So who is buying a Moto X?

[Vic Vega]

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[Engineer]

I thought that I read that you could only get the Moto X for the AT&T network. So you can use it on Straight Talk?

I really applaud Motorola for making them here - first cellphone made in the USA (that I know of).

Edit: Verizon has it on their site.....

Here is a story with factory photos:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/11/4717796/made-in-america-a-look-inside-motorolas-moto-x-factory

 

[Vic Vega]

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[Vic Vega]

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[Engineer]

They're actually made in an old Nokia factory. Plenty of phones used to made here, but none during the "smart phone" era.

Yea, I just read that in the article. I confused 'smart phone' with 'cell phone'. Like I said above, you can get this phone on Verizon so I'm not sure what the other article that I was reading was talking about.

Oh, and I don't have a clue about GSM, CDMA (or whatever it is). When it comes to phones and bands, I don't have a clue.

 

[Colt45]

The components, such as the PCB board, are shipped to the US from Asia with their circuitry already completed. There is no soldering done in this factory.

lame, it's just lego then. Hardly what I'd call made in murrica.

But it's a step in the right direction, anyway.

 

[Rakehellion]

may go with the Moto X to support local workers.

Your purchase recycles mere pennies into the US economy. I hate to break it to you, but that isn't helping local workers.

 

[Kaido]

Wow, that's pretty sad: "The only smartphone assembled in the USA". Dang.

http://www.motorola.com/us/FLEXR1-1/Moto-X/FLEXR1.html

 

[Vic Vega]

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[Ksyder]

Your purchase recycles mere pennies into the US economy. I hate to break it to you, but that isn't helping local workers.

Wow. I'm shocked that assembling smartphones in texas isn't helping fast food workers.

 

[dguy6789]

I probably would've bought a Moto X over the Nexus 4 if they were around the same price but since they aren't I went with the N4.

 

[Rakehellion]

Wow. I'm shocked that assembling smartphones in texas isn't helping fast food workers.

You buying a phone isn't helping anyone but Motorola and AT&T.

 

[kyrax12]

I wonder if more company is going to do their final assembly in the U.S as a form of extreme marketing to U.S consumers..

 

[hans007]

I bought the t mobile one. Getting it tomorrow. You can do manufacturing in the us for even less than flextronics is paying. Their paying $14 an hour.... Probably can that down to $9 . dad works in the industry....

So I wouldn't doubt it. But with NAFTA its still cheaper by a good amount to do it in Mexico. Only worth it on relatively expensive items as the cost is not a huge percentage

Jobs are leaving China to north america because its getting expensive there. But mexico is the real first option for many goods unless something like this special case or say the Mac pro

 

[shady28]

I like the fact it's assembled here. It's definitely a selling point, at least to me, and I'm shopping for a phone now.

 

[shady28]

I just went to Best Buy and looked at the Moto X. They did not have one running, but I did some size comparisons.

With a 4.7" screen, it's much smaller than the HTC One and the Nokia 920. It's actually slightly smaller than the Htc 8x as well, and that's a 4.3" phone.

In other words, big screen with the feel of a 4" screen phone.

The ergonomics are great, first big screen phone I've seen that doesn't feel like a tablet.

Now to find one I can tinker with a bit without a teenage salesman blathering in my ear.

 

[lopri]

Its inner working is pretty similar to that of the Nexus 4 (plus active screen stuff) from what I saw.

 

[BladeVenom]

Your purchase recycles mere pennies into the US economy. I hate to break it to you, but that isn't helping local workers.

It's employing 2,500 Americans. They are adding hundreds of millions of dollars to the economy.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Its inner working is pretty similar to that of the Nexus 4 (plus active screen stuff) from what I saw.

How is that so when its a dual core phone?

 

[thedosbox]

How is that so when its a dual core phone?

He said similar, not the same. Specifically, higher-clocked dual-core vs slower-clocked quad-core. Plus the coprocessors and LTE support of course.

 

[hans007]

He said similar, not the same. Specifically, higher-clocked dual-core vs slower-clocked quad-core. Plus the coprocessors and LTE support of course.

They really aren't that similar. I mean the screens are amoled vs IPS too.

The moto x is probably more comparable to a galaxy s3 with the coprocessors hardware wise.

 

[desura]

I wonder if being built in america will...harm it? Like, on some level ppl will wonder if they're not overpaying for it to be built in america.

 

[podspi]

ATT = GSM.

So you need to buy an unlocked ATT (GSM) version for use with ST.

Is that even true if you have an ATT ST SIM? Pretty sure you can use a locked ATT phone on ST!

 

[hans007]

Is that even true if you have an ATT ST SIM? Pretty sure you can use a locked ATT phone on ST!

i think a straight talk ATT sim would work fine on the 520, as would a tmobile straight talk sim on the 521.

 

[openwheel]

They really aren't that similar. I mean the screens are amoled vs IPS too.

The moto x is probably more comparable to a galaxy s3 with the coprocessors hardware wise.

Wrong. The Moto X has much better processing power than GS3.