Moto G5 Plus rumour roundup: Major design changes

Rumoured Price: Rs 26,500
The Moto G4 and G4 Plus, which were launched in early 2016 continued the G series of smartphone's tradition of providing good smartphones at an affordable price. The G4 Plus in particular saw a lot of love from both critics as well as consumers and even got a stellar 4.5 rating in our review.

The Moto G5 thus has a lot to live up to and if the latest leaks are any indication, it is looking to be extremely comprehensive update to the G line. Last week, alleged hands-on photos of the G5 Plus were leaked online and now an official press render has been caught out in the wild.

The leaks hint at a home button up front (unlike the G4 Plus which had on screen capacitive keys), a circular camera panel at the back and a new silver color variant.

On the hardware front, the G5 is set to come with a 5.5-inch fullHD display, the Snapdragon 625SoC, 4GB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal storage and a 3,080mAh battery. The handset is rumoured to come with a 16MP rear camera and 5MP front camera. Software wise, the G5 Plus will run Android 7.0 Nougat right out of the box.

Price and availability
The G5 and G5 Plus are expected to be launched in March 2017. Some reports also claim that the smartphones may be announced as early at MWC 2017 in February. While the price is unknown at the moment, a Romanian website listed the G5 Plus by mistake with a price tag of RON 1,650 (Approximately Rs 26,500). This most probably is a red herring as the pricing is way too high for a mid-range handset.

Moto G4 Plus in detail
The Moto G4 Plus is one of two variants of Motorola's fourth generation Moto G, the firm's bestselling smartphone range ever. In comparison to the regular Moto G4, the Moto G4 Plus features an improved 16MP rear camera with phase auto detection, laser autofocus and a dual LED Flash. It also comes with a fingerprint sensor.

The Moto G4 Plus features a fantastic 5.5-inch full HD (1920x1080 pixels) display, with a pixel density of 401ppi. This is the first time a Moto G smartphone has come with a full HD display.The display is also covered with Gorilla Glass 3 for protection.

The Moto G4 Plus is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 617 processor paired with a 550 MHz Adreno 405 GPU and either 2GB RAM + 16GB internal storage or 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage. The internal memory can be expanded up to 200GB through a microSD card. It comes with a 3,000mAh battery unit with TurboCharging support that as per Motorola, delivers 6 hours of usage with just 15 minutes of charging.