Motorola officially announces the Moto G!

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Moto G starts at just $179, off-contract and unlocked

Motorola this morning at an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced the lower-cost Moto G Android smartphone. 

It’s a smartphone that has a premium experience but has a fraction of the cost,” said product manager Charlie Tritschler.

Moto G’s got a 4.5-inch display at 720p. It’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor at 1.2 GHz and sports 1GB of RAM. Motorola’s pushed a 2070 mAh into this thing, noting 14 hours of talk time. Moto’s touting that “all day” battery life line again.

And as you’d expect, it’s running Android 4.3 out of the box, with an update to Android 4.4 “guaranteed” by January 2014, Moto’s Punit Soni said.

For those who want some customization, Moto G is available with a number of removable backs — “Moto Shells.” And there’s a “Flip Shell” that is exactly what it sounds like — a flip cover to protect the displays.

And most important — an off-contract price of just $179 for 8GB. For 16GB, you’ll pay just $199. It’ll go on sale this week in Brazil and parts of Europe. After that come Latin America, Canada and parts of Asia.

Moto G will be available in the U.S., India, the Middle East and more of Asia in January. 

Software-wise, Moto G runs a clean, “stock” version of Android. Just like the Moto X, no skinning.

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