Say {Hello to Moto} again, which this premium device that is the basis of Nexus 6. From Active Display which may seem like a gimmick but is actually very useful and saves battery life in the long run, to Touchless control which very aptly shown in the ads provides you a way to give commands to your phone without ever touching, its one phone that most people say transports you straight to 2020.
So if you are a proud owner of Moto X, Moto X 2nd gen or even (upcoming) Nexus 6 (since N6 is just a blown up 2nd gen Moto X) this thread is for you to discuss this amazing piece of gadget.
{Moto X:}
*i.minus.com/iUpCippkBhiST.jpeg
{Moto X 2nd gen:}
*i.minus.com/iyyOXKHN55aJC.jpg
{Specs:}
Source: *www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5601&idPhone2=6649
{Best Features of Moto X} : since specs is not everything
(with inputs from: *www.gottabemobile.com/2014/02/07/15-hidden-moto-x-features/)
1. Camera Shortcuts
Users don’t even need to unlock or even turn on the display. Simple give a double flick of the wrist while holding your Moto X, and the camera instantly fires up and you can start snapping photos.
2. Touchless Controls
Touchless controls lets you instantly send a text, make a call, or search Google with your voice, even when the phones display is off. And it’s extremely powerful.
*androidandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Moto-X-Touchless-Control.jpg
3. Active Notifications
It Allows the phone to illuminate small portions of the screen (only the pixel which are needed) in a low-power battery saving state with quick and active notifications. A circle will dimly light up showing you have a missed call, incoming text, Twitter mention, and more. Then the screen goes back to sleep. However, tap the circle and the Moto X gives you more details with the top half of the screen, which again, is a battery saving feature.
Slide up and you’ll unlock right into that notification and app whether it be the dialer for a missed call, Google Hangouts, Gmail, Twitter, or even a text message. It’s super simple and easy, yet no one’s done it in such a smooth way as we have here with the Moto X.
*demandware.edgesuite.net/aahb_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-Motorola_US-Site/Sites-Motorola_US-Library/en_US/v1412719722977/Products/Mobile-Phones/MotoX%208-23/ActiveDisplay1_M.jpg
4. Moto Assist
Moto Assist is an app built-in to the Moto X which will help assist and automate your life. Have a work meeting every Friday at 3 PM? Assist will learn that once set, and always silence your phone at 3PM on Fridays. All automatically once it learns.
Moto Assist helps with hands-free driving and touchless controls to respond to a message or get directions, and will even read a message aloud to a user while driving. The same area will automatically have the phone go to speakerphone if it detects the owner is driving, to keep your hands safely on the wheel.
Everything from driving, messages, meetings, stop disturbances while sleeping, VIP caller lists and more. Check it out in the app tray to learn more. It’s all extremely self explanatory and there’s how-to guides right on the phone.
5. Moto Connect (Use your Moto X through Chrome)
This is another app that comes pre-installed, but it’s actually useful unlike most bloatware carriers install on a new phone. Moto Connect lets you pair the phone to your PC or laptop, which will then allow a user to send and receive calls and texts on a computer using the Moto Connect Chrome Browser extension. Send texts from your PC through the Moto X.
6. Equalizer
Most smartphones don’t have an equalizer option to customize and tweak audio settings, but Motorola delivers that. The Moto X has fairly good speakers, and sounds great with headphones, so head into settings > sound > audio effects to improve your music.
*cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/MotoX-equalizer-620x348.png
7. Trusted Devices
This feature is something you’ll need to setup and control under the settings > security tab once you’ve setup a passcode, unlock PIN, or pattern. This essentially allows a user to set certain devices to be trusted, so once the phone is nearby you won’t need to use an unlock pin.
Basically if you’re home and it’s connected to a speaker dock, there’s no need for a security pin. However, once you leave the house and are no longer within range of the dock, or other trusted devices, the security pin is re-enabled and protects your device from prying eyes. This works for speakers, docks, accessories, and even NFC enabled devices.
8. Mirror your Moto X screen on your HDTV
If you have a Miracast dongle or device then you can easily share your display wirelessly by going to Settings > Display > Wireless Display. It won’t let you play DRM-protected files though.
{Motorola X8 chipset}:
(From *www.anandtech.com/show/7235/moto-x-review)
*i0.sinaimg.cn/IT/cr/2013/0802/1589676381.jpg
One of the most talked about things on the new set of Motorola phones is a computing architecture that Motorola is calling the X8 mobile computing system, with the 8 in X8 connoting 8 “cores”: 2 CPU cores (Krait 300 at 1.7 GHz), 4 GPU cores (Adreno 320 has 4 cores inside), 1 contextual awareness core, and 1 natural language core. I put core in quotes since core really should mean a unit cell that’s replicated n times rather than some arbitrary count of totally dissimilar and unrelated things.
Inside of Moto X is Motorola’s X8 Mobile Computing System, which consists of a 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960Pro SoC with two Krait 300 CPUs running at 1.7 GHz alongside Adreno 320 graphics. The two other parts are a TI MSP430 for sensor fusion and active display and a TI C55x DSP for voice activation. There’s a total of 8 “cores” in there, which is where the 8 in X8 comes from, but beyond that there’s no getting around the fact that there’s an 8960Pro inside the Moto X responsible for actually powering the OS.
I recommend to read the full AnandTech review linked above for greater clarity. Tl;dr is that Moto X was not biuilt for "marketting" but to provide a real Gem of a product!
The best part of Moto X (1st gen) now is that you can get one in just Rs 16200 (after 10% bank discount) like I did. Moto X 2nd gen while not on discount is still a good upgrade for those who can afford. I will be posting other less known things you can do with your Moto X and after we step into the Rooted realm, more amazing things which awaits for us!
So if you are a proud owner of Moto X, Moto X 2nd gen or even (upcoming) Nexus 6 (since N6 is just a blown up 2nd gen Moto X) this thread is for you to discuss this amazing piece of gadget.
{Moto X:}
*i.minus.com/iUpCippkBhiST.jpeg
{Moto X 2nd gen:}
*i.minus.com/iyyOXKHN55aJC.jpg
{Specs:}
| Moto X 1st Gen | Moto X 2nd Gen | ||
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - for Europe | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - for Europe | ||
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - for T-Mobile | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - for T-Mobile | ||
| 4G Network | LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T | LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T | |
| LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - for Europe | LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - for Europe | ||
| LTE 700 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - for T-Mobile | LTE 700 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - for T-Mobile | ||
| SIM | Nano-SIM | Nano-SIM | |
| Announced | 2013, August | 2014, September | |
| Status | Available. Released 2013, August | Available. Released 2014, September | |
| BODY | Dimensions | 129.3 x 65.3 x 10.4 mm (5.09 x 2.57 x 0.41 in) | 140.8 x 72.4 x 10 mm (5.54 x 2.85 x 0.39 in) |
| Weight | 130 g (4.59 oz) | 144 g (5.08 oz) | |
| Water resistant | |||
| DISPLAY | Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density) | 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.2 inches (~424 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | Yes | |
| MEMORY | Card slot | No | No |
| Internal | 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM | 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM | |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL / EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps | HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE | v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE | |
| NFC | Yes | Yes | |
| Infrared port | No | No | |
| USB | microUSB v2.0, USB Host | microUSB v2.0, USB Host | |
| CAMERA | Primary | 10 MP, 4320 x 2432 pixels, autofocus, LED flash | 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash |
| Features | 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR | 2160p@30fps, HDR | |
| Secondary | 2 MP, 1080p | 2 MP, 1080p | |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.4 (KitKat) | Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to Android L |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon | Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 | |
| CPU | Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait | Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 | |
| GPU | Adreno 320 | Adreno 330 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | HTML5 | |
| Radio | No | No | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Black, White (front panel), 18 color options (back panel) | Black, White | |
| - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | ||
| - Google Drive (50 GB storage) | - Google Drive (50 GB storage) | ||
| - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player | - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player | ||
| - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player | - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player | ||
| - Google Search, Maps, Gmail | - Google Search, Maps, Gmail | ||
| - YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa | - YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa | ||
| - Organizer | - Organizer | ||
| - Photo viewer/editor | - Photo viewer/editor | ||
| - Document viewer | - Document viewer | ||
| - Voice memo/dial | - Voice memo/dial | ||
| - Predictive text input | - Predictive text input | ||
| BATTERY | Li-Ion 2200 mAh battery | Li-Ion 2300 mAh battery | |
| Stand-by | Up to 576 h | ||
| Talk time | Up to 13 h | ||
| MISC | SAR US | 1.39 W/kg (head) 0.50 W/kg (body) | |
| Price | |||
| TESTS | Performance | Basemark OS II: 578 | |
| Audio quality | Noise -91.6dB / Crosstalk -92.8dB | ||
| Battery life | 39h endurance rating |
Source: *www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5601&idPhone2=6649
{Best Features of Moto X} : since specs is not everything
(with inputs from: *www.gottabemobile.com/2014/02/07/15-hidden-moto-x-features/)
1. Camera Shortcuts
Users don’t even need to unlock or even turn on the display. Simple give a double flick of the wrist while holding your Moto X, and the camera instantly fires up and you can start snapping photos.
2. Touchless Controls
Touchless controls lets you instantly send a text, make a call, or search Google with your voice, even when the phones display is off. And it’s extremely powerful.
*androidandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Moto-X-Touchless-Control.jpg
3. Active Notifications
It Allows the phone to illuminate small portions of the screen (only the pixel which are needed) in a low-power battery saving state with quick and active notifications. A circle will dimly light up showing you have a missed call, incoming text, Twitter mention, and more. Then the screen goes back to sleep. However, tap the circle and the Moto X gives you more details with the top half of the screen, which again, is a battery saving feature.
Slide up and you’ll unlock right into that notification and app whether it be the dialer for a missed call, Google Hangouts, Gmail, Twitter, or even a text message. It’s super simple and easy, yet no one’s done it in such a smooth way as we have here with the Moto X.
*demandware.edgesuite.net/aahb_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-Motorola_US-Site/Sites-Motorola_US-Library/en_US/v1412719722977/Products/Mobile-Phones/MotoX%208-23/ActiveDisplay1_M.jpg
4. Moto Assist
Moto Assist is an app built-in to the Moto X which will help assist and automate your life. Have a work meeting every Friday at 3 PM? Assist will learn that once set, and always silence your phone at 3PM on Fridays. All automatically once it learns.
Moto Assist helps with hands-free driving and touchless controls to respond to a message or get directions, and will even read a message aloud to a user while driving. The same area will automatically have the phone go to speakerphone if it detects the owner is driving, to keep your hands safely on the wheel.
Everything from driving, messages, meetings, stop disturbances while sleeping, VIP caller lists and more. Check it out in the app tray to learn more. It’s all extremely self explanatory and there’s how-to guides right on the phone.
5. Moto Connect (Use your Moto X through Chrome)
This is another app that comes pre-installed, but it’s actually useful unlike most bloatware carriers install on a new phone. Moto Connect lets you pair the phone to your PC or laptop, which will then allow a user to send and receive calls and texts on a computer using the Moto Connect Chrome Browser extension. Send texts from your PC through the Moto X.
6. Equalizer
Most smartphones don’t have an equalizer option to customize and tweak audio settings, but Motorola delivers that. The Moto X has fairly good speakers, and sounds great with headphones, so head into settings > sound > audio effects to improve your music.
*cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/MotoX-equalizer-620x348.png
7. Trusted Devices
This feature is something you’ll need to setup and control under the settings > security tab once you’ve setup a passcode, unlock PIN, or pattern. This essentially allows a user to set certain devices to be trusted, so once the phone is nearby you won’t need to use an unlock pin.
Basically if you’re home and it’s connected to a speaker dock, there’s no need for a security pin. However, once you leave the house and are no longer within range of the dock, or other trusted devices, the security pin is re-enabled and protects your device from prying eyes. This works for speakers, docks, accessories, and even NFC enabled devices.
8. Mirror your Moto X screen on your HDTV
If you have a Miracast dongle or device then you can easily share your display wirelessly by going to Settings > Display > Wireless Display. It won’t let you play DRM-protected files though.
{Motorola X8 chipset}:
(From *www.anandtech.com/show/7235/moto-x-review)
*i0.sinaimg.cn/IT/cr/2013/0802/1589676381.jpg
One of the most talked about things on the new set of Motorola phones is a computing architecture that Motorola is calling the X8 mobile computing system, with the 8 in X8 connoting 8 “cores”: 2 CPU cores (Krait 300 at 1.7 GHz), 4 GPU cores (Adreno 320 has 4 cores inside), 1 contextual awareness core, and 1 natural language core. I put core in quotes since core really should mean a unit cell that’s replicated n times rather than some arbitrary count of totally dissimilar and unrelated things.
Inside of Moto X is Motorola’s X8 Mobile Computing System, which consists of a 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960Pro SoC with two Krait 300 CPUs running at 1.7 GHz alongside Adreno 320 graphics. The two other parts are a TI MSP430 for sensor fusion and active display and a TI C55x DSP for voice activation. There’s a total of 8 “cores” in there, which is where the 8 in X8 comes from, but beyond that there’s no getting around the fact that there’s an 8960Pro inside the Moto X responsible for actually powering the OS.
I recommend to read the full AnandTech review linked above for greater clarity. Tl;dr is that Moto X was not biuilt for "marketting" but to provide a real Gem of a product!
The best part of Moto X (1st gen) now is that you can get one in just Rs 16200 (after 10% bank discount) like I did. Moto X 2nd gen while not on discount is still a good upgrade for those who can afford. I will be posting other less known things you can do with your Moto X and after we step into the Rooted realm, more amazing things which awaits for us!
