Scott Lewis: Hi everyone, Scott Lewis here for Wirefly with a hands on review of the
new Moto X phone.
The Moto X was announced on August 1st for Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular
and AT&T.
While the specs on the Moto X might not wow the tech geek, the average smart phone user
will be more than excited with the snappy hardware and the software loaded with catchy
features.
First off, let's go through the hardware and the design of the Moto X.
The almost edge-to-edge display is the thing that impresses me most about the Moto X.
It's a 4.7 inch super AMOLED display that has screen resolution of 720 by 1280 and a
pixel density of 316 pixels per inch.
The colors on the 720P high definition display are crisp and vibrant and once you pick up
the Moto X you'll feel the slightly grippy polycarbonate backed cover in the small dimple
with the Motorola M inside.
Your finger will comfortably and naturally rest inside the dimple while you're talking
on the Moto X.
For me, the Moto X is the perfect size to fit into your pocket or purse and carry around
every day.
Under the cover the Moto X is powered by unique pairing of dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor
and an Adreno quad-core graphics processor.
Adding an additional natural language processor and contextual computing processor rounds
out this unique blend of processors that Moto has named the Motorola X8 mobile computing
system.
The Moto X is also supporting 2 gigs of RAM and comes available in 16 gigabytes or 32
gigabytes of on-board storage.
My biggest issue with the hardware of the Moto X is that it doesn't have the ability
to expand storage with a micro SD card.
Now onto what Google and Motorola are counting on to win you over to the Moto X, the software.
The Motorola X is running Android 4.2.2 out of the box, and layered with Motorola's user
their interface that adds some very unique features.
At the launch of it everyone was buzzing about the touchless control that allows you to wake
up your Moto X with the phrase, "Okay, Google now," followed by your command.
You can use the touchless controls to set up media reminders, look up sports scores
for your favorite sports teams, or search for an answer to just about any question.
Another software feature that Motorola included was peak notifications.
This allows you to view any missed calls, text messages or emails when you take your
phone out of your pocket or flip it over.
Accessing the camera on the Moto X can be done in the traditional fashion or you can
[word 02:19] your friends by giving your phone two twists to launch the camera.
This will even launch the camera function if your phone's in standby.
Once your in the camera interface in the Moto X, you can access the settings wheel by swiping
from left to right or access the photo gallery from swiping right to left.
Overall, I give Motorola two thumbs up for the camera interface on the Moto X.
It is very easy to navigate and adjust the settings when needed.
The shutter is super fast with zero lag which is great for action shots.
Here are a few sample pictures from the Moto X phone's 10 mega pixel primary camera and
the 2 mega pixel front facing camera.
There's two things that I wanted to mention before we wrap things up.
First to set the call quality in the Moto X is fantastic.
In fact it's the best sounding smart phone that I've tested in a long time.
That shouldn't surprise me with Motorola's track record of great sounding cell phones
dating all the way back to the Motorola Startac.
In saving the best for last, the Moto X phone is assembled in the US.
While it would be even better to say that it was manufactured in the US, it's a start.
That wraps up our hands-on review of the Moto X phone.
What phone should we match up against the Moto X in its first schmackdown?
Leave your comment in the comment section below, and if you like our review make sure
to give it a thumbs up.
To stay connected to the latest in smart phone make sure to subscribe to our Wirefly Youtube
channel.
My name is Scott Lewis for Wirefly.
Thanks for watching.