Moto G2
The
successor of the Motorola Moto G2, which is called as Moto G3 or Moto G (2015),
was released to the market late in July this year, as another entry by the
American handset maker to the budget smartphone segment of the retail market.
Some
critics say that the Moto G3 is actually a better handset than the Apple iPhone
6S because the budget smartphone can be used for a lot of things other than
make a call or send SMS messages with nary a hassle. It can be used to listen
to music, watch videos, a navigation tool when on the road, read PDF files and
e-books, download files, read e-mails, make file attachments to e-mails,
editing, merging documents, and other functions.
While the
iPhone 6S can certainly do the same functions, it is not as seamless as it is
on the Moto G3. Apparently, the iOS 9 has made it a little more tedious to do
all those functions on the iPhone 6S compared to doing it on the Moto G3. And
that is the reason why the budget handset is considered by critics as a better
smartphone compared to the iPhone 6S, details India Today.
Hobbled
by its software
Accordingly,
the iPhone 6S has great hardware but it continues to be hobbled by its
software, referring to the iOS 9, which lacks proper file system.
Although
Apple has attempted to open up its operating system a bit, it is still limited
when compared to Windows, Android or even the Mac OS X. And that is the reason
why that despite a great-looking iPhone 6S, its OS simply makes life a little
difficult for its users.
For
instance, in an Android phone like the Moto G3, if a user wants to play a song
on his smartphone from a computer, he can just connect the phone to the PC and
copy-paste it. But on the iPhone, it cannot be done like that. And everything
holds true for all other files needed to be played or viewed on the iPhone.
While
Apple may claim it as a security feature to protect the iPhone and other iOS
devices from malware, bugs, and viruses, the truth of the matter is that the
American tech giant simply wants to monitor its device users and their
preferences. In that way, it is able to create a database of information which
it can then use in upgrading its device or developing new ones in the future.
Reigning
the budget smartphone segment
Since its
official launch to the retail markets late in July, the Moto G3 is reportedly
dominating the budget smartphone segment, notes Neurogadget.
Compared
to its chunky predecessor, the Moto G3 is quite refined. While its
specifications are not much of a leap forward, but the build quality is quite
excellent and the number of features has also been enhanced.
The
Motorola Moto G3 also comes with two storage and RAM options. It has a model
that comes with a 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage and a variant that features a
2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. But as expected, the bigger version is
more expensive.
The
Motorola Moto G3 is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset,
which clocks at 1.4 GHz. It is fast in both RAM versions. Web pages are loaded
fast, and there is a minimal stutter. However, multi-tasking takes a hit
because games and applications are loaded much slower on the 1GB version,
compared to the 2GB variant. Both phone models are easily able to handle the
games on the Google Play store.
The 3rd generation
of the Moto G also comes with 2,470 mAH of battery and runs with stock Android
5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box. It also comes with a clean and simple UI to make
Motorola’s features unique.
It cannot
be simply described as a pure budget smartphone as it is more expensive than
regular budget smartphones but the design of the Moto G3 is quite exquisite and
its features and applications really worth its price.
It has
been reported late last month that it will be the first in the smartphone line to
get the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update before the end of this year.
Motorola
Moto G2, on the other hand, will follow suit and shall receive it in January
next year before the sleeper success of 2013, which is the Moto G, will get the
latest mobile operating system from Google in February 2016.
To make
it easier for each of the devices to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow
update, Motorola has actually officially released the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
update to the Moto G and the Moto G2 on September 29. As of today, all the Moto
G phones already have the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop firmware update.
However,
Motorola has yet to make an announcement or statement to either confirm or deny
those reported roll outs of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow on its budget smartphone
line so these are mere speculations at this time.
Source : Masterherald.com
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