The Moto X was my favorite Android smartphone 2013 it shunned the spec race in favor of a smarter better user experience , bucking the trend of ever more powerful bigger smartphones for something different one year later the new moto X changes its size and its specs but not its spirit .
Join me for Motorola MOTO X (2013 ) versus Motorola MOTO X (2014 ) :
The most striking difference is in size and design where last year's Moto x was understated above all. This year's is well not ,its larger in every dimension except for thickness and you really feel that difference when you're holding on the one hand the new Moto X does have a more sophisticated feel
with the aluminum Thinner edges but on the other its sacrificed some up the portability
and one-handed usefulness have its predecessor.
The custom backing material has definitely gotten an upgrade leather joins new wooden options in a variety of colors and the leather feels soft and supple to the touch specific elements have been enlarged as well the most obvious on the backside , the finger dimple which was subtle in tiny last year and now it's of cereal ball same for the camera which has expanded in diameter to include the new ring flash more subtle changes include a ribbed texture on the power standby keen to help you tell apart from the volume rocker and the very welcome move the speakerphone from back to front .
The display on the new motor x is much larger 5.2 inches versus 4.7 and it's also full HD this time around which renders crisper lines and text the new screen is still LED but its color reproduction is Sometimes warmer often with a greener tent than the old device at least on our review unit . Bordering that display almost invisible on this black faceplate . There are 4 I R ports & 3 transmitters in one receiver which enable the approach functionality new to the Moto X
The old device motion was required to trigger the active display when sitting on a table well the newly renamed and redesigned moto display react to reach you can also silence ringers and snooze alarm using the same method .This one of several handy new functions brought by the Moto X software customized build Android 4. 4.4 . The new version brings the bigger icons and brighter look up Google's latest launcher and also anker's Google now in a prime-time slot to the left to the home screen also the Motorola Connect app has been enhanced to support and manage connected devices instead of just serving as a link to your browser on the computer.
My favorite features the Moto X touchless control has been renamed it's now called moto voice to fit in with that moto sweet and it's been repainted and lighter colors to its functionality is largely unchanged you can ask it to do everything from setting alarm clock to taking a selfie in best for all , You can change the launch praise to anything you want .
Responsiveness on the whole is a bit tighter as you'd expect on a brand new device purse is one that's been used heavily for nine straight months but some of this and the added graphics performance is also due to the new phones Snapdragon 801 processor which is a real monster compared with the old ship one of the biggest disappointment of last year's moto x was at 10 megapixel camera which generally underwhelmed in most lighting conditions even after a software update boosted its saturation and contrast somewhat
The new camera is slightly higher in resolution it retains the same viewfinder . You can still double twist your rest to activate it to though the newer phone is a little less sensitive takes a more forceful action in terms of the end results well let's
just say that the Moto X still wouldn't be my first choice for smartphone camera the outer box resolution on the new addition to fall to about 10 megapixels to keep the 16 by 9 aspect ratio which I prefer that the new lens has a narrower field of view meaning you need to get further away from your subject to fit on the frame in good lighting the new model keeps pace with the old one even reducing digital noise in a few HDR shots in automatic though the software is less likely to use HDR which is either a bomber or a bone
depending on your preferences in the low light the apparent lack of clear pixel technology means the new finds photos are generally darker unless you force HDR on .
On the brighter side the flash on the new device is much more powerful useful in backlit situations and there's also a time-traveling burst mode for fast moving object .The video camera can record in 4k and the new device as well
Conclusion :
Altogether I'm not seen a lot of improvement in the stills here which is a shame I was really hoping for a sizeable boost quality . Motorola has always been excellent at the fundamentals a voice calls and that no less true here with the fourth microphone helping up with crystal talk noise reduction the new Moto X is significantly clearer on phone calls than its predecessor especially in the presence of background noise speaker phone calls and media playback were also helped along by the front mounted position at the speaker which is definitely louder then the after firing unit from last year Motorola has succeeded in delivering an improved version of it tightly focused feature set while also bringing enough for the hardware boost to keep the spec heads happy
Again I'd like to have seen a bigger jump in camera performance and I wish the company haven't felt the need to go so burly with the build but on the whole the new Moto X seems a worthy successor to my old time favorite.
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