- Apr 23, 2000
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So I have been jumping carriers recently and am settling down on a family plan with ATT. Now it is time for me to find a phone.
I have previously used a Note II, Lumia 635 and 925, iPhone 5, and I think I want to head back to android, mostly since our company uses a lot of google products, and I want to be able to install ad block software (ads are killing mobile).
The Moto X 2013 is the most intriguing to me at this point, but there are a lot of complaints I see about the camera. I can't find a store with one to play with so I can't see for myself how "bad" it is. I know a lot of it is subjective, and honestly, in a lot of reviews I think they are splitting hairs (I know I won't be zooming in to the pixel level and looking at sharpness). I have a DSLR so it isn't like this is my primary camera, but I do like to take the phone out and snap photos here and there. I find the user experience to be almost as important with the cameras, and while the 925 has high reviews for camera quality, I find it to be slow to load and annoying. It looks like the Moto X is ready to take photos really quickly, especially with the shake motion. At the end of the day, it seems like most smartphones are in the same ballpark for camera quality, you can only do so much with a small sensor.
LG G2 was also a contender, but the UI seems terrible, and I hear there are gps issues. I have been tempted by the Z3 compact as well, but am not sure I want to spend that much on a phone.
After owning the Note II, I don't really want to spend a lot of time rooting and all that BS, so it makes the stock Moto X even more compelling.
Thoughts? Thanks!
I have previously used a Note II, Lumia 635 and 925, iPhone 5, and I think I want to head back to android, mostly since our company uses a lot of google products, and I want to be able to install ad block software (ads are killing mobile).
The Moto X 2013 is the most intriguing to me at this point, but there are a lot of complaints I see about the camera. I can't find a store with one to play with so I can't see for myself how "bad" it is. I know a lot of it is subjective, and honestly, in a lot of reviews I think they are splitting hairs (I know I won't be zooming in to the pixel level and looking at sharpness). I have a DSLR so it isn't like this is my primary camera, but I do like to take the phone out and snap photos here and there. I find the user experience to be almost as important with the cameras, and while the 925 has high reviews for camera quality, I find it to be slow to load and annoying. It looks like the Moto X is ready to take photos really quickly, especially with the shake motion. At the end of the day, it seems like most smartphones are in the same ballpark for camera quality, you can only do so much with a small sensor.
LG G2 was also a contender, but the UI seems terrible, and I hear there are gps issues. I have been tempted by the Z3 compact as well, but am not sure I want to spend that much on a phone.
After owning the Note II, I don't really want to spend a lot of time rooting and all that BS, so it makes the stock Moto X even more compelling.
Thoughts? Thanks!