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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Agree. There are quite a number of decent phones in the $100-250 range nowadays. Before, $200 would only get you a crappy ARM11 with 512MB storage (50-100MB usable) which barely runs Froyo/Eclair. Nowadays, the same will get you dual-core with Jelly Bean and at least 4GB storage (~2GB usable). If you go for off-brand Chinese stuff, you'd get quad-core all sorts of additional features for that price. Granted, aside from quality control (or lack thereof), battery life appears to be a concern.
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Moto are doing it right. The Moto G, at just $180, strikes all the right points: good screen (720p), good performance (quad-core A7), good battery life (full day with up to 6 hours of screen time), no bloatware with a next to pure Android experience and timely updates, as shown on the Moto X. I would say Moto will have a hit with the G. Breaking in into the top tier is very difficult, so Moto have gone for the mid tier where, although margins are much tighter, the growth expectation is that much greater and, once they get traction there, they can try to break the top tier with a power phone.