As Lenovo, the company that now owns the Motorola brand, is due to hold its Tech World event on June 9, 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), speculation is growing about the devices that could be released during this occasion. The latest rumors connected with the event have indicated that a Moto E (2016) is in the works and it was recently spotted passing through the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) for certification.

More importantly, the rumors about the Moto E (2016) point towards it being the third generation device in the budget smartphone lineup from Motorola. According to this particular rumor which appeared on MobileXpose, the device was spotted passing through the Bluetooth Special Interest Group's process and as a result of this, it got the required certification which could mean that the device is going to release soon. Earlier, this device was spotted with the XT1700 and XT1706 model numbers and bearing the Lenovo brand. At that time, several industry analysts were of the opinion that these devices could be the new ones offered as part of the Moto E lineup this year.

However, since Lenovo is in the process of restructuring the Motorola brand, some were wondering at the beginning of the year if the E lineup would be rebranded. Meanwhile, later on, Motorola made it clear that the Motorola name would be changed to Moto on the E series. 

Coming to the specifications of the XT1700 and XT1706, they are expected to be similar. The current listing also revealed that they would each come with 2 GB RAM and a MediaTek MT6735P chipset. As for the display, it is expected to be a 5-inch HD version and onboard storage is pegged at 16 GB. Coming to the cameras on these devices, each is expected to have an 8-megapixel version at the rear and a 5-megapixel version in front for selfies. More importantly, the recent specifications for these devices are similar to that which was revealed earlier when they passed through GFXBench and this could mean that they are indeed accurate.