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Phones Moto X vs Nexus 5
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In that screen shot it was at 1h 50 mins. I usually get about 4.5 hours when I still have 25%+ battery and start to charge it.
Proof? My Note 3 doesn't even achieve that and it has a a much bigger battery than the N5
I routinely got 4 hours of SOT with about 10% battery left over a 18 hour day. His numbers aren't that far out there.
Nexus 5 all day every day.
Especially with 4.4.1 onward, that camera is working MUCH better.
The dev community for Nexus devices is amazing. Got my smaller nav bars, volume mod for earphones, viper4android sound tweaking, Nexus one boot animation, and double tap 2 wake with saturated colors Franco kernel running on 4.4.2. Oh and ART rules.
It's bliss just reverting some things to stock, dirty OTA flashing, and putting them back on as opposed to starting fresh and restoring every time a jailbreak comes out for a new version, which mind you isn't often.
Of course if you're riding the jailbreak train you don't care about the wait, or maybe even iOS 7 all together (I'm not updating my iPad 3 past 6.1.2, jailbreak or not), but that bigger screen and open customization out of the box, custom recovery, and one simple procedure to unlock the bootloader. Oh and perhaps the sweetest of all is the reasonable and amazing deal of the unsubsidized price that this phone is for having the same S800 in Note 3 and LG G2. I'm not sure what else a tinkerer could want. Moto X is nice, but Nexus 5 hardware is undeniably superior.
And LightFlow with this phone, so chill.
Especially with 4.4.1 onward, that camera is working MUCH better.
The dev community for Nexus devices is amazing. Got my smaller nav bars, volume mod for earphones, viper4android sound tweaking, Nexus one boot animation, and double tap 2 wake with saturated colors Franco kernel running on 4.4.2. Oh and ART rules.
It's bliss just reverting some things to stock, dirty OTA flashing, and putting them back on as opposed to starting fresh and restoring every time a jailbreak comes out for a new version, which mind you isn't often.
Of course if you're riding the jailbreak train you don't care about the wait, or maybe even iOS 7 all together (I'm not updating my iPad 3 past 6.1.2, jailbreak or not), but that bigger screen and open customization out of the box, custom recovery, and one simple procedure to unlock the bootloader. Oh and perhaps the sweetest of all is the reasonable and amazing deal of the unsubsidized price that this phone is for having the same S800 in Note 3 and LG G2. I'm not sure what else a tinkerer could want. Moto X is nice, but Nexus 5 hardware is undeniably superior.
And LightFlow with this phone, so chill.
The Nexus 5 won. After a day or so using both, i just shipped back the Moto X this morning.
While activate notifications are cool, along with touch less control, the bigger screen of the Nexus 5 won out. The Nexus 5 is noticeably faster, and i can see myself using the Wireless charging ability everyday.
I will say the build quality on the Moto X is great, and I highly recommend it for someone that is coming from an iPhone 5/5S/5C and like that size as it isn't much bigger.
I will note that LG/Google must have worked out their kinks because My screen looks great, gps works, the speakers are loud (not near Moto X loud, but loud enough, and the signal strength was about the same as the Moto X in test on Tmobile.
While activate notifications are cool, along with touch less control, the bigger screen of the Nexus 5 won out. The Nexus 5 is noticeably faster, and i can see myself using the Wireless charging ability everyday.
I will say the build quality on the Moto X is great, and I highly recommend it for someone that is coming from an iPhone 5/5S/5C and like that size as it isn't much bigger.
I will note that LG/Google must have worked out their kinks because My screen looks great, gps works, the speakers are loud (not near Moto X loud, but loud enough, and the signal strength was about the same as the Moto X in test on Tmobile.
You're not helping me stick to my decision buying the X. The only thing I dislike about the Nexus was the weak volume and vibration.
very similar to my experience. "Nexus 5 is noticeably faster." I felt the exact same way and think most reviews do not do side by side comparisons....they must not be. The moto is smooth, but like you mentioned the n5 is clearly much smoother to the point I got frustrated with the moto x.
Um I can get near 8 hours of screen on time easily with my Moto X and will prove it tonight. You're doing something wrong indeed.
KitKat does improve things a lot yes. But when I was on 4.2.2 I used to still get around 8 hours. Now I assume...9 or 10 perhaps? I'll be testing it today and I guess we'll see.
LOL! Who are you trying to fool? I have the Moto X, its battery is sub par at best. Maybe if the screen is on while you are on a call you can get MAYBE 4 hours but using it normally, no way. I can literally watch my battery percentage drop about 1% for every 5-6 minutes I am browsing the web or playing a game. 8 hours screen time LOL! This is under normal usage here. Facebook, Instagram, emails and web browsing. I was asleep and not touching the phone for 9 of these 18 hours...
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Yeah I have no idea what this guy's doing but I've been browsing the web for about an hour now (50% brightness minimum auto brightness) while streaming from Songza with 2 bars of wifi and one or two bars of LTE signal (downstairs in my house doesn't get much of a signal). Will post pics in a second.
Did anyone by chance get an extra $150 off promo code for the Moto X or not going to use theirs? They sold out in 12 minutes. Thanks.
Your picture had nearly 20 hours on the phone without charging. Surely you must know that the active display and the touchless control takes some battery in standby...
But hey, all the reviews are wrong and this guy's historically proven bias against the Moto X is surely the one to trust, right?
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