Not in any particular order...
* Battery life is solid. Putting it through the paces, it looks like I'll average about 16 hours on a charge for a regular day. That's really good for me -- mostly 4G (rarely wifi), a few hours of screen time, hundreds of emails a day, and both Gmail and corp mail set to push. Lot of fringe areas (when going into subways), and lot of RF congestion since I live in NYC. Going to take a while to get over my battery anxiety though -- still have a temptation to plug the phone into the wall whenever I'm idle. It would seem like those days are finally over for me.
* Size-wise this phone turns out to surprisingly similar in size and weight compared to my SGS3 with official Qi charging back. After 2 days of travel with it, I would say I haven't felt like I was carrying a bigger phone or a heavier phone.
* Still pissed about the email client being Motorola'd. Also turns out that because there isn't a proper Email.apk and Exchange.apk means I no longer have the ability to receive my corp mail messages on my Pebble smart watch. Need root to fix this, and wondering whether the Moto X will suffer the same fate or get a proper Exchange client.
* Camera is generally better than I would have thought, although zooming in at 100% shows the images are full of compression artifacts in ok light and indoor light. True low light is bad as expected, but the camera is still able to render shots in lighting that the SGS3 couldn't handle. Outside, the phone does extremely well. Happy with the quality.
* Having only 16:9 image shooting available is annoying. 3:2 is my preferred ratio. Motorola could have added a settings option for this.
* The backlit capacitive buttons are my least favorite thing about the phone. They don't shut off, ever, so watching videos and looking at photos in low light is not at all enjoyable. Which is a damn shame because...
* The screen quality is exceptional. I know 1080 would be even better, but it is still a meaningful improvement from my SGS3... so as long as I'm stepping up, I'm comfortable with this.
* The wireless charging acknowledgement noise is loud and obnoxious. I hate it, and I want it to go away.
* Soft-touch Kevlar back is super nice. No logos on the face of the phone, spectacularly nice.
Having fun with it overall, and definitely keeping it... it's a good product, and I think a simple root would open the door to enough fixes to address most of my complaints.
* Battery life is solid. Putting it through the paces, it looks like I'll average about 16 hours on a charge for a regular day. That's really good for me -- mostly 4G (rarely wifi), a few hours of screen time, hundreds of emails a day, and both Gmail and corp mail set to push. Lot of fringe areas (when going into subways), and lot of RF congestion since I live in NYC. Going to take a while to get over my battery anxiety though -- still have a temptation to plug the phone into the wall whenever I'm idle. It would seem like those days are finally over for me.
* Size-wise this phone turns out to surprisingly similar in size and weight compared to my SGS3 with official Qi charging back. After 2 days of travel with it, I would say I haven't felt like I was carrying a bigger phone or a heavier phone.
* Still pissed about the email client being Motorola'd. Also turns out that because there isn't a proper Email.apk and Exchange.apk means I no longer have the ability to receive my corp mail messages on my Pebble smart watch. Need root to fix this, and wondering whether the Moto X will suffer the same fate or get a proper Exchange client.
* Camera is generally better than I would have thought, although zooming in at 100% shows the images are full of compression artifacts in ok light and indoor light. True low light is bad as expected, but the camera is still able to render shots in lighting that the SGS3 couldn't handle. Outside, the phone does extremely well. Happy with the quality.
* Having only 16:9 image shooting available is annoying. 3:2 is my preferred ratio. Motorola could have added a settings option for this.
* The backlit capacitive buttons are my least favorite thing about the phone. They don't shut off, ever, so watching videos and looking at photos in low light is not at all enjoyable. Which is a damn shame because...
* The screen quality is exceptional. I know 1080 would be even better, but it is still a meaningful improvement from my SGS3... so as long as I'm stepping up, I'm comfortable with this.
* The wireless charging acknowledgement noise is loud and obnoxious. I hate it, and I want it to go away.
* Soft-touch Kevlar back is super nice. No logos on the face of the phone, spectacularly nice.
Having fun with it overall, and definitely keeping it... it's a good product, and I think a simple root would open the door to enough fixes to address most of my complaints.
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