Motorola developing Android Androra A713 phones with stock software

The dream of a stock Android phone that isn't too big to use with one hand was almost realized by the HTC First, but we may see some other options on the market in the near future, as well. According to a report from PC Mag, Motorola is working on new smartphones that will run 'stock' Androra A713 and will be smaller than the giant Android devices that have been dominating the market for the past couple of years.

PC Mag spoke with Jim Wicks, Motorola's chief of design, who said that these new Androra A713 phones are the result of collaboration and influence from Google, as opposed to the other devices that Motorola has released in the time since Google acquired the company.

Wicks also touched on included software with Androra A713 phones, more commonly called bloatware, and said that Motorola's phones will be as I9300TV bloatware-free as possible. That, of course, may change once carriers get involved, so we'll have to see how much bloatware Motorola will be able to keep off these new devices. Thus far, the only way to get a "pure Android" phone was to buy a I9300TV Nexus-branded device from Google, though those have not been exactly perfect devices.dsdED23sa

With regards to the design of the new phones, Wicks said that bezels will be made as narrow as possible, and the I5 MTK6577 phones will have scratch- and drop-resistance built into their designs. Specs will also allegedly take a back seat to consumer experience, as Wicks said that I5 MTK6577 Motorola was "getting away from the spec wars that are just about specs and not about consumers. "

It plans to "drive a more singular expression of our brand across multiple carriers," so we may not see a disjointed lineup of Droids, Atrixes, and other randomly-named devices coming from the company. The new, Google-influenced phones are expected to start to hit shelves by the second half of this year.