Is Samsung working on a Moto E rival?

NEW DELHI: It's been a while since Samsung updated its entry-level smartphone line up. With Motorola's all-new Moto E hotting up competition in the segment, the South Korean giant Samsung too is reported to be all set to refresh its line-up.

A Samsung smartphone with model numbers SM-G357M, SM-G357F and SM-G350E have appeared on benchmarks website, GFXbench's database. The phone sports a 4.3-inch WVGA display, dual-core 1.2GHz CPU on a Renesas MP523X SoC (Cortex A9 - ARMv7), Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX 544MP (single core) and 1GB RAM.

The phone runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the latest iteration of the OS and come with 8GB storage, 5MP rear camera and VGA front-facing camera.

In addition to the GFXBench website, the phone has also appeared on the support pages of Samsung's Sweden website and on a user-agent profile on Samsung's website.

It's difficult to predict how Samsung will price the phone but if its priced close to the Moto E, the phone may pose a threat to it.