For sure there are many high-end smartphone available to choose right away now. It just needs how much money you have and what kind of needs you want. Other than any brand, the Motorola Moto X certainly is a smartphone full of character. Instead of following the established trend set by high-end Androids over the years, it dares go where no other handset has gone before. It may not look the flagship part on paper but it very much feels like one in real life.
From the day it broke cover, pundits and consumers alike have criticized the Moto X's lack of top-tier SoC and display. After wrapping up our review, we have to say that those aren't as bad as they are portrayed to be. The device will very rarely feel underpowered and the screen is still pretty great. Future-proofing is a whole other story of course, and it's probably one that Motorola isn't too keen on telling.
The ergonomics of the Motorola Moto X are among its most potent weapons - despite not being particularly slim, the smartphone handles better than just about any other high-end droid. We are also glad to report that, while the Moto X brings few changes to the stock Android experience, they all work great. From the always active voice commands, through the Active display to the innovative camera-launching gesture - it's all working as Motorola promises.
Another big draw of the Moto X is the Moto Maker design studio. If nothing else the hundreds of combinations that you can preview in detail on your screen will serve as great promo for the smartphone.
The biggest flaw of the Motorola Moto X as far as its smartphone skills are concerned is the lack of expandable memory. The 16GB version comes with only 11.9GB available - hardly sufficient considering the fact that a high-end mobile game can easily take over a gig of space. The 10MP only stills from the camera don't help the cause either.
Google has tried to offset the limited storage by offering 50GB of free Drive cloud storage, but that's hardly an optimal solution. The far better solution is for you to spend an extra $50 for the 32GB version of the Moto X. Which leads us to our main issue with the smartphone.
As if it wasn't bad enough that Motorola is only going to sell the Moto X only in the US, the company has also made the 32GB version and the Moto Maker exclusive to AT&T. The other major carriers are getting a smartphone that's not only more expensive than its better-spec'd rivals, but also deprived of two of its most valuable arguments. Motorola might have as well made this one an AT&T exclusive.
So assuming you do the sensible thing and go for the 32GB Moto X from AT&T you should be ready to part with $249.99 and sign a new two-year commitment. And as every deal, this one can only be ruled good or bad when you see what else you can get.
With the Moto X, Motorola has taken a rather unorthodox approach towards designing a top-shelf Android smartphone. Instead of focusing solely on putting together the most powerful hardware available on the market, Motorola's engineers have put more emphasis on ergonomics and software goodies. To top things off, the Motorola Moto X will be built in the United States with an unprecedented set of appearance customization options.
The one Moto X feature which its manufacturer is boasting about the most is Moto Maker. It offers you the option to design your own Moto X by choosing from hundreds of combinations and you also get to tune your boot animation and wallpaper before you have even received the smartphone. It is a clear sign that innovation hasn't dried up at Motorola, but we are yet to see how well it will be received by the market.
Advantages
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; quad-band UMTS/HSPA support
- 100Mbps LTE with a second dedicated antenna
- 4.7" 16M-color 720p RGB AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 316ppi pixel density; Gorilla Glass
- Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with stock UI
- Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Pro chipset with dual-core 1.7GHz Krait CPU; Adreno 320 GPU;
- 10 MP autofocus ClearPixel camera with LED flash
- 1080p video recording @ 30fps with HDR, continuous autofocus and stereo sound
- 2 MP front-facing camera with 1080p video recording
- Wi-Fi b/g/n/ac; Wi-Fi Hotspot
- GPS with A-GPS; GLONASS
- 16/32GB of built-in storage; 2GB of RAM
- microUSB port with MHL and USB host
- Bluetooth v4.0 LE
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dual-microphone noise cancellation
- Touchless Control, Active Notifications
- Ambient light; accelerometer; proximity sensor
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Superb handling and overall ergonomics
- Moto Maker user customization program
- 50GB of free Google Drive storage
- 2,200mAh battery
Main disadvantages
- More expensive than more powerful competitors
- Non-expandable memory
- Non user-accessible battery
- Moto Maker is exclusive to AT&T at launch
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