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[Ephemeris]

Who is Pctx?

Professor
Charles
T ??
Xavier

 

[PriitV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkUL_tKEDVs
MotoX handson

 

[daoster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkUL_tKEDVs
MotoX handson

coming first to AT&T....

Hype..dying...anger...rising.

 

[yyzjohn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkUL_tKEDVs
MotoX handson

That dude's hands make the phone look small.

 

[Vanillalite]

AT&T is where its at!

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Leo Laporte just said the embargo ends tonight, not 3PM. So, yeah... Either The Verge got an exclusive or we're in for a wait.

 

[PriitV]

Aaaand the video got taken down.

 

[daoster]

Leo Laporte just said the embargo ends tonight, not 3PM. So, yeah... Either The Verge got an exclusive or we're in for a wait.

Or the VERGE is fucking Rick Roll'ing us...fuck em.

 

[opensource]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkUL_tKEDVs
MotoX handson

link dead, someone scoop it?

 

[Junior Mint]

link dead, someone scoop it?

Same shit we've already seen. Didn't look like anything special. We'll have to wait for the real news later... software and price.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

link dead, someone scoop it?

It was only 2 minutes long. He showed how snappy the phone was, demonstrated a really absurd hand-twisting motion that turns on the camera, and mentioned it was coming to AT&T first. They also showed a wood back for the phone.

 

[Vanillalite]

AT&T has slowly become the best wireless carrier in the US. They have more coverage than Sprint and T-Mobile and a better phone selection than Verizon. Plus the data plans are slightly better on AT&T.

That's a long way from shitastic iPhone only with dropped calls everywhere AT&T.

 

[Ephemeris]

I'll wait for the Anandtech review first. No rush.

$250 or less is probably a immediate purchase though lol

 

[gcubed]

If it's coming to some carrier first I have no faith in a cheap off contact phone

 

[Fox318]

I want a 1080p 5in nexus phone.

 

[DrFunk]

HTC apparently pushed out an update which enables LTE Band 2 and 5 (850 & 1900) for the ATT One: http://www.androidcentral.com/att-htc-one-receiving-update-enable-new-frequency-bands

what's more interesting is that unlocked Euro phones also use the above LTE bands. Bodes well if you like to import, since ATT seems to be turning on those frequencies

 

[jokkir]

Is there a stream for the Moto X announcement?

 

[Vanillalite]

Is there a stream for the Moto X announcement?

It isn't an announcement. It is just an embargo lift.

 

[yyzjohn]

http://www.motorola.ca/consumers/Moto-X/moto-x-ca-en,en_CA,pd.html?cgid=xfon

 

[gimmmick]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/1/4578890/this-is-the-moto-x


199.99 on contract. Fuck that.

 

[Junior Mint]

PCTX should be ashamed.

 

[PriitV]

I'm not sold, but I do like the look of the wooden option.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

PCTX should be ashamed.

Seriously. Off-contract pricing is horrible too: Off contract Moto X price on AT&T: $575 for 16GB, $630 for 32 GB

 

[Vanillalite]

Looks nice with the color options, but considering you can get an HTC One for Under 100 bones on contract now with 32 gigs of RAM it is underwhelming to say the least.

 

[Fox318]

I really don't know what to think of the X. Especially coming from a Galaxy Nexus.

 

[this_guy]

So nice upper mid range phone for the price of a high end phone.

 

[Vanillalite]

I really don't know what to think of the X. Especially coming from a Galaxy Nexus.

The GS4 or One is better? Not that hard.

 

[shinshoryuken]

PCTX should be ashamed.

and the people who actually believed his bull crap....and kept feeding the troll...

 

[Ephemeris]

I hope that's just the ATT price.

Unlocked N4 at Tmo was $$ too

 

[OneEightZero]

The Verge - This is the Moto X

Google and Motorola's Moto X smartphone hands-on

A pretty piss poor Nexus refresh for "consumers", basically.

 

[Fox318]

Maybe I might just get the droid ultra...

 

[thespot84]

Now I have to wait for the nexus 5 to revive my "google wireless" conspiracy theory. Damn.

 

[Junior Mint]

I can buy three Nexus 4's for the unsubsidized price of this thing.

 

[yyzjohn]

Yeah, what's with the crap Leo Laporte was saying that "some things haven't been leaked" about this phone. Blah, the size looks nice, doesn't seem like a 4.7" screen because the bezels are so small, but other than that nothing really jumps out at me.

 

[PriitV]

Seriously. Off-contract pricing is horrible too: Off contract Moto X price on AT&T: $575 for 16GB, $630 for 32 GB

For real? This is so laughable. It'll flop harder than HTC First.

 

[Talon]

What a hilarious disappointment.

 

[Fox318]

The people on the verge are horrible right now.

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

Oh dear. Mid range specs for a premium price.

Google/Moto gonna Apple.....

 

[daoster]

So...When does Nexus 5 come out? And do you think it'll be compatible with Verizon.

FUCK I am so angry and disappointed, still stuck with my shitty Galaxy Nexus...maybe I can buy a cheap Note II or GS3 on Ebay for Verizon.

 

[Talon]

Oh dear. Mid range specs for a premium price.

Google/Moto gonna Apple.....

Since when have any of the iPhones been midrange at launch - especially with the graphics performance?

 

[Fox318]

So...When does Nexus 5 come out? And do you think it'll be compatible with Verizon.

FUCK I am so angry and disappointed, still stuck with my shitty Galaxy Nexus...maybe I can buy a cheap Note II or GS3 on Ebay for Verizon.

Roms make the Galaxy Nexus better but I'm with you.

 

[Junior Mint]

lol @ Verizon

The Verizon Wireless Moto X, for example, is pre-loaded with a number of apps, including NFL Mobile, VZ Navigator, Verizon Tones, a voicemail app, a caller ID app, and a setup wizard. The device also has a Verizon Wireless logo on the back, and the phone checks with the carrier to see if tethering is enabled on your account before letting you share your internet connection.

 

[Talon]

Verizon: Can't Stop Won't Stop

 

[daoster]

Roms make the Galaxy Nexus better but I'm with you.

ROMs do not seem to make my Galaxy Nexus much better, and definitely hasn't seemed to do jack shit for my biggest concern, battery life

 

[Sqrt_minus_one]

How bug is the battery in this thing?

 

[DrFunk]

I would like to hear gcubed's opinion now

 

[Fox318]

lol @ Verizon

Wow.

 

[Talon]

That wooden phone is the most ridiculous device I've seen in a long while. A light birch would look nice, but the deep hue makes it look like grandma's floor.

 

[tino]

I told you guys many times low cost smartphone doesn't work in the US because there is no low end pricing for smartphones here. And some people didn't believe it.

This price is broken, lol.

 

[3phemeral]

ROMs do not seem to make my Galaxy Nexus much better, and definitely hasn't seemed to do jack shit for my biggest concern, battery life

ROMs have always be very miss and hit for me. Mostly miss, though, until recently. The weird thing about it is that no matter how many times I flash using the same super wiping method, the results are always inconsistent. For instance, I've been running stable CM 10.2 and finally got it smooth enough with a few tweaks to the franco kernel. When 4.3 ROMs came out, I decided to try a few and found them to be horrible. I went back to flashing CM 10.2 again and it's running absolutely perfectly smooth with no kernel modifications.

I really don't know why there's so much inconsistency in performance, but I'm sticking with stable 10.2 for now until I have good reason to upgrade. So long as it's performance stays the same, I'll be happy. But I'm really getting desperate for a new phone and being on Verizon just makes it suck when you have grandfathered unlimited data and don't want to lose it.