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  • The moto x 2014 had the twist twice for camera already even in kit Kat. It works the same in lollipop. So, I don’t know what the big deal is?

  • Or just pull your flashlight out of your pocket. Phones are for calling, flashlights are for illuminating. Besides, my edc flashlight blows away any phone light for way cheaper than the cheapest phone 🙂

    • Not everyone wants to carry a phone, flashlight, and camera for that matter everywhere they go. Its about convenience. Bland argument.

  • Ha ha ha….. Clap On, Clap Off….. The Clapper…..

    ( I know, shows my age)….

    • Not really, they’re still making that thing; the commercials actually sell it against “smart” devices for its simplicity… can’t say that I disagree with them.

  • Kinda lame how people in the soak test are leaking info. It will probably ruin it for those that did not leak info.

  • I doubt it will require enough force to split a log, so I don’t think Moto Xs will be flying out of peoples hands.

      • But Motorola needs to keep updating and improving it more. The camera is really bad 🙁

      • Do you know off hand if the update changes the phone icon? I know this may sound silly but on my Verizon Moto X, the phone application is the lollipop version but the icon is still the JellyBean icon and it drives me up a wall when I use a launcher that doesn’t allow for customizing icons (i.e. the GEL launcher).

  • UGH, STOP MAKING US SHAKE OUR PHONES AROUND. No one wants this, and it’s not useful…it’ll just cause people to throw their phones onto the ground. My phone has the much smarter option where if I press both volume up and down at the same time, the flashlight toggles (when the screen is off and phone is locked). That’s a superior option imo, and in no way causes me to fling my phone across the room.

    • I disagree completely… i always use the “double twist” action to activate my camera immediately on my Turbo… and i always use a flashlight app that automatically turns on with a double shake… I’ve also never flung my phone across the room…

    • I like the sound of it. I use the wrist twist to activate my camera all the time. Looking forward to more added value from Moto. I guess that means at least one person wants this.

    • These movement actions are optional, you’re not being forced to use them.

    • “No one wants this, and it’s not useful”? Disagree. You don’t have to fling your arm as hard as you can to activate it like you’re trying to break a stack of bricks in half. It’s just a gesture. I use the double twist for camera on my Moto X all the time and it’s really handy and works very well. Your opinion is your opinion, but I believe that many people who actually own a Moto phone like the gestures. My wife and I both have Moto X’s (2nd gen) and we like them. Same with our half dozen other friends who own Moto phones. I’m sure that some people don’t like the gestures, but if that’s not your cup of tea then you certainly don’t have to use them. Just turn them off.

    • I really hope you are just trolling, as I would rather be baited into responding to a troll than an idiot. In the dark it would be MUCH easier to shake the phone than to position it the right way so I can press both volume buttons correctly. Moto is not FORCING you to do anything. In fact, you can turn it off completely! Whoa!?!?! Revolutionary!

      Also, who made you the voice of the free world?

    • it’s an inferior option because it’s not easy to press both buttons at the same time. If it works like the camera twist, even a slow chop will activate it.

  • I’ve been activating my (flash)light with a double-tap on my homescreen thanks to Nova and TeslaLED (Droid Turbo, KitKat). I wonder if it’ll have that shortcut too? The double-twist to get to camera is pretty nice.

  • Ron: … and my next phone will be an iPhone…. But check out this amazing Moto X Chop To Launch Flashlight Feature!

    /Am I too late?

  • My Nexus 6 is kinda jelly of these moto x features… Wish I could just install the Moto X app, camera and gallery…

      • Not what I said. I’m glad it’s a Nexus, that’s why I bought it.

        It is essentially the moto x’s big brother, am I not allowed to wish that Motorola would make it’s awesome apps installable on the Nexus 6 also?

        • Well, Motorola’s special features are all that separate the “Moto Skin” from pure Android. And the vast majority, if not all, of them have to be integrated at the system level, built into the ROM, to function.

          So yes, I think you and I both would like the Nexus 6 a lot better off it wasn’t a Nexus.

          • Hmmm, now that I think about it, you’re right! Like you say, Moto’s devices are essentially pure Android, if this Nexus 6 was instead a Moto X+ or something, I would probably like it better. Seeing as I’m still sitting on 5.0.1 and my wife’s Moto X might get 5.1 before me!!!

          • If you really need to win the race, push the OTA (over the air) file manually to the device using adb. Literally the same thing as waiting for Google to push the update to you just without the waiting. Search the site for 5.1 OTA and there is a link at the bottom with the ota file and at the very bottom with the instructions on how to do it. No reason not to since you don’t need an unlocked bootloader or lose any of your data.

          • Part of me wants to see how long it actually takes to get 5.1 without intervening, but the other part of me can’t find the ota build “e” to save my life! Factory image, yes. Ota? Not so much… I’m on Verizon and I’m thinking that’s the build I should get. But what build will I get if I wait for Goog to push it? The curiosity is killing me!!! Lol

      • Kinda wish I stuck with Moto X instead of Nexus 6. Moto Display 100x better than Ambient Display.
        Moto Nexus 6 is great but overall I think the Moto X is a better phone.

    • I want the gallery. I hate hate hate the stock Photos app.

      I would also like Samsung’s camera app. That’s the one thing from Touchwiz that I miss(well, that and multi-window). There is nothing wrong with the stock camera, but it doesn’t have a lot of features and the menu system kinda sucks.

      Overall, very happy with it and I love the stock apps otherwise. If we could install Moto apps, it would make it that much better.

  • “Baxter is that you?!?! Bark twice if you’re in Milwaukee!”

    That’s what comes to mind for me.

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