Picked one up today (Canada)!

[anon(4196132)]

Some more shots taken with the X, to try and get across how it looks in different situations.

Inside in the morning, in a deeply shaded room. No flash.

Inside in the morning, in a deeply shaded room. First image without flash, second with flash.

Shots in good sunlight:

And here's one that shows how, sometimes, the colouring just goes really screwy:

 

[Paisley]

Some more shots taken with the X, to try and get across how it looks in different situations.

Thank you so much for doing this.

This matches exactly what has been said in almost every review. Trouble in different lighting, and very hit or miss, takes a few shots to get a good shot. I'll live. I never take pics of people, only houseware i want to buy and then pics of the pup.

Your cat is so cool. I've always wanted a long-hair cat. She/he is gorgeous.

 

[anon(4196132)]

Thank you so much for doing this.

This matches exactly what has been said in almost every review. Trouble in different lighting, and very hit or miss, takes a few shots to get a good shot. I'll live. I never take pics of people, only houseware i want to buy and then pics of the pup.

Your cat is so cool. I've always wanted a long-hair cat. She/he is gorgeous.

Ha - thanks. The orange one (Prada) always poses well. The other, Snowball, is a little more camera shy most days.

I'll probably post other pictures, at other times of the day, just to give an idea of what it's like to shoot with it under different lighting conditions.

One thing to note is that the camera shoots FAST. And not just one shot: I routinely am snapping 2-4 and then just choosing the best of the lot. It's a nice experience, and the ability to rapidly capture a set of images is also pretty great if you share images through Google+ as .gifs.

 

[Strawdawg]

Damn, thought I was in Red Deer for a moment....

One would think the color aberrations could be fixed if Motorola wanted to. I guess the question is If.

If the phone is in your pocket and you pull it out, will it come to life just as if it were laying face down on the table? this leaving the phone on the table is an alien concept to me

 

[anon(4196132)]

If the phone is in your pocket and you pull it out, will it come to life just as if it were laying face down on the table? this leaving the phone on the table is an alien concept to me

Yeah, if you pull it out it's just like you flipped it over on a table.

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[princesultan]

i think maybe you got a lucky break with the pricing and the mail in rebate. from what i'm hearing is that it's 239$ - 50$ mail in rebate with rogers, bringing it to 189$. i spoke to a few rogers stores and they both told me this.

 

[rajeshr68]

Some more shots taken with the X, to try and get across how it looks in different situations.

Just curious - do you work @ UVic? Is that a picture of the engineering building?

 

[anon(4196132)]

Just curious - do you work @ UVic? Is that a picture of the engineering building?

I'm a graduate researcher (almost done! Dissertation sent in for defence by Sept 4th!), but not in engineering. That is, indeed, a picture of the engineering building.

 

[anon(4196132)]

i think maybe you got a lucky break with the pricing and the mail in rebate. from what i'm hearing is that it's 239$ - 50$ mail in rebate with rogers, bringing it to 189$. i spoke to a few rogers stores and they both told me this.

Interesting. The Moto wasn't in the database when I picked mine up, so the guy sold it to me at $189.99 based on Rogers' advertised price. That amount is in the written contract I have, so it's a solidified price in my case.

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[JungleLarry]

Some more shots taken with the X, to try and get across how it looks in different situations.
http://i.imgur.com/Zp9nLCn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iyNwPSK.jpg

Holy cow. These are shockingly bad.

 

[rajeshr68]

i think maybe you got a lucky break with the pricing and the mail in rebate. from what i'm hearing is that it's 239$ - 50$ mail in rebate with rogers, bringing it to 189$. i spoke to a few rogers stores and they both told me this.

It was in the Future Shop system for $169.99 (an extra $20 off the regular price) - no rebates or anything else. Additionally, the Rogers folks have told me the month to month pricing is $549 and the device subsidy is $360, which lends credence to the $189 price for the two year contract.

 

[rajeshr68]

Holy cow. These are shockingly bad.

I think we can forget about low light photography here!

 

[jephanie]

My Gnex can get so hot that you could cook an egg on it. How does the X do? Are the radios good enough to avoid the heat issue?

 

[rajeshr68]

My Gnex can get so hot that you could cook an egg on it. How does the X do? Are the radios good enough to avoid the heat issue?

Cool as a cucumber, but I've just used it normally. Haven't tried any games that could heat up the cpu/gpu.

 

[JungleLarry]

I think we can forget about low light photography here!

Now, I'm not one to place too much emphasis on a phone's photographic abilities since I have cameras I use for that sort of thing, but if that doesn't get sorted out through a software update by the time I'm ready to buy a phone I might have to skip over the Moto X. I mean, I don't need it to be dSLR quality, but it should at least be competent. That's just unacceptable.

 

[Paisley]

Now, I'm not one to place too much emphasis on a phone's photographic abilities since I have cameras I use for that sort of thing, but if that doesn't get sorted out through a software update by the time I'm ready to buy a phone I might have to skip over the Moto X. I mean, I don't need it to be dSLR quality, but it should at least be competent. That's just unacceptable.

they're pretty woeful. The one of the cat is like one of those watercolor filters in photoshop.

 

[anon(4196132)]

A couple more images. This time, inside with overhead lights, with natural daylight coming in through the windows. (Ed. I chose those particular shots to indicate both different behaviour in different lighting profiles, as well as how the camera deals with multiple colors and often fine details (i.e. writing) )

 

[Paisley]

Can i ask you a favor? Could you resize the tea photo to about 800 pixels height?

 

[anon(4196132)]

Can i ask you a favor? Could you resize the tea photo to about 800 pixels height?

done

 

[Astrotrain00]

The screen is fine in sunlight - it washes out a bit, but I've seen a lot worse. And as for battery life (after three days), it does not seem as good as the claims I've seen from Motorola. I pulled it off the charger at 5:30am yesterday and by 7:00pm, it was down to about 30%. This was with moderate usage - no streaming videos/music, only one phone call for a few minutes and about two dozen emails received and a few answered. This is just slightly worse than my GS4, but I hope that it gets better over the next few days. As expected, the screen is the biggest battery hog but I see the Android OS as the other big hog. The screen was at 44%, while the Android OS was 33% - not sure if there's anything running in the background (other than my email). I'll install a battery stats app and see what's up.

Any sunlight comparison to the HTC One or SG4? I'm coming from GNex so they're all better (I assume). More curious than anything.