Motorola Unveils 4.7-Inch Moto X Smartphone with 24-Hour Battery and Touchless Controls

[BvizioN]

Looks great, wish I could activate Siri hands free.

Question though! Wouldn't this open the possiblility of it being activated by anyone in a close range? Let's say in a coffee table, or in your bedroom, 2 same devices.... yours and your partners. You say the comand while you to lazy to touch it, 2 activations on both phones.... no?

 

[nutmac]

So huge spec downgrade for the price of an HTC one? So much noice for a phone with 2011/2012 specs but high end pricing... Not clever move Moto, makes Nexus 4 and upcoming Nexus 5 much better options

I agree, Moto X's main weakness is the pricing. $199/$249 for 16GB/32GB just begs for it to be compared against strongest competitors. And I am not convinced that customizability is what most folks are looking for. iPhone users resort to 3rd party cases for customization (as well as protection).

 

[moxin]

i always wonder that bigger smartphone should always have better battery life cause you can fit a bigger battery in there.

 

[maxosx]

And I am not convinced that customizability is what most folks are looking for. iPhone users resort to 3rd party cases for customization (as well as protection).

I'm with you, it will be interesting how influential the customizing option will be. Yet that said, the fact that Apple is offering the cheap phone in colors is further validation that the Cupertino Co. must be convinced that colors matter. Time will tell.

 

[neteng101]

The problem I have is with Android - total fragmentation. Its not what iOS is, different phones, different software versions and issues, etc. Different upgrades available at different times for different models.

That's why Android is a big huge fail... and the Moto X doesn't even launch with the latest Android 4.3?

Guess I'm an iPhone lifer here.

 

[Tiger8]

Huh ? You activate Siri by pressing on the home button long enough, or raising it to you mouth, or use Siri Eyes on.

It doesn't always listen. That would drain too much juice.

Give iOS7 beta a try for the latest enhancements.

Missing the point. I am not talking about Siri, I am saying, in general your phone, any cell phone, can be used as a bug even if not being used, here is an example:

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/12244-ninth-circuit-oks-feds-use-of-cellphone-as-roving-bugs

 

[Tysknaden]

What does the asterisk say next to 24 hours battery life?

That it is the standbye time :-D

 

[Iconsonly]

So device that does more and has many more capabilities than an ios device from beginning to end of life with out bieng updated is a fail because it hasn't been down graded to the latest ios standard.

Fragmentation really hurts that user. I hope ios 7 pulls ios out of its legacy os form and allows apple to compete in the future.

 

[maxosx]

I am saying, in general your phone, any cell phone, can be used as a bug even if not being used

Precisely. Any phone is the FBI / NSA dream device for tracking their owner wherever they are, whatever they're doing. It's just a fact.

Don't want the exposure? Ditch the phone.

 

[JoeIsInTheCloud]

Proving Andy Rubin Wrong...

That's a very interesting advert, Google. Does anyone remember this nugget from Andy Rubin?

“I don’t believe that your phone should be an assistant,” the Android chief said in an interview on Wednesday just after appearing on stage at AsiaD. “Your phone is a tool for communicating. You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone.”

The man has been wrong about nearly everything: fragmentation, open architecture, and now your phone as an assistant. Glad he's out of the picture.

 

[antonis]

I'm with you, it will be interesting how influential the customizing option will be. Yet that said, the fact that Apple is offering the cheap phone in colors is further validation that the Cupertino Co. must be convinced that colors matter. Time will tell.

To be honest, I don't think they ever claimed the opposite. Just think of the big variety of colors they are launching some of the iPod models, for some years now.

 

[Renzatic]

That's a very interesting advert, Google. Does anyone remember this nugget from Andy Rubin?

“I don’t believe that your phone should be an assistant,” the Android chief said in an interview on Wednesday just after appearing on stage at AsiaD. “Your phone is a tool for communicating. You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone.”

The man has been wrong about nearly everything: fragmentation, open architecture, and now your phone as an assistant. Glad he's out of the picture.

"iTunes on Windows? PLEASE! We don't need Microsoft to make the iPod successful"!

"Why would anyone want to watch video on a 3 inch screen? We'll never release an iPod capable of playing movies".

"10 inches is the perfect size for a tablet. Anything smaller is too hard to use. You'd have to file your fingers down to make them small enough to hit the icons. No one will want to buy one".

"The iPhone doesn't need an App Store. Everyone will want to use web based applications and be happy about it".

-Steven P. Jobs (paraphrased)

 

[cclloyd]

I'm still confused as to how having a second processor saves battery life in any way.

 

[Renzatic]

I'm still confused as to how having a second processor saves battery life in any way.

If it's set up like Tegra, it uses a weaker processor for smaller, simpler tasks, and saves the more powerful, battery munching processor for apps that need it.

 

[cclloyd]

If it's set up like Tegra, it uses a weaker processor for smaller, simpler tasks, and saves the more powerful, battery munching processor for apps that need it.

So the low power low output CPU is almost always on and if something signals it needs more power it switches to the more powerful one?

 

[Renzatic]

So the low power low output CPU is almost always on and if something signals it needs more power it switches to the more powerful one?

I believe that's the way it works, yeah. I'd say the concept is roughly similar to GPU switching on OSX and Windows laptops.

 

[Sandstorm]

This probably will be my new secondary "work" phone (along "private" iPhone 5). Who knows, maybe I'll like it so much that the iPhone will become secondary...

 

[BeamWalker]

I hope the battery life is something that makes it successful and other manufactures realize that customers care more about all-day use than 1 mm more or less thickness.

 

[viacavour]

Missing the point. I am not talking about Siri, I am saying, in general your phone, any cell phone, can be used as a bug even if not being used, here is an example:

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/12244-ninth-circuit-oks-feds-use-of-cellphone-as-roving-bugs

Ha ha, you will have to ditch all your computers, tablets, game consoles and phones.

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I hope the battery life is something that makes it successful and other manufactures realize that customers care more about all-day use than 1 mm more or less thickness.

The Moto phone is targeting another segment of users. Those who are more interested in basic phone functions than multi-function capabilities like iPhone and some of the high end Samsung ones.

The blurry screen will be a disappointment to these people after they get used to the retina screens.

But there will be Google fans and phone centric people who are interested in it. It may compete with Apple's low end phone (if any).

 

[maxosx]

This probably will be my new secondary "work" phone (along "private" iPhone 5). Who knows, maybe I'll like it so much that the iPhone will become secondary...

My iPhone 5 has been my secondary phone for some time now. Especially since I bought my Galaxy S4. Samsung has done as outstanding job. My Galaxy S3 was a very good phone, but this S4 is just spectacular.

Once Apple catches up, if they do, things will really get interesting.

 

[MacOG728893]

Nice phone, but I think the HTC One is cleaner and haven't seen too many around or heard too much about it anymore.

This is standard for the Android camp.

A little off topic, but I easily pull 12-16 hours on my iPhone 5 with moderate-heavy daily usage. While this isn't 24 hours, it's still pretty darn good. I'm sure with light usage, I could definitely get to the 24 hour mark. With that said, I'm always up for better battery life though!

 

[viacavour]

My iPhone 5 has been my secondary phone for some time now. Especially since I bought my Galaxy S4. Samsung has done as outstanding job. My Galaxy S3 was a very good phone, but this S4 is just spectacular.

Once Apple catches up, if they do, things will really get interesting.

S4 is not much different from S3.

Instead of carrying 2 phones, I carry an iPad mini and an iPhone 5 instead. Much more functional since the mini has a larger screen for better UI, and a much longer battery life. And the iPhone 5 is small enough to carry around comfortably.

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Nice phone, but I think the HTC One is cleaner and haven't seen too many around or heard too much about it anymore.

This is standard for the Android camp.

A little off topic, but I easily pull 12-16 hours on my iPhone 5 with moderate-heavy daily usage. While this isn't 24 hours, it's still pretty darn good. I'm sure with light usage, I could definitely get to the 24 hour mark. With that said, I'm always up for better battery life though!

I got a morphine battery case to boost the 4S battery life. That way the hardware can be as advanced as possible, and yet the phone is still small enough.

For iPhone 5, it can last me a day with heavy use, especially since it charges quickly. So I didn't get any battery case.

 

[Nightarchaon]

Hey Apple, ... BATTERY LIFE !!!... make your phones fatter and heavier and ADD MORE BATTERY !!!



my only gripe with the iPhones has been the inability to get from undocking when i get up in the morning to docking again when i go to bed without a top-up-charge in the mid-afternoon or an expensive "juice pack" i need to take off to use docks, and remember to charge separately, for a company on about design and simplicity being king, they don't seem to get the fact that it also needs to be usable away from a plug socket and you shouldn't need to carry around a charging cable "just in case"

 

[gto55]

"Hello Apple "

When will you release an iPhone with a screen bigger than 4.3 and 24-Hours battery"

 

[viacavour]

Hey Apple, ... BATTERY LIFE !!!... make your phones fatter and heavier and ADD MORE BATTERY !!!



my only gripe with the iPhones has been the inability to get from undocking when i get up in the morning to docking again when i go to bed without a top-up-charge in the mid-afternoon or an expensive "juice pack" i need to take off to use docks, and remember to charge separately, for a company on about design and simplicity being king, they don't seem to get the fact that it also needs to be usable away from a plug socket and you shouldn't need to carry around a charging cable "just in case"

It is usable away from a plug socket.
I don't carry around a charging cable too.

I just plug my iPhone 5 to the home charger when I get home, office or to my car charger if I remember.

If iPhone 5S is similar to iPhone 5, then there may be performance and battery improvement (like 4S vs 4).

When will you release an iPhone with a screen bigger than 4.3 and 24-Hours battery"

... on paper. In typical heavy use, the battery life will be shorter.

The 24 hour battery life is achieved with a low power CPU core, plus mixed use. If we use it heavily, the low power CPU won't be effective.