This is the Moto X. Can it save Motorola?


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The same, only different

There are actually 504 potential versions of Moto X ? the 18 available backplate covers, from concrete gray to hot pink, are just the start. You can also choose a black or white front panel, and the side-mounted buttons and the ring around the rear camera lens come in seven different colors. You have to pick between 16 and 32GB of storage. And then you can engrave the back of your phone.

 

You pick the color palette you want online, using a tool called Moto Maker. Although the Moto X will come to every carrier, the customization is exclusive to AT&T customers at launch, which is odd ? it?s easily the most compelling thing about the Moto X. (It won?t last, either: everyone I spoke to said the exclusive is "just for now.") And if you pick, buy, and change your mind? Just ship it back within two weeks and try another.

 

Other than the familiar Motorola "batwing" logo on the back, there's virtually no decoration anywhere on the X. There was a small AT&T globe on the back of a few devices I saw, very much out of the way, and SVP of product Rick Osterloh promised no logos ? not Motorola's, not Verizon's ? will appear on the front. "We decided to take the whole front of the device," design head Jim Wicks says," and make it feel like it's nothing but a pool of black glass."

 

To allow for the custom design process, Motorola placed its entire assembly operation for the X in Fort Worth, Texas. Components come from 16 states and countries around the world, but 2,000 or so workers assemble the phones in Texas and ship them all over America. There's certainly a patriotic element to the decision ? Osterloh said "it's just the right thing to do" ? but the real upside is practical. Since there's no boat from China to wait for, Motorola can have you a new phone in four days. It's like the Warby Parker of cellphones; just try it and see how you feel.

 

But while Moto X is clothed in high fashion, underneath that wardrobe you?ll find decidedly department-store internals. And that may be Motorola?s most interesting bet of all.

 

Lots more info in the source....

 

 

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4578890/this-is-the-moto-x

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I would never buy anything from Motorola and it surprises me that anyone else would.  Cheap junk and terrible support.

Did you read the source? This phone will basically fall along the lines of support for the Nexus phones...which always receive the best OS support and updates. And apparently, and according to the source which had hands on experience, the phone is a good solid device.

Not saying the Moto X is going to be phone of the year, but this isnt the same Motorola and this has had input from Google which has proven to support their Nexus devices.

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I would never buy anything from Motorola and it surprises me that anyone else would.  Cheap junk and terrible support.

 

best most reliable phone I ever owned was a motorola v3, still works after 10 years and I use it as a backup

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The Moto X is the first Google phone from Motorola, by that I mean it's the first phone designed by Motorola after Google purchased them. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything Motorola released previously.

 

Leo Laporte will be talking with Guy Kawasaki about the Moto X at 3PDT at http://live.twit.tv/

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I currently have the S4 but after trying to scrimp by with 9GB usable storage. (I don't take many photos and my music is on Spotify so it cant go onto the SD card, plus I run the Google ROM so I cant move apps there) I bought an Oppo Find 5 this morning, hopefully it turns up soon I can't wait to play with it. I know its lesser powered than the GS4, but it occured to me that I always plumb for these powerhouse phones yet I barely play games on them, I barely take photos. All I do is browse the web and text so the Oppo should suite me great. I considered the Moto X but it's not coming to the UK.

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I currently have the S4 but after trying to scrimp by with 9GB usable storage. (I don't take many photos and my music is on Spotify so it cant go onto the SD card, plus I run the Google ROM so I cant move apps there) I bought an Oppo Find 5 this morning, hopefully it turns up soon I can't wait to play with it. I know its lesser powered than the GS4, but it occured to me that I always plumb for these powerhouse phones yet I barely play games on them, I barely take photos. All I do is browse the web and text so the Oppo should suite me great. I considered the Moto X but it's not coming to the UK.

lol that's nothing, after 18 months of the S3 I've decided my N8 is better suited to my needs

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lol that's nothing, after 18 months of the S3 I've decided my N8 is better suited to my needs

 

Here's hoping Oppo can amend the Post Code before it ships, or hoping DHL ignore the post code.  :/

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