{"id":134611,"date":"2015-07-15T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=134611"},"modified":"2015-07-14T22:31:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T22:31:28","slug":"customization-may-be-coming-to-the-next-gen-moto-g-budget-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=134611","title":{"rendered":"Customization may be coming to the next-gen Moto G budget smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the coolest features of Motorola&#8217;s Moto X smartphone is the Moto Maker customization tool, and the Moto G is one of the best budget Android devices on the market. Now it seems Moto Maker could be coming to the Moto G.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mashable<\/em> freelancer Evan Blass tweeted a leaked image on Monday of what appears to be third-generation, not-yet-released Moto G phones.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked image shows a much wider array of color options than currently offered by the snap-in &#8220;shells&#8221; for the Moto G, and hints at the ability to customize the back colors and back metal strip. Currently, the Moto G offers snap-in &#8220;shells&#8221; to change the color of the back of the phone, with seven color options.<\/p>\n<p>The Moto Maker tool lets you make a device as elegant, ugly or hip as you want by offering the ability to pick colors and materials on Motorola&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked shot seems to indicate Moto Maker for the Moto G won&#8217;t share the Moto X&#8217;s options of wood or leather, which would make sense given the G&#8217;s more budget-minded status.<\/p>\n<p>In our review of the first-generation Moto G, we called it &#8220;the best budget Android phone on the market, period,&#8221; and the second generation was a further improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Moto Maker customization should help set the already-great Moto G apart in a crowded market. It&#8217;s an important phone for Motorola, as it directly targets emerging markets with its low price off-contract.<\/p>\n<p>Motorola generally announces new and updated products around the end of August or early September, so perhaps we&#8217;ll see the official unveiling around then.<\/p>\n<p>Blass is known for the frequency and accuracy of his leaks, so this feature will probably be something we see put into production.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mashable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the coolest features of Motorola&#8217;s Moto X smartphone is the Moto Maker customization tool, and the Moto G is one of the best budget Android devices on the market. Now it seems Moto Maker could be coming to the Moto G. Mashable freelancer Evan Blass tweeted a leaked image on Monday of what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":134613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-134611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/134613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}