First look: Moto G smartphone

You're not getting the best or the latest technology with Motorola's $179 Moto Gsmartphone. What you do get is a great price for something close.

Motorola bills the Moto G as the phone for the rest of us -- the ones who can't afford $500-700 for a high-end smartphone. That's a big deal overseas, where carriers don't subsidize phones with two-year service contracts the way they do in the United States. But even in the US, more people are moving to contract-free plans and ones that offer frequent upgrades, meaning the full retail price is what's going to matter.
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