<story><title>Motorola Makes The Moto G Official, A “Premium” Phone Starting At $179 Unlocked</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/13/motorola-makes-the-moto-g-official-a-premium-phone-at-a-price-more-can-afford/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jonknee</author><text>Note that the iPhone 5s also has 1GB of RAM and has a similar CPU speed (1.3GHz). I feel you on the LTE portion, but much of the targeted market has no opportunity to use LTE. Maybe they could have a Moto G+ that costs $50-75 more and includes LTE.</text></item><item><author>JeremyNT</author><text>It seems capable, but calling it &amp;quot;high end&amp;quot; is quite... generous. No LTE, 1.2 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage - they made some obvious compromises to hit this price point.&lt;p&gt;I think it&amp;#x27;s probably a smart play for Moto&amp;#x2F;Goog to target this space, but &amp;quot;high end&amp;quot; it ain&amp;#x27;t.</text></item><item><author>cs702</author><text>This phone looks like a game changer to me, because it has the specs of a &lt;i&gt;high-end&lt;/i&gt; smartphone but is priced like a crappy &lt;i&gt;low-end&lt;/i&gt; one.&lt;p&gt;The cost of an unlocked unit is $300 to $600 LESS than that of other devices with comparable specs, so mobile carriers should be able to offer the Moto G to the masses for &lt;i&gt;hundreds of dollars less&lt;/i&gt; than any iPhone or high-end Android device by Samsung, LG, etc.&lt;p&gt;Mobile carriers could offer the Moto G profitably at a &lt;i&gt;negative price&lt;/i&gt; -- for example, zero money upfront plus an instant $300 coupon rebate if one commits to a two-year plan.  Or they could offer it with much cheaper monthly bills than economically possible with other comparable phones -- for example, 25% off one&amp;#x27;s monthly bill if one commits to a two-year plan.&lt;p&gt;--&lt;p&gt;Edits: added context and examples.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ismail</author><text>LTE is available in Africa. look into the mobile industry in Africa in some ways we have leap frogged . theres an entire generation of tweens whos access to the net is via mobile.&lt;p&gt;I Will never forget my visit to canada in 2009. I get there, purcuase a prepaid sim  card, and data does not work. go back to the store, and I am told you have to have a contract for data. wtf?  LTE&amp;#x2F;3g all cost the same here both on prepaid and and contract. As long as you have coverage.</text></comment>
<story><title>Motorola Makes The Moto G Official, A “Premium” Phone Starting At $179 Unlocked</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/13/motorola-makes-the-moto-g-official-a-premium-phone-at-a-price-more-can-afford/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jonknee</author><text>Note that the iPhone 5s also has 1GB of RAM and has a similar CPU speed (1.3GHz). I feel you on the LTE portion, but much of the targeted market has no opportunity to use LTE. Maybe they could have a Moto G+ that costs $50-75 more and includes LTE.</text></item><item><author>JeremyNT</author><text>It seems capable, but calling it &amp;quot;high end&amp;quot; is quite... generous. No LTE, 1.2 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage - they made some obvious compromises to hit this price point.&lt;p&gt;I think it&amp;#x27;s probably a smart play for Moto&amp;#x2F;Goog to target this space, but &amp;quot;high end&amp;quot; it ain&amp;#x27;t.</text></item><item><author>cs702</author><text>This phone looks like a game changer to me, because it has the specs of a &lt;i&gt;high-end&lt;/i&gt; smartphone but is priced like a crappy &lt;i&gt;low-end&lt;/i&gt; one.&lt;p&gt;The cost of an unlocked unit is $300 to $600 LESS than that of other devices with comparable specs, so mobile carriers should be able to offer the Moto G to the masses for &lt;i&gt;hundreds of dollars less&lt;/i&gt; than any iPhone or high-end Android device by Samsung, LG, etc.&lt;p&gt;Mobile carriers could offer the Moto G profitably at a &lt;i&gt;negative price&lt;/i&gt; -- for example, zero money upfront plus an instant $300 coupon rebate if one commits to a two-year plan.  Or they could offer it with much cheaper monthly bills than economically possible with other comparable phones -- for example, 25% off one&amp;#x27;s monthly bill if one commits to a two-year plan.&lt;p&gt;--&lt;p&gt;Edits: added context and examples.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TylerE</author><text>High-end Android is way past those specs.&lt;p&gt;For instance, my HTC One has a 1080p screen vs 720p, twice the RAM, four times the storage, and a 1.7Ghz quad with twice as much on-die cache as the 1.2GHz Quad in this thing.</text></comment>