The ‘always
listening’ Moto X smartphone has been unveiled by Google-owned Motorola
Mobility. This is the first smartphone to be developed after Google acquired
Motorola in a $12.5 billion takeover.
If anyone
had forgotten, I need to remind you that the first mobile phone was made by Motorola
in 1973 mainly due to the work of Dr Martin Cooper. This new phone being
produced by Motorola could as well change the dynamic of the fiercely contested
smartphone battle.
The main
unique feature of the Motorola Moto X is the Google Now function which can be
activated without touching the phone. The Google Now function can be activated
with a voice control unlike the Siri in iPhones that has to be activated by
touching the phone.
Saying ‘Ok
Google Now’ will activate the voice control function of the new smartphone. One
thing to note however is that the Moto X will only respond to the voice command
of the owner of the phone.
Saying ‘Ok
Google Now’ to your friends phone will not induce any action from the phone
except there is a very rare case in which you have the same voice signature as
your friend.
One other
way Motorola is deviating from the norm is that Moto X for consumers in the
United States will be produced in the Texas unlike other smartphone makers that
ship supplies from Asia. Creating a manufacturing firm in the US has allowed
Motorola to add another consumer experience to the new smartphone.
Motorola
has claimed that users will be able to customize some parts of the hardware of
their smartphone and delivery of the phone will be made in four days. The phone
comes in traditional black and white colour but some part like the back cover,
power button, volume control, and rim of the camera lens can be customized to
your own colour without additional cost.
It is
reported this offer is only valid for users of AT & T. The smartphone is
coming to users by the end of August and will be available on AT & T,
T-mobile, Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular networks. The standard version of the
Moto X has 16GB internal memory but there is also the 32GB version which cost
an extra $50.
Moto X
comes equipped with a 4.7-inch AMOLED screen which makes it almost as big as
the leading Android phones. It possesses both a front and rear camera of 10
megapixels and 2 megapixels respectively. It is also capable of high definition
video of 1080 pixels. It comes in traditional black and white colour.
It has
dimensions of 129.3 × 65.3 × (5.6-10.4) mm.
The thickness of the phone is not regular throughout as it has a curve shape at
the back to adapt to the shape of the palms. It is 5.6mm thin at the thinnest
point which are the sides and 10.4mm thick at the middle.
It comes
with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS and architecture of Motorola X8 Mobile
Computing System with a RAM of 2GB. The internal storage is 16GB with the 32GB
version also available, 2 years 50GB storage is also available free on Google
Drive.
It is light
at a weight of 130 grams. It is equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 LE + EDR, Wi-Fi
802.11 a/g/b/n/ac (dual band capable), mobile hotspot GSM/GPRS/EDGE; UMTS/HSPA
+ up to 42 Mbps; CDMA/EVDO Rev. A (CDMA model only); 4G – LTE.
It is
unclear yet how this new phone will shape the smartphone market and
specification in the coming months and even years but this could be a great
moment in history of smartphone making.
It has only
been stated when it will be available in the US. We don’t know yet when it will
be available in Nigeria or anywhere else for that matter but we will keep you
informed as we get more info.
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Another one for android right in Apple's backyard. call me an android fanatic but you can resist it Android marketers just tease you
ReplyDeleteI don't mind if you are an Android fanatic. You know it's easier to be when you get what you want from your mobile device and this is another one with its own unique features...
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