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hi this is Brian Bennett for Cena and right now we're taking a first look at the new motorola moto g for a ridiculously low price of 179 the unlocked moto g puts all the power of android 4.3 jellybean right in your palm but how good of a deal does the Moto G add up to let's take a closer look the first thing you'll notice about the Moto G is its compact size in fact it shares an almost identical footprint to motorola's current flagship the Moto X that makes the Moto G small enough to operate in one hand it's quite a feat considering the phone's large 4.5 inch screen and despite its low price the Moto G feels well built and like the Moto X features a curved back that's comfortable to hold above the display is a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and notification light on the bottom edge is a micro USB port to both charge the device and connect it to pcs while the left edge is bare the right side holds tiny keys for power and volume up top is the geez 3.5 millimeter headphone jack around back you'll find the phone's five megapixel camera and LED flash along with a speaker that gets mighty loud I also really like the circular dimple under the flash which is positioned right where your index finger naturally falls the real allure of the Moto G is its Android 4.3 jelly bean software which while not Google's latest iteration Android 4.4 KitKat natively supports all of androids modern bells and whistles this includes gmail google+ not to mention the vast library of apps movies books and music in the Google Play Store you also get Google now which tries to provide timely personal alerts for say how long your commute home will take reminders and directions to your next meeting and so on the Moto G certainly has plenty of shortcomings though first the phone uses a 1.2 gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor which while not terribly slow is by no means blazingly fast also the Moto G comes standard with 8 gigabytes of internal storage space there's no expansion slot to add extra you can buy a 16 gigabyte version of the g which costs 199 I'm not a fan of the stock back plate either which unlike the Moto X smudges with fingerprints easily I suggest springing for Motorola's add-on back shelves which come in a variety of colors plus resist finger grease better the 5 megapixel camera isn't particularly fast either and has a low resolution sensor compared to the 8 and 13 megapixel imaging systems now standard on high-end smartphones additionally the Moto G is 3g only and isn't capable of connecting to 4g LTE networks for fast wireless data I'm Brian Bennett and you've just taken a first look at the motorola moto g for more be sure to check out our full review at cnet com