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Motorola will be launching the next generation of its popular Moto G series of smartphones next week, at its May 17 event in India. The release date of the next generation Moto X smartphone however is not known. In the meanwhile, multiple leaks have come forward that reveal details and images of the smartphones. Let's start with the new Moto G, which is anticipated to be called the Moto G (Gen 4) or Moto G4. Its higher-specced variant - the Moto G4 Plus - has also been leaked in the past, and is part of the latest leak as well. It was previously tipped to sport a fingerprint sensor. The new leak via WinFuture.de's Roland Quandt on Twitter points to what appears to be the Zauba listing of the two smartphones. Zauba, a tracking website for imports and exports to and from India, hints at the 'Athene' codename for the two smartphones, which are also said to be 'Made in India'. This may of course, refer to just assembling within the country. Based on the leak...

Motorola has slashed the prices of its shatterproof Moto X Force smartphone in India. The phone, which was launched in India in February, has got a price cut of Rs 15,000 on the 32 GB model and Rs 16,000 on the 64 GB variant. The 32 GB variant, which was earlier priced at Rs 49,999, is now available at a price of Rs 34,999, while the price of the 64 GB model has gone down from Rs 53,999 to Rs 37,999. Both the variants are available on Flipkart.com at revised prices. The Moto X Force, which happens to be the world's first shatterproof phone, is the most premium Motorola phone in the India since its re-entry to the Indian market in February 2014 and the company has been on quite a roll since then. The Moto X Force uses the Moto ShatterShield display technology, which is said to be an integrated system consisting of five layers designed from materials that absorb shock from impact and are guaranteed not to shatter. Motorola has replaced glass with various forms of plastic to mak...

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is finally rolling out to the Moto X Style handset. The Lenovo-owned company has started to roll out the software update to the handset, according to multiple reports. The update is improving the Moto X Style's battery life. The update comes a week after the company began to soak test Android 6.0 on the Moto X Style in several European countries. Several users on Reddit note that the update is substantiallyimproving the battery life on their device. A user, for instance, said that after upgrading to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the Moto X Style now offers 7-8 hours of screen-on-time on a single charge. The handset, according to the user, offered up to six hours of screen-on-time prior to the update. Several other users have chimed in to support the claim. If this is indeed the case,Motorola has fixed one of most annoying issues in an otherwise pretty decent smartphone. It is not known exactly which regions are getting Android 6.0 currently,...