Moto G5 Plus now launched in India at Rs. 14,999

 

We've been seeing the Moto G5 buzz right from the MWC 2017, Barcelona. Moto has yet again brought competition to the 15k price segment. It is now brawling up against the likes of Xiaomi Redmi Note 4.

The Moto G5 Plus was officially announced in an event in New Delhi. The phone will be exclusively made available in Flipkart at 11:59PM of 15-03-2017 (which is tonight). There will be two versions of the smartphone available through the online vendor. A 3 GB RAM with 16 GB storage version and a larger 4 GB RAM with 32 GB storage version. They will cost Rs. 14,999 and Rs. 16,999 respectively.

Price:
3 GB RAM + 16 GB ROM - ₹14,999

4 GB RAM + 32 GB ROM - ₹16,999

Moto G5 Plus Specifications

The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor with Android Nougat OS. It will have the two RAM variants like we mentioned before, 3 GB or 4 GB RAMs. It has a 5.2 inch Full HD display. The primary shooter is 12 MP with phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and colour balancing dual LED flash with an aperture of ƒ/1.7. Front camera is 5 MP with ƒ/2.2 aperture and wide-angled lens. The rear shooter does support 4K video recording. 16 GB and 32 GB internal storage versions will be available with either 3 GB or 4 GB of RAMs. The 64 GB variant of the phone did not make it to India. You can also expand the memory up to 256 GB via microSD cards. The battery in the Moto G5 Plus is 3000 mAh. There is also a fingerprint reader mounted on the home button.

Moto G5 Plus on Flipkart

The smartphone will go on sale in Flipkart at 11:59 PM tonight (15-03-2017). Flipkart is providing an additional Rs 1,500 off when you exchange. Additionally, SBI card holders can get 10% discount while purchasing the Moto G5 Plus.

So if you are interested in the new Moto G4 Plus, be sure to buy it on Flipkart tonight. It will most probably get out of stock tomorrow after all they hype it has produced. We think it really is a great phone in the price point. So its worth the effort, don't forget its 12 o'clock tonight.

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Moto G5 Plus coming to Flipkart on March 15

Moto G5 Plus Gold

Motorola has confirmed that it will release its next G series flagship smartphone, the Moto G5 Plus in India exclusively through Flipkart. The Moto G5 is likely to be priced aggressively to bring the competition in the sub 15k market where Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is currently enjoying the limelight.

The Moto G5 Plus was announced in the Barcelona's Mobile World Congress event last month. The smartphone will have a 5.2 inch Full HD display, a 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor with 2 GB of RAM (3 GB version available too) and 32 GB internal storage. It also equips a 12MP primary shooter with an aperture of f/1.7 and a 5MP selfie camera. 3000 mAh turbocharge-able battery will also be present. in the phone. It is also said to feature Android 7.0 Nougat operating system.

The launch dates and Flipkart exclusivity were revealed in a series of tweets from Moto India and Flipkart yesterday.

We're sending a whole lot of love your way @Flipkart. Make way for the ultimate #MotoG5Plus! It is time to #Uncompromise! pic.twitter.com/QQ0i3jkWOR

— Moto India (@Moto_IND) March 7, 2017

In an interview to Gadgets360, Flipkart's  Director of Smartphones, Ayyappan Rajgopal said:"The Moto G is not like every other product because the Moto G is the one which changed the way the smartphones starting getting sold on online platform. So, this is different kind of product which started bringing customers to online channel so until then it was all your regular brands like Samsung or Apple which were available via traditional channels. But, with first-generation Moto G, this started changing".

The Moto G Plus is likely to be priced around Rs. 15,300 as it was launched internationally for $229 at MWC. This is the 2 GB RAM variant we are talking about. The 3 GB variant will be priced at a higher range and we will know about it very soon. So the launch will be on 15th of March. Stay tuned until then.

Also read: HTC U Ultra now in India available at Rs. 59,990

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