Hey Guys, here is the long awaited and much hyped Motorola’s flagship smartphone, ’MOTO X’. Ever since Google acquired Motorola mobility, we have all been waiting to see what would come out
of it. MOTO-X is the first phone from Motorola that Google actually had a
hand in. lets take a closer look at it.
LAUNCH (march 19th,india)
Moto X was released in August 2013, but took a while to make it's way into the Indian market. This device comes in 2 variants - 16 GB and 32GB, the 32GB variant is not yet available. According to Flipkart, which has exclusive rights to sell Moto G and Moto X in India, the device will be available in five colors (Black, White, Royal blue, Walnut, Turquoise, Teak) and is priced at ₹23,999. though its two wood back versions(Teak and Walnut) will be priced higher at ₹25,999.
BUILD AND DESIGN
Motorola mentioned that they started with the shape of the phone and built everything else around that, from the display to the battery. They wanted to build a phone that is easy to use and comfortable to hold.
It seems like they have been successful with the design. The phone is really subtle,compact and the rounded rubberized back feels pretty good in hand. The volume rocker and power button are on the right side, sim card slot on the left, headphone jack on the top and micro usb slot at the bottom. It has 3 microphones for noise cancellation. The body feels rigid and is made up of PET composite. It is lighter than ‘MOTO G’. which is pretty impressive from Motorola.
DISPLAY (Amoled capacitive touch screen)
70% of the phone surface is screen.A little disappointed with the 720 p resolution but the display is very sharp and vivid in spite of the low pixel density(312 ppi).
A very interesting feature is the new ‘Active Display Technology’ which lights up only a portion of the pixels to show notifications. This uses the sensors to show up notifications when you flip the phone or take it out of your pocket. No need to double tap the screen or use any gestures. Interesting!
PERFORMANCE
This phone is buttery smooth and has multiple cpu’s, some of which are dedicated to certain tasks to improve the battery life. They call it the ‘MotoX8 Computing System’.which includes:
- Dual core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro
- Quad core Adreno 320GPU (Graphics)
- Dedicated core for Contextual computing
- Dedicated core for Language processing and voice recognition
That makes it 8 cores in total, which is pretty impressive. Browsing experience is exceptionally good.
BATTERY (2200mAh)
Motorola has clearly done lot of changes under the hood to improve battery life like 720p display, the active notifications and the X8 computing system. With all this it turns out the battery life is really good. Motorola claims 24 hrs of battery life!. That may be for an average use, but on a decent use you can get up to 14 to 16 hrs which is certainly a longer lasting backup than the Samsung galaxy S4 or HTC1.
CAMERA
The biggest Disappointment of the entire phone!
On the front you have a 2 Mega pixel camera and on the back,a 10 Mega pixel sensor and a single LED flash. They call it the clear pixel camera. You can activate the camera application with a quick double rotation about its axis. The camera UI is pretty simple but no way to select the metering. The pictures are little de saturated and not sharp. It's a huge advantage that the camera firmware and image processing can be updated. but for now it is the way it is.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
- Phone
- Charger
- Data cable
- sim removal tool.
- earphones (only for the Indian version)
Beyond all the minor shortcomings, you will love using the MOTOX. great typing experience,compact design, nice crisp colorful bright display, good performance. great for any first time android user.
Do comment and let us know your experience.
Image courtesy: @evleaks
