The Lenovo owned brand Motorola has announced two new Android One powered devices after months of speculation and leaks — Motorola One and Motorola One Power.
A few days ago LG also announced its first Android One powered device, the LG G7 and it houses remarkable specs. Also, Motorola unveiled an Android Go smartphone weeks ago called Moto E5 Play and now the company has presented Android One devices.
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Both Motorola One and One power have closely similar specs and the fact both are Android One powered guarantees regular security patch updates but the update might not reach Motorola One/One Power the same day Google has scheduled for the monthly security patch bulletin because both devices updates are been handled by Lenovo/Motorola and not Google.
Motorola One
Motorola One ships with a 5.9-inch FHD+ notch screen, curved edges and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The device uses a glass body, a dual rear camera with led flash in between both cameras and a single selfie camera.
The main sensor camera sensor is 13 MP (f/2.0 aperture and 1.12μm pixels) and 2MP (f/2.4 aperture and 1.75μm pixels) while the front-facing single camera has a single lens of 8 MP.
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As for the performance, the device is powered by a Snapdragon 625 with clocking speed up to 2.0 GHz, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage and it is expandable storage up to 256GB.
The device also runs the latest Android 8.1.0 Oreo (Android One) and a built-in 3,000 mAh battery.
| Specification | Motorola One |
|---|---|
| Connectivity | LTE: B1 (2100: B3 (1800) B5 (850) B7 (2600) B28 (700 APT) UMTS: B1 (2100) B2 (1900) B5 (850) B8 (900) GSM: B2 (1900) B3 (1800) B5 (850) B8 (900) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Dimensions and Weight | 150 x 72.2 x 8.0mm162g |
| Display | 5.9-inch HD+ (1,520 x 720) 19:9 notched LCD, “Max Vision” |
| CPU/GPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 with Adreno 506 GPU |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Storage | 64GB, expandable up to 256GB microSD |
| Battery | 3,000 mAh, Motorola TurboPower |
| Rear Camera(s) | 13MP (f/2.0 aperture and 1.12μm pixels) and 2MP (f/2.4 aperture and 1.75μm pixels) dual cameras Spot Colour, Cinemagraph animated GIFs |
| Front Camera(s) | 8MP (f/2.2 aperture and 1.12μm pixels) Portrait Mode |
| Software | Android 8.1 Oreo (Android One) |
| Audio | 3.5mm headphone jack |
| Ports | USB Type-C (USB 2.0) |
| Security | Fingerprint scanner (rear) |
Motorola One Power
Although the Motorola One and One Power have the same design, the Motorola One Power comes with a wider screen. One Power comes uses a 6.2-inch Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio, also coupled with a notch.
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The device runs on Snapdragon 636 SoC, 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage, also expandable up to 256GB.
In the camera department, the device sports a 16MP PDAF (f1.8, 1.12um) + 5 MP (f2.2, 1.0um) Color Correlated Temperature (CCT) dual led flash and a selfie camera of 12MP with a single flash.
Motorola One Powered seems to be more focused on giving more battery life as it uses a 5000mAh built-in battery
| Specification | Motorola One Power |
|---|---|
| Connectivity | LTE: B1 (2100: B3 (1800) B5 (850) B7 (2600) B28 (700 APT) UMTS: B1 (2100) B2 (1900) B5 (850) B8 (900) GSM: B2 (1900) B3 (1800) B5 (850) B8 (900) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Display | 6.2-inch FHD+ (2246×1080) 19:9 notched LCD “Max Vision” |
| CPU/GPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 with Adreno 509 GPU |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Storage | 64GB, expandable up to 256GB microSD |
| Battery | 5,000 mAh typical, Motorola TurboPower |
| Rear Camera(s) | 16MP PDAF (f1.8, 1.12um) + 5 MP (f2.2, 1.0um) Color Correlated Temperature (CCT) dual LED flash |
| Front Camera(s) | 12MP (f2.0, 1.25um) w/ single flash |
| Software | Android 8.1 Oreo (Android One) |
| Audio | 3.5mm headphone jack |
| Ports | USB Type-C |
| Security | Fingerprint scanner (rear) |
In an official blog post, the company promises two major Android version updates (to Android Pie, joining the Android One device queue which will be receiving the update later this fall and Android Q) and three years of guaranteed monthly security patches starting from September 2018 and October 2018 for the Motorola One and Motorola One Power respectively.
Price and Availability
The company mentions that Motorola One will launch for a price of €299 RPP (around N124, 900) in Europe, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific in the coming months.
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While the price for the Motorola One Power is yet to be mentioned, although the blog post states that the device will be available in India, starting from October.
