Motorola is set to unveil the successor to the Moto G, dubbed the Moto G2, at an event later this week. And it looks like India will be one of the first countries to receive the device. Well it’s not surprising after the huge success which Motorola saw earlier with Moto X, Moto G and Moto E selling more than 1 million devices in the past 5 months.
After a picture surfaced today of the Moto G2 retail packaging, it was certainly looking like the phone will be released to stores no longer after it’s announced. Adding even more to that theory is a new shipping manifest for a shipment of 70,200 units heading into India. The Indian import/export database Zauba shows a large shipment of “MOTOROLA MOTO G [MOBILE PHONES]” making their way into India on Aug. 30. While the document it only lists it as the Moto G, the model number is shown as XT1068, which lines up with the rumoured model number for the Moto G2.
The Zauba listing has the price of the Moto G successor at `10,600 ($175), which is lesser than the import price of the original Moto G, which was `10,900. The price suggests that the new Moto G will be available for around the same as the 16 GB variant of the Moto G after the added taxes, retailer margin and all, which is available for `13,999 ($130) in the country. To ensure that the stocks are available for the buyers, more than 60,000 black Moto G2 handsets and roughly 14,000 white Moto G2 units are seemingly imported.
As per the rumours, the new Moto G is expected to feature a 5-inch 720p HD display, Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, microSD card slot and Android 4.4.4.
Motorola will be hosting its event this Thursday in Chicago and India where we also expect to see the Moto X+1. TechATips will be in attendance, so make sure to check back in for all of the coverage.
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