Moto's Moto E looking to crush the 'feature phone'

It's inevitable; the feature phone is dying.  Many carriers are looking to rid themselves of the CDMA network, and with that many feature phones are going away.  Most of these carriers are pushing folks towards newer devices, and no longer just flip phones.  They're even offering 'smartphone lite' phones.

Sure, it's probably a 'gateway phone', to get people used to using smartphones and eventually get higher priced plans... but I think it's the eventuality that flip phones are the new dodo.

See the infographic that Motorola has supplied to the right.  Prices of smart phones are going down.


Case in point; the brand new Moto E.  There were a ton of rumours out about how this was the 'economy' version.  I wasn't sure how much lower they could go from the Moto G.  I liked the Moto G. I've just loved how Motorola has gone after that market point of 'specs aren't everything'.

There's a lot of folks who are just buying top-end, flagship phones.  There are others who aren't.  They don't want a flip phone anymore, but don't want the high end.  The G and E are set perfectly for their needs.

Here's how the Moto series stacks up.  (I've also put it together on our database so you can compare to other 'lite' phones, like the Ace 2X, or mini series)

	Moto X	Moto G	Moto G (LTE)	Moto E
Screen	4.7”	4.5”	4.5”	4.3”
Resolution	1280x720	1280x720	1280x720	960x540
Processor	1.7GHz	1.2GHz	1.2GHz	1.2GHz
Cores	x2	x4	x4	x2
type	X8	Snapdragon 400	Snapdragon 400	Snapdragon 200
RAM	2GB	1GB	1GB	1GB
Camera	10MP	5MP	5MP	5MP
Rear Camera	2MP	1.3MP	1.3MP	n/a
Storage	16GB	8GB	16GB	4GB
microSD	no	no	yes	yes
Android	4.4.2	4.4.2	4.4.2	4.4.2
Battery	2200mAh	2070mAh	2070mAh	1980mAh
Price	~$500	~$200	~$225	~$180
Avail	n/a		June 17	Summer

Not bad

Source:  http://www.motorola.ca/moto-e-ca-en-1/Moto-E/moto-e-ca-en.html