Ever since Motorola was acquired by Chinese company Lenovo, the company is releasing low-to-mid range smartphone every year. This year, Moto has released a few budget range smartphones but it seems that company has more to offer. Recently, the first image of Moto E6 plus surface over internet and know we know how it will look.

The Moto E6 plus has the most modern design we have seen on E-series phones so far, which justifies the ‘plus' tag. It features a water drop notch display with relatively slim bezels at the top and bottom. There are also two rear cameras on the back side along with the LED flash and fingerprint sensor embedded underneath the iconic Moto logo. We don't have the confirmed specs of the E6 Plus but surely, this isn't similar or remake of E6.

The moto E6 plus likely to have Android Pie out of the box just like the E6. The Moto E6 was codenamed surfna. The display is 5.45-inches with a resolution of 1440 x 720 and is powered by the Snapdragon 430. In regards to the camera situation, the Moto E6 has a single 13MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, in addition to a 5MP f/2.0 front-facing camera. Other highlights include 2GB of RAM, 16 or 32 GB of internal storage.

Moto was a big brand before iPhone hit the market and like many other smartphones at that time, Moto also got almost vanished from the mobile industry. Now, Motorola is all set to come back and recently it is working on expanding its product profile in India. The company has already started to send out the media invites for the media launch event on June 14.

The key selling point for Motorola One Vision is its ability to capture the perfect picture even at the night or low light. The device has its one of the most advance camera system, powered by artificial intelligence and Quad pixel technology. Its cinematic display allows you to watch your favorite movies on the device as near as movie theater experience right in your hand. It has industry-first 21:0 Cinema vision 6.3-inch full HD+ display with an in-screen camera to maximize your movies and video games visual experience on the go. It has elegant, narrow design that is extremely comfortable to hold and use with one hand. It uses beautiful 4D Corning Gorilla glass gradient colors like sapphire and bronze to give a stylish look for the modern-age consumers.

Moto One Vision has 48 MP rear camera sensor also comes with optical image stabilization and new Night vision mode. While night vision allows you to take the perfect selfie at night, OIS works to correct the blurred images and videos. The selfie camera is 25MP front-facing camera on Moto one vision. In bright light you can take selfie pictures with sharper colors and great detail. It has octa-core processor with advanced deep learning capabilities. Auto smile feature lets you take a perfect Instagram photos. The device comes with up-dated Android OS with a contract of 3 years to provide security updates for its customers. The phone has 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage which can be further expanded via microSD card.

The foldable smartphone seems to be the new attraction for consumers. After Samsung, Huwaei, and Apple, Motorola is also ready to test the waters. Samsung's recent disastrous pre-launch effort has drawn a serious shadow over the future of the foldable smartphone. While there are many people who suggest that foldable display technology is a new one and it is going to have its ups and downs. Regardless of what happened with Samsung foldable, consumers are still hopeful for the future of foldable devices.

Motorola Razr is a foldable smartphone expected to launch around August. We haven't heard about the company for years, but still, we have good memories of its amazing designs and sleek looking smartphones. After Samsung has postponed its foldable device release for unstated time, maybe the Motorola Razr would be the first commercially available smartphone in the market.

Moto has genuinely struggled to get a solid base in the really fast emerging smartphone era, losing its dominance to Apple and Samsung over the years. But as we all may think, this new foldable device could make or Moto reputation. When they released the original Razr back in 2005, it completely wins over the market with its unique design and aggressive marketing campaign to push the device to as many people as possible. The strategy worked, making it one of the most popular smartphones ever produced.

However, the dominance was short lived. Apple released the iPhone in 2007, followed by the HTC G1 - the first smartphone to run Google's Android operating system. Soon after its release, people turned to iPhone as Razr wasn't just smartphone. Motorola tried to shift consumer's attention to its Droid Razr but it wasn't iPhone nor it had the appeal of the original Razr. Moto lost its shares to Samsung and LG and was eventually bought by Google in 2012 for around $12.5 billion. Google sold Motorola to China-based technology firm Lenovo for around $3 billion in 2016.

Samsung is the leading smartphone business right now, but there was a time when Motorola was the undisputed king of smartphones, before being dethroned by Nokia. While that time may have truly come and gone, the Moto RAZR continues to be one of the most iconic smartphones of all time for more reasons than one. If you were lucky enough to have used a Moto RAZR back in the day and you secretly regret not having anything similar available for purchase today, we have good news for you. According to multiple sources, most notably the Wall Street Journal, a new Moto RAZR is all set to be released, but as an Android smartphone this time around! While the report is still shrouded in mystery, go through the following to know everything that has been rumored and reported about the upcoming Moto Razr so far.

·        It will feature a foldable display, instead of the bottom half being a keypad

·        The first batch of 200,000 units might be exclusive to the US and only Verizon at that

·        The price of the smartphone is expected to be around the $1,500 mark

·        It could launch next month, i.e. in February

Personally, I can't wait to experience this device first hand, provided Lenovo doesn't end up ruining it, because that is a highly likely scenario here.

Saikat Kar

According to a report by GSMArena, the Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid have started to receive the latest Android 7.0 Nougat update on Verizon. It has not yet been officially declared by the carrier, but reports are being received from reliable sources which confirm the authenticity of this news.

If your Moto Z Droid or Moto Z Force Droid is being prompted for the update, connect to your Wi-Fi and prepare for the download as it's a huge one at around 1.5GB. Once you have downloaded and upgraded the package successfully, the firmware version on the Moto Z Droid should change to NCL25.86-11, while on the Moto Z Force Droid, it should show NCL26.86-11.

Although the installation should only take about twenty minutes on its own, the downloading time will of course vary, depending on the speed of the connection. The upgrade will bring multiple improvements, as well as new features to the two Moto devices, namely the App Quick-Switch and the Split-Screen mode. As always, Lenovo Moto becomes one of the first manufacturers to provide the latest version of the Android OS officially.

Head over to http://forum.youmobile.org/downloads/ to find all the latest updates for your smartphone.

Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)