![]() The lock screen shows info such as messages, emails and appointments: no need to press the power button and unlock the phone to see if you actually need to unlock your phone and look at it. The phone (if you wish) is always listening for your command so you need not pick it up, unlock it and press the voice command on-screen button to tell it to call someone or look up something on the web. The software and hardware customizations come in the form of Touchless Control, Active Notifications and Moto Assist. You get a very clean Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean user experience with no UI frosting or 12 background apps to slow things down. Apple doesn't do that, and Motorola, now a Google company, has learned that less can be more. That doesn't mean the Moto X is drowning in software features (ahem, Samsung). In fact, with the Moto X they've done something Android sorely needs: they've paid attention to you and me and how we actually use the phone rather than cramming it with more pixels than the eye can see and more CPU power than we have a use for. While Moto might have a serious case of hubris thinking they can rival Apple for user experience and design, we give them credit for trying. Then again, you could say the same thing about the iPhone 5, yet folks buy it in droves. No, the Moto X doesn't beat the Android competition on specs, and no it isn't cheaper than the flagship HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. In Chief (twitter: Update 9/2014: Read our Moto X 2nd Gen Review. Camera could use more color saturation and settings. ![]() What's Not: Specs aren't as high as top rivals, which might discourage some folks (hint: don't be discouraged). Very comfy to hold, not too huge, fast and clean UI. What's Hot: Great usability features like voice control and active sleep screen. Carrier: AT&T, Verizon (coming to T-Mobile and Sprint)
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