[Apple's iPhone SE and the newly announced Google Pixel 4a are trying to attract shoppers who want great features without the price tag of a flagship model. In the midst of all this, Motorola has announced a new mid-range model that focuses on camera and battery life.

Previously available in India, Europe, and parts of Latin America, the Motorola One Fusion Plus goes on sale tomorrow (August 5) in the US for $399. This is the same price as Apple's iPhone SE and $50 more than the Pixel 4a.

Motorola believes it can compete with these two sub-$400 devices by incorporating numerous rear lenses and a large battery capacity; the Motorola One Fusion Plus has only one lens each, whereas the iPhone SE and Pixel 4a each have only one. while the iPhone SE and Pixel 4a have four rear cameras.

This quad-camera array is centered around a 64-megapixel main sensor, with an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens providing a 118-degree field of view; a 5MP macro lens and a 2MP depth sensor round out the Motorola One Fusion Plus' cameras.

On the front, the Motorola One Fusion Plus has one selfie cam, a pop-up 16MP shooter. This allows the camera to disappear from view when not needed, allowing for more screen real estate on the Fusion Plus' 6.5-inch display.

Multiple cameras are becoming increasingly common in mid-range phones. For example, the OnePlus Nord, also under $500, has the same four different lenses as the Fusion Plus, although the megapixel count is different.

Apple and Google still stick to a single lens on their lower-end phones, instead focusing on computational photography to complement their camera hardware. iPhone SE and Pixel 4a are the best camera phones. Motorola One Fusion Plus will have to do a good job if it wants to surpass the photos that these phones produce.

One area where the Motorola One Fusion Plus could beat the iPhone SE and Pixel 4a is battery life; in battery tests with continuous communication over LTE, both phones fell below the average smartphone time; the Fusion Plus has a 5,000 mAh battery, which allows Motorola phones to last longer on a charge.

Incidentally, Motorola's budget device, the Moto G Power, also has a 5,000 mAh battery. And with a battery test of 16 hours and 10 minutes, the G Power has the best handset battery life we have seen. It will be interesting to see if the Motorola One Fusion Plus can match this.

As for other specs, the Motorola Fusion One Plus is powered by the Snapdragon 730, a chipset similar to the one used by the Pixel 4a. (Motorola offers 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, depending on region; the 6.5-inch LCD screen has a full HD+ resolution and is powered by Android 10.

Motorola will sell this $399 phone unlocked through its website; the Motorola One Fusion Plus will work on AT&T and T-Mobile networks. (A Motorola representative erroneously said the phone would also work on CDMA-based cellular networks.)