New Moto G brings even more value and functionality to the midrange

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

London - Motorola's most popular and disruptive handset just got a major of an update today. The Moto G stormed into the market two years ago as an affordable smartphone designed to move millions of users from archaic feature phones into the smartphone age. Priced affordably yet featuring performance and features that could compete with the flagships of the time, the Moto G was very well received and has since become Motorola's best selling model.

Unveiled today, Moto G Gen 3 bumps up the specs with a 1.4 GHz quad-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, 8 or 16GB of storage as well as improved build and IPX7 water resistance. The camera  of the Moto G is now 13 megapixels and IPx7 certification, good for submersion in up to three feet of water for 30 minutes.

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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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