[Moto X General] tweston1:
This video is made me consider the Moto X, and now I have a Developer Edition on the way to my doorstep.

My recent smartphone clusterphuck

I was upgrading from an iPhone 4s, and it was my plan to acrobatically purchase a phone on contract, sell it, purchase the N5, place extra money into my pocket.

I initially purchased the G2. LG's software BLOWS, and therefore I had to return it. Also, the back buttons were a pain considering the knock feature worked intermittently, and probably not at all with any custom rom. I'd hang myself if I had to use back buttons exclusively (not really).

So, after two weeks with the G2 back it went. That same day, the Note III was released, and I purchased it. It's a good phone. Nice screen, S-Pen was useful, stellar battery life... TouchWiz BLOWS! Not as much as the G2, but it is rife with enough inconsistencies to drive me CRAZY! Also, the screen is just TOO DAMN BIG to fit in my pocket comfortable. I looked like I was always happy to see you.

So, onto eBay the Note III went.

Nexus 5 enters the picture

Finally, after another 3 or 4 weeks of waiting, I purchased the Nexus 5, finally feeling like this was THE phone for me.

Sadly, the Nexus 5 is going back. It seems like LG and Google hit it out of the park in terms of making a device that neither bested the G2 nor the Moto X. It's right there in the middle. Oh, and mine has defective pixels, which leads me to think that they just went too cheap on the display. The G2's camera is far and away better. The 3000mAh battery is tops. The screen eats the N5 for breakfast. The software, sucks a big fat (insert your favorite naughty word(s) here). Overall, the G2 beats the N5.

The Moto X emerges victorious

The Moto X. Seemingly lackluster specs... on the surface. The Moto X screen is WAY NICER than the N5. I just compared the two today, and the color difference is unreal. The camera's are both just as abysmal, but I never expect print quality pictures to come out of my phones. That's why I have a DSLR. The speaker on the Moto X is WAY better. Active notifications are AWESOME. Google now touchless control from sleep is better (Nexus 5 has to be at the home screen to activate Google Now by voice, by which time I could've just pressed the button). Overall hand feel is WAY better. The size is better.

IMO, the Moto X is extremely underrated. Too many people are too focused on specs to realize just how special the Moto X is. It appears to do everything well all around, with the camera being the only iffy spot for some people. The specs that this phone has ensures fantastic response along with great battery life, and the N5, while having extremely fluid response with Kit Kat, is hamstrung by the battery.

Keep in mind that I haven't actually held the Moto X without ATT's stupid giant security system attached to it, but I do trust PocketNow's opinion. Motorola appears to be the future of Google in the mobile tech space. Their communications expertise combined with the source of Android, Google, will probably have me coming back for the Moto X2.

Where the Nexus 5 is better

About the only thing the Nexus 5 bests the Moto X on is Kit Kat, wireless charging, and price, depending on if you're going for a contract or not. Obviously, one of those (Kit Kat) will be rectified soon enough. Kit Kat is AWESOME!

I know this is long as hell, but I hope it helps someone who might be on the fence between these two phones and wish not to deal with having to return devices like I have had to.