engadget and theverge seem to have fairly different impressions on battery life. Hoping anandtech will clarify. "mid-range" is not a bad word, and I'm willing to support locally assembled products.
Moto X review
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#33Joshua Topolsky's review on the Verge [ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4588922/moto-x-review ] seems to contradict the battery life claim: > "Motorola could have built a monster of longevity like the RAZR Maxx — and it should have — but it didn’t. It definitely gets a full day of use: I used it heavily for 15 hours before it died, and if you use it like most people use their phones, you won’t need to charge it duri…
> The touchless controls are rendered nearly useless if you have any kind of security lock on your phone. Being able to swipe up to launch Google Now on my Nexus 4 from the lock screen is the reason I gave up on passcodes. If I go out clubbing or something I do activate it, but in day-to-day life I find passcodes are more of a hindrance than anything else.
You could at least use Face unlock, no? Still better than nothing.
On the same line of thinking, they already have a pretty good technology that recognizes your voice. So why not have that be the built-in security lock, too? So if anyone else tries to unlock it in any way (either voice or touch), they can't. It doesn't seem like the technology is perfect yet, but it's still better than nothing.
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#34Joshua Topolsky's review on the Verge [ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4588922/moto-x-review ] seems to contradict the battery life claim: > "Motorola could have built a monster of longevity like the RAZR Maxx — and it should have — but it didn’t. It definitely gets a full day of use: I used it heavily for 15 hours before it died, and if you use it like most people use their phones, you won’t need to charge it duri…
I don't think Josh contradicted him, just that he might be an even heavier user than Engadget's author.
Plus, Motorola never said 24h of heavy usage. They said 24 of mixed usage. The battery life seems better than average, either way, and it probably does last 24h or longer for most people. The 7h test is obviously a stress test using the CPU, screen and Wi-Fi all the time until the battery is drained..
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#35What sensors does it have? There doesn't seem to be a list anywhere on the spec sheets from Motorola. I'm especially curious if it has a barometer - does anyone know?
I'm curious why you're curious about a barometer? For me it was a must have feature of my new phone because I wanted to use the BASELine flight computer app while skydiving. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.platypii.b...
It helps with GPS locks, apparently, apart from being able to participate in PressureNET.
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#36What sensors does it have? There doesn't seem to be a list anywhere on the spec sheets from Motorola. I'm especially curious if it has a barometer - does anyone know?
I thought I remember seeing this on the initial announcement. Not going to hunt that down, but I did find a review stating it has one:
http://tech2.in.com/features/smartphones/moto-x-a-specificat...
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#37I cannot comprehend why they did not put this through the Nexus branding (of course with slightly adjusted specs and price). Instead of having one true Google line-up they segment even further away with this purified Google-ish Motorola phone, the Nexus line-up and already existing phones of other brands with stock Android (Google Play editions?). Where is this heading?
What makes you think that Google's goal is to have every single Android phone run unadulterated Android? I'm sure that something like the slow-motion Tizen migration that Samsung is doing is a bit much for them, but these kinds of light customizations (tailored to the specific hardware) are probably exactly what they'd like manufacturers to do.
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#38Joshua Topolsky's review on the Verge [ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4588922/moto-x-review ] seems to contradict the battery life claim: > "Motorola could have built a monster of longevity like the RAZR Maxx — and it should have — but it didn’t. It definitely gets a full day of use: I used it heavily for 15 hours before it died, and if you use it like most people use their phones, you won’t need to charge it duri…
Would it be possible to have voice verification when saying "Ok Google Now"?
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#39Too bad the Droid line of phones with physical keyboards is dead. For those of us who write long paragraphs of text for work or need to ssh into a server, it's a big loss...
Agreed. Samsung made a great phone w/ a keyboard though. http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/samsung-galaxy-s-relay-4g...
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#40engadget and theverge seem to have fairly different impressions on battery life. Hoping anandtech will clarify. "mid-range" is not a bad word, and I'm willing to support locally assembled products.
Midrange isn't a bad word, but a midrange phone at high-end prices is a bit of a turn off.