As if Motorola's mid-range smartphone lineup was not already expansive and confusing enough, the Lenovo-owned company has just taken the wraps off yet another eerily familiar Moto G-series model in Europe while also preparing a new addition to the same popular budget-friendly roster stateside.

The brand's global strategy is officially all over the place, which threatens to impact the mass appeal of a family of mid-end Android devices that otherwise has a lot going for it in terms of affordability, respectable specifications, and modern designs. Without ...