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beautiful inside and out that's Motorola's predictably a few civ take on its 2015 flagship smartphone but how does it really look and feel well we've got to get into the box to find out and hey that's what I'm here for i'm michael fisher with pocket now welcome it let's unbox the Moto X pure edition one of the great things about unboxing a phone you designed yourself is that no one else is having the exact same experience you've customized it and told Motorola what you want emblazoned on it it's entirely wholly yours and that's awesome let's save the best for last and check out the accessories first the turbo charger that we know and love now rebranded as the turbo power charger whatever you want to call it moto says it'll give your phone 10 hours of battery life in 15 minutes and we'll see then there's the free bumper case we read about on the outside of the box and well you know what they say about getting what you pay for it feels like pretty soft plastic and it's pretty flimsy but once it's on the phone it'll probably do an okay job of guarding against scratches and dings from drops and kicks we'll see if I put it on which I won't onto the phone ever since our hands on in New York a few weeks back I've been waiting to pick this up again wait there's more stuff under there and there's still more stuff under that okay well there's no surprises here this is a sim tool which is nice to have when your sim doesn't come pre-installed in the device because it's pure and then there's the usual warranty and product literature which I'll read later I promise on to the phone itself picking up the Moto X pure edition or style if you're a European I'm again struck by how meaty beefy heavy it is at 180 grams by mass alone this thing is a monster as you can see we went with the silicone rubber finish and we did that for a reason it's because it's the stock option while it only costs 25 bucks to upgrade to the leather or wood options I think many people will probably stick with the silicone which offers a wider range of color options it's also nice and soft and grippier than most anything else check out those ridges this being our house phone we had to make it ostentatious with the yellow metallic trim and we had to get it branded it's weird that Motorola reduced the character count by one since last year but that's probably so they could make the letters bigger hardware wise I'm just as impressed as I was at the hands-on but I am seeing some slight misalignment in the casing of our review device here it's so minor that it's tough to catch sure even an extreme closeup and it doesn't bug me that much considering the reasonable price but it's one of those things that might get on your nerves if you have an extreme eye for detail anyway let's pull that screen protector off of there note to parents of young children who may be watching this might get sexy quiet please the Moto X pure edition is catching a lot of flak from longtime moto fans because it's so big but those who think it's out of control big like the Nexus 6 well it's not it's better designed with reduced radius corners and it's also much narrower a much friendlier device for one-handed use it does represent a huge blow up from the two year old Moto X Pathfinder device so fans of the family as a whole do have a legitimate gripe we'll see how this bears out in real world testing time to give it its first taste of the network remember this is the pure edition so it'll work no matter what u.s. national operator you choose and also remember that this isn't just a sim tray for the first time in the lines history the Moto X has a microSD card slot actually forgotten about that that's cool so anyway I'm gonna forego that and just pop my nano sim in for now I'm using a t-mobile SIM not that it matters boot it up and bam there's that big bright 5.7 inch quad HD LCD screen blinding our camera and there's our custom greeting we lacked some imagination on that one I'll admit a few seconds later we're inside the near stock Android build and getting ready to get to know it which is exactly what we'll be doing in the review period right in front of us and guess what if you're watching this unboxing on the day of release from September 10th you can join us on the pocket and weekly podcast a few hours afterward at 5 p.m. Eastern and get your Moto X questions answered live on the air check the description for the link or just go to pocketnow.com and even if you're watching this later on tune in to episode 165 of the weekly featuring the Moto X pure edition it's going to be a lot of fun got questions you want answered in the full moto x style pure edition review drop them in the comments below if you can't join us for the podcast and we'll do what we can to answer them when we sum this sucker up next week till next time this has been michael fisher captain two phones on twitter reminding you to keep your style pure you know about thanks for watching see you next time