<s>
The	O
third-generation	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
smartphone	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Lenovo	O
's	O
subsidiary	O
Motorola	O
Mobility	O
,	O
unveiled	O
in	O
India	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moto	B-Application
G4	I-Application
is	O
its	O
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third-generation	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
has	O
a	O
5-inch	O
display	O
with	O
HD	O
resolution	O
of	O
1280x720p	O
and	O
features	O
Corning	O
Gorilla	O
Glass	O
3	O
,	O
a	O
13-megapixel	O
camera	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
from	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
6	I-Device
with	O
many	O
features	O
including	O
HDR	O
imaging	O
and	O
an	O
on-screen	O
exposure	O
setting	O
option	O
,	O
a	O
quad-core	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
410	O
processor	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
6.0.1	B-Application
"	I-Application
Marshmallow	I-Application
"	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
3rd-generation	O
is	O
water	O
resistant	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
nano-coating	O
and	O
internal	O
rubber	O
gaskets	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
an	O
IPX7	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
model	O
comes	O
with	O
8GB	O
of	O
storage	O
and	O
1GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
model	O
comes	O
with	O
16GB	O
of	O
storage	O
and	O
2GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
phone	O
ran	O
a	O
near-stock	O
Android	B-Application
5.1	I-Application
Lollipop	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
6.0	I-Application
Marshmallow	I-Application
,	O
preloaded	O
on	O
new	O
devices	O
and	O
upgradable	O
via	O
an	O
OTA	O
update	O
for	O
devices	O
already	O
on	O
the	O
Lollipop	B-Application
5.1	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
Marshmallow	I-Application
6.0	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
3rd-generation	O
was	O
first	O
widely	O
rolled	O
out	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
starting	O
on	O
December	O
24	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
*	O
Band	O
12	O
is	O
available	O
with	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
M	I-Application
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
Turbo	O
Edition	O
with	O
a	O
faster	O
eight	O
core	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
615	O
processor	O
,	O
2	O
GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
IP67	O
rating	O
,	O
and	O
Quick	O
Charging	O
was	O
revealed	O
for	O
sale	O
in	O
Mexico	O
,	O
Colombia	O
,	O
and	O
India	O
on	O
13	O
November	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3rd	O
generation	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
received	O
a	O
very	O
positive	O
reception	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
's	O
performance	O
from	O
its	O
1.4GHz	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
410	O
paired	O
with	O
either	O
1GB	O
or	O
2GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
was	O
significantly	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
1.2GHz	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
410	O
with	O
1GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
Moto	B-Application
E	I-Application
,	O
and	O
almost	O
as	O
quick	O
as	O
devices	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
1.5GHz	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
615	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Huawei	B-Application
P8	I-Application
Lite	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
's	O
largely	O
bloat-free	O
build	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
5.1	I-Application
"	O
Lollipop	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
2nd	B-Application
generation	I-Application
Moto	I-Application
G	I-Application
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
sidegrade	O
"	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
true	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
1st	O
generation	O
(	O
since	O
it	O
retains	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
specifications	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
3rd	O
generation	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
big	O
improvement	O
over	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rear	O
camera	O
's	O
photo	O
quality	O
(	O
except	O
in	O
low-light	O
conditions	O
)	O
was	O
much	O
lauded	O
considering	O
the	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
's	O
budget	O
price	O
(	O
sharing	O
the	O
same	O
sensor	O
as	O
the	O
much	O
more	O
expensive	O
Nexus	B-Device
6	I-Device
)	O
and	O
its	O
predecessors	O
 '	O
poor	O
camera	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IPX7	O
water	O
resistance	O
(	O
unique	O
among	O
smartphones	B-Application
in	O
its	O
price	O
range	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
was	O
also	O
praised	O
by	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ars	O
Technica	O
proclaimed	O
"	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
is	O
so	O
competent	O
drives	O
home	O
the	O
superfluousness	O
of	O
so	O
many	O
flagship	O
phone	O
features	O
—	O
the	O
move	O
from	O
720p	O
to	O
1080p	O
to	O
1440p	O
and	O
beyond	O
,	O
faster	O
SoCs	O
,	O
ever-thinner	O
metal-and-glass	O
slabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
things	O
are	O
all	O
nice	O
to	O
have	O
,	O
but	O
you	O
’d	O
be	O
hard-pressed	O
to	O
argue	O
that	O
any	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
essential	O
,	O
"	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
surprising	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
3rd-generation	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
considering	O
its	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
criticisms	O
of	O
the	O
3rd	O
generation	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
.	O
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
IPS	B-Architecture
panel	I-Architecture
screen	O
's	O
calibration	O
was	O
poorer	O
than	O
its	O
2014	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Low	O
light	O
camera	O
performance	O
was	O
also	O
criticized	O
(	O
with	O
similar	O
criticism	O
also	O
being	O
leveled	O
at	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
6	I-Device
,	O
which	O
shares	O
the	O
same	O
camera	O
sensor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8	O
GB	O
of	O
storage	O
and	O
1	O
GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
configuration	O
leaves	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
4	O
GB	O
out-of-the-box	O
for	O
user-accessible	O
storage	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
was	O
partially	O
addressed	O
with	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
Micro	B-Device
SD	I-Device
card	I-Device
slot	O
expandable	O
officially	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
GB	O
and	O
unofficially	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
on	O
the	O
8	O
GB	O
model	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
said	O
to	O
significantly	O
reduce	O
multitasking	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
criticisms	O
aimed	O
at	O
the	O
low-end	O
model	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
so	O
much	O
of	O
an	O
issue	O
for	O
the	O
3rd-generation	O
Moto	B-Application
G	I-Application
if	O
the	O
other	O
model	O
had	O
been	O
available	O
in	O
all	O
markets	O
,	O
as	O
some	O
countries	O
only	O
have	O
the	O
8	O
GB	O
model	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
users	O
reported	O
having	O
a	O
problem	O
with	O
the	O
microSD	O
card	O
reader	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
stop	O
recognizing	O
the	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
leading	O
to	O
possible	O
loss	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
inability	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Moto	B-Application
G3	I-Application
,	O
like	O
many	O
older	O
phones	O
,	O
is	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
of	O
vulnerabilities	O
known	O
as	O
BlueBorne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
versions	O
via	O
custom	O
ROMs	O
such	O
as	O
LineageOS	B-Application
were	O
likely	O
to	O
solve	O
two	O
of	O
those	O
following	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
