Moto X Foreign Media review-not a perfect cell phone, but a unique member of the market

Not long ago, Motorola Mobility officially released the first Google-led smartphone Moto X, a mobile phone that carries the weight of Motorola's mobile Renaissance, which has focused a lot of attention. It is also the first smartphone to offer rich customization options ...

I believe many friends would like to know the actual performance of this "high-end mobile phone in the middle end". The Verge has evaluated Moto X and may wish to see how it feels to use the media.

4.7 720p AMOLED screen, RGB pixel arrangement, 316 PPI

X8 Mobile Computing System "eight cores" processor

2GB RAM, GB/32 GB storage space, free two-year 50GB Google Drive

Android 4.2.2

10 million pixel rear camera, with clear Pixel technology, can improve the performance of weak light camera, 2 million pixel front camera, 1080p video camera support

Bluetooth 4.0

2200mAh Battery

Long 129.3 mm, wide 65.3 mm, thickness of 5.6 mm–10.4 mm, heavy 130 g

Moto X will be in the U.S. market at the end of August or early September, the contract price of 199 U.S. dollars, GB version of 249 U.S. dollars, the bare metal price of GB version of 575 U.S. dollars, GB version of 629 U.S. dollars. In addition, pre-at&t will exclusive sale of customized version.

In the Verge view, Moto X is a good-looking and comfortable mobile phone, although not using metal fuselage, but its mobile phone raw materials and production quality are superior. The 4.7-inch screen size seems to fit, and the curved back is good for grip.

Rich customization options are a major feature of Moto X. Consumers can use the online tool Moto Maker for mobile phone customization, can choose 16GB or 32GB storage space, black or white front color, 18 kinds of back color, 7 kinds of lens coil and button color. The choice of the color of the handset alone is as high as 252, no longer need to worry about the crash. The Verge used "cool", "fresh" to describe these colors, in contrast, even Nokia Lumia has become "monotonous".

It is worth mentioning that the Moto Maker online tool is very simple, clean, a bit like the Google + page, you can check the various customization options, and preview the effect. and custom phones will be assembled in Texas State, four days to deliver the product.

The Moto X screen is slightly better than the average performance of Motorola's mobile screens for a long time, but it cannot match HTC one and Galaxy S4. The Verge used the term "acceptable" (acceptable) to describe the phone's screen. When a large area of solid color (especially gray) is displayed, some minor ribbons appear. In addition, as with most screens, the color of the Moto X screen appears slightly saturated, especially in orange and red.

The Verge thinks Moto X's 720p resolution is not a problem because the phone PPI is about the same as the IPhone 5, and it's only a matter of careful identification to see the difference between 720p and 1080p. But the media also complained that the need to install Third-party software to screen brightness adjustment, this function does not appear to be built into the system.

Moto X's speakers are excellent, especially compared to Samsung's newest flagship.

Through a sound "OK Google now" can be without contact with the phone in the case of voice operations at any time, even if the phone is in a lock screen state. But first you have to make a brief setup so that your phone remembers your voice. The whole setup process is smooth, but you have to repeat it three times in a very similar tone and rhythm.

The "contactless control" function is excellent, whether it's taking notes, texting, calling or Googling. Similar to most speech recognition services, this feature is also prone to misreading, especially in noisy environments, but in a quiet atmosphere, performing well.

The verge found a problem that was difficult to ignore, and if a security lock was set, then "contactless manipulation" would seem to be out of effect. You can still make a call, but you have to pick up your phone and unlock it manually when you use other features that require unlocking.

Another important system function is active notification (active notifications), that is, the display of messages, messages, etc. in the lock screen page. Thanks to the use of the AMOLED screen, you can only light the central small area of the screen to display notification information, to reduce power consumption, and sleep at night will not be too dazzling. Click the notice to see the preview, slide up to unlock the phone will be able to enter the corresponding app. The Verge thinks this is efficient because it can preview the contents of various notices before unlocking the phone, and then deal with the most important one, saving time.

Moto X also adds an "assistant" application that allows the phone to connect only important numbers at a certain time while keeping the other numbers "mute". When you're driving, the "assistant" app will switch the phone to hands-free--When a message comes in, the hand can read the voice, and when a phone comes in, the phone asks if you want to answer it.

Thanks to clear Pixel technology, Moto X's 10 million megapixel camera can perceive more than 75% (official data) of the light, effectively improving the weak light photo performance. Click anywhere on the screen to automatically focus and take pictures, but there's also a problem, you can't focus as much as other phones--see the focus effect--and take a picture. In addition, the Verge says Moto X's late-processing capacity is poor, and even the light is good, the output of the photos will have "bad" artificial traces.

Moto X has a convenient camera to open, only the wrist to twist the phone three times, regardless of what you were doing before, even the phone lock screen is OK. But the verge that this is not a perfect gesture, because it is not always easy to do the right, but this way "really very convenient."

In the Verge's view, medium configurations actually contribute to endurance. Under the Verge battery test, Moto X persisted for 7 hours and 14 minutes, better than HTC one and Galaxy S4. Ordinary consumer normal use day is no problem.

The verge lists the advantages and disadvantages of Moto X.

Advantage：

Highly customizable

Assistant application, contactless control, proactive notification

Essentially a pure Android device, and supports four of the U.S. carriers

Excellent battery Endurance

Disadvantage：

There are some flaws in the AMOLED screen.

Late processing of the camera produces too much artificial traces

Some "redundant" software for operators

The Verge gives a comprehensive score of 8.0 points, and you can see that the camera and screen are obviously dragging their hind legs. However, the media still gave a positive evaluation, Moto X although only have a medium configuration, but it runs fast and smooth, enough for day-to-day use, play games, watch movies, telephone, etc., everything is done well. Note that Moto X plays the Epic Citadel demo video slower than Galaxy S4 with the highest graphics settings, near 60 frames per second. That is, Moto X may be slightly out of character if there is a high performance requirement.

"This phone is really good (really nice to use), Moto X is not a perfect mobile phone, but it is a unique member of the market." ”