Motorola event invite appears to confirm new hardware

Motorola’s got some new hardware coming up: on that much, we all should be able to agree. There’s the retail release of the Moto 360, sure, and beyond that we’re hoping to see the debut of the Moto X+1 and also maybe a new Moto G. But when is this all actually going to happen? The 360′s supposed to land before the end of summer, and rumors have mentioned dates like September 25 for the start of carrier Moto X+1 sales, or

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Possible Moto X+1 gets benchmarked, high-end processor revealed

We’re looking forward to Motorola’s next flagship (which is probably going to be named Moto X+1) launching later in the summer, so it’s inevitable that details will start leaking out of the company as we head closer to the unveiling. The latest leak comes in the way of a Moto X+1 benchmark, which also gives us a look at some of the handset’s internals.While we’re unsure if this is the X+1, a new DROID, or something entirely different, it’s a Motorola device: the XT1097 model number reported ...

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Moto X+1 may arrive (a little) later than expected

We’ve only got about a month and a half left of summer, and there’s still a lot to get done. Besides the requisite beach trips, we’re also looking forward to a ton of product launches. Some we already have a strong sense for when they’ll occur, like those that are expected to happen as part of IFA press events in early September. Others are a little looser, like the Apple iPhone ...

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New Motorola phone spotted getting ready for Verizon

Sometimes it really feels like smartphone news attracts smartphone news – start talking about a particular topic enough, whether that’s the iPhone 6 or crazy over-the-edge displays on the Galaxy Note 4, and at some point you get the sense of hitting a critical mass – the news becomes self-sustaining. Are we about to hit a similar point with upcoming Motorola devices? We only just ...

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Moto X+1: here’s our wish list

I would hesitate to call the Moto X a success story. By the usual definition we tie to “successful” smartphones, the Moto X does not apply. Motorola hasn’t sold tens of millions of Moto Xs like Samsung does with the Galaxy S series every year. And it didn’t help pull Motorola out of quarter after quarter of revenue losses like the One M8 has done for HTC.Still, I wouldn’t consider the Moto X a failure either – not by a long shot. It was easily one of the most intriguing ...

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha, NFC tattoos, & a drool-worthy Moto X+1 leak | Pocketnow Weekly 106 (Hangout)

Update: Due to today’s difficulties with Hangouts, the below Hangouts video is not the ideal recording of today’s Weekly episode. Instead, we highly recommend the Libsyn-hosted version, edited by our own Jules Wang and available for streaming and download at the links below. Thanks for listening!One of the nice things about hosting your own podcast is that you get to decide exactly what qualifies as “news.” Not in the mood to pretend the latest wave of iPhone 6 display-glass leaks fit the description? Well, tweak the filter a little, and suddenly you’ve got ...

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Latest Moto X+1 leak is looking pretty convincing

This time last year, Motorola was already talking about the Moto X, having begun the phone’s advertising campaign in advance of its formal launch, which would kick-off the month of August. So understandably, we’ve been on the lookout for progress towards a 2014 sequel. Back in May and June we saw Moto X+1 leaks-a-plenty, including some video hands-on action of possible X+1 hardware, but so far July has seen the pace of these discoveries really slow, and it’s been a while since anything really ...

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Moto X+1 specs show up in retailer placeholder listing

To say that situation surrounding Motorola’s follow-up to the Moto X has become a confusing one might be an understatement. Despite the arrival of videos very clearly depicting an unreleased Motorola Android, we’ve also seen what appears to be much more of a lower-end model attach itself to rumors of this Moto X+1, making it a bit tricky to work out just ...

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Moto 360 watches could get the custom Moto Maker treatment

The Moto X would have been a fine smartphone without any special custom designs: good price, solid performance, Touchless Control – there’s a lot to offer. But the wide variety of user-customizable designs offered though the Moto Maker site really sent this thing into the stratosphere, and we’ve long been waiting to see which future phones might get the same treatment. But what if it’s not a phone at all that’s the next model to get Moto Maker’s attention? The Moto 360 may still be a month or two away, but when it gets here, it might just offer some

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Moto X+1 press render leaks ahead of Google I/O

The Moto X+1 might, or might not show up at Google I/O (we’ll definitely know for sure in less than 12 hours), but the phone was leaked and rumored extensively in the past couple of weeks. What you see above, and below, is allegedly a press render of Motorola’s upcoming flagship phone.The Moto X+1 press render leaked today seems to confirm the rumors according to which there might be a front-facing speaker on the device. The report claims that the Moto X+1 has a great chance of being unveiled at this year’s ...

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Expanded Moto X+1 “Victara” leak emerges

Yesterday evening we brought you some… well, for lack of a better word, weird-looking pics of a Motorola handset. While this was supposedly the X+1 (albeit obscured by a bulky case) it really didn’t look that much like the phone that had recently appeared in a number of videos. The render revealed a comparatively large rear camera lens, yet appeared to show no trace of a front-facer. And with no flash, this seemed ...

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Moto X+1 allegedly featured in case, features huge camera and other oddities

The Motorola Moto X+1 has leaked a lot already, but we still haven’t nailed its design. Many months before the launch of the original Moto X, we already had leaked images (which turned out to be accurate) floating around the web — but this time, we’ve seen a bunch of pics, though some are conflicting others. Today, we’re taking ...

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Moto X+1 to allegedly feature 4K video capture, phone compared to original Moto X

The Moto X+1 leaks just keep flowing in, and by now, we think this is more than likely a thing. Today we’re shifting gears to examine the camera side of things, which (as many remember, having learned it the hard way) was not the greatest on the original Moto X, as we explained in Moto X+1 to allegedly feature 4K video capture, phone compared to original Moto X appeared first on Pocketnow.

Moto X+1 returns in new video appearances

Earlier this week, the Moto X successor we’ve been following as the X+1 broke cover and starred in a brief video showing off its boot animation. While the idea of seeing this handset in the flesh was fascinating, there ultimately wasn’t a lot for us to check out, due to the necessary steps taken to obscure enough of the hardware to avoid showing any identifying marks that might clue Motorola in to the tipster’s identity. We were promised that more videos were coming, and now we’ve ...

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Moto X+1 boot animation shown off in new video

We know the next Motorola flagship is coming late this summer, and references on its own website tell us that it will likely bear the name “Moto X+1″ — so, now it’s time for the leaks to start flowing. Today, we have video footage of the Moto ...

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