Motorola Moto X (2014) review: the modest Moto goes mainstream

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Back in 2009 (in the heady days of Motorola’s original Droid) the Star Trek science fiction franchise was on the ropes. Creative burnout, network pressures, and eighteen years of television saturation had exhausted creators and viewers alike, and in the eyes of the studio, only a fresh look by a relative outsider could save the property from total dissolution. But while J.J. Abrams’s re-imagining was a massive ...

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Motorola sets ETA for product launch news – and we’re just hours away

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“Where’s my Moto X+1 at? Is this September 4, or is it not? Wasn’t Motorola supposed to be elbowing-in on IFA’s spotlight today with some new hardware?” Yes, yes, you’re not far off there. Last month, the company started inviting the press to a September 4 event in Chicago, with some subtlety-be-damned hints that we’d be seeing the launch of the rumored Moto X+1 and the second-gen Moto G, possibly learning the start-of-sales details for the Moto 360 Android Wear smartwatch, ...

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The new Moto X rumor roundup: previewing Motorola’s next flagship

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

It’s happening. One of the best phones of 2013 is getting a refresh, and the whole tech world seems quite excited about it. With last year’s Moto X, Motorola brought thinking that was way different than many of the other OEMs out there – it proved that phones didn’t have to have top-tier specs and a boatload of software features in order to shine. It proved that a great phone doesn’t have to look great on paper, ...

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Moto X+1 gets detailed in in-depth video leak

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What a better way to start September off than with a juicy leak of the soon-to-be-unveiled successor to the Moto X. Today a supposed Moto X+1 video leak has hit the web, and it lines up with everything we’ve seen before – and a lot of what we’re expecting to see – though there are still questions being asked.The leak comes to us from TK Tech News, which has been hit-or-miss but relatively accurate with previous Motorola leaks (like

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The Moto X successor gets a new possible name as Moto Maker info leaks

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The new Moto X will be going official this week, but we’re all still thirsty for information regarding the device. One thing we’ve thought was almost certain since the leak train started rolling in early April was the name: in one of the first leaks of the phone, the name “Moto X+1″ was dropped, and in subsequent leaks it came up over and over again. Today, though, we’re hearing new information, as the name may not be Moto X+1 at all.According to sources of Phandroid at Verizon, the company’s internal computer system shows the device simply as ...

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What would make you buy a Moto X+1? (Poll)

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The Moto X, as modest and bland as it appeared on paper, was, by and large, one of the most impressive smartphones of 2013. Unlike most new phones, I could recommend it to buyers without a sliver of doubt. While its camera wasn’t all that great and the specs were far from the best, it was an incredibly solid, well-rounded smartphone with lots of lightweight value adds in the software.This came as a surprise to most when the

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More Moto X+1 custom Moto Maker options rumored

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When Motorola’s Moto X+1 finally launches – which all present evidence is pointing towards happening next week, we’re hoping to get confirmation of a bunch of new custom backplate options. Already, Motorola’s given us a rainbow of colors and a handful of wooden finishes to choose from for the Moto X, and right from the start of X+1 rumors, we’ve been hearing about the phone picking up some additional materials. Namely,

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Moto X+1 leaks spell camera with optical zoom, and other features?

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The Moto X+1 should be among us in the next couple of weeks. There is a lot of pressure for this phone to live up to the market acceptance that the Moto X never reached with its unique features. Even if Motorola would decide to only fix a couple of quirks, the Moto X is still ahead of its time, and reports claim that the Moto X+1 will push the bar even ...

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New Motorola Skip swaps NFC for Bluetooth, FCC reveals

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Last year, with the launch of the Moto X, Motorola introduced its Skip NFC accessory. The little tag could be used to quickly unlock the smartphone, although our hands-on found Skip a little awkward to use. With the Moto X+1 expected for next week, will Skip once again be a featured accessory? A new leak FCC publication suggest that ...

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Moto X+1 new material options pick up retailer support

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One of the longest-standing rumors about the Moto X+1, popping up right around the same time we saw evidence for the phone’s name, has concerned the sort of customization options that would be available through Moto Maker. Supposedly we’d see the return of wooden backplates, which sounded nice, but word was we’d also be able to choose from a few leather options. That leather idea returned in subsequent rumors, but ...

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New Moto X+1 renders leaked, confirming some earlier suspicions

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One of the most hotly anticipated phones of the year will be announced on September 4, and because that date is so close, it’s only natural that we see more and more leaks as we get closer to launch date. Today we’re taking a look at a bombshell of a leak, of what is expected to be the Moto X+1. Learn what these Moto X+1 renders look to confirm.First of all, we can see the front facing speakers on both the black and white fronts. Apart from that, there’s not much more about the front: there’s a Google Now Launcher-esque launcher, and plenty of things pointing to ...

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Rumor names octet of new Motorola phones due this year

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What does Motorola have coming up next in its device pipeline? We’ve got the X+1 and G2 expected for the company’s early September event, rumors of a new Nexus model, and most recently word of a possible return to tablets. But if we keep focused on just phones, exactly how many are we looking at? A new rumor attempts to nail-down ...

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Mysterious Motorola “Quark XT1254″ more powerful than the Moto X+1?

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We’ve all heard a ton of rumors pointing to the possible launch of the next Moto X, and there is even a scheduled Motorola event that points to this launch as well. These rumors claim that this Moto X+1 will sport a 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 processor, and 2GB RAM, all decent specifications ...

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Blackphone vs BlackBerry, Galaxy Alpha, and another OnePlus screwup | Pocketnow Weekly 109

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Updated with links to the high-quality version of the podcast below! Thanks for joining us for the live show, everyone, and enjoy the HQ downloads in the Links section.One of the nice things about a mobilized mob of fanatics is … well, nothing. For the purposes of intelligent discourse and civility, there’s nothing cool or helpful about a bunch of heated fanboys rabidly denigrating a new product because it happens to threaten their preferred smartphone. We’ve talked about

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Moto X+1 front panel leak goes up against the original Moto X

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

If you were harboring any doubt that Motorola was about to deliver a new Moto X, the September 4 event invite we saw go out earlier this week, with its clear image of an “X” handset, should have succeeded in convincing you. But even if this hardware really is about to go public in just under three weeks, how will it arrive? We’ve been looking at a smattering of leaks over the summer so far that have attempted to reveal the phone’s design to us, but inconsistencies and just a general lack of ...

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