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Sub-£250 pricing and headphone jack widens potential 5G base Motorola has announced the launch of its second 5G smartphone in the UK with the Moto G 5G Plus. The device comes in two variants, one with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, and one with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. The 4GB version’s £229 starting […]

Motorola Edge expected to launch early next month Motorola has announced its flagship smartphone series will feature two 5G compatible smartphones. The US vendor unveiled the Motorola Edge and Edge+ yesterday (April 22) during a virtual online event. Both smartphones use the latest version of Android’s 10 OS, plus are 5G ready and are expected […]

The new Motorola G8 Power is now available at Vodafone UK – the UK’s best mobile data network* The new Motorola device is available on one of Vodafone’s unlimited data plans Add Amazon Prime Video, Spotify Premium, Sky Sports Mobile TV or a NOW TV Entertainment Pass to an Unlimited or Unlimited Max plan for […]

The entry-level smartphone comes with Android 9 Pie and will retail for £149 Motorola has revealed its latest smartphone comes with a 5,000mAh battery, which the vendor says can last two days.  The Moto g8 Lite will be released on April 15 and will cost £149 and will be available to buy from O2, Vodafone, […]

Smartphone offers a 13MP dual-camera system Motorola has announced the launch of a £99 budget smartphone: the Moto E6s The Motorola e6s offers a 13MP dual-camera system with a 6.1” Max Vision, HD+ (1560×720) display. The selfie camera offers a 5MP f/2.2 lens and video can be captured at 30fps in Full HD, HD, VGA, […]

If you are one of those big fans of the foldable phones, February should have been a very happy month for you. As the leading tech companies started developing foldable phones, the concept became even more popular and realistic. Two new foldable Smartphones were released in February, both of them offering exceptional features. Samsung recently […]

The latest addition to G family features a 5,000mAh battery Motorola has announced the release of the Moto G8 Power to celebrate 100 million sales of the Moto G smartphones around the world. The Lenovo-owned brand says their latest release will come with a 16MP main camera and a macro vision camera that allows for […]

Since its announcement in November, the Motorola razr has taken the world by storm and has quickly become the most hotly anticipated smartphone on the market. Motorola has announced that the first-ever clamshell-style flexible display smartphone that folds completely, is now available for pre-order. Pre-order availability Motorola together with EE, the exclusive UK partner, will release […]

The Motorola One Macro £158 from Amazon.co.uk A great macro lens camera and battery life helps the Macro One hold it’s own in the ridiculously competitive budget market  The Motorola One Macro is yet another of the budget phones that the Lenovo-owned brand released in 2019. It ranks as one of the lowest-priced Motorola smartphones, clocking […]

Foldable device reboot going for $1,500 in the US Motorola’s newly announced Razr, a foldable redesigned version of its classic flip phone that sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, will be ranged exclusively by EE in the UK. The device runs Android 9.0 on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710, with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal […]

If you want something for sub £250 with the latest Android OS and regular security updates then look no further than the Motorola One Action Go back around 10 years or so and Motorola was a household name amongst the smartphone industry. You’ll be able to recall the ‘Hello Moto’ adverts that were as popular […]

Imagine a movie experience so incredible, it fits in the palm of your hand. A camera with photos so sharp in any lighting, it feels like you have the power to see in the dark. Turns out it exists, and we’re delivering it all with the Motorola one vision, designed to maximise your view and see […]

Motorola looks to lord over the low-range market with its latest offering Hot on the heels of last year’s three Moto G6 phones, Lenovo-owned Motorola has delivered four different models for this year’s G7 range. Running the low-end price gamut, it includes the £149 G7 Play, the £179 G7 Power, the £239 G7, and this […]

On this day in 1928 in Chicago brothers, Paul and Joseph Galvin incorporated Motorola’s founding company, Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, with only one product and five employees. Flash forward to today as we celebrate #90yearsmotorola and there’s no doubt we have transformed the tech industry. Our first-ever product was designed in 1928 to address battery life, a challenge […]

A leaked image showing the upcoming 2017 Lenovo Motorola range has been leaked via Twitter user Evan Blass. Lenovo is undergoing a bit of an internal re-brand right now, with various handset lines disappearing in favour of the ‘Moto’ moniker. The aim is to consolidate all of the confusing naming conventions under one umbrella, though […]

Apteligent has released it’s latest report on Android manufacturers, detailing everything from update efficiency to app reliability. Apteligent is a mobile application performance management solution company based in San Francisco, California. The company monitor many aspects of mobile app performance, releasing numerous reports documenting everything from app performance to operating system stability. The company recently released a […]

Lenovo released a video teasing a release date for the Motorola Razr V3. Are we actually seeing a resurrection of the iconic flip phone?  Lenovo look set to resurrect the Motorola V3 Razr, almost over a decade since the sleek device was discontinued in 2007. Analysing the video we can see Lenovo sending waves of nostalgia with pop […]

Realising how silly it would be to do so, Lenovo has done a U-Turn and won’t be killing the Moto G.  Lenovo will still be slowly getting rid of the Motorola brand, but they won’t be killing the Motorola phone that have proven to be quite popular recently. Earlier reports indicated Lenovo will discontinue the […]

Smartphone manufacturer Lenovo will dump the Motorola name after acquiring the US company two years ago. Motorola were pioneers of the mobile phone industry, creating the first mobile phone the “Motorola brick.” Motorola also brought us the first flip phone and the iconic Razr. Motorola had seen a bit of a revival in the past […]

An alleged shot of the upcoming fourth generation Moto X has leaked on a popular Chinese social media website. With the Moto G 3rd Gen successfully winning this years What Mobile Editors Choice award and the Moto X Force looking to receive a great review, it’s hard to criticise Motorola at the moment. They’re really […]

Motorola has updated its list of Android devices that will receive the new Marshmallow update. You may remember last year when Motorola announced a list of devices that would be getting the Android Marshmallow update. Oddly, the second generation Moto E wasn’t included on said list, despite being a budget superstar that was only released […]

After weeks of rumours and speculation, Motorola has announced three new handsets which directly replace the previous Moto G and Moto X. The company announced a direct replacement to the Moto G which is available worldwide from today, while the Moto X comes in two variants aimed at different price brackets. Moto X Style details […]

Motorola accidentally posted its ‘Moto Maker’ design page to its website on Thursday. ‘Moto Maker’ lets Moto G customers design their own device and order it online.  A Reddit user discovered the Moto Maker tool, but it has since been taken down. Customers who’ll eventually be able to use Moto Maker can pick whether they want […]

Fresh off our news of the Moto X in black, we’ve also got another leak of the same device but in gold this time. A lonely leaked photo courtesy of Chinese microblogging Weibo apparently shows a finished gold version of the flagship, which again looks very similar to the current generation Moto X. The only difference […]

A spanish retail site briefly listed the upcoming Motorola Moto G 3rd generation, with the specifications list being a little better than previously thought. We’ve been hearing plenty of rumours about the new Moto G and the hardware that it will contain, though most reliable sources have pointed to a Snapdragon 410 and 1GB RAM. Although it’s […]

Motorola is holding a big bash on July 28 where the company will be announcing some very special news. There’ll be one event in London and another in New York, alongside a livestream starting at 2pm BST. Not much has been revealed about what’s being revealed at the parties. An invite says: “Your relationship status […]

A new Motorola device codename ‘5137’ has just been spotted undergoing certification checks on the FCC website. There’s been no shortage of Motorola rumours as of recent and now we have one more to add in the list. Android Geeks has just spotted a mysterious device listed on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website, a […]

Motorola’s upcoming third generation Moto G may have just been leaked ahead of its expected July release date. A couple of press renders which show the device have surfaced on technology website TechnoBuffalo, apparently sent by an anonymous tipster. The phone keeps the clean design of the previous two devices, with a similar look that feels very […]

Motorola has kicked off a two-week Summer sale today. Both the Moto X and Nexus 6 have just become more attractive devices. Customers can grab the Moto X and Nexus 6 at heavily reduced prices. The sale, which can be found here, is running until 11:59pm on June 30. Motorola Moto X and Nexus 6 […]

Motorola has been the subject of several rumours these past few months and it seems there might be some truth to them after all, as Lenovo Chairman Yang Yuanqing may have let the cat out of the bag. In an interview with The Telegraph, Yuanqing confirmed that we will probably see two new devices over […]

Motorola will be knocking up to £100 of some of their best-known products in an exclusive 48-hour sale.  The sale will start at 00:01 on Monday 18 May and end at 23:59 on Tuesday 19 May. Motorola sale products You can grab 16GB and 32GB models of the Moto X for almost £100 cheaper, with […]

It’s an essential accessory for the selfie-lover, whilst South Korea deemed it dangerous enough to ban it. The selfie stick, whether you love it or hate it, has become a worldwide phenomenon. So it didn’t take long for Motorola to have its own sly dig at the smartphone accessory in an April Fools’ video, then […]

Motorola is likely to launch the Motorola Moto X, the successor to the second-generation Moto X. later this year. Rick Osterloh, Motorola’s president, revealed on Twitter that the company, which is owned by Lenovo, was going to “stay on a roughly annual cycle for all of our products, including the Moto X.” This suggests that […]

One of the biggest faults of the Android operating system is the market fragmentation. Buy an iPhone? Then you know you’re gonna get the latest iOS update. But with Android? Who knows when you’ll get that latest update. Android 5.0 Lollipop is the latest update from the Google team, and one of the biggest in […]

Just as it did with its second-gen Moto G last month, Motorola has taken to its online store to sell its Moto 360 Android Wear smartwatch. The wearable went on sale at 12pm GMT today and is available in limited stock. Customers who registered their interest in the device received an email from the manufacturer stating […]

In a bid to steal Apple’s thunder, Google has unveiled a broad range of new additions to its Nexus line of devices. The announcement came a mere day before the iPad launch. Among the new products, which also includes the Nexus 9 tablet from HTC and an Android-based Nexus TV set-top box, is the newest […]

Motorola has given its bestselling Moto G a second-gen upgrade.

Moto Maker was a privilege previously reserved only for those lucky enough to be born in the US of A. Motorola’s customisation suite has now landed in the UK, though, and it’s a tonne of fun. A bit like how Nike ID lets you create customised sneakers, Moto Maker lets you do the same for […]

Motorola is following in the footsteps of Samsung to become the latest Android device maker to take to its own website to sell its smartphones. The handset in question is the second-generation successor to the hugely popular Moto G, and now you can buy it directly from Motorola. Not only that, but you will also […]

One of the best reviewed, best selling and best loved smartphones of all time is back. A sequel to the Motorola Moto G is now on sale in the UK. Motorola’s best selling device of all time, the Moto G gained such massive popularity in no small part due to the unbelievable value of the […]

The Motorola Moto X is back. Don’t be confused by the name – it may be called the Moto X, but this is a brand new device, and one worthy of leading Motorola’s 2014 smartphone lineup. As you may have expected from Motorola, the Moto X puts up some impressive specifications, all whilst running a […]

Motorola’s exciting Android Wear smartwatch, the Moto 360, isn’t supposed to hit shelves until September 9th. It seems that nobody told US retail giant Best Buy that, though, as it went and listed the product on its website on Sunday. The listing was of course removed hastily, but the internet never forgets. Eagle-eyed watchdogs (if […]

After months of speculations followed by numerous delays, it seems that Motorola is finally ready to unleash the Moto 360 smartwatch upon the world. The manufacturer will also reward our patience with not one but two new devices. Could this mean the launch of the Moto X+1 too? The news comes as part of an […]

Motorola has remained impressively tight-lipped over any potential new flagship handsets of late, with its attention turned firmly on the entry-level market. Secrets have a way of revealing themselves though, and today we have a first glimpse at the specifications for the Motorola Moto X+1. That name is strictly presumed at this point, but it […]

What a difference four days makes. At the start of the week, German Motorola customers were feeling on top of the world. They were the first nationals outside of North America to gain access to the Moto Maker, Motorola’s genius online store which enables you to totally customise the look of your new Moto handset. […]

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on November 21st 2013 There was a time when Motorola was one of the biggest names in the UK market. You couldn’t watch the TV for 5 minutes without hearing the ‘Hello Moto’ slogan. But in recent years the company’s grasp on these shores has slipped, despite being […]

Just when we thought Android L’s location-sensitive smart unlocking was a pretty futuristic way to go about using your smartphone, along comes VivaInk to make us all feel incredibly dated. The young company has struck a deal with Motorola to create a tattoo which can unlock your Moto X smartphone. That’s right, it may sound […]

Last year, Motorola changed the entry-level smartphone market with the release of the Moto G, a solid handset with impressive specs ‘ 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 720 x 1,280-pixel resolution screen ‘ for an affordable £135. The device was an astounding success and proved once and for all that not everybody needs a top-end […]

The Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch was revealed in March as part of Google’s Android Wear collection of wearables, which also includes the upcoming LG G watch. Since then, little information regarding the device has surfaced. Until now, that is. According to a new report by French site Journal du Geek, the Moto 360 will be […]

The What Mobile podcast goes mini! This week we discuss the latest compact smartphone releases from HTC (the One Mini 2) and Sony (the Xperia Z2 Mini). Also on the agenda is Motorola’s launch of two new handsets, the Moto E and Moto G 4G. Finally, we dissect Microsoft’s frankly odd decision to release the […]

Motorola launched its newest affordable smartphone, the Moto E,  today at a number of exclusive press events around the world. Following in the footsteps of the popular Moto G, the Moto E is an entry-level handset priced at £89 unlocked with solid specs that include a 4.3 inch display with 256ppi, which the manufacturer claims […]

The Motorola Moto G is already the universal king of cut-price smartphones (as our review attests to), but Motorola isn’t content to rest on its laurels. A Brazilian tech site has leaked specs for what appears to be an even further scaled-back Moto handset. The Moto E, as it is known right now, is a […]

Walking out of your job on seven years on the spot would rarely be considered a rational response to developments at the office. That’s just what Motorola UK General Manager Andrew Morley did yesterday though, and understandably so, as it turns out that he was only informed of the company’s sale to Lenovo  thirty minutes […]

Motorola redefined budget phones with the £135 Moto G. So what can it offer higher up the price scale? The Moto X is a top-tier handset that starts at £380 SIM-free, which makes it roughly £150 more than its little brother. For that price you get the expected bump in specs, a lighter phone and […]

Motorola has made a remarkable comeback on the smartphone market thanks to the success of the affordable Moto G handset. The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, for the three months to February 2014, shows a resurgent Motorola climbing from almost nothing to 6% of British sales in just six months. Its success […]

Following LG’s introduction of its first smartwatch,  now it’s Motorola’s turn to unveil its  Android Wear  device: the  Moto 360. Following in the the tried tradition of classic timepieces, Motorola’s smartwatch hews closely to a more refined, premium look. The Moto 360 boasts a circular, digital watchface powered by Android Wear that grants users access […]

Today’s video round-up includes the launch of the LG G Pro 2 in Korea, the departure of Motorola Mobility CEO Dennis Woodside for Dropbox, and news that worldwide smartphone shipments reached 1 billion for the fist time ever last year.

In the wake of Lenovo’s deal to acquire Motorola’s mobile business, the company’s CEO Dennis Woodside is reportedly leaving to join cloud storage firm Dropbox as COO. Jonathan Rosenberg, the former head of product management at Google, will be appointed as the COO of Motorola Mobility with responsibility for day-to-day management, Lenovo, which bought Motorola […]

Motorola has scheduled in an event for Mobile World Congress this month, despite being sold at the end of January. The company will hold its event on February 25th in Barcelona. We don’t know just what’s going to be talked about, but given the Google just sold it to Lenovo, there’s sure to be some […]

Motorola have announced a price cut to their latest smartphone, with the moto G now costing just £100 when bought with a £10 pay-as-you-go top up. The moto G dropped in the UK in November of last year at what was already a thoroughly reasonable £135 for the 8GB model, but in an effort to […]

It’s time for the WhatMobileNews Cast! There’s one very, very big story this week. We are of course talking about Google flogging off Motorola to Lenovo. Jamie and Mike try to make sense of the biggest story of the year (so far). Where will the company go from here? How did it lose so much […]

Google has posted its Q4 2013 results, revealing how the company performed over the last holiday period. Overall the company did as well as ever, with revenue made from the Google Play store pushing things forward. The same can’t be said for the outgoing Motorola, though. The recently-sold outfit posted losses of $384 million in […]

Google has sold off Motorola to Lenovo for $2.9 billion ( £1.75 billion). The deal comes less than two years after Google first bought the mobile company for some $12.5 billion ( £7.54 billion). In that time, the company has released the budget-focussed Moto G and the mid-tier Moto X Android handsets. The latter is […]

Motorola’s Android policy has been to keep things simple. That means stock apps and very few add-ons. But today the company has released its own Motorola Gallery app onto the Google Play Store. Oddly enough the app is very similar to the stock Android Gallery app. The only real difference is that it launches straight […]

Looking to move from iOS to Android? Or, more specifically, a Motorola Android? An updated Motorola Migrate will now help you on your way. An update to the Motorola-exclusive app (hence the name) will let you migrate using iCloud. It’s as simple as storing data on iCloud, then locating it via the Motorola Migrate app […]

It looks like it’s finally time for the Moto X Europe announcement. Motorola has sent out invites to a UK event for next week. Careful wording suggests that, rather than a new handset, this will be a reveal of the Moto X Europe release. The event will see the company ‘welcome a new addition to […]

Motorola’s website crashed today as it strained to cope with an influx of visits from shoppers on the hunt for discounted mobile phones. The US manufacturer alerted customers to the issue about an hour ago as US consumer logged on to make the most of Cyber Monday deals. Cyber Monday, typically the first Monday in […]

If you caught the Moto G announcement, you’ll no doubt already know that the cheap-as-chips phone from Motorola managed to impress us with its middle-of-the-road specs but impressive price, thankfully Motorola wants to ensure you don’t forget — releasing a brand new ad which boasts the Moto G as an ‘exceptional phone’, with an ‘exceptional […]

Motorola has officially unveiled the Moto G, which it promises will be “an affordable smartphone that doesn’t compromise.” With a 4.5-inch display, the company hopes that it can bring a large display to a budget phone, starting the launch event by highlighting the current choices on the market — with most of them restricted to […]

You may have heard that Google is launching a new version of the Android operating system called Android 4.4 KitKat. Of course that update will be available first on the Nexus line of devices, including the brand spanking new Nexus 5 which was announced last night. It’s not just the Nexus devices getting it though, […]

Yesterday we introduced you to Phonebloks, a fascinating experiment that allows you build your own phone with blocks. Now another build your own phone has been revealed, coming from Motorola. It looks pretty similar to what we saw yesterday and is again in the concept stage. Basically the phone comes in bits and pieces. Motorola […]

Time for yet another Q3 earnings report, although this time we’re talking Google. We all want to know what ludicrous amount of money Google’s been making, right? Well it certainly is ludicrous. The company made some $15 billion over the last three months, which is hardly surprising given the popularity of the brand at this […]

Motorola has been slated for the high price of the Moto X, and it has already taken the criticism on-board, confirming a cheaper model is in the works. Thanks to Chinese social network Sina Weibo, we may have had our first look at what it may entail. According to the photos, Motorola is prepping a […]

It has  been a while since we have seen a Motorola product named Xoom, and we now know why — Motorola was banned from using it by Xoom Corporation. According to a report by Engadget, Xoom Corporation and Motorola became entangled in a legal battle over the latter company’s use of the name — and […]

Motorola’s promise to offer Moto X handset with a personal engraving feature has had to be pushed back due to technical issues with the engraving process.

Motorola wasn’t the first company to consider allowing customers to customise their phones, with a report from The Verge claiming that HTC had heavily investing in colour customisations for the HTC 8XT Windows Phone. According to the report Sprint and HTC were both working on a project called the HTC Design Studio, which was meant […]

Motorola, the wholly owned Google subsidiary, reported a loss of $342 million for the second quarter of 2013, a loss $100 million greater than last year.

Motorola has announced a new flagship, the Moto X, that should be available by October.

Business still isn’t going well at Motorola Mobility, as owner Google has announced a further 1200 jobs will be cut – on top of the 4000 cut back in August.

It took its time getting here, and while the Motorola Razr HD is a great phone it is a victim of its delayed UK release and a high price.

What Mobile got hands on with the RAZR HD with some pleasant discoveries and interviewed Motorola exec Andrew Morley about life with Google at the helm

Google posted £US50 billion (£31.5 billion) in revenues for the financial year, up 36% year-on-year. Following a wobble in form with its third quarter announcements, where a leak of its earnings showed Google had posted worse than expected financial results with a resulting drop in share price, the company appeared to be back on track, […]

When the Motorola RAZR i was recently announced, something that was missing, along with the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update being pre-installed, was the price. That’s now changed as details of what the first 2GHz Intel-powered smartphone will cost have been revealed. The Motorola RAZR i is an Android 4.0 smartphone built around a 4.3-inch […]

The Motorola RAZR i has officially been announced and, as expected, brings with it a 2GHz Intel Atom processor. What’s more, we can expect this Android 4.0 smartphone to launch in the next few weeks. Looking very much like the recently US launched Motorola RAZR M, except with an Intel processor inside, the Motorola RAZR […]

The Motorola XT890 has been spotted passing through the FCC and with Motorola holding a launch event on 18 September 2012 co-hosted with Intel, this could well be the first sighting of Intel’s rumoured 2GHz mobile processor. The Motorola XT890 is thought to be a global version of the RAZR M, so we can expect […]

Following the launch of the original Motorola Defy and the Motorola Defy+, the Motorola Defy Mini is the smallest model in the Google-owned manufacturer’s line of water-resistant, dustproof smartphones. The previous two models offerered decent attempts at finding a compromise between the sophisticated technology needs of urban users and the demands of outdoorsy-types who want […]

Motorola has revealed two new phones scheduled for release within the next couple of months. The Motorola Motoluxe is due in the UK at the end of the month while the Defy Mini us due to go on sale during the last week of March. Motoluxe The Motoluxe is a sleek new mid-range Android phone, […]

There’s been a minor battle in the race to create the ultimate in rugged phones recently and Motorola has added armour to the already sturdy Defy +. In partnership with JCB, the phone is aimed squarely at those in the construction or building industry, like the recent Samsung Solid Immerse. Where the Defy + JCB […]

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in January 2010, Apple jumpstarted a tablet market that had never really taken off. Naturally Google, as the company behind the Android, had to get involved but it was caught off guard by the iPad’s success, and it took some time to modify Android for use on larger, higher […]

Remember the Motorola Razr? The super thin clamshell was one of the most popular feature phones of all time, racking up more than 130 million sales during the mid-naughties. It was also Motorola’s undoing. As smartphones and touchscreens began to take over, its reliance on the design saw it fall behind the South Korean twin […]

Motorola has revealed two new tablets designed to compliment the design and style of the recently announced Razr phone. The Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition is the smaller of the two, with a 8.2 inch display and, according to Motorola, a 20% increase in graphics performance over the original Xoom. The full fat Xoom 2 […]

What Mobile nabbed an exclusive interview with Alain Mutricity earlier this week. Alain is Senior Vice President , Portfolio and Product Management at Motorola and joined What Mobile at the press launch of RAZR in Berlin.

Today, Motorola revealed ‘the best smartphone in the world’ according to Alain Mutricity – Senior Vice President, Portfolio and Product Management at Motorola.

Motorola has released a new teaser video featuring rockets, blades, coins and a fast car as part of a teaser campaign for their next big product.

Follow up to ‘life proof’ Defy to be available in the UK from September, running on processor 25 per cent quicker than its predecessor

Google has entered into an agreement to buy Motorola Mobility for US$12.5bn (£7.65bn). Motorola Mobility, which split away from its parent company at the start of 2011 will continue to run as a separate business.

Good news! The Motorola XOOM is now getting the official Android OS 3.1 update, which activates the memory card slot to allow for an additional 32GB of storage to be added if required.