The Sub-$200 Moto G Smartphone Is Google's Answer To Android's Laggy Low-End

When Google bought Motorola there were plenty of theories about why it wanted the mobile maker. Patents, being named chief among them. But today’s launch of the low cost Moto G smartphone suggests the strategy was – or has certainly become – multi-faceted. Google is using Motorola to chide and school its Android OEMs on what it takes to make decent budget handsets.

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