Hands On With Motorola's Moto X 120
adeelarshad82 writes "After months of speculation, leaks, and cryptic tweets, Motorola's new flagship smartphone is upon us. The Moto X runs Android 4.2.2 and is powered by the new Motorola X8 mobile computing system that includes several chips: a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, as well as a natural language processor and a contextual computing processor that handles the sensors. The phone carries a 4.7-inch, 1,280-by-720 display with 316 pixels per inch. Also since the phone features an active display, time and other selected alerts — text messages, missed calls, etc. — are shown without having to wake up your phone. Among the other features that Motorola talked up was the touchless control. Once activated, you can talk to your Moto X from up to 15 feet away. The Moto X differentiates itself from the other droid phones with customization options, and since Motorola is assembling the Moto X in Fort Worth, Texas, the company expects users to have their customized Moto X within four days of placing an order."
Android 4.3? (Score:4, Insightful)
So a Google subsidiary can't use Google's latest OS? Lame... I rather get a Nexus instead.
Re:How about the big question... (Score:5, Insightful)
How unlockable (if at all) is the bootloader?
It's a fully locked [droid-life.com] device. This is not a Nexus successor.
How conventional. Google could have thrown a grenade into the portable world. Instead they make a Samsung wannabe, complete with bloated marketing budget.
Not interested.
Re:yes but.... (Score:4, Insightful)
Hiding is not the same as removing.
Re:Android 4.3? (Score:5, Insightful)
Believe it or not, validation testing for carriers takes a long time- months. Switch a major piece of the software and you have to restart from scratch. This device probably entered testing before 4.3 was announced.
Re:Android 4.3? (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't understand.
If Nexus and iOS devices can be updated without carrier interference, why can't everything else be similarly updated.