Earlier this month, Best Buy accidentally (or not) published a listing online that outed an updated Moto E with LTE, more storage and somehow, an even lower price. The page disappeared tout de suite, but last week Motorola gave us a heads-up it was prepping some kind of announcement for today. You don't need to be a math whizz to put two and two together, and as anticipated, Motorola has now made the new and improved Moto E official. The updated model has 8GB of internal storage instead of 4GB, as well as an LTE radio (because bargain hunters deserve speedy 4G data access too), and a 1.2 gigahertz quad-core CPU. The new Moto E has also been given a fresh face, with a 4.5-inch display in place of the 4.3-inch screen found on the original. It's no prettier, however, as you're still afforded the same 960 x 540 (qHD) resolution. It also comes equipped with Lollipop, the latest version of Android. While the OG Moto E currently retails for $120/£90, we don't have any details on pricing for this new model yet. Retailers will start offering the phone today, though, so that mystery will be revealed soon.
While you won't be mistaking this refreshed Moto E for Motorola's flagship models, the company definitely brought a bit more style to its budget line this time around. The front of the phone looks cleaner, since there's only one silver bar for the earpiece (its predecessor also had one for the microphone), and the ridged grip gives it a slightly more premium feel. Overall, the new Moto feels a lot more solid than the original model. That may be due to how the phone handles access to its SD and SIM cards, which only requires removing its plastic side panel, rather than its entire rear cover.
Devindra Hardawar contributed to this report.
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