Motorola Moto G Android 4.4 KitKat

Motorola has become the first smartphone maker to produce an upgrade to Android Kitkat 4.4 outside.The firm's Moto G smartphones began to receive the upgrade this morning on handsets in great .owners happen to be able to upgrade to Kitkat for many weeks. Although Motorola is owned by Google, it remains another company and as such can tell you they are the first manufacturer to upgrade its users' handsets to Kitkat.The telephone has a 4.5-inch HD display( 1280 x 720 HD) and it is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 400 processor with 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU. The telephone runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS. The companys says the telephone will be upgraded to Android 4.4 KitKat at the outset of 2014. It has a 5 megapixel rear camera along with a 1.3 megapixel front camera.

Design and make

Pebble-like is a good way of describing the Moto G's design and make. It's not particularly thin or light - 11.6mm and 143g - but feels nice within the hand with its rounded soft touch rear cover. The telephone is well made, robust and seems like it should cost a lot more than it does.There's little happening with the design. Silver power and volume buttons take a seat on the side and the two ports, headphone and USB, spend time at either end of the handset.

Hardware and gratifaction

The Moto G doesn't have flagship hardware however it does have a much higher specification than you'd expect from the phone which costs this little.
You're unlikely to obtain a decent screen for under £200 however the Moto G comes with a nicely sized 4.5in display with a 720p resolution. That means a pixel density of 326ppi which, can you believe it, is the same as the iPhone 5S. This is just unheard of for a phone this cheap. Shirt is punchy and the viewing angles are wonderful.

Cameras

At 5Mp for the rear and 1.3Mp in front, cameras are mid-ranged at a budget price. Both cameras perform pretty decently, particularly when you consider what you're paying for the telephone. You can even shoot in burst, panorama and HDR modes. Video could be shot in 720p HD quality and there is an unexpected slow motion recording mode.

Software

Unfortunately, the Moto G doesn't include Android 4.4 KitKat however it will be upgrade by January 2014, based on Motorola. That's not far away and for now it's running on version 4.3 Jelly Bean that is ahead of most existing Android smartphones.

Life of the battery

Motorola touts 'all day' battery life for the Moto G which is certainly the case in our testing. The Moto G can last a day and if you are a light user then you will probably even get a day or two from the handset.Despite having a removable rear cover or being able to see the 7.7Wh battery pack, you cannot actually remove it.