14 DAY TRIAL // Everyone’s had their say about Motorola’s new baby, the Moto X, and Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster is no exception. His take is that the handset doesn’t bring enough to the table to steal Apple’s show.
Munster admits that the Moto X brings some much needed innovation to the smartphone market, but also cautions that the new handset isn't “significantly different than [the Galaxy S4 and HTC One] to change the current market dynamics between Android and iPhone,” according to reports.
The phone boasts a few perks that customers will undoubtedly embrace, such as a constant-on listening mode, which enables users to control the device with their voice at all times.
As the YouTube video embedded below shows, the feature will work wonders for heavy sleepers.
Some new gesture controls are available with the Moto X, such as flicking your wrist to switch on the camera.
The phone has a powerful Snapdragon S4 Pro processor clocked at 1.7GHz (dual-core Krait CPU). The graphics component (GPU) is a quad-core Adreno 320. Moto X comes with 2GB RAM, twice the amount of memory found in the iPhone 5, and a 2,200mAh battery which promises a full day of power.
Also worth noting is that Motorola advertises its phone as being crafted in the United States. Moreover, customers are told they can choose to tailor their pre-ordered phone with some minor tweaks, including multiple color options.
While all these details sum up to be a nice touch on behalf of Motorola, Munster fears “the new handset will not be enough to pull users away from the iPhone, which is the top-selling device in the U.S,” according to AppleInsider.
Apple also intends to deploy a couple of new iPhones this fall, so the battlefield will soon even out.
