Dubai: Lenovo launched its budget smartphone — Moto G5 S, a successor to the recent Moto G5.
Motorola G5S displayed during Gitex. The primary camera is 16MP with f/2.0 aperture and phase detection autofocus. Photo: Atiq ur Rehman/Gulf News |
The 5.2-inch device with Full HD all metal-unibody design is powered by 1.4GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM.
The phone houses 32GB of internal storage and can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. It runs on latest Android 7.1 Nougat OS. It weighs 157 grams.
It’s a dual SIM phone with the secondary slot also available for microSD expansion.
The primary camera is 16MP with f/2.0 aperture and phase detection autofocus. It supports 8× digital zoom for photos and 4× digital zoom for videos.
The G5 had a 13MP secondary camera.
The front camera is 5MP wide-angle camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED flash. The fingerprint sensor is merged into the home button.
Regarding connectivity, it has Wi-Fi, 4G LTE and Bluetooth 4.2 but no NFC.
The 3,000mAh non-removable battery also supports fast charging. It is priced at Dh799.
Lenovo will launch only Moto brands from now on with five basic families — Z, X, G, E and the C.
Two devices under each family will make up for 10 devices per year and will cover the whole price spectrum.
After making a strong comeback, Motorola grew 13 per cent in the Middle East and its revenues have grown 30 per cent.
