Motorola to announce its third-gen Moto smartphones today

Motorola is all set to release its new products on Tuesday. While the press invite of the Lenovo-owned company doesn’t reveal much, it is highly anticipated that Motorola will announce its third-gen Moto smartphones- Moto X and Moto G. Web whispers also hint at a possible reincarnation of the Moto 360 smartwatch, dubbed Moto 360 2.

Although Motorola will officially announce its products on Tuesday, pre-launch leaks of the purported devices have already been doing the rounds on the Internet from weeks.Here’s all that Motorola’s launch event could have in store for us on Tuesday:

Images of the third-gen Moto X smartphone were revealed via Paul Faz on Google+ and Peru Android on Facebook. The leaked images show Motorola’s high-end model sporting a larger 5.5-inch display. It further shows the front camera accompanied by a flash for brighter selfies.

Earlier speculations hinted at the third-gen Moto X coming with a 5.2-inch full 1080p HD water resistant display and a 1.5GHz quad-core processor. 

There have been reports about a variant, dubbed Moto X Sport, which would come with a larger 5.7-inch display.

The Moto X is customizable and users can choose the colour of the phone’s shell and buttons, add a signature, select its memory capacity, and choose a screen background or welcome message via the Moto Maker online tool.

Unboxing images and specifications of the third-gen Moto G have been the most recent to hit the web sphere. Facebook user Hellomotohk posted the images of the 5-inch Moto G that comes with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor.

It shows the new Moto G featuring a 13 megapixel rear camera with LED flash combined with a 5 megapixel front snapper with full HD support.

Images leaked earlier hinted at hint at the 3rd gen Moto G taking on some elements of its predecessor along with some improvements in the camera, processor, and battery.

The Moto G further would come packed with 16GB internal storage and support dual-SIM. Earlier speculations have hinted at two variants of Moto G; one model with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage, and the other with 2GB RAM and twice the internal storage.

Unveiled a year ago, the Moto 360 smartwatch sported a sleek and round face. The successor is now expected to sport a 1.56-inch LCD display screen with a 360 x 360 resolution. Images of the Moto 360 2 popped up on Chinese microblogging site, Weibo, in April and showed the successor of the Moto 360- having a round design with thin bezels.

There is also a likelihood that Motorola would use a metal design instead of plastic for the next Moto 360 2.The second-gen Motorola smarwatch would run Android Wear OS and have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. It is further likely to include 512MB RAM and up to 4GB of internal storage. The Moto 360 2 is further likely to be slimmer than its predecessor and come in more band colour options.

On Tuesday’s event will take place in New Delhi, London, Sao Paulo, New York. Stay tuned for more updates.