I got my Moto X Pure Edition! (First Impressions and User Reviews)

[rushmore]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

I am beginning to wonder how pertinent reviews are now without at least a week of use. My review was was more favorable several days ago and after a week I am seeing how hot the device runs for the use I intended it to be a part of. 3D games run hot after twenty minutes and VR content runs critical hot (120 degrees) with an insane 50% battery use after 30 minutes. No such issues with the Note 4 and it's 805.

I think the 808 (as is) is a bad chip for anything beyond light to medium use and the LCD does not help. Battery life for my normal medium to high use is two hours better with the Note 4 and three hours better with lighter use. Video streaming playback is four hours better. Sadly not an exaggeration.

If you are a light to medium user, the Pure is IMO a very good device. I would gladly exchange the home button on the Note 4 for the two great stereo speakers on the Pure. I'm also going to miss having twice the internal storage, but no point in it if battery life is weak and the device runs hot playing the games I loaded up- VR was a disaster. The next Pure needs to bring OLED tech back and next time use a chipset that does not run crazy hot. IMO, the GPU is bad news on the 808 and the G4 correlates, since has the same issues.

Added: Motorola needs to add an option to throttle the GPU. The CPU is not the problem, since runs heavy games like Dead or Alive + in MAME and PSP games smooth (better than the 805) and just gets warm. Where the 808 goes battery and heat rogue is with heavier GPU tasks- just like the G4.

I still try to rationalize keeping it, since the device rocks when not heavy 3D gaming. Well, the battery life does not rock, but everything else IMO does.

 

[MRS DIVA]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

Very good video, looking forward to hearing your views on the camera. I'm glad to see the speakers are loud and clear.

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[andy a]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

That is a great review as I am still unsure about getting this phone but your review has really helped me so thanks a lot for that.

Can you tell me where I can get that Llama wallpaper please?

Andy

 

[The Harrington]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

Great job. Looking forward to Part 2 and beyond.

 

[Lefty Drummer]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

Nicely done, enjoyed it.

 

[Rickosw]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

hi,

love your unboxing, finally someone just KILLED it !!! - 40 sec is all you need ... Nice one

for the part 2 of your review do you mind if you could give some comments on

1) bluetooth aptX ... how does it sound - bluetooth headphones, speakers

2) GPS signal - for maps (eg Nokia Here Maps - offline, Google Map)

3) Can MXPE work in other european country (Itay, France, Asia)

4) how about the power plug - safe to use overseas - different voltage ?

thanks & lookin forward to your next video

cheers

 

[MikeLip]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

I found this review helpful. And kinda funny. In a weird roller coaster of emotions way. I had no idea where you were going to go with any particular point. And the references to Blackberry made me feel like I might be reading a review from 2009. I'm going to go off somewhere and think about my life now.

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If you never used a Blackberry, you need to rethink all your lifes decisions We are not as strident as a iPhone fan. Our blood runs deeper, but no less hot

 

[MikeLip]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

I am beginning to wonder how pertinent reviews are now without at least a week of use. My review was was more favorable several days ago and after a week I am seeing how hot the device runs for the use I intended it to be a part of. 3D games run hot after twenty minutes and VR content runs critical hot (120 degrees) with an insane 50% battery use after 30 minutes. No such issues with the Note 4 and it's 805.

I think the 808 (as is) is a bad chip for anything beyond light to medium use and the LCD does not help. Battery life for my normal medium to high use is two hours better with the Note 4 and three hours better with lighter use. Video streaming playback is four hours better. Sadly not an exaggeration.

If you are a light to medium user, the Pure is IMO a very good device. I would gladly exchange the home button on the Note 4 for the two great stereo speakers on the Pure. I'm also going to miss having twice the internal storage, but no point in it if battery life is weak and the device runs hot playing the games I loaded up- VR was a disaster. The next Pure needs to bring OLED tech back and next time use a chipset that does not run crazy hot. IMO, the GPU is bad news on the 808 and the G4 correlates, since has the same issues.

Added: Motorola needs to add an option to throttle the GPU. The CPU is not the problem, since runs heavy games like Dead or Alive + in MAME and PSP games smooth (better than the 805) and just gets warm. Where the 808 goes battery and heat rogue is with heavier GPU tasks- just like the G4.

I still try to rationalize keeping it, since the device rocks when not heavy 3D gaming. Well, the battery life does not rock, but everything else IMO does.

I do like the home button. I don't like essential controls that disappear depending on mode. And popping up Google Now with a long press of the button is really convenient. I don't like the addition of required phone body real estate, but I guess everything is a tradeoff. I don't find throttling to be an issue, but then I don't game. I do think the way Moto handles tasks is OK. I guess light to medium defines me pretty well. I've had the phone a bit over a week now and nothing has really changed in my evaluation. It still needs a case to be comfortable to use, but that's hopefully going to be fixed soon since I found a $5 case on eBay. We will see.

Does the Note 4 do VR well? I want to try it.

 

[MikeLip]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

The title of this thread should actually be, "A post in which I speak emotionally about my experience with a Moto X Pure edition, hate on all things Google, and misuse punctuation."
Thanks.

I think you need to reread it without your emotional baggage. My evaluations are mine and if you don't like them, there are lots of other reviews out there. Reviews are always personal. Go look at BGR and their loveletters to iPhone in basically everything they write. Google does some stuff right, and some stuff very wrong. In my opinion. You don't need to agree with it.
Oh yeah. Punctuation critics can take a long walk off a short pier. Life is too short.

 

[MikeLip]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

Wow you do seem to hate Google.

No. Google is just a machine, the purpose of which is to make money. To that end they will pander to the widest audience. I like some stuff they are doing (google now, voice recognition are two examples). I dislike some others (material design is a bugger for me, and their increasingly intrusive advertising is a BIG one). Their tech is great. Their application of it needs to be more closely examined, preferably by a congressional hearing and possibly an ethics committee. I use them because what they make works. Their app ecosystem is in many ways better than Apples. But their business model is sometimes really scary. Don't be evil went by the wayside long ago. So I'm not going to be blind to their failings, but I will use their software when I have to. I just often wish they were a little more the human company they claimed to be. Right now I find Blackberry to be somewhat less overtly bloody minded, although I know they are in a retrenching mode and that will change.

And as an aside, the same criticisms apply to Apple. Both are machines for making money. The end game for both is to totally control the market so they can do as they please. Apple is maybe slightly more focused than Google, but I will bet lunch that in a few years you will be hard put to tell the difference between them. Their goals are one and the same.

I guess I do have to say this - judging my attitudes by my review is not very smart. You don''t know me or my attitudes and making a sweeping statement like that is, well, again, not very smart. You could be more polite and simply ask what I thought of Google and I'd be happy to engage in that kind of civil discussion. I am aware that manners have pretty much gone out the window in discussion groups, but that doesn't mean I have to put up with it.. So why not just go away of you don't like what I wrote?

 

[MikeLip]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

I found this review helpful. And kinda funny. In a weird roller coaster of emotions way. I had no idea where you were going to go with any particular point. And the references to Blackberry made me feel like I might be reading a review from 2009. I'm going to go off somewhere and think about my life now.

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And oh yeah - I had no particular point. I was just talking about what I liked, what I didn't, why I did and did not. It's fun for me to play with new toys and talk about them. I just wish there was more variety in phones. They are commodity items now. Not a lot of fun. That new Robin sounds genuinely interesting in some ways.
I guess that's one reason I'm annoyed Blackberry is doing Android. There is then so little to talk about. I wish they'd stick with OS10 which is far better at some things than any other OS, and is different. But I understand they also need to make money and they are hoping they can make an Android phone different enough to distinguish themselves. Here's hoping.

 

[MTeator]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

Interesting about the speakers being better than a M8. The speakers on my M7 will be missed, they were significantly better than the MXPE.

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[MikeLip]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

The M7 was nearly a perfect phone. Size was right, great screen, good speakers. My problem though with HTC speakers is using the phone as a phone with hearing aids. I don't know what the deal is, but on every other phone I can get the speaker lined up with my hearing aid microphone so that it's nice and loud. None of the HTC phones can do that. There is something about the earpiece that I haven't figured out. But for general use, the only thing the M7 needed was a bigger battery. Otherwise it's an awesome phone. Even now it's enough for for most of us.

 

[MTeator]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

Well, the battery on my M7 lasted a good bit longer than the MXPE does, even at over 2.5 years old. Honestly the only reason I got off it was the camera (mine went purple) and cellular reception.

 

[Star-Lord]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

Short yet you covered several things in detail. I have to say I think that has to be the best unboxing/review I've watched so far and I've watched quite a few. I have to say, I chuckled when you were unboxing and just chunking the items to the side.

I hope you make more videos.

If you don't mind me asking what kind of knife was that?

 

[anthony2558]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

Nice work!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

 

[VoltaicShock]

Re: Build Quality Issue! Part 1 of Moto X Pure Edition In Depth Review

Thank you! And yeah, you're absolutely right. After I saw that, I became very interested in knowing how they attach those back covers to the phone. I might do an upcoming video where I remove it to see if it's glued on or what...

Here let me save you the trouble of taking it apart:

https://youtu.be/vuewklttaSc

 

[rushmore]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

My tenth day impression has split the Pure into two users profiles:

Light to medium users: Great device!

Medium to heavy users: No so great device due to the GPU's apparent power inefficiency.

 

[Almeuit]

Re: Another Moto Pure review

My tenth day impression has split the Pure into two users profiles:

Light to medium users: Great device!

Medium to heavy users: No so great device due to the GPU's apparent power inefficiency.

I am a heavy user but still enjoy the device. It really depends on the persons needs -- I have chargers that I can access easily and with QC it solves my issues. On the weekends where I become more of a lightish user it can last me easily without any concern.

 

[greg5524]

Re: I got my Moto X Pure Edition! (First Impressions)

Are 3D games/VR the only things that can put you in the heavy user category? (wrt your gpu comment)