The search engine giant
Google bought Motorola quite a long time ago from now on, but it took
them a while to refresh the face of Motorola’s image in the mobile
world. With the introduction of its phone, the Moto X
the company ensured its competitors that
it is still in the game. The search engine giant obviously wanted to
not only handle some legal issues with their beloved OS – Android
but also give others a peek into future as what Motorola and Google
is capable of achieving and Moto X is just the beginning of the
story.
The Usual…
Before we move on to the
‘unique selling point’ of this phone, let’s have a look at the
usual and that are the specs of any phone. The phone is able to
support Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, along with quad-band UMTS/HSPA, 100
Mbps LTE along with a secondary LTE antenna. Simple bar design with a
4.7” touchscreen RGB AMOLED display packing 316 ppi and covered
with a curved Gorilla glass 3.
With Dual Core 1. GHz
Krait CPU, it might have a bit less cores in CPU but performance
seems snappy enough and the GPU is what you’ll find in most of the
competitors - Adreno 320. In the chipset department, the company
added its own Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System which is pretty
much based around the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset whereas 2 GB
ram does well to support it.
You don’t get the choice
to add an external memory card, but with two variants of phone with
16 and 32 GB internal memory it might be enough for many people, but
there’s always an unhappy group who doesn't gets what they’re
looking for. The primary camera is 10 megapixel auto-focus Clear
Pixel camera with 1.4 µm-sized pixels, f/2.4 aperture, with native
aspect ratio of 16:9 and is also capable of capturing 1080p videos at
30 fps. Secondary camera has 2 megapixels and is still good enough to
capture Full HD video.
Obviously coming from
Google, the phone has stock Android OS – Jellybean 4.2.2. In
connectivity department, you’ll find Bluetooth 4.0 LE, Wi-Fi, GPS
receiver, GLONASS, NFC, standard microUSB port with MHL and USB host
and that is houseful. Battery seems to be decent enough at 2200 mAh,
but might not be a huge one if you’re going to play with your phone
the whole day.
The Difference…
The
difference is also actually the unique selling point of Droid Moto X and that is the fact that you can
customize the phone at Motorola’s website using their ‘Moto
Maker’ and then place your order. It might not provide a lot of
customization options you might be looking for but at the moment it’s
more than welcomed and something many people have been waiting for
quite some time.
Buying
In the beginning it might
have been a bit pricey, but with more and more phones out – the
price has dropped and made this phone quite an affordable choice,
especially for US residents. Back in November and early December,
Motorola dropped the price of Moto X No Contract by $150 giving quite some discount
and you could still customize the phone with Moto Maker. Aside from
the sweet offer, you’ll have to pay the usual $350 for off-contract Moto X and the overall price will vary a bit depending upon the
version (16/32 GB and Developer’s Edition) you go for.
All in all, it’s one of
the great phones out there on the market and obviously revived its
company with the customization techniques which will surely improve
in future. If you’re looking for some American taste in your phone
then Moto X is your key, for non-US residents it might not really be
important but it is still a great phone. So, you should definitely
give it a chance!
