Two of Motorola's upcoming mid-range smartphones, the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus, recently leaked. Now what is believed to be the company's 2016 flagship, Moto X, made an appearance on Geekbench, revealing some of its key specs.
In January, a Lenovo executive revealed that new Moto-branded smartphones were on the way and would include fingerprint scanners for increased security. One of those handsets, the Moto G4 Plus, was posted on Twitter, and the image confirmed that the device would sport a square fingerprint scanner below its display.
A few days later, a new Motorola smartphone, reportedly the mid-range Moto G4, made its way online with the image once again backing up Lenovo's claim that new Moto-branded smartphones would ship with fingerprint scanners.
Lenovo recently unveiled a new smartphone, the Zuk Z2 Pro, and at the launch event the company's CEO, Yang Yuanqing, revealed that Motorola would be releasing a new and "exciting" device on June 9.
At the time, it was believed that device would possibly be one of the leaked Moto G4 variants but June 9 could actually be the launch of the flagship Moto X since it just made an appearance on Geekbench.
The Moto X (2016)'s codename is "Sheridan" and is listed by its model number, "Motorola XT1650" on Geekbench. The results show the smartphone is running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, Adreno 530 GPU (graphics processing unit), and 4 GB of RAM. These specs put the new Moto X on an even playing field with flagship rivals like the Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, LG G5, and HTC 10.
While the Moto X's display wasn't listed, it's safe to assume it will pack in a 2560 x 1440 Quad HD screen and should be available in 32 GB and 64 GB storage options at launch. Users will also be able to customize the handset using Motorola's Moto Maker, which allows consumers to choose different colors and materials to make the handset more personable. The handset could also sport a full metal design, as seen in a leaked image in December.
