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Moto G2 is set to be announced on the September 4 event internationally, Indian announcement to follow on September 5 at New Delhi. It was a question whether Motorola would discontinue the moto g in favor of G2. Flipkart now announced that they are conducting the sale [of the] last stock of Moto G. So it is confirmed that the Moto G will be discontinued and its place will be taken by the Moto G2.
Moto G has been hugely successful in India. Moto announced that it sold over 1 million handsets through Flipkart till June. Moto is now the 4th biggest smartphone company in India, ahead of Nokia. They achieved this by just 3 handsets, most of the nmbers is because of Moto G.
Moto recently slashed Moto G’s price by Rs.2000 due to recent increase in competition (read Xiaomi Mi 3 and Asus Zenfone 5), making it more attractive for buyers and a nicer deal. Moto G 8gb model recently got out of stock recently and have not been replenished till now. It is to be expected that it was the last stock of Moto G 8gb version. Now, with Flipkart’s ‘Get yours before it’s gone!’ sale, it might be your last chance to get a Moto G.
Moto G2 has been in news and leaks for some time. In case you don’t know, G2 is said to feature a 5-inch 720p display with the same snapdragon 400 processor coupled with 1GB ram. Camera units might be a 5 or 8 megapixel primary with 2 megapixel secondary. It is also said to feature dual front speakers like the htc One. The price might be slightly higher than the Moto G.
Moto G 16gb is set to go out of stock soon and will be permanently unavailable soon. Flipkart is also offering 50% off on Moto G accessories in favor of clearing out stock. It is the best and last time you can get your Moto G, Buy it now or never!
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http://www.gadgetraid.com/2014/08/last-stock-of-moto-g-flipkart
I suppose the good news is that Moto G 2 appears to be essentially the same hardware as Original Moto G. That should mean it won't take much more work for Motorola to create versions of Android 'L' that work on both devices.
I don't care if this or that is discontinued, I just wish my little fellow gets a taste of Android L... Hope to see a new notification saying "New system update available".. That's all I want.. :crying:
Android L will be the last system update for moto g for sure.. In the future, when android M and N comes out, we will have to look at Cyanogen to have a new custom firmware...
Well,this is sad,because this device is highly known and a great quality device. I think it deserves to get android L at least,and for future updates we cant rely on Cyanogenmod,because currently do not have a high support. I dont know who this guy Ethan Chen is,but i know that dhacker is a great dev,and his support was better. I'm 99.9% shure that he would port L and future updates if he was an offical maintainer.
So in conclusion,we just need barebone android L image and the majority of us will be satisfied.
The Moto G will get the Android L upgrade and i guarantee it. Motorola is still not fully with Lenovo yet. And i read since that Moto's software is near AOSP it should be easy for them to upgrade us soon, but since the Moto G2 is coming out we may get it like a week or two later. Remember how we got kitkat on December 24 even though Motorola said it was coming early 2014 or something like that?
bummer... many people have bought moto g on my recommendation. they are going to kill me.
lets hope android l is in cards and custom roms continue to flourish... cant upgrade my phone yearly
DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Well,this is sad,because this device is highly known and a great quality device. I think it deserves to get android L at least,and for future updates we cant rely on Cyanogenmod,because currently do not have a high support. I dont know who this guy Ethan Chen is,but i know that dhacker is a great dev,and his support was better. I'm 99.9% shure that he would port L and future updates if he was an offical maintainer.
So in conclusion,we just need barebone android L image and the majority of us will be satisfied.
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That's true, since this is a worldwide well known device, it should receive L, because it would be a great hit between customers. But if you think, maybe if falcon is discontinued, for Motorola won't be necessary to upgrade the device to L since moto g won't be available anymore.
But, if Motorola wants to be recognized as one of the best device maintainers talking about updates, they must consider upgrade falcon to L. Then, Motorola users, with no doubt, will gen a moto in the future instead of buying another phone.
Larger screen on g2 with same resolution translates to lower PPI. Only significant change is the camera.
I actually bought the g for the smaller screen and 720p quality . I already have the s3 and s4 which are slightly uncomfortable to hold in one hand due to their larger screens . I also have the moto e which is as good as the g. You won't find much difference in the moto g and e for daily use except if you need the front camera for video calls then moto g does not have it . Sorry for being slightly OT .
moto g will get android l
abhifx said:
bummer... many people have bought moto g on my recommendation. they are going to kill me.
lets hope android l is in cards and custom roms continue to flourish... cant upgrade my phone yearly
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Don't worry moto g will get stock Android l,motorola germany said that it will upgrade the moto g & x first to Android L..till now no words about Moto e about the future upgrade
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That's really sad that they have just discontinued their one of the best selling handsets...
but i just want that MOTOROLA keeps doing the good work by pushing more updates for our moto g
XdroidBD said:
That's really sad that they have just discontinued their one of the best selling handsets...
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They aren't discontinuing it until they release the Moto G2. So it isn't like you won't be able to get one for the same similar price and hardware.
bozzykid said:
They aren't discontinuing it until they release the Moto G2. So it isn't like you won't be able to get one for the same similar price and hardware.
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Yes they are (May be in India for now), Flipkart is the exclusive online retailer for Moto g in India. They confirmed and is now selling the last stocks they have from Moto. **sale is still going on**
yesabhijith said:
Yes they are (May be in India for now), Flipkart is the exclusive online retailer for Moto g in India. They confirmed and is now selling the last stocks they have from Moto. **sale is still going on**
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Yes, and the Moto G2 is coming out in a few weeks. So there is no great loss. This is what happens when new generations of phones come out.
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Yes, and the Moto G2 is coming out in a few weeks. So there is no great loss. This is what happens when new generations of phones come out.
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isn't it a loss for someone looking for a good small sized handset? Not everyone is the fan of a 5-inch device.Right?
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isn't it a loss for someone looking for a good small sized handset? Not everyone is the fan of a 5-inch device.Right?
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Sure. But if the phone size itself is the same, I think most people will be fine with it.
So one company announces it will stop selling Moto G's in favour of the G2 and the community think that is equivalent to the G being discontinued? Oh, by the way, here in the UK, carphone warehouse have listed the Moto G in their stores as "new". Just for the record.
djpailo said:
So one company announces it will stop selling Moto G's in favour of the G2 and the community think that is equivalent to the G being discontinued? Oh, by the way, here in the UK, carphone warehouse have listed the Moto G in their stores as "new". Just for the record.
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Flipkart is the only retailer in India that sells the moto g.
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Sure. But if the phone size itself is the same, I think most people will be fine with it.
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May be. But the leaked images shows a slightly bigger phone right? Bezels are also not that thin like G3. So how can you expect a device of similar size?
In case people didn't already know.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rebbr=1&cm_re=ZENFONE2-_-75-220-011-_-Product
I have a "review unit" and can confirm this model 100% spec wise. I hate to sound like a tool and say "I cant talk about it", but I cant post anything till the review date specified buy the supplier. just trying to save a few people from buying lesser versions on Ebay, Amazon etc.
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In case people didn't already know.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rebbr=1&cm_re=ZENFONE2-_-75-220-011-_-Product
I have a "review unit" and can confirm this model 100% spec wise. I hate to sound like a tool and say "I cant talk about it", but I cant post anything till the review date specified buy the supplier. just trying to save a few people from buying lesser versions on Ebay, Amazon etc.
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Based on the Newegg listing and other sources, I'm guessing two USA variants to start -
ZE551ML 1080p 2.3GHz/4GB/64GB - $299 (Black/Gold/Red/Silver)
ZE551ML 1080p 1.8GHz/2GB/16GB - $199 (Black/Silver)
We'll see come Monday.
They didn't tell us pricing yet. Id honestly like to know before I post my review though. In my opinion, thats a MAJOR "pro" for the phone if its close to $300.
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They didn't tell us pricing yet. Id honestly like to know before I post my review though. In my opinion, thats a MAJOR "pro" for the phone if its close to $300.
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True, it's just my guess on pricing.
Do folks here think it's unlikely that we'll see the 5" ZE500CL version for US release on May 18th?
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Do folks here think it's unlikely that we'll see the 5" ZE500CL version for US release on May 18th?
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Its hard to say. I don't have anything concrete I can verify a 1.6Ghz /2GB/16GB model (or ZE500CL).
The Black version does have a 16GB option: N82E16875220003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rebbr=1&cm_re=zenfone2-_-75-220-003-_-Product
As well as the Silver version: N82E16875220004
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rebbr=1&cm_re=zenfone2-_-75-220-004-_-Product
though they are listed as "ZE551ML" it may be a typo or mistake due to Newegg not having 100% of the Information from ASUS yet.
Lets just say ASUS has not made things easy in regard to launch dates and model numbers... this is exactly Why I started this Thread. I just wanted to let people know that there IS in fact a "North American ZE551ML 1080p (2.3Ghz/4GB/64GB)" coming our way In the US very soon and to not jump the gun and buy stuff from random scalpers for inflated prices.
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Its hard to say. I don't have anything concrete I can verify a 1.6Ghz /2GB/16GB model (or ZE500CL).
The Black version does have a 16GB option: N82E16875220003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rebbr=1&cm_re=zenfone2-_-75-220-003-_-Product
As well as the Silver version: N82E16875220004
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rebbr=1&cm_re=zenfone2-_-75-220-004-_-Product
though they are listed as "ZE551ML" it may be a typo or mistake due to Newegg not having 100% of the Information from ASUS yet.
Lets just say ASUS has not made things easy in regard to launch dates and model numbers... this is exactly Why I started this Thread. I just wanted to let people know that there IS in fact a "North American ZE551ML 1080p (2.3Ghz/4GB/64GB)" coming our way In the US very soon and to not jump the gun and buy stuff from random scalpers for inflated prices.
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ZE551ML has 2GB/4GB and various ROM and CPU speed options available. The 550ML is 1.8GHz/2GB/16GB only, differentiated from 551ML only by the 720P display (same SoC, possibly under clocked GPU)
550CL is a different phone - 5.0"/1.6GHz/720P different GPU.
Somebody else said the phones on Newegg would be International version.
Can you please, please confirm that they have USA version and not International version?
How's this version going to differ from the ZE551ML I purchased off of ebay? Apart from the 32GB's of storage, specs are identical? Plus, all LTE bands I require are present? The only con I see is the price, but having only paid $340 including shipping, it doesn't seem like I made a mistake assuming the $300 NA price tag, plus tax of course.
i can tell you that the zenfone 2 2gb 1080p version will start at 199 as confirmed by asus north America on twitter
luxlun said:
i can tell you that the zenfone 2 2gb 1080p version will start at 199 as confirmed by asus north America on twitter
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I think this is the variant I pre-ordered from Amazon before they removed the page to it. Their release date was late May to early June.
Edit: It was the 551ML with 1080P+2GB RAM.
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ZE551ML has 2GB/4GB and various ROM and CPU speed options available. The 550ML is 1.8GHz/2GB/16GB only, differentiated from 551ML only by the 720P display (same SoC, possibly under clocked GPU)
550CL is a different phone - 5.0"/1.6GHz/720P different GPU.
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Thanks for that Info.
Faiyez said:
Somebody else said the phones on Newegg would be International version.
Can you please, please confirm that they have USA version and not International version?
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The one they sent me is a "US" version. Im going to activate it on T-Mobile today or tomorrow.
JDane07 said:
How's this version going to differ from the ZE551ML I purchased off of ebay? Apart from the 32GB's of storage, specs are identical? Plus, all LTE bands I require are present? The only con I see is the price, but having only paid $340 including shipping, it doesn't seem like I made a mistake assuming the $300 NA price tag, plus tax of course.
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I really couldn't tell you the difference. I dont know much about any of the other Models except for the one I have here. I hope they price the Model they sent me around $300-$400. That would make it a killer deal! But like I said, I dont know the official pricing yet. I would assume Newegg would be selling them for "Retail price" when they launch, what ever that price may be?
so when is your review embargo over?
What I want to know is whether the modem is the same between the TW/WW version and the US version with the firmware being the only real difference.
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so when is your review embargo over?
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Im not sure if I can say the exact day
I assume its the same day as the Official US launch day? maybe?
its Very soon though... worth waiting for If you live in the US and are planing on getting the version I have.
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Im not sure if I can say the exact day
I assume its the same day as the Official US launch day? maybe?
its Very soon though... worth waiting for If you live in the US and are planing on getting the version I have.
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How much storage does your model have, if you can share that much.
Also, is there any way you can see if it has the same modem as the other ZE551ML models (Intel 7262 + Intel 2230 according to Asus). If so then we should be able to flash US firmware to at least the WW and TW versions.
Trotter516 said:
How much storage does your model have, if you can share that much.
Also, is there any way you can see if it has the same modem as the other ZE551ML models (Intel 7262 + Intel 2230 according to Asus). If so then we should be able to flash US firmware to at least the WW and TW versions.
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The only difference in the WW, TW and US versions are basically the AT&T Band 17 for US customers. And no, you can't flash anything to change it. I've been using the WW Z3580 4GB version on T-Mobile for the last 3 weeks and it's great. What everyone is praying for is that Asus release another update to coincide with the US release that will sort out the Lollipop 5.0 battery drain (update to 5.1 would be ideal) whilst in use (standby is great). If they don't address it the casual consumer will run away because few people will know how to tweak it properly to get decent battery life. It's a fantastic phone.
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The only difference in the WW, TW and US versions are basically the AT&T Band 17 for US customers. And no, you can't flash anything to change it. I've been using the WW Z3580 4GB version on T-Mobile for the last 3 weeks and it's great. What everyone is praying for is that Asus release another update to coincide with the US release that will sort out the Lollipop 5.0 battery drain (update to 5.1 would be ideal) whilst in use (standby is great). If they don't address it the casual consumer will run away because few people will know how to tweak it properly to get decent battery life. It's a fantastic phone.
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Any idea how it is on AT&T's network?
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Any idea how it is on AT&T's network?
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I don't. I'm on T-Mobile and it's perfect. But AT&T use Band 17 quite extensively so unless you live in an area where they don't I suggest you wait for the US model which will cover that.
Yes, LTE Band 17 is AT&T's original band. It would make absolutely no sense to use a device without band 17 on AT&T, unless one does not really care if they get LTE or not.
Hi from Mexico.
After today announcements I get really excited about the new phone regardless the high price, bet then they start to list the countries where the phone will be available: U.S., Australia, Canada, Germany,UK and India.
And that's it, no mention of other countries or even a plan for release the phone anywhere else. I was thinking that now they're moved on from the Nexus philosophy, their approach for the new G flagship would be different, but is has the same pattern as before.
I hope that Google can make possible to purchase the phone in any place, as you know, their main competitor . You could buy the new iPhone almost immediately after the announcement, IMO that's a shame for Google.
So, right now I do want the phone, but I would need to start looking where can I buy it or look for another option, like the V20 or even the Nexus 6P.
Thanks for reading!
I feel the same as you. Only two Nexus devices were officially released here in Brazil were LG Nexus 4 and 5. Cheapest version of Nexus 6P that I can find here amounts to about US$ 620 at a Brazilian Ebay-like website. I'm going to wait for Google Pixel to arrive at the same website, because I've lost hopes of the phone being released here.
I'm also on the same boat... I don't understand why Google just abandoned so many countries... and also this phone is not selling on usual retailers, for ex Amazon (directly).
I don't understand why... didn't they want world domination?! pfff
someone knows?
I bought the XT1641 2GB RAM and 32GB storage on October 2016 and haven't received any update as of yet.
Yo compre el XT1641 2GB RAM y 32GB de almacenamiento interno en Octubre 2016 y todavia no me llego ninguna actualizacion.
It's not released yet for our region, but all methods in Guide section works to upgrade to Nougat fast and safe
U can install nougat in xt1641,but i u want ota u have to Walt
Why did they promise Nougat for quarter 4 2016 if no intention of bringing it to customers? They will ruin the brand if Motorola becomes one of the abandonware selling chinese bulk manufacturers.
Was it really worth it to sack almost every employee from google days?
I have xt1641 Canada Freedom Network and i used this link to update into Nougat
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/android-7-0-install-nougat-official-t3531612 every things running for almost 10 days, Today i applied the update from this link https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/ota-zip-update-npj25-93-14-t3539407 so far No Problem. Waiting for Canadian update usually 10 months later from my experience with Samsung & Sony
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I have XT1641 Retla... It's not released in our region yet... And as i have experienced with other Moto phones, we'll be receiving the update much later than the indian, european and us versions.
zordo said:
Why did they promise Nougat for quarter 4 2016 if no intention of bringing it to customers? They will ruin the brand if Motorola becomes one of the abandonware selling chinese bulk manufacturers.
Was it really worth it to sack almost every employee from google days?
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That's so much incorrect. Nougat is already out, but it isn't rolling in the rest of the world by now. Wait.
No use if its not out everywhere.
I don't have the G4, but I'm considering snagging up the G5 Plus. I have Amazon Prime and very interested in the Amazon Offers version to save a few bucks.
My one hesitation is if Android updates are released slower for it than the stock version (dont care about the locked bootloader). While that G5 hasn't been out long enough to know for it specifically, I figured I'd ask those with the Amazon Offers G4.
So, those of you who have it, have updates been released at the same time as stock? For example, it looks like Nougat is available now. Was that released at the same time for both phones?
Thanks!
No, some Moto G4 Amazon Prime users are still waiting for their security patch -64 and the OTA upgrade to Android 7.0
And to confirm, all those on stock have received these updates?
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Moto-G4-Moto-G4-Plus-Moto-G4/Nougat-update-news-for-ALL-G4/m-p/3640324#M21948
Don't get ANY prime/amazon offers G-series phones anymore. It used to be (pre-December) that you could unlock the 32GB variant's bootloader and flash custom ROMs.
No longer.
AND, given Motorola's complete apathy regarding updates with this phone (and, probably the G5), you should definitely get a G5/G4 with an unlocked BL.