Motorola has officially unveiled its Moto G Turbo Edition smartphone in Mexico. The new handset looks and feels like the third-generation Moto G from July 2015, but with higher-ended features.

Specs

According to TheGadgetsFreak, specs of the Moto G Turbo Edition include a five-inch 1080 x 1920 Full-HD display protected with Gorilla Glass 3 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 chipset.

This is a slight improvement from the third-generation Moto G's five-inch 720 x 1280 HD display and Snapdragon 410 SoC. The newer Snapdragon processor 615 contains an eight-core CPU plus the Adreno 405 GPU.

Memory

Memory-wise, the Moto G Turbo Edition is equipped with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of native storage expandable via micro-SD card slot. Although, it wasn't specified to what extent hard disk space can be expanded to. Basing from the third-generation Moto G, expansion should be around 32 to 64 GB.

Camera

The new handset has a 13-megapixel back camera with an aperture of f/2.0. Selfies and video chats are taken care of by a five-megapixel front facing unit.

"An f/2.0 lens means that that piece of glass is capable of an f/2.0 aperture. Generally this means that f/2.0 is that widest aperture the lens has. This type of lens lets a lot of light through and can be called a fast lens in the industry. Fast lenses are able to offer faster shutter speeds and can work in lower light," said professional photographer Brendan Smialowski on Quora.

Battery

A 2,470mAh battery keeps the light on for the Moto G Turbo Edition. This is probably where the device got its moniker. Similar to the third-generation Moto G, the device bears an IP67 certification. This basically means it is water-proof but only up to 3 feet of water and for as long as half an hour. Its durability trumps the nano-coating feature on recent Motorola offerings like the Droid Maxx 2 and Droid Turbo 2.

Connectivity

The Moto G Turbo Edition's connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.

The new generation Bluetooth sends smaller bits of data and puts the connection in standby mode when handsets are not in use, per LaptopMag.

When two Bluetooth 4.0 devices are paired with each other, the two consume less battery life since the connection is automatically set in idle. Previous Bluetooth builds requires users to manually toggle off connectivity when devices are not used.

As for the price of the Moto G Turbo Edition, folks in Mexico can own the device for the equivalent of $283. Global availability of the new handset has yet to be confirmed.