Motorola launches the Moto 360, new Moto X, and new Moto G

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As expected, Motorola has announced a slew of new devices today, updating their smartphone line-up for 2014 while also launching the highly-anticipated Moto 360 smartwatch.

The Moto 360 goes on sale today for $250, packing a 1.56-inch nearly-circular 320 x 290 display and a TI OMAP 3 application processor. There's also a 320 mAh battery that's charged through wireless charging, 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB of internal storage, and the device is IP67 water resistant.

Powered by Android Wear, the Moto 360's software is essentially the same as other smartwatches that launched a few months ago. Sensor-wise you get a pedometer and a heart-rate monitor, which helps make the 360 a capable fitness tracker.

The $250 launch price will net you a Moto 360 with a leather strap; the metal-strap edition will launch later this year for $300.

The new Moto X for 2014, officially known as just the "Moto X" (not the Moto X+1), is a significant hardware upgrade on Motorola's identically-named flagship from last year. The display size has been bumped to 5.2-inches with a resolution of 1080p, while the SoC has also been upgraded to a Snapdragon 801 at 2.5 GHz.

The rear camera on the Moto X is 13-megapixels and includes an interesting ring LED flash around the lens. Other specs include 2 GB of RAM, up to 32 GB of internal storage, and a 2,300 mAh battery.

Also improved from the 2013 Moto X is a new partly-aluminium frame, with new back cover options including genuine leather. The Moto X will be available in the United States (and other countries) later this month for $499 off-contract.

The final smartphone Motorola announced was the Moto G: an updated version of the device that launched late last year, with a new display (5-inches at 720p, up from 4.5") and an improved eight-megapixel camera. The SoC stays the same - a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 - and the handset will launch without LTE support.

Like the old Moto G, the new version will retail for just $179. It's available today in the United States, India, France, the UK, Brazil, Spain, and Germany; more nations will get the device towards the end of the year.

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[Guest]

Moto 360 is probably the best smart watch to date. Interesting device.

That website was sharp though. I wish all websites worked that well.

 

[Kibaruk]

Moto G with mSD support, it would be a phone for ages to come.

 

[Nobina]

I liked Moto G cause of it's screen size of 4.5 inches. They should've added a bit better cpu or gpu instead.

 

[Guest]

So annoying that they would upgrade the G and take away the 4G again.

 

[Frank Barnett]

So annoying that they would upgrade the G and take away the 4G again.

Right like not having 4G is a huge market lol

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

I wouldn't be interested in the Moto X but the Moto G looks like a good deal just like it's predecessor was but the 5" screen is really pushing the limit for me now.

 

[mctommy]

So annoying that they would upgrade the G and take away the 4G again.

Right like not having 4G is a huge market lol

Not having LTE on the G is a dumb move for Moto for the US market as LTE is the direction the big 4 carriers are moving towards.

Moto should have updated this "new" G with LTE and priced it around the same price as the older G+LTE that came out this year (unless they were worried that they were cannibalizing the new older G+LTE).