Moto G coming to TELUS on November 22

The Moto G has received a Canadian release date for TELUS starting on November 22. This impressive budget smartphone will sell for $200 off contract and will be free for select two-year plans. Read our review of the disruptive and impressive Moto G right here.

Review: Motorola Moto G

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Moto G is the most disruptive handset in the market right now. Priced like an entry level feature phone, it has the key features and performance of a flagship Android device and outstanding build quality. Designed to offer comparative features to devices costing three times as much, it is a revelation in mobile strategy. 

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SlideShow: Google's Moto G smartphone and first impressions

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Moto X's younger brother, the Moto G, is Google's attempt at capturing customers in emerging markets and covering the feature phone void once dominated by Nokia.

The Moto G is an impressive smartphone which looks and feels very much like the Moto X except it is slightly heavier and thicker. Performance is surprisingly speedy for most functions and call quality is superb on the TELUS network.

The Moto G runs on Android 4.3 and features a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage space (around 5.2 GB of which is usable) although users automatically receive 50 GB from Google Drive. No contract price for this smartphone is $200 without a contract.

On the flipside, Moto G has no LTE connectivity, no NFC, one less microphone and lacks all the gesture-based controls, the Just Talk voice functionality and the active notifications that were showcased with the Moto X. You don't even get a wall adapter, just the USB cable to charge. Motorola has had to make choices on what to keep and what to feature and so far, it looks like they made the right choices.

Rogers, Bell, and TELUS confirm that they will carry the iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad mini with retina

As expected, and following their norm, the big three have all confirmed their intentions of selling all the new iPads (mini, mini with retina, iPad 2 and iPad Air) off-contract with corresponding data plans starting in November.

Stay tuned for confirmed plans and pricing as it is announced.