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what's up guys lon here from Android Authority and this year's crop of Motorola products is the first year fully under the helm of Lenovo but has this change had any effect on Motorola's flagship smartphone of the last couple of years or does the motorola experience that we've all come to know and love still remain intact well that's what we're about to find out with the Moto X pure edition when looking at the Moto X pure edition from the outside you'll notice a very familiar design that essentially involves from last year's model there's some minor aesthetic changes but the overall look stays true to what Motorola started under the ownership of Google with the most notable difference this year being the size it's a much larger phone now and what once started out as a small compact smartphone in 2013 is pretty much all but gone for a phone with a 5.7 inch screen it doesn't feel as large as you might initially think and it's surprisingly manageable in one hand thanks to the much tighter bezels all around it's not the thinnest phone in the world but the sloping curved back makes it feel thinner than it actually is and it's very comparable in size to phones like the note 5 and the oneplus 2 so if you can handle those phones you'll be able to handle the Moto X with no problems at all it's still made of very high-quality materials with an all metal frame that gives it a very solid feel and the default backs are made of a soft textured silicon material which I personally love because not only does it feel extremely comfortable but it also provides a lot of grip if the default colored backs aren't your thing you can of course customize it through moto maker which to me has always been one of the best parts about owning a Moto X there's a ton more options to choose from now than ever before with a myriad of colored backs wood backs leather backs accent colors and you can still put your own custom engraving to truly make it your own a Moto X also wouldn't be a moto X without the signature Motorola tempo on the backside which is now encased in a single metallic strip with the camera module and LED flash and the dimples back to a much smaller and more subtle size which I personally like a lot better over the large dimple on last year's Moto X taking a tour around the rest of the device the buttons and ports are in pretty typical locations for a Motorola device you've got the power and volume buttons on the right side where they're very easy to reach and the power button still has that same Ridge texture that makes it easy to find by feel on the bottom is the standard microUSB port and up top is the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack sitting dead center along with the nano SIM card tray that now doubles as a micro SD card slot for extra storage on the front side there's quite a bit of action going on besides the typical ambient light and proximity sensors you have the IR sensors for triggering motor display without touching the phone front-facing speakers and the front-facing camera with a selfie flash both of which we'll get into a little bit later the display on this year's Moto X not only received a big bump in display size but also in resolution it is now a 5.7 inch screen with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 but unlike the last two Moto X's it's not AMOLED anymore and has instead been swapped out for a TFT LCD display I'll admit I am a little bit saddened by the swap and display technology is simply because features like moto display don't look quite as cool anymore because you can see the entire backlight light up but otherwise it's a great-looking panel it's bright beautiful has great viewing angles and it's pretty easy to see in direct sunlight and the colors are surprisingly very vibrant and saturated what they quad-hd resolution it's also extremely sharp and the large screen size makes it pretty awesome for browsing the web playing games and watching videos or movies so overall I really have no complaints about the display with the previous two moto X's motor will put a bigger emphasis on the user experience and didn't worry so much about having the latest and greatest specs and the story is pretty much the same here with the pure edition moto X instead of the Snapdragon 810 Motorola took the LG route and opted for the 808 which is perfectly fine by me considering that the eight away is a more than capable processor there's three gigs of RAM on board for all of your multitasking needs and in everyday use performance has generally been pretty good as you would expect from a device with high-end specs and running what is essentially a mere stock build of Android the only hiccup that I've ever noticed is that it sometimes likes to hang on the lock screen when unlocking directly from motor display it doesn't happen all the time but often enough that you will notice it but other than that it opens apps multitask and plays games just as well as the best of them and hopefully this minor issue can be resolved fairly quickly through a software update you've got all the usual connective options that you might expect like Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS NFC and of course LTE and one of the most convenient things about the Moto X is that supports practically every single LTE band for all the major carriers here in the States so t-mobile AT&T Verizon Sprint it doesn't matter which carrier on this phone is essentially just plug and play so you basically take this phone to any carrier plug your SIM card and you are good to go for storage the Moto X comes in either 16 32 or 64 gigs of internal storage and like I mentioned earlier the SIM card slot doubles as a micro SD card slot for up to an additional 128 gigabytes if you need the extra space as far as the speakers go they sound awesome on the Moto X this year they're true front-facing stereo speakers this time around and on top of being extremely loud they deliver a very clean and rich sound that really tops off the media experience I would say they're still not quite as good as HTC's boomsound but definitely a close second and they're obviously better than any other phone out there with a single firing speaker battery life on the Moto X hasn't been all that great in my experience even though it's packing a fairly hefty 3000 milliamp hour battery inside and I can get through a full day but it's literally by the skin of my teeth and the phone typically only lasts me about 12 to 13 hours before I finally have to put it back on a charger and if you'd like to game a lot on your phone you can pretty much forget about this phone getting anywhere near a full day so if I had to rank the battery life of the Moto X against other flagship smartphones I would say it's definitely better than the s6 for sure but not as good as something like the note 5 or even the LG g4 the nice thing about the Moto X though is that it charges extremely fast with Motorola's turbo power charger motorola says is the fastest charging smartphone in the world which is a pretty bold claim whether that's actually true or not is another story entirely but with the phone turned completely off I've been able to go from zero to full in roughly 75 minutes time making the Moto X pretty easy to fill up or top off any time during the day one of the biggest weaknesses of the Moto X line or any Motorola phone in recent years really is the camera and Motorola is looking to change all of that this year on the rear is a 21 megapixel sensor with F 2.0 aperture but no OAS and the front phaser is a 5 megapixel wide-angle lens with an included front-facing flash which is a really nice but considering the front camera does a decent job on its own and it's perfectly capable of finding your face in most situations the flash isn't particularly all that useful unless you happen to take a lot of selfies and pitch-black rooms and even then the front flash can be blindingly bright and tends to flood the image with harsh lighting more than it does to illuminate it with the exception of adjusting the focus point and exposure Motorola's camera interface still lacks a full suite of manual controls that other smartphone camera interfaces offer but it is very easy to use you can tap anywhere on the viewfinder to take a photo swipe left to review any photos that you've taken or swipe to the right to make adjustments to the camera settings it's pretty bare-bones we can do things like toggle through different modes like HDR night mode panorama 4k video recording and other things of that nature picture quality on the Moto X has been surprisingly great and--can deputy tel motorola put a very big focus on making the camera experience better on this year's Moto X in medium to good lighting photos are very sharp and detailed and color reproduction is on point with just the right amount of vibrancy and saturation the HDR image processing on the Moto X has also been quite nice it does a great job of bringing out a lot of detail from the shadows especially in high contrast or backlit scenarios and adds just a little bit of extra saturation and warmth to the images without causing them to look unnatural low-light performance has also made some really huge strides this year I would say it's still not as good as something like the s6 or no.5 but definitely leaps and bounds better than the 2014 Moto X for several reasons the images are much sharper and more detailed which you can see pretty easily when zooming into text the colors and white balance is more accurate it handles exposure a lot better especially in the highlights and most importantly there's a lot less digital noise so thumbs up to Motorola for the improved picture quality and for finally producing a camera that is capable of taking photos that people won't feel embarrassed about to share to social media one of the main reasons why I and maybe a lot of other users as well have gravitated the Moto X for the past couple of years is because of the software experience and how quick Motorola is with updates just like previous Moto X's and other motor devices within the last couple of years the Moto X pure addition is running a mere stock build of android 5.1.1 lollipop and because this phone is being sold completely free carriers there's no carrier bloatware to get in the way it's as pure as you can get without buying a nexus with the only exception being Motorola's baked in custom features which I actually find to all be really useful motor display is still as good as ever subtly pulsating anytime you receive a notification and Motorola has added the ability to control your music from it now what you couldn't do before so that was a very welcome change then you have moto voice for dictating voice commands and you can still customize it with your own key phrase if you'd like but what I love most about moto voice besides the always-on listening is using it for navigation being able to tell your phone to navigate home or anywhere that you need to go without having to wake up the phone or touch it at all it's extremely useful especially if you have your phone sitting in a car dock like I do it's also a lot safer when you're driving speaking of safety you also have moto assist which can read your text messages out loud and tell you who's calling or just keep your phone completely quiet to avoid interruptions and this can also be done any time you're in a business meeting or simply just need to get some shut-eye and finally you have moto actions which are all really nifty and intuitive features you can wave your hand over the front o phone to trigger motor display chopped twice to trigger the LED flash and if you take a lot of pictures you'll find yourself using the double twist of the wrist to launch the camera pretty much on a daily basis motorola is taking a different approach with these sales of the Moto X this year instead of partnering with carriers Motorola is sending the phone direct to consumers through Motorola comm Amazon and Best Buy for a base price of $400 unlocked which is an absolute bargain for a smartphone of this calibre and if you're upgrading from a previous generation Moto X the pure edition is a no-brainer for $400 you really can't go wrong you're getting some very high-end specs great build quality a large beautiful high-resolution display a camera light won't disappoint and one of the cleanest and pure Android experiences around most importantly you have moto maker a customization tool that allows users to create a truly unique experience that's yet to be rivaled by anyone and being able to create a product that is a representation of you it's something you can't put a price on as always thank you guys so much for watching this video if you did enjoy please give it a thumbs up down below we definitely appreciate it and also subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you have it already and if you want to see more here from us at Android authority make sure to check out the links over here on the side and feel 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