Motorola has officially unveiled the Moto E7 Power smartphone and finally announced the price of this device.
The phone has a 6.5-inch IPS LCD panel with 720 x 1600 pixels resolution with an aspect ratio of 20:9. The screen has a teardrop notch for the front camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels.
The phone received a plastic case and is available in two colors: Tahiti Blue and Coral Red. On the back is a dual camera with 13 and 2-megapixel image sensors. There is also a fingerprint scanner on the back with the Motorola logo.
The device is built on the basis of the MediaTek Helio G25 SoC, versions with 2/32 GB and 4/64 GB of memory are available to users. It is also possible to install a memory card up to 1 TB.
The phone supports dual SIM, 4G, single-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 and GNSS (GPS, A-GPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, GALILEO). It also features a 3.5mm jack, USB-C, proximity sensor, accelerometer and ambient light sensor.
Moto E7 Power runs on Android 10 operating system, has a 5000 mAh battery and supports 10 W charging. The smartphone has IP52 splash protection and a dedicated button to launch Google Assistant.
The small version costs $100, the older one is priced at $115. Sales start on February 26th.
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Moto E7 Power specifications
- 6.5-inch (1600×720 pixels) HD+ MaxVision display
- 2GHz Octa Core MediaTek Helio G25 processor with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
- 2GB LPDDR4x RAM with 32GB (eMCP) storage / 4GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB (eMCP) storage, expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
- 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, LED flash, 2MP macro camera
- 5MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture
- Android 10
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, Google Assistant Button
- Water resistant (IP52)
- Dual 4G VoLTE 2X2 MIMO, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C Port
- 5,000 mAh battery with 10W charging
IDC: The smartphone market has returned to growth
Experts of the analytical company IDC summed up the results of the fourth quarter of 2020 and the whole year in general on the smartphone market. As stated in the corresponding report, the smartphone market returned to growth. Sales in the fourth quarter of 2020 were 385.9 million units; which is 4.3% more than smartphones sold in the fourth quarter of 2019. At the same time, for the entire 2020, smartphones were sold 5.9% less than in 2019.
At the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple was named the market leader. It was able to increase sales in annual terms; that is, compared to the same quarter of the previous year, by 22.2% – from 73.8 to 90.1 million devices. This led to an increase in Apple’s share from 19.9% to 23.4%. The second place is occupied by Samsung, which in annual terms increased sales by 6.2%, as a result of which its share increased from 18.8% to 19.1%. The third place is taken by Xiaomi. Its share increased from 8.9% to 11.2%. The top five also include Oppo and Huawei. Also, The share of Oppo increased from 8.3% to 8.8%. The share of Huawei decreased from 15.2% to 8.4%.
As for 2020 as a whole, Samsung remained the leader with 20.6% of the market. Apple is in second place with 15.9%. The share of Huawei, which is in third place at the end of 2020, is 14.6%. The fourth-place belongs to Xiaomi, whose share is 11.4%, the fifth – to Vivo, whose share is 8.6%. In 2019, Samsung’s share was 21.6%, Apple’s 13.9%. Huawei – 17.5%, Xiaomi – 9.2%, Vivo – 8.0%.
