Yesterday I was 100% getting the X. Now? Either the X or the Droid Maxx or back to the S4 along with MoDaCo
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The (maybe) "Epic" Motorola X Pre-Release Thread
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Wowzers!!! That's a little ridiculous...Nobody I know will be buying that phone off or on contract.
However it may catch on with the mainstream peeps...I'd actually be inclined to say it may definitely catch on, however this phone won't release until the end of Aug, beginning of Sept...And ladies and gents, that's right about the time Apple rumors begin to really swing into high gear, and the mainstream public loves they're iphones.
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So basically it came down to this: Motorola compensated for the higher cost of assy in the US by backing off the latest and greatest phone technology. Otherwise it's no different than any other carrier subsidized phone.
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Im not ready to believe its gona be as expensive as that. That would be a disaster for the phone imo
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Each FCC submittal includes the schematics and complete engineering disclosure of what the device is about.
Identification to that level is required for certification.
Data pathways operate at RF frequencies.
The FCC doesn't deal in theory on what that means in terms of potential side effects.
They certify to known, fixed configurations.
In the parlance, it's a known phenomenon to have RF frequencies create a situation where one set of signals couple to another bus through the electromagnetic fields and create something unexpected - a sneak circuit.
It's not like the PC world at all.
Sorry but that just is what it is.
And it's why whole phones are certified, not just some chips that everyone uses.
Hope this helps!
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Check out the Moto X website. Prices are correct..... sadly.
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Respectfully disagree.
The US provided tax incentives for more domestic jobs and this plan removed foreign trade tariffs.
The meme that it cost more to make here so the internals are cheaper is the darling cry from the blogosphere.
And like so many things, what the blogosphere sells as a one-dimensional kindergarten view doesn't fit reality.
Per usual, the truth is far more complex and far more boring than they're selling on this one.
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Not sure if you've seen this but, meh, can't hurt to post it again. Benchmarks:
Moto X Performance: Legendary Gaming, Wicked Fast Browsing | Androidheadlines.com
Moto X Performance: Legendary Gaming, Wicked Fast Browsing | Androidheadlines.com
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Before believing any benchmark comparisons, please take the following into consideration -
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7187/looking-at-cpugpu-benchmark-optimizations-galaxy-s-4
Just saying, well-informed makes for a well-armed consumer.
No one ever lost being skeptical.
Just my opinion.
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Maybe my standards are too high... maybe I'm too much of a tech geek. Virtually everyone at the event is reporting across the interwebs that, despite the midrange specs, the X is an awesome phone. Bloatware and bootloader aside, is it possible that Motorola has actually created an underwhelming phone that will overwhelm us?
Now I'm curious again as to what the fuss is all about. I look forward to seeing this thing in the store later this month.
Now I'm curious again as to what the fuss is all about. I look forward to seeing this thing in the store later this month.
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^^ yeah all the high end phones are over-specd imo... and that doesnt make them feel good (anyone ever played with an s4?) . Optimisation is the main thing so id love to play with the X to see how it feels. High specs future-proof a device though. Do google want us to have a future proof phone for a fair price? I think yeah but thats what Nexus are for.. maybe not the moto :beer:
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Everybody says dual core like that says it all.
It doesn't.
Not by a long shot.
Not all cores are created equally.
Can a good quad outrun an equivalent dualie?
You bet.
At the price of more power consumption and higher heat dissipation.
How hard do things really run?
What apps do you run?
How hard do you think their jobs are?
How much of the blogosphere do you believe?
When was the last time you turned to the blogosphere and read the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I have no idea whether this phone adds up to heaven or dog meat.
But everything in the underlying stories say not dog meat.
After that, I'll trust my own test drives.
Your mileage may vary.
It doesn't.
Not by a long shot.
Not all cores are created equally.
Can a good quad outrun an equivalent dualie?
You bet.
At the price of more power consumption and higher heat dissipation.
How hard do things really run?
What apps do you run?
How hard do you think their jobs are?
How much of the blogosphere do you believe?
When was the last time you turned to the blogosphere and read the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
I have no idea whether this phone adds up to heaven or dog meat.
But everything in the underlying stories say not dog meat.
After that, I'll trust my own test drives.
Your mileage may vary.
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^^ like an android... (whats the word for them american priests who chant things to the paying public lol) 
.. "preacher"? :beer:
.. "preacher"? :beer:
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This phone is perfectly fine and capable. It comes down to price. Look at the S4, One, Ultra, G2, iPhone and any another new phone to come out and the specs they have and what the market puts the price of the phone at because of those specs. Now put the X next to those and they want to charge nearly the same price. Not in my book. I'd pay $400, tops, for the X. I'm sure someone can find a flaw in my logic but it's my opinion and I'm sticking to it
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^^ like an android... (whats the word for them american priests who chant things to the paying public lol)
.. "preacher"? :beer:
Well, that's a whole lot of words with a whole lot of meanings. :rofl:
I just hope that I'm preaching to the choir.
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This phone is perfectly fine and capable. It comes down to price. Look at the S4, One, Ultra, G2, iPhone and any another new phone to come out and the specs they have and what the market puts the price of the phone at because of those specs. Now put the X next to those and they want to charge nearly the same price. Not in my book. I'd pay $400, tops, for the X. I'm sure someone can find a flaw in my logic but it's my opinion and I'm sticking to it
Then I won't try.
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I really can't see configurable phones becoming a reality any time soon. I don't think the desktop analogy holds true for smartphones. It makes sense to release a low-tier, mid-tier and high-end variant of one phone rather than have one device that is configurable. Computers are much more modular and we have lot more space to play around with and to cram things in.
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And I expected you to point out everything wrong with my logic!
No point. You want what you want, nothing wrong with that.
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Hardware customized phones would be nightmare. Every possible combination would have to go through the FCC. That would cost A LOT of money that would be passed on to the consumer and your next phone would cost a few bucks more. And by a few I mean a lot.
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