Motorola Moto E 2nd vs Moto E: specs comparison

 

A day after Motorola announced the Moto turbo in India, the company has launched its entry level, new generation variant of Moto E Smartphone. The company, however has launched only the 3G variant of the phone, though it will be bringing the LTE variant soon. The phone was unveiled in February. The second generation Moto E Smartphone is launched for Rs 6,999 in India and will be available exclusively on the company’s online retail partner Flipkart. It will go on sale starting 11th midnight.

 

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As for specifications, Motorola Moto E second generation is an upgrade version of the original Moto E. Here we compare the specs of the two variants to know the difference between the two.

 

Display:

 

The Moto E second-generation smartphone comes with a bigger 4.5-inch IPS LCD display, while the original Moto E has a 4.3-inch display. Though, the new generation model accommodates the same 960×540 pixels as the Moto E, and both the phones have Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

 

Chipset:

 

There is not much difference in this department because the 3G variant of the Moto E second generation also runs on the same processor that powers the previous generation Moto E. The phone runs on runs on Snapdragon 200 dual-core processor paired with Adreno 302 GPU. The LTE variant, however, should be a better performance than its predecessor, considering that it is powered by a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 quad-core 64-bit processor with Adreno 306 GPU.

 

RAM and in-built memory:

 

The RAM in the phone remains the same at 1GB, while the company has bumped up the inbuilt storage space from 4GB in Mote E to 8GB in the new Moto E. What counts as the major upgrade is that the new generation Moto E has a microSD card slot for expanding the memory by up to 32GB.

 

Camera:

 

In the camera department, the Moto E 2nd gen scores more than the previous model. It features a 5-megapixel rear camera with autofocus, while the previous one lacked autofocus feature. The flash however remains missing this time as well as was missing from the original model. A key upgrade is that while there was not a front-facing camera on original Moto E, the new generation model has a VGA front-facing camera. Though the camera can be used for selfies but it is not really a major attraction.  

 

Software:

 

In terms of software, the Moto E 2nd generation is launched with Android 5.0 Lollipop on-board, while the Moto E was launched with Android Kitkat. Though, the original Moto E can now be upgraded to Android Lollipop.   

 

Price:

 

This is the most interesting part, the price of the 3G variant of the new Moto E is the same as that of the launch price of the original Moto E which was introduced for Rs 6,999 in India.