Moto X
Accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass, ambient light sensor, thermometer, barometer
0.59 W / kg
- WLAN IEEE 802.11 ac / a / b / g / n
- NFC
- Bluetooth 4.0 with EDR, A2DP, ANT
- GPS and GLONASS
- Active Display, Context Awareness
- Splash proof
- USB OTG
- Miracast
- CrystalTalk noise reduction
- Dual LTE antennas
The Motorola Moto X ( Model Number: XT1058 ) is the manufacturer Motorola smartphone, and its momentary top model. Special features include the option of voice control in standby mode. The " Active Display " that provides information, such as time displays in the off state, as well as the ability to recognize the state of motion (eg car driving). As well as a 4.7 inch huge screen in a very compact package.
Generally
The Moto X is the first smartphone Motorola after its acquisition by Google and released in August 2013 for the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Since February 2014, is also available in England, France and Germany. In the U.S. market, it can be configured via the "Moto Maker " with a very individual housing, which caused in the appearance quite a stir. Hindessen appeared the Moto X in Europe only a black and a white version. In addition, in Europe there are as yet no version with 32 GB of memory. What is unusual is that it is not like any other smartphones manufactured in Asia, but in the United States.
Special
This smartphone has the so-called Motorola X8 mobile computing system, which consists of eight cores. A dual-core processor, a quad-core graphics processor, as well as two extra chips for the Touchless Control Voice Recognition and Context - Awareness.
With the voice command "OK, Now Google " the Moto X at any time and served extensively by language. The operation is calibrated to your own voice, so that no one else has access. Examples of voice commands are " find phone " among other things (making an audible and visual signal is output, which facilitates the identification of the device) " Setting the alarm clock time to 8:30 clock " or. The bypass the screen lock by voice control must be explicitly enabled in the settings.
The chip for context awareness can determine for example, whether your smartphone is in your pants pocket, and whether it is being pulled out of his pocket, or whether the user is traveling car. About the App Motorala Assist the behavior of the phone for the drive can be set.
With the Active displays are shown on the display is off, information such as time and notifications are displayed. Through the Super AMOLED display, which requires no electricity for the representation of black pixels, charged the battery, this feature only minimal. In the comparison is even lower power consumption, since the device does not need to be permanently switched on. Which apps the messages are displayed on the Active Display can be configured in the settings.
Motorola design goal was to minimize the ratio of display area to total area. He is frame around the display kept very closely. The portion of the screen to the total surface area is exceeded by 72 %, only the Samsung Galaxy S4 ( 72.1 % ) and the LG G2 ( 75.7 %). A portion of the display stops are usually occupied by the on-screen buttons, which provides Google as a substitute for the softkeys. Motorola claims that the battery hold out on a mixed use 24 hours. A nano-coating makes the device splash-proof.
The original Android interface, with the latest Android version 4.4.2, was taken over almost unchanged from Motorola. The SIM card is a nano - Sim, which is inserted through a tray on the left side. A Bosch BMP180 barometer will help the Global Positioning System for a faster satellite fix. In addition, a thermometer is installed. An app for reading barometer and thermometer, however, must be manually installed.
When you buy 50 GB of cloud storage is obtained from Google Drive for two years. This must be activated within 30 days. Motorola donated the Moto X a migration wizard that transmits all data and settings from the old to the new Android smartphones. To this end, the migration wizard on the Google Play Store must be installed on the old phone. An application "Motorola Connect" shows SMS and calls, in the Chrome browser on the desktop computer.
It features the latest WLAN standard, IEEE 802.11ac. Motorola accessory provides a skip -called NFC tag as a clip-on clip, with which the screen can be unlocked via NFC.
Disadvantages are the non-removable battery, the missing SD card slot and the missing radio.
Camera
Special attention put Motorola on the camera. She is an OmniVision OV10820 and has a BSI sensor, a Clear pixel technology with a special filter RGBC, and with a large 1/2.6 sensor size and thus can capture a lot of light, which brings better results especially in low light conditions.
The size of a pixel is 1.4 microns. For comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has a pixel size of 1.1 microns, HTC's Ultra pixel technology, however, offers 2 microns per pixel area.
A "Quick Capture " called feature starts the camera app with a short shaking of smartphones, even in standby mode. This is made possible by the particular chip, the movement monitoring.
The camera has a slow motion and a continuous shooting function. The front camera can as well as the back to record videos at a resolution of 1080p.
Settings for ISO, brightness and white balance, however, are lacking.
Availability
The Moto X can be purchased at The Phone House, O2, Amazon.de, Media Markt, Saturn, Expert and Sparhandy.de for 349 euros (RRP). Originally the price was still 399 euros, but was reduced by Motorola a few days before launch.
Review and Critique
Inside-handy.de praises in the test of the Motorola Moto X good size ratio of the display and housing. In addition, the Moto X a good working speed is to certify. Criticized the mediocre camera and the rather weak battery.