there was no new Moto X phone launched in 2016, that led to speculations that the line was killed off. Turns out that it wasn’t as we will be getting a new Moto X phone this year. However, the Moto X4 will now be a upper-mid range phone.

We first saw leaked press renders of the device two months ago when it was still referred to as the Moto X (2017). It had a design similar to the Moto Z but lacked the moto mod connector pins. It also had dual rear cameras and a glass body. A leaked image showing Motorola’s lineup for the rest of the year later revealed its name to be Moto X4.

If you're looking for a complete all rounder, the #motoX4, out supposedly June 30th, is your best bet. IP68, Dual Camera, Glass build. #moto

— Andri Yatim (@HeyAndri) June 9, 2017

3800mAh. SD 660, so fast charging 3.0 via USB type C

— Andri Yatim (@HeyAndri) June 10, 2017

Specification details of the Moto X4 were leaked on Twitter by Andri Yatim (@HeyAndri). His post was retweeted by @Rquandt, a popular leakster, lending some sort of credence to the post.

According to him, the Moto X4 will supposedly launch on June 30th. It will have an IP68 rating (waterproof up to 1.5m for 30 minutes), dual rear cameras, and a glass body. He also adds that the Snapdragon 660 will power the phone and it will have a 3800mAh battery with fast charging.

We already know the display is 5.2-inches with a 1080p resolution, and RAM will possibly not be less than 4GB.

The Moto X4 does look like a winner already. The only thing they need to get right is the pricing. Will it sell for the same price as the Moto Z2 Play because it lacks support for Moto Mods but throws in some tricks of its own or will it sell for less or even higher?

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Whichever one it is, it will likely affect sales of the Moto Z2 Play which is priced at Rs. 27,999 (~$435) for the 4GB RAM model if the difference isn’t much. The X4 has a bigger battery, a more powerful processor and is fully waterproof, a feature reserved for flagships. And if its dual rear cameras take excellent pictures, folks may decide to choose it over the Z2 Play.

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The Moto X used to be Motorola’s flagship device but last year, it was ditched in favor of the Moto Z. The first gen Moto X was released in 2013, and was followed by the Moto X 2nd Gen in 2014 and the Moto X Force in 2015. This year it is coming back not as the Moto X (2017) but as the Moto X4.

The new name was revealed last night on Twitter by Evan Blass. However, that is not the only info released about the upcoming smartphone. A short video was also posted on Baidu by a Chinese user. The video was recorded during a presentation of the Moto X4 and the 9-second long video reveals some interesting features of the phone.

Let's stop calling it "Moto X 2017," eh? pic.twitter.com/dBnUr5n7CU

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) May 13, 2017

The Moto X4 will come with a metal and glass body, 3x Carrier Aggregation, IP68 rating, AI integration, and the famous always-on voice command. What we were also able to catch from the video is the presence of dual rear cameras on the Moto X4 with a dual LED flash sitting at the top. The design of the LED flash is different from the one we saw in leaked press renders last month but the whole setup still shares the same design as the Moto Z.

The glass and metal design looks good but I am sure some of us will miss the Moto Maker customization that was one of the highlights of the earlier generation models.

Alongside the above specs, more specification details of the Moto X4 were also released on Reddit. The phone will come with a 5.5-inch display with 3D glass, Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 660, 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM. It will also have a 3800mAh battery with quick charge, a front-mounted fingerprint scanner, and laser autofocus.

Very impressive specs, right? We believe Lenovo might be on to something with the Moto X4 judging from the perfect blend of mid-range specs and flagship features on the device. If these specs are true and the price doesn’t exceed $400, then the Moto X4 is likely going to replicate the success of the first gen Moto G.

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People are already unhappy that the Moto Z2 Play will feature a smaller battery and we all know the Moto Mods didn’t really hit the mark. So instead of the Moto Z2 Play, I expect to see people settling for the Moto X4.

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