Motorola is speculated to be currently developing the next gen Moto E model. According to reports, there will be two variants and specs spotted online. Motorola devices with model numbers XT1700 and XT1706 were seen.

Motorola devices often use XT with four digit numbers as its model numbers.

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If rumors are true, the speculated Moto E Gen 3 model no. XT1700 will come with a 5-inch display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It is expected to feature a MediaTek MT6735 SoC with 2 GB of RAM, 1 GHz quad-core CPU and Mali-T720 GPU.

It will reportedly come with 16 GB of in-built storage and no expandable memory support, 8 MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera. Meanwhile, the XT1706 Moto E Gen 3 handset features the same specs and both will run the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.

Motorola has previously released the Moto E Gen 2 in February 2015 and after over a year, the company will release a refreshed device soon. While Lenovo has not announced anything yet, Motorola president Rick Osterloh previously confirmed that the Moto G and Moto E lines will continue in the next couple of years.

Moto E Gen 2 has a 4.5-inch display with 540 x 960 pixels resolution. It comes with a Snapdragon 410 processor, 1.2 GHz quad-core CPY and Adreno 306 GPU and 1 GB of RAM. It features an 8 MP rear camera, 0.3 MP front snapper, and 2390 mAh capacity.

TagsMotorola, Moto E, Moto E 2016, Moto E Gen 3