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just mere months ago motorola with the backing of google dropped a bit of a bombshell on the android space a phone that was smaller than the common 5-inch screen device and offered a few really practical and very useful new features and on top of all of that complete customization and even more on top of that it was all made in the USA now if one thing was becoming certain it was that Motorola was making a comeback and their trajectory looked really good especially with this flagship leading the movement but that was them and it's Josh regard from Android thorny what's going on everybody and this is the Moto X now now we will get into the news that happened earlier this week but first this is a video that is supposed to focus on the device and that is exactly what I'm going to do for now now to say that I was excited about the Moto X when it first came out and everything that it offered is really an understatement after all this Moto X right here is the first film that actually made me happy to sign a two-year contract because I was going to get what was to become one of my favorite phones of the year now coming back to the wood backing that was supposed to come when the Moto X was first released that's just another example or one of the examples rather of Motorola's troubles ever since this phone came out only recently did the wood backs finally come into the fray and at first they came in at $100 as a premium price point luckily those have gone down but by now I'm actually just really happy with this one and while I might customize a Moto X in the future it's not something that I'm looking to do for a while taking a look at this device it is still really holding up and even if I throw it around a little bit all I get is very minimal wear and tear for the most part I've had no problems whatsoever the Moto X did make the case that phones didn't have to be big or even super powerful to be enjoyable and in terms of the size you do have a very very easy phone to handle in basically one hand which is something that most other phones can't save and that curve on the back definitely helps as well the 720p smaller screen actually never gave me any display Envy and I'm still able to enjoy whatever I'm doing no matter what it is as far as performance goes it remains about as good as it was when I first got this phone and I love that the Moto X continues to prove that super new processors are not necessarily required for a good experience now how about the main features of the Moto X I have brought to the Android space well I do use them still all the time especially the voice commands by saying ok Google now this is still really one of my favorite options out there for hands-free multitasking and it just works really well and is one of the best parts about the phone now as you can see right there we also have active display and that active display still stands alone in the Android space as one of the best ways of getting your notifications that is already built into the phone but as much as I do love the active display I have to admit I don't use it quite as much but that is for one very particular and specific reason which brings me to one of the reasons why I still really love my Moto X now with Motorola having the backing of Google when this phone first came out it definitely was a nexus like experience that wasn't completely stock but definitely looks like it and had only a few features that Motorola baked in themselves I've used a v8 on here everything home launcher I've done a lot to change the experience on this phone but the underlying features that really make the Moto X differentiate itself from the rest of the pack were still there and that's something that I think the Moto X provides any Android user the full customization that Android gives you without the need for really losing some of the features that make it what it is but then what made the Moto X so appealing was just how much it was being supported by Google for example KitKat didn't take very long to come to the phone at all and it only made the experience better by keeping the phone as current as possible but then that's what makes this week's piece of news incredibly important and to be honest very unsettling because Google in an incredible move sold Motorola to Lenovo for 2.9 1 billion dollars and essentially what this means is that lenovo has motorola and Woggle kept many parts of Motorola for the most part it's up to Lenovo now to see what to do with the future of Motorola far as the reasons why something like this happened well there's a lot of speculation motorola to be fair have been a tough cookie to crack financially despite good intentions and good if not initially rocky implementation and a rekindled respect among the industry and consumers alike the return on glucose investment just didn't really come fast enough now one can argue that Google got a lot of patents from Motorola and that's probably the value that they really put into this acquisition but ultimately selling the company for such a low price to Lenovo is really a big benefit to Lenovo so now one of the world's top leaders in computing now has one of the most recognizable names in mobile now what would that mean for those of you who own moto x's or have been following Motorola for the last number of months and we're really excited about where it was going to go well that's the part that's what suddenly it's because we don't really know the skeptics will point to the fact that Lenovo has its own mobile division and its own sort of image of what a mobile platform should look like and that might be the main detractor for them essentially that means goodbye stock like Android experience goodbye timely updates and essentially goodbye motorola as we know it today but those who know Lenovo's track record of revitalizing old names in tech like the IBM ThinkPad may find some positive vibes me I'm kind of in the middle because while I do like what Lenovo does I'm a fan of theirs and I'm kind of excited to see where they will go with Motorola one of the biggest hopes that I have for them is that Lenovo will let Motorola still be essentially what we know Motorola to be and just cultivate it from a behind-the-scenes perspective I do have to say that that positivity is greatly outweighed by the fact that losing Google as a parent company is a huge - in the end I can only hope that the foundation set in place by Motorola when they were with Google will be appealing enough for Lenovo to continue to cultivate for anybody that asks me what kind of Android device should I get the Moto X still remains and near the top primarily because it is a great entry point into the Android space that is very appreciated by even Android veterans we don't know what the new Lenovo driven Motorola devices will look like in the future but until then you can still enjoy the one that Google helped make a reality so as always thank you guys very much for watching and I hope you enjoyed this look at the Moto X now especially considering the big piece of news that happened just a couple days ago I still think the Moto X is a a great device and since it is still available in the iteration that it is in right now a lot of users out there will still have a good time with it even if in the future we don't know where devices like the Moto X might go so keep it tuned to android authority for all of the best coverage keep it tuned for our reviews comparisons our weekly shows hosted by the likes of joe and jason also for all of the content by kevin the tech ninja our team here has got your back because Android authority is your source for all things Android