The Moto M proves that a budget phone can feel seriously awesome

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Budget smartphones are a dime a dozen. You can find all sorts of devices at all sorts of price points but most of these devices all have something in common — there’s no mistaking the fact that they’re cheap.

That’s because most of these handsets focus all their efforts into on-paper specs and then abandon crucial features that actually make a smartphone enjoyable to use, comfortable to hold and effective as a daily driver.

If you’ve felt that way about budget smartphones thus far, Moto Malaysia has some good news for you. Meet the Moto M, a seriously good value smartphone that doesn’t skimp on the important bits.

Smartphones are things that spend all day (let’s be real here), every day, in our hands. Wouldn’t you want something that you hold in your every waking moment (and sometimes when you fall asleep too) feel good? Something you’d actually like holding on to?

Well, the Moto M has exactly that. At its price point, you will be hard pressed to find a handset that feels even remotely as good as it does. With a gorgeous anodised metal body sporting subtle ergonomic curves, the Moto M is comfortable to hold and just oozes premium.

Just because Moto made sure their new handset had a good build, doesn’t mean they’ve sacrificed on its performance. To make sure you whizz through your daily tasks, the smartphone comes packing a whopping 4GB of RAM. Paired to MediaTek’s brand new P15 octa-core processor and a near stock Android operating system, the Moto M is sure to deliver a satisfying performance in your daily activities.

Moto has also kept those who enjoy consuming content on their smartphones in mind with the M. As a result, you get a beautiful 5.5-inch Full HD display up front with an impressive Dolby Atmos-powered speaker for some awesome smartphone audio immersion.

Prefer capturing content instead of consuming it? Well, the Moto M comes with a 16-megapixel primary camera and an 8-megapixel selfie shooter for you to do just that. You also get a fairly large battery bundled with your Moto M. It comes packing a 3,050 mAh cell that charges via a USB Type-C port for that added future-proofing.

The Moto M comes in two colours — a flashier Gold and a stealthier Grey — and can be yours for just RM1,199. For a phone with pretty much everything you would need in it, price points don’t get you much more value than that. What else are you waiting for? Pick up your brand new Moto M at all authorised Moto retailers nationwide!

Need more info? Visit Moto’s website or hit up their Facebook page!