That's the problem with choosing today's smartphones with on paper stats. Some brands know this is the norm and put having those top specs as their number one priority. Motorola took a huge risk sidelining on paper specs and it didn't totally pay off because a certain group of consumers will always be on the fence because of those paper specs. I do assure you however, that if you palm the Moto X and S4 in both your hands and starting playing with the same applications the decision is even harder to make. The Moto X has feature that are unique to it and cannot be compensated for through specs, active notification and always ready google now capabilities will come in handy and when they do... That will be the exact moment you're sold. You're friends will notice (but not mention) how fast you can get to dealing with notification, its seconds but enough to impress.
There are only 2 peiece of hardware, that are serious and constitute as the actual cons to this phone. Firstly there is no SD card, this is actually a much bigger deal than most of make it seems. However, there are the people that will need it and the people that wont because they are light users or already attuned to cloud computing and moving around data. It really hinders your ability to play games on the phone, I always like to keep FIFA and a racing game on my phones for when I might need it (I will likely have to sacrifice the racing game). I know plenty of people who have maxed out SD cards on their S4 so those people literally spit at the thought of 11GB of usuable memory. I am also dreading the idea of deleting photos because I don't have any room, as useless at it is I rather liked having all the photos I've ever taken on the phone with me. I just don't understand how some manufactures like motorola are giving use constant upgrades in hardware to do more but they're not expecting us to have to store more data? The second huge downfall is the camera. This is debatable but the camera is frustrating more so than terrible, its comparable with all the other cameras out there on a good shot (not the Lumina). The focusing capabilities are sluggish and adjustments to lighting to aggressive, re-calibrating at even the slightest changes. The camera is great however with sufficient detail and the best color replication in my opinion, its not saturated like samsung photos. I rather prefer the natural colors you get from the moto x instead of everyone's lawn being emerald green when really that's not the case. The other bad thin is the lowlight shots, not the facts that they are dark like every other smartphone camera, but the fact that the photo quality really deteriorates in low light. As someone who takes most (all) of my photos during with my nightlife or fishing, bad low light photos really upset me but in the end it wasn't enough to deter me. A lot of my best catches have been at either sunset or sundown when things are very dim and nothing pisses me off more than a bad shot of an impressive catch. Regardless of those two downfalls, which you can see I am really bothered by (not enough obviously) this phone is perfect for me, actually I think it as made just for me so you guys are welcome.
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