Moto E (Gen 2), Moto E LTE Price, Specs, Features Review: Functionality at Lower Cost

Motorola has long been creating a range of highly affordable smartphones. It recently announced the launch of one such phone – the Motorola Moto E (Gen 2).

The new budget device will be priced at $150, come in black or white and will have a 64-bit chipset and 4G LTE connectivity.

When Motorola announced the launch of the phone earlier this week, it showcased the main version named Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) and a LTE variant named Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) LTE. The unlocked Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) LTE has better specs than its 3G sibling and is priced at $150 while the other has a lower price tag of $119.99.

In announcing the new devices, Motorola said it planned to release them very soon in 50 countries. Its blog post about the Moto E (Gen 2) also explained how Motorola was able to include more features and functionality in the device and still keep its cost low. The company also claimed that the smartphone would have "some software features from its Moto X flagship, and include Moto Display and Moto Migrate."

The Moto E (Gen 2) and Moto E (Gen 2) LTE will come loaded with a stock version of Android 5.0 Lollipop which could result in it receiving updates faster than other devices released by the company.

On its specifications, the Moto E (Gen 2) will have a much older quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 chipset, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 CPU and Adreno 302 GPU. As for the Moto E (Gen 2) LTE, it will have a 64-bit quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, with a quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and Adreno 306 GPU.

In terms of RAM, the Moto E (Gen 2) has 1GB and a card slot that will allow addition of 64 GB of external storage. The device is slightly larger than its predecessor, the Moto E, and does not have dual SIM support.

For its display, the Moto E (Gen 2) has an IPS LCD screen measuring 4.5 inches with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and a density of 245 pixels per inch.