Motorola announced the Moto E (2nd Gen) in February and the phone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs 6,999. The first-gen Moto E that was launched in India last year for Rs. 6,999 got a price cut to Rs. 5,999 recently. Lets’ compare Moto E (2nd gen) to the original Moto E in the form of photo gallery.
The Moto E (2nd gen) sports a 4.5-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, but has the same qHD resolution and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC with 400 MHz Adreno 302 GPU. Running Android 5.0 Lollipop, the phone has a 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD. While the Moto E has a 4.3-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protection and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor with 400 MHz Adreno 302 GPU. Running Android 4.4 KitKat the device has a 1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD.
The Moto E (2nd gen) has an earpiece and a VGA camera at the front while the Moto E has an earpiece and no front-facing camera.
Both the devices have on screen touch buttons while the Moto E has an additional speaker at the bottom.
Both the devices have power button and volume rockers on the right side.
The micro USB port is present at the bottom on both the smartphones. The former measures 66.8×129.9×5.2 – 12.3 mm and weighs 145 grams while the latter measure 64.8×124.8×12.3 mm and weighs 142 grams.
Both both the devices have 5MP rear camera along with the Motorola logo at the center. The Moto E had a fixed-focus rear camera, but the new Moto E has a auto focus camera.
The Moto E (2nd gen) has a band around the edges, compared to removable back cover on the first-generation Moto E.
Both the devices support 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS. The Moto E (2nd gen) has a 2390 mAh battery, compared to the 1980mAh battery on the first gen Moto E. Both these have a built-in battery.