Moto X. A controversial but interesting novelty from Motorola / Google

Hello. Yesterday Motorola showed its novelty about which there were already many rumors, leaks. In general, the rumors were confirmed. However, Google Motorola could still surprise. And she did not go the way of Samsung, building up the muscles of gigahertz and pixels, but her own. What and review.

So the specifications. They are rather closer to a strong middling market. The Motorola X8 processor is a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, with two Krait 300 cores running at 1.7GHz and 4-core Adreno 320 GPU. In addition, Motorola added two DSPs, one of which constantly listens to the phrase “Ok, Google Now” after which You can say the commands that the smartphone tries to recognize and execute. The second DSP to keep track of your movements and for example when wiggling activates the camera.

Video from Google Now:



General ad of Moto X where you can see how the camera is activated:



The remaining specifications are as follows:

• Screen: 4.7 '' AMOLED / HD & 20p (720x1280) / 316 ppi
• 2200 mAH (about 24 hours of use on the 4G network, and 13 hours of calls) which is pretty good
• 10 megapixel “clear pixel”, LED flash, 1080p HD video, 4X digital zoom, slow motion video, auto HDR mode, front camera 2 megapixel
• 16GB or 32GB of memory without an SD card
• LTE, HSPA + 42Mbps, NFC, Miracast, USB 2.0, nano-SIM, Bluetooth 4.0 LE + EDR

The novelty is the possibility of customization. Moto X is possible in more than 500 versions. Changing the front cover in two colors - white and black. As well as all kinds of colors of the back cover. Separately, you can select a theme (the color of the volume rocker, and the rim around the camera). All equipment is selected on a special website Moto Maker. Where, in addition to colors, you can add your own inscription on the back cover as well as on the boot animation. Well, choose the amount of memory and bumper. Custom is even the color of the charger. It is possible to import data from your past android. More in the video:



Delivery of such a custom device in the United States is carried out within 4 days. This is possible due to the fact that the device is assembled in the United States. What is particularly focused on advertising, as if appealing to the patriotism of ordinary Americans. It is interesting that the global version is also planned, and it will also be collected in the United States.

Read more about the camera. The camera has a zest. This is a 1 / 2.6 inch sensor with a 16: 9 video ratio and a large 1.4 micron pixel. The sensor captures RAW images using a sensitive RGBC (red / green / blue / clear) color filter, and the auxiliary chip automatically converts the image to Bayer format.

BY. Initially, Motorola comes with Android 4.2.2. What specifically focused on. Like, we are like everyone else, and partners may not worry about the status of the motor company “Google Company”. The firmware is modified, but in general it is almost a stock android with small add-ons. When creating, the goal was to preserve the charm of the stock android interface. What they in general succeeded.

An interesting feature is the notification. Since the screen is made by AMOLED technology, it is possible to highlight certain areas of the screen in an inactive state, without significant battery consumption. This allows you to display important notifications in a locked state. Good alternative to flashing LEDs. Is not it?



It will be available in the near future with all US and Canadian operators. Price about $ 200 with a contract. The global version will be slightly different, cheaper. There is no information about it yet. It is also expected Google Play version. Perhaps she will be subsidized.

In general, the device is interesting. We will wait for the price without a contract and the first detailed reviews.