Motorola might launch 8 smartphones reportedly this year

While most of the spotlight has been on the
forthcoming successors to the popular Moto X and
the Moto G, Motorola is said to be launching as many
as eight new phones before Christmas this year.
According to the report, the forthcoming smartphones
include the likes of Motorola Droid, Droid Maxx, Droid
Turbo, the flagship Moto X+1 , the Moto G (likely to be
reference to the successor called Moto G2 ), Moto X
Play, Moto S, and the Nexus smartphone codenamed
“Shamu.”
Of these smartphones, the Droid and the Droid Turbo
are likely to debut with the AT&T branding, as well as
be used to promote the forthcoming Star Wars movie.
The Moto X+1, as we have extensively covered, is
said to be Motorola’s flagship device succeeding the
Moto X. It is said feature a 5.2-inch 1080p display,
Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM, 12-
megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing
camera, and 32GB/64GB internal storage, but no
option to expand the memory.
The Moto S is a 5.9-inch phablet, and its fate is
dependent on how well the Moto X+1 does. According
to the publication, if the Moto X+1 fails to take off,
the 5.9-inch Moto S will be scrapped, and the
company will launch the Moto X Play with a 5.2-inch
display as Moto S instead. We will however advise
you to take this with a proverbial pinch of salt.
The report further reiterates that Motorola is indeed
working on a Nexus smartphone codenamed Shamu.
From what we know so far, the phablet will feature a
5.2-inch QHD (2560×1440 pixels) display with a pixel
density of 564ppi, 2.65GHz Snapdragon 805 quad-core
processor, 3GB of RAM, 13-megapixel rear camera,
2.1-megapixel front-facing camera, and on the
software front, it will run on Android L.
Motorola has already sent out invites for an event on
September 4 in Chicago , where it is expected to
unveil the Moto G2, Moto X+1 and the Moto 360
smartwatch . A day later, Motorola is also hosting an
event in India , where it could launch the same
products in our country.