Motorola has partnered with Vodafone to bring its new Moto X family of smartphones to Australia, with the Moto X Style and Moto X Play set to land in the local market from next month.In addition to introducing the Style and Play, Motorola has announced that its Moto G smartphone is also making its way to the Australian market, to be available later in 2015.
The Style sports a 5.7″ 1440p quad-HD edge-to-edge display, is powered by a hexa-core 1.8 GHz Snapdragon 808 processor, comes with 3 GB DDR RAM, and is available with internal storage of either 16, 32 or 64 GB, with microSD card support for up to 128 GB.
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Available with a real wood back, the Style, which runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, is decked out with a 21 MP main camera and a 5 MP front camera.
The Style will be available from early September for $3 per month on Vodafone’s $80 Red plan over 24 months.
Powered by an octa-core 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 615 processor, the Play sports an edge-to-edge 5.5″ 1080p full-HD display, comes with 2 GB RAM, either 16 or 32 GB internal storage, with microSD card support for up to 128 GB, and runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. It is decked out with a 21 MP main camera and a 5 MP front-facing camera.
Motorola has additionally advised that a variant of the Play may be released outright through retail partners at a later date.
The Play will be available from early September for $5 per month on a $40 plan over 24 months.
“Motorola has been making waves worldwide for challenging the norm and delivering premium smartphones at an affordable price,” Ben McIntosh, Vodafone director of sales, commented.
“The Moto X Style and Moto X Play style are no exceptions. We are thrilled to be the exclusive mobile carrier selling both products in Australia.”
The Moto G, meanwhile, sports a 5″ HD display, is powered by a quad-core 1.4 GHz Snapdragon 410 processor, comes with 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage, with microSD card support for up to 32 GB, and is decked out with a 13 MP main camera and 5 MP front-facing camera.
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The Moto G will be available outright from selected retailers, carrying a recommended price tag of $369.
