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Motorola unveils new flagship smartphones

Motorola Moto X Style and Moto X Play run on Qualcomm chipset

Motorola this week held simultaneous events in New York, London, Mexico City and Sao Paulo to unveil the latest flagship smartphones, the Moto X Style and Moto X Play.

The Moto X Play will hit stores in August, although it won’t be available in the U.S., followed in September by the Moto X Style.

Here’s a video from Sao Paulo, Brazil, of the company’s announcement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVu3-c3pHjU&feature=youtu.be

Motorola President Rick Osterloch called it the “biggest launch of Moto products ever. We’ve been rebuilding Motorola from the inside out, placing you at the center of everything we do and giving you the power to choose. It’s making an impact on our industry.”

He said the company’s sales have increased 118% since last year.

Both phones run off of the Android 5.1.1 operating system and have a 21-megapixel rear-facing camera coupled with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera . The Moto X Style features a 5.7-inch quad-HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 1.8GHz hexa-core processor and 3 GB of RAM. The Moto X Play is equipped with a 5.5-inch 1080p display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 1.7GHz octa-core processor and 2 GB of RAM.

Motorola, formerly part of Google, is currently a part of Chinese electronics manufacturer Lenovo.

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