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Hands On With Motorola's Moto X

Posted by timothy on from the variable-names-never-change dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "After months of speculation, leaks, and cryptic tweets, Motorola's new flagship smartphone is upon us. The Moto X runs Android 4.2.2 and is powered by the new Motorola X8 mobile computing system that includes several chips: a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, as well as a natural language processor and a contextual computing processor that handles the sensors. The phone carries a 4.7-inch, 1,280-by-720 display with 316 pixels per inch. Also since the phone features an active display, time and other selected alerts — text messages, missed calls, etc. — are shown without having to wake up your phone. Among the other features that Motorola talked up was the touchless control. Once activated, you can talk to your Moto X from up to 15 feet away. The Moto X differentiates itself from the other droid phones with customization options, and since Motorola is assembling the Moto X in Fort Worth, Texas, the company expects users to have their customized Moto X within four days of placing an order."

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  1. Android 4.3? by KugelKurt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So a Google subsidiary can't use Google's latest OS? Lame... I rather get a Nexus instead.

    1. Re:Android 4.3? by AuMatar · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Believe it or not, validation testing for carriers takes a long time- months. Switch a major piece of the software and you have to restart from scratch. This device probably entered testing before 4.3 was announced.

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    2. Re:Android 4.3? by figleaf · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't understand.
      If Nexus and iOS devices can be updated without carrier interference, why can't everything else be similarly updated.

  2. Re:How about the big question... by Tailhook · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How unlockable (if at all) is the bootloader?

    It's a fully locked device. This is not a Nexus successor.

    How conventional. Google could have thrown a grenade into the portable world. Instead they make a Samsung wannabe, complete with bloated marketing budget.

    Not interested.

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  3. Re:yes but.... by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hiding is not the same as removing.

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