Earlier in February this year, a Motorola model appeared on both Google Play Console and GeekBench bearing the moniker Motorola Athena (Defy). The name suggests the unannounced smartphone would be a re-enactment of the classic Motorola Defy which was first launched in 2010. The Defy happened to be the first Android phone ever to have water and dustproof capabilities.

Since the Play Console and GeekBench listing of the Defy, there have been no other details regarding the specs and launch. However, that has changed as popular tipster Ishan Argawal has reportedly hinted that the Lenovo-owned brand will launch the Defy series soon. This throws up the possibility of the company releasing more than one smartphone. It could also be that we’ll get to see successive models yearly but this will depend on how the series is received in the market.

Unfortunately, for fans in India, the Defy series won’t be meeting with them as the tipster also added that the series will only be launched in markets outside India. However, he failed to mention the markets where the smartphone(s) will be unveiled.

While we are unsure if this news is accurate, it is safe to expect the Motorola Defy any time soon.

As for the expected specifications of the Motorola Defy (Athena), the Google Play Console listing shows that the smartphone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor paired with 4GB of RAM. The phone will also run on Android 10 OS and will have a screen with HD+ resolution. The Play Console listing gave us a view of the front screen showing a waterdrop notch on top of the screen. The way the back cover wraps around the screen to create tightly sealed edges also suggests it may equally come with waterproof and dustproof properties. Recall that the original Motorola Defy was water-resistant and dustproof.

We expect more details of this smartphone to emerge a time goes by.

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Earlier today, a Motorola phone labeled as “Bullitt Motorola Defy” appeared on Geekbench today. The listing suggests that the smartphone is codenamed as “bathena.” According to a report by My Smart Price, the same Motorola phone appeared as Athena at the Google Play Console and names like Motorola Defy, bathena, and Athena in the Google Play Console supported devices list. Hence, it appears that the Motorola Athena and Defy are one and the same phone.

On Geekbench (first spotted by Abhishek Yadav), the handset was spotted with 4 GB of RAM and Android 10 OS.  The listing further revealed that it is powered by a Qualcomm processor that has a base frequency of 1.80GHz. The source code of the listing revealed that the SoC has Adreno 610 graphics onboard. It scored 1523 in the single-core and 5727 in the multi-core tests of Geekbench.

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The Google Play Console listing of the device reveals that is powered by a Qualcomm processor that has a sm6115 model number and it has Adreno 610 GPU. The listing confirms that it is powered by the Snapdragon 662 mobile platform. The SoC is coupled with 4 GB of RAM and it runs on Android 10 OS.

The Motorola Athena smartphone’s image that has appeared in the Google Play Console listing reveals that it has a teardrop notch display. It supports an HD+ resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and a 280ppi pixel density. The other details of the smartphone are under wraps. Its final product name is not known yet.

Motorola is already selling the Moto G9 smartphone with a Snapdragon 662 chipset, 4 GB of RAM, and HD+ display. The same phone is selling as the Moto G9 Play in Europe. It remains to be seen what different features are available on the Motorola Athena phone as compared to the Moto G9/G9 Play.

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