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The Moto X+1

nfl46

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The Moto X+1

Pricing is better than I thought. Not bad. 99 on 2 year contract. Battery is rather small, though. Same issue with the 360.
 
nfl46

nfl46

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The Moto X+1

mel823 said:
The new Moto G is $179 and available at noon with the 360.
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I'll consider the Moto G in the future. I'm going to hold off on the 360, though. The battery life is pretty bad, plus I need to save up for the iPhone 6 (paying full price next month). I think I'm going to strictly rock the iPhone 6 + iWatch until next summer, then I'm going back to Android. If you get the 360, let us know how it is.

Edit: Just saw your other post. It's late. Time for me to sleep. Lol.
 
mel823

mel823

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nfl46 said:
I'll consider the Moto G in the future. I'm going to hold off on the 360, though. The battery life is pretty bad, plus I need to save up for the iPhone 6 (paying full price next month). I think I'm going to strictly rock the iPhone 6 + iWatch until next summer, then I'm going back to Android. If you get the 360, let us know how it is.

Edit: Just saw your other post. It's late. Time for me to sleep. Lol.
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I'm in the same boat as you with the iP6, and I need the biggest storage size they have available. Most likely will be the 1st generation Moto G for my Mom for Christmas (price should come down by then). Might pick up the new Moto G for myself just to keep a droid phone around.
 
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Wiesenlooser

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Wait a second - this phone only has a 2300 mAh battery? I thought it was supposed to have a 3000 mAh.

This phone is dead to me :confused:
 
rhinosrcool

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Wiesenlooser said:
Wait a second - this phone only has a 2300 mAh battery? I thought it was supposed to have a 3000 mAh.

This phone is dead to me :confused:
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It does seem small.:( Maybe it lasts longer than it seems? Other than that (which is pretty big), the upgrade looks good. Even though I'm a Note fanboy, Motorola's new X has improved on a solid phone. However, from friends with the 1st generation, 5" would have been preferable.
 
JaySoul

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Motorola do actually care about software/hardware integration so it wouldn't surprise me if the 2300 battery still lasts a good while.
 
MRU

MRU

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mel823 said:
The New Moto X trialer/commercial

http://youtu.be/uSAs0-ur6sc

Edit: Dammit, it didn't embed.
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Think I'll stick with my current X. There will be no trade in credit here and likewise no MotoMaker if history repeats.

Making it bigger, slapping in same internals as every other 5.2" android device just feels like they missed the point about what makes the X and G so popular.
 
JaySoul

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MacRumorUser said:

Think I'll stick with my current X. There will be no trade in credit here and likewise no MotoMaker if history repeats.

Making it bigger, slapping in same internals as every other 5.2" android device just feels like they missed the point about what makes the X and G so popular.
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Definitely think the new X is too big, but the G going up in size is actually nice for the price.
 
MRU

MRU

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JaySoul said:
Definitely think the new X is too big, but the G going up in size is actually nice for the price.
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The G seems to faired better, stereo speakers etc.. too. Whereas the new X the front ones on the X aren't BOTH speakers but earpiece top, microphone/speaker bottom. The G has removable storage, still a no for the X.

Basically they improved the G where it mattered to end users experience.

The X has only been improved if a bigger screen and higher pixel count on camera is important and having a quad core is vital (all things the original Moto X was the antithesis of)...

Likewise android centrals post regarding camera seems to indicate its higher pixels do not necessarily make it that much of a better camera...

Yeah I'm just dissapointed they have basically walked away from their ETHOS and betrayed their own ideology with the new X.
 
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CyanLite

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MacRumorUser said:
The G seems to faired better, stereo speakers etc.. too. Whereas the new X the front ones on the X aren't speakers but earpiece top, microphone bottom.
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Then where are the speakers?

I have read that the lower one is the speaker and the top is earpiece. But some other sites like Anandtech say that they are stereo speakers..

Either way, the speakers are front firing, would be a tragedy if it isn't stereo when the Moto G has it.
 
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CyanLite said:
Then where are the speakers?

I have read that the lower one is the speaker and the top is earpiece. But some other sites like Anandtech say that they are stereo speakers..

Either way, the speakers are front firing, would be a tragedy if it isn't stereo when the Moto G has it.
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Yeah over on android central they say bottom is a speaker but top is just earpiece.

The new Moto X looks like it has stereo speakers out front like the Moto G. But in fact the top one's merely the earpiece, and the*bottom*serves as the speaker. Both are raised slightly.
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Wiesenlooser

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JaySoul said:
Motorola do actually care about software/hardware integration so it wouldn't surprise me if the 2300 battery still lasts a good while.
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While that might be true it still is a rather small battery for a 5.2" Android device. It wont get you through the day comfortably.
 
Kariya

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It looks really nice i want it now. But alas we Europeans have to wait eons again don't we.

2300mAh though...doesn't instil me with confidence.
 
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CyanLite

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Wiesenlooser said:
While that might be true it still is a rather small battery for a 5.2" Android device. It wont get you through the day comfortably.
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You should look at the Moto G 4G battery test on GSMArena, don't rule out Moto X just yet. Motorola could have done a great job.

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Kariya said:
It looks really nice i want it now. But alas we Europeans have to wait eons again don't we.

2300mAh though...doesn't instil me with confidence.
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It seems it has been released in the UK today according to GSMArena.
 
RandomKamikaze

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MacRumorUser said:
Not surprised :confused:
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Speaking purely for myself, it's not a big deal. I currently have the HTC One (M7) and rarely use the front facing speakers. in 18 months of ownership probably half a dozen times.

I will still more than likely get this device unless it gets truly terrible reviews.
 
MRU

MRU

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Chris.L said:
Speaking purely for myself, it's not a big deal. I currently have the HTC One (M7) and rarely use the front facing speakers. in 18 months of ownership probably half a dozen times.

I will still more than likely get this device unless it gets truly terrible reviews.
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It's a great device I genuinely have no doubt about it - but just for me I found the 4.7" moto X to be a sweet spot size wise. The new moto X is meant to be pretty much same size as the Galaxy S5, which in comparison with the Moto X when I hold the two of them together I find the Moto X to be vastly more ergonomic and a lot more user & pocket friendly. Likewise the adoption of the 801 is great, but if anything the original Moto X proves that you didn't need those big ass specs to deliver a fast phone, as the video I posted earlier shows side by side with my S5, the current moto X opens apps pretty much identically and actually handles memory better. Therefore to me a jump to 801 doesn't really mean too much.

I would have been happy giving me new enhanced moto assist and display / improve the camera / add SD card slot support and kept it at the same size or certainly no bigger than 5"...

To me now the new Moto X is a great looking device, but it's just cut from the same jib as every other 2014 5-5.2" smartphone - it's missing something special whether that be an ideology / ethos or something else I just don't know. But i just feel somehow disappointed by it. And I do not like the new logo on the back, the subtle dimple was so much nicer.
 
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