Moto G5 expected to receive Android 8.1 Oreo

Motorola launched Moto G5 smartphone in India last year with Android Nougat. It seems that Motorola will skip the Android 8.0 update and jumped directly to Android 8.1.

Lenovo's sub-brand, Motorola launched Moto G5 smartphone in India last year with Android Nougat. The smartphone has now been spotted on GeekBench benchmarking website with the Android Oreo operating system. This simply implies that company is perhaps testing the latest software and may release the same for the device soon.

Motorola XT1670 device has appeared on the benchmarking website running on Android Oreo 8.1. It seems that Motorola will skip the Android 8.0 update and jumped directly to Android 8.1. Moto G5 is currently retailing for Rs 8,500.

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Moto G5 comes features a 5-inch Full HD display with a screen resolution of a 1980 x 1080 pixels and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor coupled with Adreno 505 GPU. The phone is backed by a 3GB of RAM and an option of 16GB of internal storage which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card slot. The dual-SIM smartphone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. The smartphone also houses a fingerprint scanner, which is embedded on its home button.

On the camera front, the Moto G5 sports a 13-megapixel with aperture f/2.0, 1.1-micron pixels and PDAF, while for the front, there is a 5-megapixel shooter with Wide angle lens, f/2.2 aperture and display flash. The device comes with removable 2800mAh battery coupled with 10W rapid charger and supports connectivity options including Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and micro USB port. The device measures 144.3 x 73 x 9.5 mm and weighs 144.5 grams.