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High Quality & Performance, what else do you need to know?
Ephemeris
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Vyse The Legend
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I can't buy into any more hype. I can't.
You can, and you will like it!
I can't buy into any more hype. I can't.
We canceling the Hypepocalyps!
I was about to post a few shots, but decided it wasn't worth it. Anandtech seems to feel the device is of good quality, but they haven't dedicated a complete review for it yet. I'll wait until then to make any further decisions on whether Google/Moto made a good choice in optimizing the hardware for Android-specific features versus raw-performance goals.
At least Moto's marketing department is working hard.
So is the pricing solely due to being made in the US?
So is the pricing solely due to being made in the US?
Push the next button a few times...
what, the pictures of the text? again, shitty baseline, but I'd like to see some comparisons taken with the s4 and one of the same page, same light same angle etc. Would the s4 and one really perform noticeably better than those? The elevator shot sucks but it all looks like motion blur to me. I can take a shitty picture with a DSLR too, doesn't prove much.
You just had to stop at the first sentence.
The Faceless Master
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what's so funny? i'm 100% serious. i was at the post office to pick up a package, then i was walking outside, i looked at my phone and it said 4G
i even ran speedtests!
That sounds like it could get uncomfortable
The Moto X is so underwhelming that I can't even be bothered to bitch about it anymore
Kill Your Masters
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The great thing about the X is that you can take pictures while exercising your wrists.
:jnc Dick Jokes
TMI man, TMI.
The Faceless Master
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I'm looking for more 3DS friends. Would any of Android-GAF like to exchange friend codes?
1032-1784-4853
My online handle for video game stuff is Vanillalite or just Vanilla.
1032-1784-4853
My online handle for video game stuff is Vanillalite or just Vanilla.
get out of here with your non-moto-x-hate-posts
-Pyromaniac-
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AIGHT I JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK CAME STRAIGHT HERE. I want you guys to fill me in on everything. And yes I read that rogers exclusive before any one of you mofos mentions that again. Play store only selling to US? Is the moto x shit? Battery life? EVERYTHING.
Go.
Go.
zomgbbqftw
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It's shit and expensive. Done.
SirMossyBloke
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Prepare to cry, that's all im saying.
I refuse to believe that Gruber would be anything but the most impartial observer.
Junior Mint
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One word: garbage
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Worse than even you imagined.
Yeah, pretty much. At least the Razr stuff is more sanely priced
Junior Mint
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You telling me a $600 phone with 720p and a year-old dual core CPU isn't attractive?
-Pyromaniac-
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hahaha it's just too much
who remembers my one rule of google/android rumours that I shared a while back. It's always right.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I will make this statement. Certain companies have shown you CAN make a great Android phone in terms of industrial design.
This IMO means there isn't much reason to cut bad industrial design handsets slack. FFS Moto the X looks great, but the Droid lineup is horrifically bad.
Sammy your on the clock with the Note 3 design.
This IMO means there isn't much reason to cut bad industrial design handsets slack. FFS Moto the X looks great, but the Droid lineup is horrifically bad.
Sammy your on the clock with the Note 3 design.
It's AMOLED 720p at 4.7" inches, so pretty much the DPI isn't so hot for a flagship phone.
Junior Mint
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The sad thing is that the Moto X seemed to have a lot of effort put into its design. It's definitely very nice and I love them embracing more than just black and white/silver. They just blew it with the specs and pricing.
This thing will probably bomb and deter Google/Moto/other OEMs from investing in anything like this again.
This thing will probably bomb and deter Google/Moto/other OEMs from investing in anything like this again.
Vyse The Legend
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So, I'm off to the Moto X launch party. I fully expect the disappointment hypetrain to continue for me with either:
A) no free phones given out or hands-on at all
B) free phones given out... but only ones locked to At&T or Verizon. No T-Mobile.
If scenario B happens, I will sell them to any NY GAFer interested.
A) no free phones given out or hands-on at all
B) free phones given out... but only ones locked to At&T or Verizon. No T-Mobile.
If scenario B happens, I will sell them to any NY GAFer interested.
I get the argument about specs and I understand the people like us care about it, but are we all really so self absorbed to not realize the 98% of the market doesn't give two shits about what's on the inside? Why do you think the marketing fluff has been about the screens as of late, not the processors. 98% of people have never heard of snapdragon, or exanos, or even qualcomm outside of a reference to the charger's stadium. To say this thing will fail on specs completely and uttery misses the point. People buy the iphone because it's pretty and it sells an IDEA. They don't care what's inside. The moto x is certainly pretty enough. The software features seems to be a strong differentiator, and they're spending HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to market the thing. If you don't honestly think this will sell in spades you're lying to yourself.
I'm here!
Pray tell me why the other 98% will choose this over the Galaxy S4? The Galaxy is a bigger brand, Samsung's marketing budget is nothing to laugh at, and the Galaxy brand has also had a large head start.
How does the software differentiate itself completely from the S4? Being able to see the time and temperature and missed calls without using your hands...might be interesting, but I would argue that a lot of the TouchWiz interface/customization SEEMS more useful (even if in practice, they don't necessarily work out).
The Galaxy brand has also built an idea, it positions itself as the "anti-iPhone," for the folks who aren't hipster enough for the Apple crowd. This actually resonates pretty strongly, and probably resonates better with consumers then whatever idea Motorola is trying to sell with their Moto X.
The Moto X is far from assuredly "selling in spades" as you seem to think it will.
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Not as deep as he thinks
ReadingRambo
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My Verizon contract for the wife and I is up this month. I'm in the market for either a couple of Nexus 4s or Galaxy S4s. Are S4s worth double the cost of the Nexus 4? Is the smart play to buy two unlocked Nexus 4s? It feels like it is.
killertofu
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I don't think nexus 4s work on Verizon
ReadingRambo
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Sorry I wasn't clear. My Verizon contract is up, and I will never ever ever ever ever ever go back to a contract. Taking my business to T-Mobile.
Man, this may be bad timing to ask this with the Moto X reveal being today, but I got a Nexus 7 last weekend and I wanted to get a bit of feedback from you guys:
1) For those who have tried multiple launchers, which one did you like the best and why?
2) What are some of the most awesome/flashy widgets?
1) For those who have tried multiple launchers, which one did you like the best and why?
2) What are some of the most awesome/flashy widgets?
Kill Your Masters
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No plans for the rest of the world, the gift that keeps on giving.
Try TMo a few months with one of their prepaid plan first.
Port your number to Google voice.
You would need to take a picture of fresh fruit or vergetable or alot of skin tone in nature light in order to tell how good the sensor is. These kind of photo won't tell you anything except make sharpness.
They are going to make a ... Cheaper... Phone for euros and prepaid. Cheaper... Not sure where else they can cut corners?
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