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Motorola has already announced that the next-generation Moto E budget smartphone will soon come to India. Although the company had not revealed the phone's pricing for India, a video posted by its YouTube channel mentions that the Moto E's 3G variant will be available at Rs 6,999. It's not clear if Motorola will also release the 4G variant of the phone. 

The Lenovo-owned manufacturer had announced the second-generation Moto E smartphone in two variants -- one featuring 4G LTE support, while the other compatible only with 3G networks. 

Motorola in a blog post announced that the new Moto E will begin rolling out in more than 50 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia at $119.99 (3G) and $149.99 (LTE). 

The 3G version of the phone is powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor, while the 4G-capable variant has a 64-bit quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 chip. Other than this bit and network connectivity support, both of the phones sport almost the same hardware. 

The phone sports a 4.5-inch, 540x960p display and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, same as the one on the first-generation model; and run Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system. 

A big change is the arrival of the 0.3MP (VGA) front camera; the original Moto E did not have a selfie shooter. 

Motorola has added autofocus capability to the rear camera. The battery capacity has also increased to 2,390mAh, up from the 2,080mAh powerhouse of the first-generation model. 

The rear camera resolution and RAM remain constant at 5MP and 1GB, respectively; Motorola has still not added the flash on the back in the new Moto E. The 8GB of built-in storage can be can be expanded via microSD card up to 32GB. 

The company says it is also bringing some software features from its Moto X flagship, and includes Moto Display and Moto Migrate. 

If the company launches Moto E 4G, Motorola will join the race of budget 4G phones and will compete against the likes of Lenovo A6000, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G, Micromax's YU Yureka and Microsoft Lumia 638.