0 Motorola Moto G budget smartphone goes official with 4.5-inch HD display at $179, coming to India in January

Motorola has finally announced the Moto G - a mid-range smartphone designed to bring the acclaimed Moto X user experience to a lower price point. It's built around a 4.5" 720p edge-to-edge display that's covered in Gorilla Glass 3 for extra protection against scratches and drops. Motorola has even wrapped the insides of the Moto G with a water-resistant nano-coating. Under the hood It has a 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with upgrade to Android 4.4 (KitKat) soon. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

Motorola Moto G specifications

• 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
• 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU
• Dual SIM (Optional)
• Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with option to upgrade to Android 4.4 (KitKat)
• 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 720p HD video recording at 30fps
• 1.3MP front-facing camera
• 6.0-11.6 mm thick (curve) and weighs 143 grams
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 720p HD video playback
• 1GB RAM, 8GB/16GB internal memory
• 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS
• 2070 mAh battery

The Motorola Moto G is priced at $179 for the 8GB version and the 16GB version costs $199. It will be sold without contract and an unlockable bootloader first in Brazil this week and parts of Europe, Latin America, Europe, Canada and parts of Asia within the next few weeks. It will be available in the US, India, the Middle East and more of Asia in early January 2014. Motorola has announced that the Moto G will be available in more than 30 countries with 60 partners by 2014.