Whats different? Choice and Voice
The power of choice (design your own phone) and the ability to control your phone by voice not just your hands. With your voice you can check the weather and get directions no more juggling with your phone voice commands begin with OK, Google Now. The phone also makes it easier to take photos with a flick of your wrist the camera activates, no more missed photo opportunities!
The smartphone has finally moved on with colour choice unlike Henry Ford famous 1930's Model T comment that a customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black! Potential customers can choose from 18 colours other than black and white with an overall 2,000 possible combinations for the front, back and buttons. We have progressed even further with the humble headphone that has colours available which can be matched to the phone. Another difference from competitors is that the phone will be designed and made in the US.
Moto X compared to the two most popular competing phones.
The specs do not look great for those who want the fastest hardware and best screen resolution available. A visit to Motorola's blog explains their strategy of ease of use and not necessarily the best hardware. This might disappoint some users especially given some of the hype.
Google has kept both operating companies separate to overcome concerns of favorable treatment to an internal company over others like Samsung. This has lead to criticism from some Motorola employees that they have actually been disadvantaged and treated worse because Google does not want to show an inch of favoritism as the priority is to keep the Android mobile operating system open to all. This could be seen as making excuses already but Google has had a great track record in software and Motorola used to be great at devices. We will see the results late August, early September when the the phone will become available in the US.
Jason
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