We first heard about rumors of the Moto M back in August of this year. At the time, it was rumored to be a smartphone with a 4.6″ display, but that isn't the device that made it to market. A few weeks later we saw the Moto M receive TENAA certification in China and giving us a different idea as to what type of hardware we should expect with the device. A month later, it was rumored that the Moto M would be launching with some Microsoft applications pre-installed on it.
In August, both Microsoft and Lenovo signed a deal that would give Lenovo access to some Microsoft patents in exchange for some applications being pre-installed on Lenovo products. With Motorola and the Moto brand being part of the Lenovo company, this made sense. At the time, we had only seen photos of the device thanks to the TENAA website, but then some leaked photos gave us a hands-on look at what the 5.5″ Motorola smartphone would look like.
Today, Motorola has officially launched the Moto M in India, and will begin selling the device one minute before December 15th. The Moto M will sport a 5.5″ 1080p display with 2.5D glass, the MediaTek Helio P15 SoC, microSD card slot, two SIM slots (Nano-SIM), Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, USB Type-C, 3.5mm audio jack, a 3,050mAh capacity battery, 16MP rear camera with PDAF and an 8MP front-facing camera.
There will be two variants of this device and both of them will be sold exclusively at Flipkart. There will be a base version with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage that will be priced at Rs. 15,999 (~$237). Then, Motorola is also launching a variant that will have 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage with this one being priced at Rs. 17,999 (~$266). Lenovo will also be offering a Rs. 1,000 discount on Citibank and Rs. 2,000 off when you trade in your old smartphone.
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