Latest battery bruiser Android from budget Moto G range appears ahead of MWC after an Amazon whoopsie
Motorola will put the lengthy battery-life Power version of its upcoming Moto G8 range on British shelves later this month, after the specs for the latest handsets in its £200-ish budget 'droid "G" line were leaked earlier this week after a rogue Amazon listing went live.
Two days after the Smoke Black and Capri Blue models were plastered across Amazon users' screens, the firm had a release date and specs for punters – which will be out just days before the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona kicks off. The mobe maker claims to have sold 100 million of its budget blower range – depending on who you ask, one of the better affordable smartphones on the market – which isn't hard to believe, as its one of the favourites of the contract-free, budget-conscious crowd.
The handset runs Android 10 and sports a 5,000 mAh battery, which will apparently keep the handset going for two days on a single charge, the Lenovo subsidiary claimed. An updated dual-speaker design blasts out audio 50 per cent louder than its predecessor, no doubt a great help to our headphoneless pals on the bus who so generously give of their bounty. It packs a Snapdragon 665 octacore processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and – somewhat terrifyingly – a high-rez telephoto lens as well as a standard 25MP selfie cam.
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The 6.4" phone has a 2300×1080 pixel front display (an LCD rather than an OLED), 88 per cent of which is a touchscreen. It also has a rear fingerprint reader.
The update on last year's G7 model includes a hole-punch camera rather than a notch, hybrid dual SIMs, and a bog-standard 3.5mm headphone jack. For what you're paying, you really can't complain.
The Moto G8 Power will launch in the UK starting 20 February, priced at £219, in Amazon, Carphone and Argos. ®
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