Android Central: Moto X Pure Edition: A second opinion

mardi 6 octobre 2015

Moto X Pure Edition: A second opinion

Despite two massive changes in ownership, Motorola's core offering remains powerful and unique.

It's been a rough couple of years for Motorola. Through several significant changes in ownership and a whole lot of shuffling around happening at the lower levels of management, the company has maintained a line of phones that sit just shy of amazing in their overall execution. The original Moto X was a nearly flawless execution of software and form factor with a "good enough" battery and a less than great camera. Its successor blew open the doors of customization and increased the size, but a failure to deliver on a fingerprint sensor and another mediocre camera left a great phone feeling somewhat lacking.

The Moto X Pure Edition is the third attempt to pull together all of Motorola's fantastic software ideas into a hardware package that is both compelling and functional, only instead of gunning for the top spot on the charts the company is aiming squarely at the budget market. Phil reviewed it, and I've been exploring the phone right alongside him. As a huge fan of the last two offerings who had moved on to lesser experiences with amazing cameras and outstanding craftsmanship, Motorola needed to be more than cheaper to hold my attention for particularly long.

It's been nearly three weeks, and even though I'm surrounded by all of the fantastic phones we've seen so far this year the Moto X Pure Edition is still the phone I reach for.