Moto X Pure Edition: Full Review (Part 1)
The Moto X Pure Edition was a controversial device, to say the least, when it was brand new, but is it a good buy now? Today's video explores almost everything one could possibly ever want to know about the Pure Edition in complete and honest detail from the raw and uncensored perspective of yours truly.
No chapters in this one; just paragraphs.
Link for Part 2: • The Moto X Pure Edition Review: Part 2
Corrections/Clarifications and Supplementary Commentary:
5:22 - Screen brightness for the Galaxy Note 2, measured by the same outfit that benchmarked the Moto X Pure Edition at 715 nits, (Phone Arena) was measured at 292 nits, meaning that, at peak brightness, the Pure Edition can put out over twice as much light. It's quite impressive when compared to the Pure Edition's close cousin, the Nexus 6, which maxes out at only 270 nits, and its grandfather, the original Moto X, which provides an even greater disappointment with 218 nits. In fact, the Pure Edition's 715 nits beats out the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S8, HTC Pixel, Pixel XL, U11, LG G6, and LG V20. It's impossible to overstate how absolutely epic this screen is.
6:26 - Fun fact: I don't consider rear-facing speakers to be a dealbreaker as long as they are loud enough. Whatever size of driver they can stuff into the casing of a superthin smartphone isn't going to be that impressive no matter how you look at it, but having two speakers helps sidestep this limitation by not only increasing the soundfield from mono to stereo, but also doubling the theoretical sound output.
7:43 - It's impossible to overstate how narrow this phone is relative to its screen size. People think that Samsung and LG "own" the thin bezels genre, but Motorola did quite the job here that I would consider to be nothing short of miraculous. You sure won't see anything like this on newer Lenovo-based Motorola products that have made a name for themselves by becoming the "big bezels brand."
9:44 - Even though I do own two protective TPU sleeve "cases" for this device, I will admit that I do occasionally use it without either one ("naked"). I may have been a bit strict about it in the review, but just to be clear, this phone is far better without a TPU than many other models. That doesn't change the fact that the edges are still a bit slick however, so I still do recommend some kind of casing for most usage scenarios. The issue is further discussed in a thread over on XDA DEVELOPERS:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto...