The moto X was not designed like others. It was all about a decent phone with excellent performance over countless meaningless sub standard features. Coming to the processor. Yes it has a Dual core processor but that's not where the story ends. 1 It has a 2 core Snapdragon S4 CPU for general usage of the phone 2 It has a 4 core Adreno 320 GPU for performance gaming etc 3 It has 1 core For dedicated contextual computing and gesture recognition making it more fluid 4 It has 1 core especially for natural language processing making it more likely to understand any form of speech input That's a total of 8 cores all managed by Motorola X8 computing system. A dedicated core for each of the specific function means an enhanced battery life and optimization of usage. So in reality it's Octa-Core but since you don't need all of them running together at all times their functions have been segregated. Another complaint made by people is about Active display. Yes you can grab an app for that but here's what you should know. Moto X uses AMOLED display which unlike IPS display does not use the entire screen while using active display. So if you use active display on IPS LCD it will drain your battery. On Moto X it only uses the part that's enough for showing notifications and thus you won't be running to charge it every few hours. In my opinion Motorola is giving a phone that boasts of performance and near Vanilla Android experience instead of adding stuff that doesn't matter. Also 720p was deliberate to further enhance performance and improve battery life and you'll hardly notice any difference

This review is to explain the performance comparison between Moto X and Moto G and Return on Investment if you buy them. I am an owner of Sony Xperia SP which has same processor as Moto X : Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (1.7 GHz Dual Core Krait with Adreno 320 GPU). The fact is that this processor is very fast. If you go by benchmarks my Xperia SP scores around 8200 in Quadrant and 21000 in Antutu which will be almost same in Moto X too if not better. Moto X has more RAM (2 GB) than Xperia SP which has 1 GB, so definitely it will perform better. But if you want to compare it's performance with Moto G, the Quad Cortex A7 CPU in Moto G from Qualcomm will give almost same CPU performance (little bit less) which means each Cortex A7 is half as powerful as a Krait at 1.7GHz. But if you compare GPU with Moto G which has Adreno 305, Moto X will have a decent win with Adreno 320. So if performance in games is not a big factor, then Moto G isn't a bad option, given that it costs 10k less. If you are going to use Whatsapp, normal games, calling, definitely Moto G is the best option out there. Next comes screen. Both have 720p screens. 4.5 inch in Moto G and 4.7 inch in Moto X. Moto X's screen will be little better definitely. The size doesn't makes a big difference. Both are decent sized. My Xperia SP is 4.6 inch 720p and it is very comfortable to hold and very sharp. (~320 ppi, as good as iPhone 5s). The main differentiating point would be a camera and some voice awake features. The Camera on Moto X will be definitely better than Moto G, but is it worth the extra 10k?, you decide. I don't think so. You can buy a decent point-and-shoot in that price. I really like the wooden texture Moto X devices, but they increase the price by another 2k, it is a personal choice if you want to go for it. So if you are a complete geek user and performance matters a lot to you, be aware Moto X is not the best performing device out there. Then you should better look at Nexus 5, Xperia Z1,

By now you'd already know about the hardware and software. This is the best phone for user experience on android. The problem is you have to own it to feel it. I will just give heads up while choosing colors of the back cover. It has more to it than just colors. The dark colors like Black and Royal Blue back cover has an soft rubbery feel, so has better grip and won't slip easily. While the rest of the colors have smooth feel back cover which are slippery. This was intentional since the soft touch back cover attracts dust and dirt and are not suitable for light color as it will get dirty after a while. I didn't go for the wood version only for design reasons. All the regular versions back cover are of single piece plastic and blends well with the front, while the wood version are made of 2 pieces, first is the plastic frame and then second the wood itself. So, when you hold it you will feel that gap in between the wood and plastic frame. Also was not sure about the durability. None of these would matter if you get a case, the question is do you want to?. I don't like to have a case so I went for the black version. This is the kind of phone which makes you feel good after using it rather than before using it like the spec heavy phones. And it is priced perfectly too. Good job there by flipkart since they import the phones and decide on the prices. This is the best phone in this range, or even the best phone at < 40k range. If its within your budget, "Buy it and say Hello to Moto".

This phone has features that no other phone has. 1) Active display This feature is so addictive that I am not buying any other phone that does not have active display. It is this significant. Just lift the phone, or take it out of your pocket and the screen shows all the information you need in a battery efficient way without you having to press the power button. 2) Touchless control Give commands to your phone without turning the screen on. While going to bed, and my phone is lying somewhere else in the room, I just say "OK Google now, wake me up at 7 AM" and that's it. No need to touch the phone. Also just say "Ok Google now, what's up" and the phone will say the time and read your notifications :) Note : This feature requires Internet connectivity. 3) Flick wrist to launch Camera This is not a gimmick and works everytime. Need I say more. You can say this can be achieved by other apps but the key here is achieving this without sacrificing battery life. 4) Motorola Spotlight stories Moto has teamed up with Pixar animation studios and produced wonderful animated stories. Nothing to add to the features of the phone but it is something that will make you smile, and everyone else will just look in awe and surprise. This phone has Android 4.4.2 and timely updates. This phone received Android 4.4 even before the Nexus 4. And to everyone comparing the hardware with the Nexus 5, just use the phone once. The phone has zero lag and the size is perfect too. The 720p screen is just enough at 4.7" screens. The key here is that Motorola made a custom 8 core hardware for this phone. 2 core application processor, 4 core GPU, 1 core natural language processing and 1 core for contextual computing. The battery life is exactly as advertised and I am happily using it since last 3 months. (Got mine from the US, I have the 32 GB version.) Cons : The sound output from the speaker is not very loud. But again, it is not very low too. Also No FM Radio, if you care about that. ED

I HAVE USED THIS PHONE for two months. This phone is about balance. Doing away with gimmicks that you don't need. and using the available resources to the optimum to provide you the experience that matters to you. There are always compromises you have to make with price, size, features, performance, battery life. This one strikes the right balance in most cases. Pros: - solid premium build not plasticky like samsung or other phones. optimum size - nice display active notifications, touchless controls, moto assist(especially drive mode) - fast performance / bare bones android, - Battery life (24 hours), - really nice soft touch back plate and colors, - fast kitkat updates, - awarded most innovative phone of 2013 Cons: - No SD card slot / 32 GB variant (but most users dont require that kind of memory) - Camera is good but not the best Things to keep in mind: - mid range specs don't matter. the software is optimized. do you ask about specs while buying an iPhone? they actually save battery life - 720p screen - Human eye cannot detect the difference. it saves battery. Features in detail--- Battery Life I am not a heavy user. But definitely use it for more than a couple of hours of web, one hour of whats app, and an hour maybe of calls. but still lasts me more than 24 hours. Body / Built: I have a Navy blue model. the back is just nice and soft to touch. its just unlike anything else. It has almost a ceramic like touch. The size of this phone is the sweet spot manufacturers have been trying to hit since the beginning. The curved body fits in your hand like no other phone. Its thicker but feels very slim because of the curve. And you can still use it with one hand. The feel is of one really solid and dense well built phone. And look out for that dimple on the back. In comparison Samsung feels cheap and plasticky. Software Features: 1) Active display : you pick up the p

Pros: 1) Active Display: (Very very usefully feature. Now I can get a sneak peak of messages from whatsapp,FB,Gmail, default msging app etc ) 2) Touchless control: Not very responsive because of India accent, I think but very useful feature and makes your phone stand out from other android phones. 3) Motorola assist 4) OTG [YES!!! MOTO X has OTG feature and I have tested it myself. Now you need to worry about 16G(11 GB available) memory limit]. Also you might have read that KITKAT upgrade killed this feature however 4.2.2 version has resolved this issue 5) 10MP camera (People are complaining about it however I do not find it bad either. It has very good features to improve picture taken. Good low light pictures. 6) Battery backup - One day battery backup under average usage. I charge it every night. 7) Very fast charging - 5% to 100% in just 2 hours or less. Also charger supplied has two usb ports. 8) Speaker quality is very good and loud 9) Voice quality over call is also very very good. Rest depends on your network/area. 10) Very good screen size - Neither too big nor too small, JUST PERFECT. Can easily be operated by one hand. Not too wide. 11) Amoled display. No pixelation of icons. 12) Very good software and hardware blend. a) Dual core processor. I know you must be thinking that even Moto G has quad core then why motorola did not put same in his upper segment phone. So, my suggestion to you is that performance does come with numbers like quad, octa it comes with synchronization between hardware and software for eg. Iphones (All dual core), Lumia (All dual core except some recent once 1520 etc). So remove this point form your mind b) Except dual core processor its has quad core GPU c) Two dedicated processors for contextual and language processing. d) 2GB RAM (It matters a lot.). 13) 4G ready (Yes, Its true) 14) NFC 15) 50GB Google drive storage (I thinks its free for two years) 16) I do not remember rest of the features. OOPS :) Cons (Not

I received my Moto X today. Flipkart amazing job on delivery. I got it within 36 hours which is awesome! Ordered on March 26 at 2:30 AM and received it today on March 28th, 2014 at 11:30AM. My first impressions, I got the white version of the Moto X cause I was tired of the black versions. I would have loved to have the Royal Blue version of this phone, but my impatience got the better of me. Coming to the phone, it is fantastic to hold, perfect ergonomics, and really nice texture on the back. The smooth finish is what your fingers would love when you hold the phone. Call quality is fantastic. In fact, in some calls that I took this afternoon, I had to reduce the speaker volume manually (yes that loud!) I am not a pixel picker so cant really compare screens with other major droids in the market, but as a heavy user (I use Facebook and Whatsapp all day long and also listen to 1 or 2 hours of music and play some games on my phone). The screen i.e. the 720p Amoled display is perfect! It uses less power and keeps the phone going for longer. I am yet to test the battery completely but I have not charged the phone since I received it and it was at 30% odd charge when I unboxed it and set it up. But it went on for a good 3 hours before it game me the battery low signal. The touchless control is fantastic to use (my colleagues are like super impressed) with the touchless control calling feature. Works like a charm every single time. I used it to do a couple of google searches, launch applications, send texts, and and call my wife. Worked smooth as silk. The initial set up of touchless control takes some time cause you really need to be in a quiet room (really quiet.) I tried to set it up once in my cabin with nothing but the AC on and it wouldnt let me. Eventually, I switched off the AC and it worked just fine. Just shows how sensitive the microphone is and really perceptive. You have 3 microphones on this beast! The camera - common guys there aint much to complain a

Let me come straight down to review without any ado: Performance: The Motorola X8 Mobile computing system does the job pretty well. Long story short.. its as good as Nexus 5, no lag no glitch, nothing at all. Absolutely amazing performance. GPU: It does an amazing job, graphics rendering is just great and this can handle huge resource hogging game with no sweat! Ergonomics: Unlike many phones out there, this device is just a pleasure to hold. The back contour is absolutely amazing, gives a perfect grip while placing calls or while playing games. The concave Moto logo feels amazing to touch and it kinda gives the reference point while holding the device. Camera: The camera does an amazing job after the recent updates. In head on comparison with Nexus 5, it was a neck to neck battle, where specially in the low light scenario Moto X was able to beat Nexus with good margin. If you expect a DSLR like quality then you are just being stupid. Phones aren't that capable (exception being Lumia Pure View and Sony Z series, but then you also have to pay the huge price difference), so I'm happy with what I got. Front facing camera is an absolute bliss. The 2MP sensor gives better images than my last Xperia's primary camera, NO SHIT! Display: The display of is device is really good. Colors are sharp and vivid, much better than the IPS displays out there, but then that's the quality of AMOLED screen. The Active display is genuinely amazing. There is one trick, if you just wave your hand over you phone, the device will wake up to show your notifications. I personally love to flaunt this feature :) Touchless Control: This is the most amazing part of the phone! You kept your phone at a place and you can't remember... just say OK Google Now, Find My Phone: It quickly starts beeping and you can find it really easy! This feature is absolutely amazing... you can check the videos for total roundup on all the amazing voice input this phone responds to. Battery: Lasts a day if you do

As usual 10/10 to flipfkart for delivery. Device: Before buying this product, I had done good amount of research and gone through almost all the review comments of this product. each and everything said so far in the reviews by other buyers is TRUE. I am so happy to be owner of MOTOX. Pros: - Perfect size (at least for me) - Great screen quality and display is awesome - Great build - Great touch - I feel like Aladdin when I use "OK GOOGLE NOW" :-) - Goggle Now works perfectly fine in my WIFI at home. However not so good while on data plan due to speed :-( - Battery life is good - Lot of features and all are useful :-) - Motorola Migrate works great with my old Android phone and save huge amount of efforts of data transfer - I can go on and on..... Cons: - Storage is not expandable (Not that great of con for me as I can use Google drive as well) Overall Great phone to own. Great fun with Google Now. Highly recommended.

Moto x is one of the best mobile available at 24k. People who thinks Sony Xperia SP has same specs & processor as Moto X,plz do ur research then comment. Sony Xperia SP has snapdragon MSM8960T processor-1.7ghz dula core processor with first gen Adreno 320 gpu, 1gb Ram but Moto X has snapdragon MSM8960DTprocessor-1.7ghz dula core processor with 3rd gen quad core Adreno 320 gpu+ a dedicated language processor and a computing processor which means total 4processors+4gpu processor are there in Moto X + 2gb RAM... Not to mention It has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and water proof coating that is really amazing... To improve ur camera performance: Enable Auto Foucs/Tap to focus option in the settings which is by default disable. Not mentioning other features mentioned by other users :p Hopefully my review is helpful :)