The long-rumoured Moto G5 Plus is widely expected to be unveiled by Lenovo at the Mobile World Congress 2017 at the end of the month. A Moto G5 Plus leaked live image has now surfaced online and gives us a look at some of the key features of the upcoming smartphone, including the screen size, camera resolution, battery capacity, chipset clock-speed, and more.
Moto G5 Plus, the upcoming budget smartphone, has been spotted in a live image that seems to give away a lot of details about the device. The leaked live image has been shared on Google+ by a tipster, and suggests that the smartphone will feature a 5.2-inch display instead of the previously-leaked 5.5-inch screen.
The Moto G5 Plus leaked live image is believed to be a prototype handset which has been given out to a tester in Brazil ahead of the actual launch; the image was posted on Google+ by the tipster. The device in the leaked image can be seen with a warning that says, "Motorola confidential property: Not for sale."
Apart from the display size, the leaked live image of the Moto G5 Plus smartphone claims a 2GHz octa-core processor; a 3000mAh battery with Turbo Power technology for fast charging; a 12-megapixel rapid focus camera, a fingerprint reader, and NFC. The Motorola Experiences in the leaked Moto G5 Plus image likely refers to the proprietary software that Moto phones come with, such as Moto Assist, Moto Display, and Moto Actions.
Roland Quandt of winfuture.de however indicates that the Moto G5 Plus variant headed for Brazil will feature a 5.2-inch display and will come with DTV receiver. Quandt has also shared more details on the upcoming Moto smartphone, such as the 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX362 sensor with PDAF, 4K video at 30fps, and f/1.7 aperture. The Moto G5 Plus is said to pack 5-megapixel front camera.
Based on earlier leaks, the Moto G5 Plus is said to sport a pixel density of 403ppi, and come powered by a Snapdragon 625 processor. It is expected to include 4GB of RAM and come with 32GB storage. The Moto G5 Plus is further said to run Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box.
Lenovo is widely expected to unveil the rumoured Moto G5 alongside Moto G5 Plus smartphones at the company's February 26 event at the sidelines of MWC 2017 in Barcelona.
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