so the infrared is also always on right? otherwise how to activate the moto display. but really infrared to activate the moto display is kinda gimmick. now with moto x (old) can activate moto display by just nudging the phone. nudging is not so much more effort than waving. so nothing special. waving at the phone during phone calls or alarm is something good though

If the phone is under your pillow when alarm goes off, will it still emit sound? Referring to infrared sensors

I know. But that is not the question.

one problem with the old moto x is that the always listening goes off at very embarassing times. when i do a presentation, it goes off. then of course i ignore, but it persist to say "sorry, i didn't get you, please say that again", to the surprise of my audience. so far that happened twice. I hope with the new moto x, with extra 1 mic (total=4 mics), moto don't make that mistake anymore. i understand if it is not perfect the first time, but perfect it you must! no excuses this time moto!

I am very critical, coz i love my moto for what it visions to be.

Of course not. I even retrain it thinking that retraining will solve it. But it's not that bad. Only happens when I'm doing presentations.

The Moto assist silence phone during meetings. But always listening still active unless u disable touchless control. And when it hears the cue it talks to u. Anyway in case I hurt any Moto fans here, to qualify it happened not too frequently to make it a big issue but still it's embarrassing.

I am pretty sure moto has improved the voice recognition this time round. What other reason they increased the microphone count from 3 to 4? surely is to allow zooming into your voice so that it is clearly received . 4 mics is lots of input. individual voice recognition is not easy, that is why other phones don't like to go that path.

This post has been edited by ramz: Sep 8 2014, 02:23 PM

the thing i really love about the moto x line is the active notification (moto display). really a time saver time and time again. imagine my phone before, which is an s3.

when i look at my s3, i see there is a message from the led light, but i don't know the message. so i must press the power button. then slide to unlock to go to the home page, then swipe down the notification bar to see my message. then maybe double finger the message to see more of the message. so many steps.

with moto x, i see the message icon, i press it, then read the message. done.

yeap. but moto is build with active notification in mind.

so u get:
1. better power management for your 'always on' display
2. better power management, using the x8 chip for this very purpose.
3. no need to root and install bunch of technical mumbo jumbo
4. AMOLED display, again for better power management, coz only need to power the lighted pixels.

really? how?

proximity sensor?

How's the battery consumption?

Moto x always been an executive phone. Like me. Executives always work near power points so it never bothered them . As long it gives me full working hours battery is fine. But for people working at the out field that's the problem. Even for students that are very much at the field would like better battery life.

I rather have fastest speed with quota then slower speed with quota. Hint, go for unlimited and uncapped plan. How? Don't ask here