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Moto 360 review

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Motorola's Moto 360 smartwatch proves that wearables can be as fashionable as Android Wear is functional, making it the first Google-powered watch worth owning.</div>
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Its circular watch face takes cues from stylish designer wristwatches with analog tickers, not square-shaped smartwatches. The very computerized-lookingSamsung Gear Live and LG G Watch are no match for what Motorola has up its sleeve.</div>
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Moto 360 is appropriately just in time too. While the company originally scheduled to have it ready for a summer release date, this ambitious watch is launching a little later than expected: today in the US and early October in the UK.</div>
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That's less than a week before Apple is expected to preview the iWatch along with the iPhone 6 and the same week that LG has put is round LG G Watch into production.</div>
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Wearable early adopters, however, can hardly say no to the long-awaited Moto 360, especially for the price. It's $249 in the US and £199 in the UK (about AU$267). That's only a little more expensive than the extremely limited Android Wear smartwatch pickings that just can't compare to Moto 360's stylish design.</div>
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From day one of Android Wear, Moto 360 has been all about its unique circular display, an enterprising move by the reborn Motorola. Now we finally know the official specs that go along with the mysterious round screen.</div>
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It clocks in with a 1.56-inch LCD protected by Gorilla Glass 3. That's not the fancy OLED screen that some people were hoping for, but it's a better trade-off given the on-point price. And the backlit LCD technology looks solid nonetheless.</div>
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Filling that circle is 205 pixels per inch with a 320 x 290 resolution. That's roughly the same resolution as the smaller Gear Live but fewer pixels vs Samsung's 278ppi. The difference is noticeable in any side-by-side comparison, but for once it's not about what's inside the watch face that counts as much as it's about the outer design.</div>
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The Moto 360 watch frame is stainless steel, eschewing earlier rumors that is might go the cheaper route of substituting in plastic to reduce the price. Matching that quality is genuine leather straps by the Chicago-based tanner Horween, known for making NFL footballs. It really contrasts with the tacky plastic housing and rubber straps found on the Gear Live and G Watch.</div>
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Motorola is making the leather straps available with its smartwatch today in the US and at launch in the UK. The first colors being introduced are gray leather and black leather. That doesn't mean you won't be able to upgrade to the metal bands when Motorola launches those, for a slightly higher price, at a later date.</div>
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Even with the premium materials on-board, the Moto 360 weighs 49g (1.7 oz). That's actually lighter than both the Samsung Gear Live 59g (2.1oz) and LG G Watch 64g (2.2oz). Motorola still packs in comparable specs on the inside too.</div>
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Specs</h3>
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There's a Texas Instruments OMAP 3 processor making this digital smartwatch tick, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. It connects to Android smartphones running Android 4.3, Android 4.4 and the Android L beta through the Android Wear app and Bluetooth 4.0.</div>
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Moto 360 has one physical button unlike the buttonless LG G Watch, which turns the display on and off. It's an alternative method of doing the same by tapping the screen to turn it on and palming the entire display to quickly turn it off.</div>
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It crosses over from smartwatch to fitness band with health-motivating features like a pedometer inside and an optical heart-rate monitor on back. It can be worn all day, even in wet conditions thanks to its IP67 water resistance rating. It can go a depth of 1 meter for about 30 minutes before you run into trouble.</div>
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The Moto 360 battery life gets about a day per charge thanks to a 320mAh battery. It's bigger than the Samsung Gear Live battery of 300mAh, but smaller than the LG G Watch 400mAh battery, but it gets the job done as long as you charge it nightly. Pebble Steel and the original Pebble remain the smartwatch kings of longevity.</div>
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At least there's a novel way to recharge the Moto 360. It comes with a Qi charging dock that is perfect for resting on a nightstand. It dims the display so that you can get to sleep, but also see the time as you sleep away into a dream.</div>
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It doesn't have the more practical micro USB port that the newly announced Sony Smartwatch 3 is going to have, but the Moto 360 charging method is much more futuristic and cool. That better fits the stylishing theme that Motorola is going for with its watch.</div>
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We've had about 12 hours time with the final Moto 360 smartwatch and haven't taken it off yet. The battery is holding steady after using multiple Android Wear apps on it and, more importantly, we fancy the circular design. The cut-off at the bottom of the smartwatch that houses the screen tech doesn't bother us either. It actually pushes the pixels out to the edges of the smartwatch screen with a nice effect. If you've been holding out on Google new smartwatches, Moto 360 has finally started ticking and the Apple iWatch has some serious competition before its expected unveiling next week.</div>
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Moto 360 review

Motorola's Moto 360 smartwatch proves that wearables can be as fashionable as Android Wear is functional, making it the first Google-p...

Moto X (Gen 2) Available With Up to Rs. 6,000 Discount on Flipkart

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Motorola and
 Flipkart, the exclusive online partner of the Lenovo-owned company in 
India, have introduced a new exchange offer for users who wish to buy 
the company's latest Moto X (Gen 2) handset at a discount.<br />
With 
the Motorola Moto X (Gen 2) exchange offer, users can get a discount of 
up to Rs. 6,000 depending on the handset they put up for exchange, thus 
making the smartphone available for as little as Rs. 25,999 compared to 
its Rs. 31,999 listing price on Flipkart.<br />
To avail the offer, users have to visit the Flipkart listing page
 for the Moto X (Gen 2), and fill in information like brand, model 
number and IMEI number of their old handsets to learn the discount they 
can avail with the exchange. Notably, the exchange offer is valid on 
select devices only.<br />
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 the online purchase process is completed, users can handover their old 
handset in working condition to the field executive at the time of 
delivery of Moto X (Gen 2). Also, only one device can be exchanged for a
 single purchase of Moto X (Gen 2).
 However, Flipkart has also added that the old handset the user is 
exchanging for the new smartphone will not be shipped back to them in 
case they return the Moto X (Gen 2) handset later.<br />
Motorola had unveiled the Moto X (Gen 2) globally at an event in India in September.<br />
The Moto X (Gen 2) ships with Android
 4.4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box, and is available in two storage size 
variants - 16GB and 32GB - with no expandability via microSD card slot. 
It features a 5.2-inch (1080x1920 pixel) OLED display with a pixel 
density of 423ppi, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.<br />
The 
handset is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 
(MSM8974-AC) processor, coupled with 2GB of RAM. The Moto X (Gen 2) 
comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with a f/2.25 lens with 4K video 
recording and dual-LED ring flash, as well a 2-megapixel front-facing 
camera capable of 1080p video recording. It is powered by a 2300mAh 
battery.<br />
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Moto X (Gen 2) Available With Up to Rs. 6,000 Discount on Flipkart

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It was August of 2013 when Motorola released its first all-new phone under the stewardship of Google, and the Moto X caused quite a stir.</div>
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While the Nexus line of phones was always meant to be the showcase for Google's vision of the ultimate Android device, it felt like with Motorola it could show how influence rather than control would bring out the inner beauty of Android.</div>
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Five months on Motorolafinally gave the first progeny of its relationship with Google a wider release, so here it is on official UK release: the Moto X.</div>
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Without a doubt, one of the most widely discussed and generally lauded phones of the second half of 2013 has arrived, but how does it fare today in the ever-evolving smartphone market?</div>
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When it was first announced, there was an almost audible intake of breath as it became clear that Motorola was going to try and sell a phone with apparently mid-range specs at a high-end price.</div>
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However, this did something of a disservice to the overall aims Motorola had for the Moto X. It is not a device that cares about specs, it is all about the experience.</div>
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In the US, Motorola launched a novel concept called Moto Maker, which allows you to customise the look of your phone.</div>
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It is quite possible to get a white fronted, pink backed Moto X with blue buttons and a custom engraving too. Unfortunately, Moto Maker hasn't found its way to the UK - although it is tipped to arrive in March 2014.</div>
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This bold gamble does not appear to has paid dividends for Motorola with the Moto X, evidenced by its numerous price drops in the US.</div>
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Considering the track record, it's a little bit of a surprise that Motorola is bringing the Moto X in at a relatively high recommended retail price point of £389.</div>
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Considering the price of the better-specified and larger screened Nexus 5 is just £299, you have to wonder if this makes sense.</div>
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The pricing of the Moto X on contract puts it in a similar category to the HTC One Mini and Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, not quite the lofty comparisons that Motorola would want us to be making.</div>
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Pricing is not the only issue for the Moto X: it simply does not have high-end specs any more. The beating heart of the phone is essentially a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset backed by 2GB of RAM.</div>
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Compared to today's quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 rival, this is a little lacking, and definitely puts it in the mid-range, at least on paper.</div>
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A 2200mAh battery is sealed inside the body and there is no microSD expansion so the standard 16GB model - what you get for the £389 recommended asking price – will have to do. Motorola has not said whether it will bring the 32GB model to the UK.</div>
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The basic layout of the Moto X is highly conventional, with a microUSB port at the bottom, power and volume rocker buttons on the right and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack up top.</div>
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Talking of those buttons, they are really well sited. Lots of phones have their buttons in terribly inaccessible positions or just out of natural reach. Motorola has got this right on the Moto X, and made buttons that are responsive to use.</div>
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What is less usual is the SIM tray on the left side of the phone which holds the rarely used nano-sized SIM.</div>
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Given that the only other mainstream phones using a nano SIM today are the iPhone 5S and 5C, that might give you a clue as to which type of user Motorola is targeting here.</div>
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In the UK the Motorola Moto X is currently available in the white I had to review and black. I prefer the Moto X in black though, as the white highlights the major flaw in the industrial design that Motorola has employed.</div>
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There is a visible seam round the sides of the Moto X and the white plastic used to frame the screen is of a different shade to the white back. The white bezels around the screen, which sit behind glass, are of a third shade, making the front look a little messy.</div>
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Overall though, this is a very well designed and constructed phone and definitely has a premium enough feel to justify its price - even if there are some concerns about what is on the inside.</div>
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The Moto X blends into the background quite nicely most of the time, and the screen takes up the vast majority of the front, which is a great achievement.</div>
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Couple that with a rubberized rear plate which slightly hugs the side of the handset too, and the Moto G fits comfortably in the palm, providing a decent level of grip.</div>
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The Moto G features a water repellent coating which means you'll be able to whip it out in the rain without fear of a short circuit, but it is not waterproof - so no jumping in the pool with it.</div>
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You can even take the rear cover off and swap it for a different color, which Motorola is pushing as a big customizable feature of the phone. In reality however it just reminds us of our Nokia 3310.</div>
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Sure, changing covers is fun for all of five minutes, but the novelty soon wears off. Not to mention the back cover is also pretty tricky to remove - you need to really dig your nails in at the base of the handset to get it free.In fact, so much strength needs to be employed to free the cover from the Moto G we feared on more than one occasion that the thin plastic would snap - thankfully it never did.</div>
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Motorola did make a point that the younger generation like the ability to "customize" their handsets and this particular feature, along with the rock bottom price, reinforces the Moto G's credentials as a handset which may land in the laps of many teenagers.</div>
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The left side of the Moto G is devoid of any features, while the top of the handset only sports a centralized headphone jack. Both the power/lock key and volume rocker switch are located on the right of the G and these are easy to reach and responsive to the press.</div>
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On the base is a microUSB port, while under the removable cover is a microSIM port - but no microSD slot. That means if you want to expand the onboard storage you'll have to take to the cloud.</div>
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The 2070mAh non-removable battery housed inside the Moto G is claimed to give you all day battery life, and we put that to the test - skip ahead to our battery life and connectivity section to see how it got on.</div>
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The Moto G comes with a 4.5-inch, 1280 x 720 display and boasts a 329ppi pixel density. To put that in some perspective that's a bigger, higher resolution and more defined display than the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/iphone-5s-1179315/review" sl-processed="1" style="color: #0099cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">iPhone 5S</a> - not bad for a handset which is a third of the price.</div>
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Of course a HD display isn't the only key factor in a smartphone, but Motorola has managed to equip the Moto G with a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and 1GB of RAM.</div>
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In terms of specs then the Moto G is actually giving the HTC One Mini,Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and Nokia Lumia 820 a run for their mid-range, dual-core money - and once again the screen is bigger than these rivals. The Motorola handset even beats the Samsung and Nokia when it comes to resolution.</div>
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The camera on the rear of the Moto G is only 5MP and this is trumped by the S4 Mini and Lumia 820 and their 8MP snappers.</div>
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All in all the Moto G finds itself in no-mans land, with a complete disconnect between its price and spec list. This, of course, isn't a bad thing and on paper it offers outstanding value for money.</div>
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