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  • This phone is clearly just a Nexus “competitor” for Android purists. “Just” may be the wrong word, but there are going to be a lot of disappointed people on Thursday–hopefully that isn’t the case though.

  • Am I the only one more interested in why he’s doing the Vulcan hand signal?

    That is a spectacular shade of green though…

  • Looks like he’s taking a selfie.

    WAYYY too much hype for this phone…but nevertheless, I’m excited. 🙂

    EDIT: Should try zooming in at the laps of the other two, they certainly DO look like black and white Moto X devices from what I can see…

  • I hope the pillows in one of the other photos are a sneaky tease for color options. I want an orange or dark blue phone!

  • This may be the first device I buy and don’t immediately flash a custom rom on lol. Well done thus far, Moto.

  • If the rumors are right on the specs then for the first time I AM GOING TO HATE GOOGLE. I mean, OH-MY-GOD, Google what have you done to Motorola??!! Motorola is so great in engineering both in tech and in form factor (Yes! Remember StarTAC? Remember RAZR? Even the Maxx HD is amazing!). They are one of the pioneering and innovating leaders in telecommunications. And this is the best that Google can offer?? This is an insult to the legacy of Motorola! It felt like Motorola is being trampled to trash. If I’m an engineer in Motorola – I’D WALK OUT!!

    And even without mentioning Motorola, the fantasy that we built on Moto X for the past year where we set its standard so high has just been dampened so bad that a lot of people will be angry and frustrated. I AM ANGRY!

  • Think we will be able to buy this phone on the Play Store or will we have to get thru our carrier?

  • is it just me or does it look like he’s posing the phone for this picture?

  • is anyone else concerned with pricing? I’m trying to buy off contact on VZW to preserve unlimited data but im not going past $300

    • i have seen prices rumored anywhere from $200 up to $400. lets be real here, this is a mid range phone with last years specs. that coupled with all the Hype, i have a feeling this will land right in the middle. $300 for 16GB non expandable.

        • i hope it lands at $200. that would be low enough for me to ditch my Gnex and not feel bad about it 🙂 but I have a feeling $300 is the number

    • I’m not going to lie – I’m not worried about pricing. After seeing Verizon and Motorola price the new DROIDs as if they are flagships, I’d imagine this phone will be similar.

  • Any word yet on whether it’s just the backs that are customizable or can we choose front plates too? At this point I’m not sure front is gonna happen considering that whole “magic glass” thing that just leaked – customizable fronts seems like it would be a manufacturing headache with such a feature. Hope I’m wrong though. Would like to be able to mix up front/back colors.

    • yeah, Front color is probably going to be the same from day 1…wont be able to change the glass. but i am assuming the back just kinda pops off and you can replace it with any color you want. i would go black front, and that teal/blue back.

    • I haven’t really liked any of the leaked colors so far. Good thing it looks great in black and white though.

  • I hate to post again about looking into a Moto X picture but…anyone notice the blue, burnt orange, and purple pillows?
    Also, what’s in the right hand of the guy in the middle? Looks like the same burnt orange as the pillow. Don’t tell me it’s a beer, his hand is too tightly closed or he’d be crushing the cup.

    • The guy in the middle is holding a Coca-Cola can. You can see the curly ‘C’

  • If this was any movie you could say “enhance”… “enhance again” and have a crystal clear photo of all three phones.

  • So is there still another “Super” Moto X phone coming later this year?

    Bionic?

    Kellex?

    Is this thing on?

    • I would like to know too. Right now I am looking at this Moto X and the LG G2 (rumored coming to VZW).

    • I’ll let Bionic and Sarge handle those stories. 😛

      Not sure I can see Moto going all out on the Moto X only to turn around and release another phone a couple of months later.

      • Since when has ANY of the Droid-Life crew shied away from the opportunity to ‘hypebeast’? haha

      • From a business perspective, I agree. The trouble is that Motorola hasn’t always made business sense to many people with product release cycles.

        The rumors since spring have pointed toward another Moto X style super phone around the fallholiday season with specs that were more “flagship” quality.

        I’ve always loved HTC products, even though many here have extremely varied opinions. I’m considering the One but I just really don’t care for the Flipboard style interface as I’m a far more business user than anything socialpersonal.

        Truth revealed: Kellex moonlighting as Sarge! No hypebeasting!?! isn’t hypebeasting.com redirected to DL.com?!? 😉

      • I really don’t understand how they are going all out on this device …

        🙁

    • Motorola really wants the moto x to succeed so don’t expect a better device till at least nearing the holiday season.

      • Rumors are saying the X won’t even be available until October. That’s honestly not that far from the holiday season. To spend $500M on advertising on the X, and then to turn around and bring out another better device just before the holidays… good grief. I don’t think I could come up with a better way to drive my own marketing staff crazy.

        • What kind of rumors are you reading this phone will be out toward the end of august.

          • I recalled Motorola’s CEO saying it was launching in October. But upon reviewing the articles from which I got this information, it seems a number of them were updated to clarify that the phone was launching this summer, and not in October, as initially indicated. My bad! 🙂

  • i’m hoping they immediately release rather than wait til the end of the month. i’m ready to part ways with my bionic.

    • same. i just switched back to my bionic from horrible gs3. IMO its a far better phone than the gs3. But I need something younger with a little more energy!

  • Anyone think there is any truth to the rumors that it is shipping to carriers today and will be available right after the announcement on Thursday?

    • Seems way too soon to me. Press briefings are Thursday. They tend to give press at least a week or so to review them. I sort of doubt they are going to let the press see the phone for an hour and then just push it to stores the next day, which is a Friday. They’ll hype it up for a couple of weeks.

      • What. The leakfest/hypebeast isn’t enough marketing? Judging by the chromecast I’m pretty sure they can sell it out without your help 😉 Of course I think you’re right. Just playing devil’s advocate.

    • I just want Verizon to get this phone the same day as the other carriers. Maybe that’s too much to ask for though.

      • I’ll probably get it at soon as it comes out. When YOU get it is another story.

        • I thought we had this discussion, you never break character! Think evil thoughts!

          • He didn’t break character. Verizon will have it from day one, when they release it to the rest of us is a different story.

  • Do we know if it’s a one time customization, or will we be able to buy a bunch a different shells and switch them out?

  • I am genuinely excited for this phone.. First time I’ve been excited for a phone since my Eris back in the day.. Yes, even over the Galaxy line..

      • Excited about the Droid Eris?!? That had to be hard to admit. I am proud of you though for your admission.

        • Seriously the eris, that was the one with the funky track ball that made navigation and games impossible right?

    • me too. i have wanted a Stock Android device for ever and never got one but hopefully they make a 32GB model of this. i hope this phone gets fast updates like a nexus would.

      • With all of the gimmicky ‘screen notifications’ I don’t think this will be stock Android.

        • It’s very, very close to stock Android. Close enough to allow fast release cycles, especially now with the rebranding as a Google company, and minor enough that the appearance and feel is identical. It’s Stock+.

        • What’s gimmicky about information dense notifications while the device is idle? That seems like a genuinely useful addition. It’s not waving your hand over the screen for the sake of not having to touch it.

  • I kinda want one in that highlighter yellow / volt color that Nike is putting on their merchandise, just to be that guy.

  • I like the beer colored one, I wonder if verizon will push updates to it so it’s always full

  • Well that’s gonna be hard to have that and sneak pics of hot girls at the mall

  • I want to see if you can do that engraving thing like it was said a few weeks ago

  • Pretty cool, but I’ll be happy with a white or black one on Verizon. Hopefully soon!

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