![]() ![]() They also produce less clipping when blasting tunes. When used for music, the speakers can crank out some serious volume - much more than they do for the speakerphone. The Moto X Pure Edition has stereo speakers. Ringers and alerts are loud enough to get your attention as long as you have the volume maxed out. Moreover, turning up the volume definitely distorts the speaker. It might suffice in an office with the door closed, but it wasn't loud enough for the car. The speakerphone was somewhat disappointing. I was able to hear calls at home and in the car with the volume set at about 75%, but I needed to turn it all the way up when walking around Manhattan or working in crowded coffee shops. The earpiece doesn't go quite as loud as I'd like, and when you turn it all the way up you may notice some distortion in the speaker. The majority of calls I took through the phone exhibited solid quality and reasonably good volume. Like so many handsets, the Moto X Pure Edition is a good voice phone, but not a great one. They were more than adequate for streaming tunes via Spotify, catching up on YouTube videos, and of course sending email, updating Facebook, and downloading apps. I was pleased with data speeds across the board. The Moto X Pure Edition was always able to make and receive calls and never missed any - even when speeding down the highway. The phone dipped to 3G (HSPA+) a couple of times, but only in poor coverage areas. The Moto X latched onto AT&T's 4G LTE service everywhere I took it in the greater New York City area. It's compatible with the networks run by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and others in the U.S. ![]() It supports a wide range of LTE bands, in addition to GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, and CDMA. The Moto X Pure Edition comes in a single variant. The Moto X has a really good screen, but it doesn't match that of the Galaxy Note 5, which has the same size/resolution and better brightness/viewing angles. This could be an issue when showing a friend a funny video, for example. The panel has a pretty steep brightness drop when tilted even just a little bit. Brightness is good when cranked all the way up, though I found the auto-brightness setting a bit fussy (read: it wasn't quick enough to make the screen brighter when outdoors.) My biggest complaint concerns the poor viewing angles. Everything pops on the screen it's truly impressive how clear text, pictures, and other content renders on the panel. You can't ask for a (much) sharper display. The Moto X Pure Edition has a 5.7-inch LCD display with quad HD (2560 x 1440p) resolution. It may not have the high-end appeal of some competing phones, but the comfortable feel and flexible design options give it something others don't offer. Overall, I dig the Moto X Pure Edition design. The camera is at the top of the strip, with the two-tone flash and indented "M" logo below it. The camera is now integrated into a metal strip on the back surface that measures perhaps two inches long. It's still a big-ish phone, and some people may find it to be too big for daily use, but I was pleased with the phone's usability. I found the X was far more comfortable to carry around and use on a daily basis than similar-sized handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ and iPhone 6s Plus. These help the phone sit better in your hand and in your pocket. The corners are nicely rounded and the phone is significantly thinner at the side edges than it is in the middle. The color schemes may vary, but the shape of the phone is the same no matter how you choose to customize the Moto X. (Unlike the original Moto X - which was customized at a plant in Texas in just four days - the Moto X Pure Edition is assembled-to-order in China and requires at least 7-10 days turnaround time.) Motorola allowed us to design our own review unit, so we went with a white face with silver frame, black leather rear shell, and silver accents to match the frame. Lastly, users can opt to engrave the rear shell and select a custom boot-screen greeting. The accents (camera module on the back, speaker bars on the front) can be given one of seven colors. The rear shell can be made of plastic, wood, or leather, with multiple options available for each material. The front face and aluminum frame combinations are available in three pairs: white/silver, white/champagne, and black/dark gray. Via Moto Maker, people can design their own Moto X Pure Edition. (The 2015 Moto X absolutely dwarfs the 2013 Moto X.) Thankfully, Motorola carried over some of the best characteristics, such as the rounded rear surface, tapered edges, and customizable designs. It weighs in at 6.31 ounces, which is a 1.23-ounce increase over the 2014 model. This year's Moto X is decidedly bigger than last year's, but at least it is not as large as the Motorola Nexus 6. ![]()
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