Things I love About the Moto X

The Moto X is one of my favourite android device in the market right now. With the device said to coming to the shores of Singapore, I thought I would share with you guys, the things I love most   about the Moto X.




Design and Build:

First off, the design and build. The front is void of any branding, giving it a nice clean look. The back is curved, and has a soft touch coating which feels really good in the hand. The device is only slightly wider and taller than the iPhone 5S, which makes it really nice to use one handed. Despite being made out of mostly plastic, the phone still feels extremely solid and well built, even when compared to the iPhone 5S.

Active Display:

My next favourite feature, Active Display. The feature makes use of on board sensors to detect when to show users their notifications. The notifications fades in and out of the display, much like a notification LED. You swipe up to take action or view more, swipe down to unlock, and swipe to the left or right to dismiss the notifications.

With Active Display, your Moto X is always ready for you whenever you pick it up from your desk, or pull it out of your pocket.

Motorola Connect:

Another feature I love, is Motorola Connect. It is essentially a chrome extension that lets you send and receive text messages right on your desktop. This along with the Gmail and Hangouts extensions means that I almost never have to pick up my device to send a message. On top of that, Motorola Connect even notifies you of incoming calls right on your desktop.

Near Stock Android Experience:

In case you haven’t noticed by this point, the Moto X’s user interface is near stock Android, other than a few Motorola software additions. This means that the software is light, snappy, and with minimal bloat.

Another advantage would be fast OS updates. Motorola took everyone by surprise when they release the Android 4.4 Kit Kat update on the Verizon Moto X before even Google’s own Nexus 4. This was made possible due to the near stock Android OS, as well as Motorola having moved a lot of their own software enhancements on the Moto X into the Play Store.

Camera:

On the back of the device, there is a 10MP camera with LED flash. Motorola has built in a smart feature in which you can activate the camera by twisting your wrist twice, it works  even while the phone is asleep. In practice, the feature works really well and is one of the fastest way to launch a camera. The photos that the camera produce is actually pretty average at best, but where it shines is in its simple but intuitive camera interface. Drag the circle to where you want to focus, then tap anywhere to take a photo. To access settings, swipe right. To access gallery and previously taken photos, swipe left.

Touchless Control:

Which brings to me the last feature that I am going to talk about, Touchless Control. As the name suggests, it allows me to control the phone without the need to touch it. You activate the feature by simply using the phrase “Okay, Google Now”, follow by a command or question. It works even when the phone is asleep. Here are a examples.

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So there you have it, the main things I love most about the Moto X. There are a bunch of other nice features such as, trusted bluetooth, device, the awesome battery life, the ever changing awesome boot animations, the mini games, Motorola assist, so on and so forth. So much things that I couldn’t possibly cover all in 5 minutes. All in all, the Moto X is a device that values experience over everything else. Despite being more than 7 months old now, the Moto X still manages to surprise me every now and again. and I’m sure that if you have the chance to use the device, you’ll probably feel the same.