Q4 is now in full swing, bringing some hopeful news to Motorola fans in Malaysia. A week ago, we’d already seen the Moto X Play make its way onto our local electronic certification board; now its bigger brother, the Moto X Style does the same.
Initially announced back during the end of July, these two hopefuls could attempt to disrupt the local market providing two sizes to appeal to different users. The two will be joined by the existing Moto G, that fills the most affordable range among the three.
The flagship of the Moto line, is why we’re here today and by chance that you haven’t heard of its specifications, the Moto X Style/Pure is the largest at 5.7-inches. Its screen is a QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top. Under the hood, you’ll get a 1.8GHz Hexa-core Snapdragon 808, coupled with 3GB of RAM for all your processing needs. The manufacturer’s decision to stray away from the top of the line Qualcomm chipset would point to not wanting to have the burden of dealing with the heating issues that have plagued other smartphone makers.
Although it has an option for a MicroSD card (up to 128GB), the base model has 16GB on board, while there’s a 32GB and 64GB variant as well; no word on which we’ll be receiving here. It’s sad to see that manufacturers are still not realising that 16GB just doesn’t cut it anymore on smartphones, a trend that has seen Apple stick with the base 16GB for its own iDevices.
For your photo-taking needs, it’ll sport a wide-angle 21-megapixel sensor with an f/2.0 aperture that’s capable of shooting in 4K resolution. Flip over to the front, you’ll see a 5-megapixel shutter with its own flash module. A worthy mention when considering its camera optics, which earned it a top 4 (based on points), sharing the spot with the LG G4 – at least by DxOMark’s standards.
Connectivity-wise, there’s Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, NFC and 4G LTE Cat6 for speeds up to 300Mbps. Those who want to have dual-SIM functionality might have to give the Style/Pure a pass, since it only supports a single nano SIM. The device is also rated at a certified IP52, meaning it’ll be water repellent.
All of its internals will be powered by a 3,000 mAh battery that has Turbo Charging, which claims to get you 10 hours of battery life with just 15 minutes of charging and it’ll run a Motorola enriched version of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
As a rough indication, the device retails for US$ 400 (RM 1,684) – 16GB, US$ 450 (RM 1,895) – 32GB and US$ 500 (RM 2,105) – 64GB in the States. Brightstar will be the ones bringing this over, but no word on availability and pricing has come to light yet. We’ll keep you updated if there’s any news on these devices.
Thanks to Ephemeral for pointing this out.
