my first impression is this is the baddest phone in the land. it is the largest phone i have ever owned and i have no issues whatsoever with one handed usage. what has surprised me the most is the crater. it was the one reason i was shooting the middle finger towards moto. and it has turned out to be the one thing i love the most.
all of the crap last year about the dimple in the back and how everyone loved it for their finger blah blah blah was something that i never understood. my finger alwasy rested on the camera. now... my finger sits in this huge bowl. it does not want to slip out of that bowl either. every single time i pic up the phone my finger is sitting exactly where it needs to be. i absolutely love it. and pictures around the web don't do this phone justice at all. this thing is gorgeous.
signal strength - i have been switching the sim card in and out of my old x to test the new antennas. so far so good. the new moto is anywhere from 3% to 10% better depending on the scenario.