Motorola diversifies flagship line with new Moto X Play

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

London - The third generation Motorola Moto X was unveiled at an event here in London and it comes in two variants. The flagship is the Moto X Style and a mid-range model with similar specs but featuring a different processor is the Moto X Play. 

Moto X Play comes to Canada this August on Bell Mobility, Koodo, TELUS, Videotron and Wind Mobile. In Canada, Moto X Play will cost about $400 off contract. Hit jump for more details.

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Canadians can top up prepaid mobile phones for family in the Philippines with PayPal and TransferTo

PayPal today announced that they have teamed up with TransferTo, a global airtime remittance leader, to offer mobile airtime top-up in Canada. Without any transfer fees, Canadians can now use their PayPal account to instantly top up prepaid mobile phones of their relatives and friends in more than 100 countries including the Philippines.

All the Canadian-based sender needs is their PayPal account and the mobile number of the recipient, to top up a prepaid mobile phone using their smartphone, tablet or computer on www.paypal-mobiletopup.ca.

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Motorola's focus on innovation continues under Lenovo

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

London - We're a few hours before a multi-country product launch for what many analysts believe to be a new batch of Motorola smartphones. There's a contagious buzz around what Motorola, now under the stewardship of Lenovo, continues to deliver under a challenging and competitive smartphone landscape.

Motorola Mobility has managed, quite admirably, to push out innovative handsets despite being acquired by Google (mostly for a trove of smartphone and wireless patents) and then being sold off to Lenovo late last year. During this time, the company has not only released a notable flagsip yearly in the Moto X, they've also created their most saleable device in emerging markets and the prepaid, contract-free segment in the Moto G.

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OnePlus 2 brings dual-SIM capabilities to the flagship Android segment

The OnePlus 2 was revealed earlier today and while still being made available on an invitation basis, the replacement for the OnePlus One does bring a lot of desirable innovations. Top of the list are a 64-bit Snapdragon 810 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage and a secure fingerprint scanner.

A surprising and welcome feature addition is dual-SIM capability, which is ideal for world travelers needing the convenience of keeping their home SIM and phone number but who want the option of using a prepaid SIM for local calls. Also on tap is the new USB Type-C connector which features the ability for power as well as ease of connectivity.

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