Love the phone - except for the bloatware
340258
Love the phone; It has some great specs - though the only problem I saw was the LG Bloatware.
It came with KitKat installed and I believe a Lollipop OTA update was also available.
522968
Pros, phone is in New condition, easy set up using my Google account. I'm extremely pleased

Cons, only one...too much bloatware! I disabled each app so they don't hog my ram.
1227511
I am extremely conflicted about this phone. I have been using it for about two months now, and I feel it has features I find necessary (which other phones don't have) and also bugs I find intolerable.

The good qualities are extremely obvious as they are exactly what the phone is marketed for -- you have separate spaces on the phone and for each app that is installed you can revoke privileges that you gave it (I'm looking at you, Swype). These are both wonderful features I would like to see more widespread.

While this is a necessary side-effect of the design (ie I don't blame them for this), you should probably be aware that certain applications will not work on the phone (though most will). For some reason Uber instantly crashes whenever I try to open it on this phone. Fitbit also has troubles, though to a much lesser extent. Also be aware that when you contact these companies about their applications, they are likely to be unwilling to help you since it is not one of their "supported" phones.

In total, I have had many bad experiences, and overall it feels like the phone hasn't really been tested much. There are some counter-intuitive UI flows, for example clicking on a text-message notification in any space will take you to the "Owner" main space even if the space from which you clicked can receive text messages. Even worse, when you unlock (ie put in your passcode) the space, the desired information does not pop up. There are also some security center related notifications that show up in the space where there is an issue, but clicking on the notification takes you to the Owner space, and so you don't get any information about what the problem is.

The phone cannot send international characters for the time being. If you use characters that aren't in the standard GSM encoding, they won't be sent (ie the standard Spanish and French accents are supported, but you cannot send Polish special characters, or any Chinese characters, and emojis). The newest release, 2.0.5, was supposed to fix this issue, but it did not actually fix the problem. The only difference I have noticed since the update is that my phone now regularly deletes my contacts -- for now I keep a backup of them on my SD card and import them whenever I need them.

Finally, I have found the customer service to be sub-par. I have asked for help with issues related to the phone on multiple occasions, and the responses have been less than helpful. In many cases one portion of my question gets completely ignored, and most recently it has been upwards of 12 days since I last contacted them, without response. I hope that this improves in the future.

EDIT: After interacting with customer service further, I no longer feel comfortable leaving this at 2 stars. This has been quite possibly the worst customer service I have ever received. Knowing what I know now, I would never even consider buying this phone. Customer service has repeatedly insisted that they did not receive an email when I know that they did since they replied to it, and they do such instead of actually addressing the issue at hand. They claimed that the international characters issue was a bug that was going to be fixed, but now that over a month has passed and I cannot return the phone they have said that they made the choice to not support international characters and so I am inferring that it quite possibly will not be changed. This is maddeningly frustrating since this is a fundamental phone feature for me.

EDIT2: With the update to 3.0a, the ability to send the extended character set was indeed added, though this comes upwards of 6 months after I originally contacted them about the issue. Unfortunately, immediately following the update the phone consistently crashes when it is plugged in (and occasionally when it isn't). Since I was using my phone as my alarm clock, this is extremely frustrating for obvious reasons. I have not contacted customer support because I expect to purchase a different phone in the coming weeks.
479021
I did a lot of research before ordering this phone. The most important things being GSM unlocked (for business travel) and internal storage. It doesn't have the largest touchscreen and it's a little bit dated but the duel core processor and screen resolution make up for that - besides it's gorilla glass.

The only thing disappointing at the moment is Motoblur - what idiot at Motorola thought this was a good idea I don't know. I was forced to sign up for an account and every time I change the sim I had to sign in again - it's really annoying. The only way to remove this God-forsaken blight on an otherwise brilliant piece of hardware is using a custom rom, so I'm waiting to see if Cyanogenmod stabilises enough to give it a try.
3323861
This is a great phone. Good resolution and great features. However, it does not have one important feature that I thought all new Andorid phones had. That is the ability to move applications to the external SD card. It takes a 32 GB card, which I installed immediately. However, when you move an application to the SD card it moves it to the internal SD partition. I called Samsung as I expected that this was a fault with the phone, but they said that this is designed into all phones that have internal SD partitations, including the Galaxy S and Galaxy IIS. In other words, all of the higher end Samsung Androids have this internal SD (called USB) and all have this problem. And the internal SD on the phone is quite small, only 1.62 GB; and the internal phone memory is only 1 GB. So the only use of the external card is to store MP3 files and you can set the camera to use the external SD card.

I tried every way possible to get around this, but to no avail. I even tried using the ADB program in the software development kit to set the default installation location (it is normally 0 for automaic; 2 is external SD). But even here it sees the SD as the internal SD and not the external one. This may be a deal breaker for me because one of the things I wanted was to store my Audible books on the SD card, but they will not be recognized by the program if they are moved there as they always are only recognized in the default installation location of the program. And the media scaner that is used for MP3 files will not pick them up. Also wanted to install birder applications that allow you to add your own pictures. But the same problem.
4844589
I chose to use the phone for a few months before writing this review to prevent the initial excitement from biasing this honest review. I came from a Motorola Droid running CM 7.2.

Pros:
* Very light
* Loud speaker
* micro SD storage
* Removable battery - not so important at home / work but a great boon out of town / on vacation. I was in Paris last summer and I was glad that my Droid let me to switch the batteries ($2 each nowadays) and keep shooting photos
* Excellent cameras - both front and back
* More than sufficient processing power - I always leave it on Power saver mode
* Vibrant screen
* Lovely 720p resolution - HD videos look great
* 4G LTE is unbelievably fast
* Easy to root and unlock bootloader + very strong Cyanogenmod, Ubuntu, support.

Cons:
* VERY bad cellular and wifi radios - My office is in the basement of a building and while iPhones are able to retain 3-4 bars, I get 1 bar at most. Phone also keeps dropping wifi regularly. As a consequence, my battery drains from 100% to 40% in a 10 hour work day with minimal to no usage. I don't have this problem at home where I have decent reception for both cellular and wifi. I have read elsewhere that Samsung simply doesn't know how to make good CDMA radios and GSM versions of the phone don't share this problem.
* Dim screen makes outdoors use a little painful
* Ugly and slow OS skin, gimmicky Samsung apps including S voice, massive amount of bloatware, annoying Verizon customizations like persistent wifi notification
* Too large - I have large hands and yet I feel that this is too much of a handful to use with a single hand. A 4.4" or 4.5" screen might be the largest one can comfortably use

Alternatives:
* iPhone 5
* Motorola Razr HD MAXX
* HTC Droid DNA
4092036
It's sad that MS couldn't get the following to keep this afloat bc I don't want to switch phones. I've used them almost from the beginning, on more than just the Vz network. They're pushing everything to W10 so I'm fighting them all the way and have plenty of scrappy 928's around to use them for years to come. Love this phone, thanks for the run :) So now folks, your choices are Google and Apple, there you go... thanks to the sheeeeeps.
2483691
I have this phone and it has been very good to me.  I got the Samsung Galaxy S3 the month that it first came out.  It's not only fast and reliable, unlike the iPhone it has a microSD card and removable battery.  Of course, I put in a 64 mb microSD card and Zerolemon battery that lasts 3 days, just for long trips.

BUT THEN THIS HAPPENED.

A couple days ago, after getting my really annoyed at how she keeps calling me to google something for her, my wife finally decided to get a smartphone.  I, of course, recommeded this phone.  So we went to bestbuy to get it.  My wife just bought this phone BRAND NEW from a Bestbuy store.  She went with the Virgin Mobile box because they have a very attractive monthly plan (300 minutes/unlimited text AND 4g LTE!).

It was still in the box, sealed and everything.  When we took it home and tried to set up the service, we discovered that the phone was inexplicably BLACKLISTED.  That means we bought a device that will never be able to connect to any network.  The IMEI number (which is apparently written on the bottom of the box) has been reported on the phone we bought.

So there you go.  This is a great phone, but I would recommend getting from a different company.
932477
I've had the phone for about a month and I am really enjoying it.  It is solidly built, has great battery life, and the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system is fantastic.  I am a previous Android phone user, and I although I really enjoyed Android phones, I simply enjoy the experience on this phone better.

I'll cover a few areas here that I was concerned with when switching to this phone.

Transfer of contacts/pictures/videos

I used Verizon's backup service for my contacts, and transferred my videos and pictures via usb cable after getting from the micro sd card to my computer.  I did this because I found it to be faster, could backup all my stuff to another source, and reorganized my pictures and videos in one place on the windows phone (sd card).  Windows phone organizes the pictures by the month and year they were taken, which I found helpful.

GPS/Maps

I really loved the free GPS on Google phones, so I was hoping for something similar here.  Windows phone has great maps, but no voice navigation installed, so I went to the Store and got Here Drive Plus.  Really great voice navigation with no monthly fees, so it was a nice find.

Email integration

Windows Phone does this well.  I easily integrated all my email accounts using outlook, including accounts from different service providers and my work email.

Apps

There simply are not as many apps as Apple and Google phones (On the flip side, there are a lot of junk apps on those two operating systems as well).  If this is a deal breaker for you then don't go the windows phone route.  I found most of what I like, but I'm not a heavy app user.  There isn't a Youtube app, but you can get Metro Tube for ninety-nine cents, and it is well worth it.  Works smoothly.  The only other app I couldn't find that I wanted is Radio.com, which I hope comes soon.

Phone function

Call quality is great.  Phone book is easy to navigate, and creating groups of favorites was pretty easy.  Texting, etc. is pretty easy to use on all phones, and is no exception here.  The setting page for the phone is massive, and it was easy to find every possible setting or change that I wanted to make.  I love the tiles and not having to scroll though multiple screens.

Camera works pretty well at 5mp I was expecting junk, but I am pretty pleased with the results so far.  That being said, I always have a point and shoot camera with me anyway for more important shots, as I find them easier to handle for picture taking.

Weather and news apps are two of my favorites.  Especially the news app.  I've always enjoyed the presentation and variety of articles pulled for Bing News, which is now called MSN News.

So, if you are looking for a pleasant change and a phone that fits the needs of both a professional and casual user, then this is it.  If you are in need of every app out there, then look elsewhere
3521063
I used to have a Nexus 5, I like how it is pure google and no bloat ware. However it was lacking mirco sd card slot and my phone is constantly full and have to transfer files every month. So, I decided to get a new phone with a micro sd card slot, and try to find a phone without bloat ware too. I came across to this Moto X Pure, and love how they don't have bloat wares, have a micro sd card slot. I also love the front and back camera with flash on both cameras - this make selfies look better. This phone also comes with voice activation feature that you can preset your phrase like "Find my phone", it is handy when your phone is missing somewhere (kids took it and hid it). One drawback of this phone is it didn't have wireless charging, which is a feature that I miss! Oh, this phone came with a plastic protector case, which I wasn't expecting.

Updated: 1/30/2016: I found out when I record a video, I will get all these hissing noise in the background during replay. I'm annoyed by this because I take videos a lot. I ordered a replacement, but the new phone's hissing problem is way worse than my original one.
676820
I absolutely LOVE this phone. First phone I actually bought out right in a long time, and I am glad I have. It is just awesome! Love the textured back plate, love the look of it, love the feel, everything. And the hand gestures for the camera and flash light are the icing on the cake. I haven't tried the water resistance part yet, so I cannot comment on that. And the OS, well, it's Android, so I am not sure how much the phone itself has to do with that, but I very much enjoy that as well.

My only concern is the battery. Only had it for a few months, and when I use it heavily (GPS Navigation, music streaming, maps) I get less than a day (8-10 hours). So if this is happening now, I wonder how bad it will be in another few months (1 year of ownership). But again, that is fairly heavy usage. I don't talk a lot on it, so that part of it is not as important to me.
2864360
I have been using the phone for about 2 weeks now ,it's quick ,takes good photos and video ( although it should have 4k recording) . The bloatware is annoying but most can be disabled or uninstalled, my biggest issue with the phone is the battery which drains too fast for 3000 mAh  which is annoying cause it could be easily fix if ASUS just rolled out 5.1.1. Other than that you get a bang for your buck
1047519
I bought the Nokia 1600 from Net 10 and was VERY pleased with the Quality of the phone and Service; however, I decided to upgrade to the Motorola W375 and Whoa!!! This phone is a power hog!!! or maybe I got a crappy battery. I had noticed that the on/off button was picky and inconsistent about how long to hold it down to turn the phone on and off (usually 5 seconds to power on is normal). I noticed that the games on this phone are awesome; however, the phone's processor is not fast enough to provide smooth video to the screen during game play - the games are so fun that one seriously stresses to overlook this petty annoyance . I was also disappointed with the speed of Net 10's web access ("data services") on this phone, it took over 10 minutes to load the default homepage. I have lots of experience with mobile devices, networks, computers, etc. and have just ventured into the world of cell phones. Cell phone technology reminds me of the palm pilot technologies, only with less flexibility for synchronization  with a PC ( although this is subject to change based on the phones offered by the carrier). I did notice the USB port on the phone( it's used to charge the phone's battery). I didn't like the silicone cover for the USB port that dangles off the phone, it could be torn off with normal wear and tear. I did like the fact that Motorola offers phone tools software but, sadly,  I never got a chance to fully explore the functionality of it with the W375.
200782
OK- In the interest of full disclosure I purchased my EVO refurbished (not off this listing) but I imagine there should be little/no difference for points made on this review. I have had this phone for about 2.5 months.

First, the summary- this phone is pretty great (for the price it is excellent). I switched from a Galaxy Aviator/Surge from US Cellular to this phone on Ting. I bought refurbished, so my price was closer to $125.

The good: This phone is much larger than it feels- I hate the handfeel of the GS3/GS4- while this phone is not that large, the screen is very sizable but the phone still fits comfortably in the hand or pocket.

Bloatware is at a minimum. HTC Sense reminds me of the ASUS Transformer UI for Android ICS- very clean and functional with nice polish.

Processor is plenty snappy. Apps that hang or crash on my Transformer (Neverball, Vice City, FF6) all work great. I have also not yet needed to do any sort of task killing, even after leaving my phone on all week.

The screen is gorgeous and ultra responsive, even with a screen protector.

The phone has a rear speaker (Urgh), but the kickstand is very helpful for that. Sound is AMAZING on an external speaker or headphones (thank you Beats Audio).

Battery life is decent. I am getting 2 days of regular use on one full charge. Though the battery is built in, it CAN be removed. It just takes more work.

Camera is fast and takes good pictures. The video quality and sound are much more impressive. Comparing to my wife's Photon Q I really prefer my camera.

The bad: The capacitive buttons are too sensitive and too close to the screen. I am constantly brushing the home button with the side of my thumb when using my phone on portrait mode.

No HDMI port- every other smart device on my house has a micro hdmi jack so I refuse to purchase an HTC link. This would be a non issue except I have seen this phone advertised as having HDMI out support (referring, it turns out, to HTC link).

No GPS on/off slider in settings. Annoying for the frequent geocacherbwho wants to conserve battery life. I am sure I could find a widget to do this, but that kind of defeats the battery saving purpose.

Tinny speaker. Again, the kickstand helps, but the sound/volume is the same underwhelming experience you have come to accept with smart phones.

The Micro USB jack is backwards. Cable goes in logo down. Don't break your phone trying to force the cable in.

Some wifi hotspots take FOREVER to connect to, even when compared to other phones.

The burst mode for the camera seems inconsistent with timing.

So... All things considered, for the price and what it is (a non contract phone) I am impressed overall. If this phone was new from Sprint with a two year contract Iimagine the cons would have more weight.
3944109
My original review said, "An amazing phone - even at twice the price. Go try to find a Full HD, 5.5" screen, unlocked  phone for $199. It is no wonder it is Amazon's number two selling phone. Too bad it comes with so much, 'Bloatware' though. Routing is definitely an option when the warranty expires.
UPDATE- 3 months after the 12 month warranty expired, the phone's screen started showing multiple colored lines blocking everything. Software & hardware resets didn't help. An online search revealed many others have the same problem. Asus' only solution was to send in the phone with $155-nearly the price of a new phone. I like their PC Motherboards but when it comes to phones, you get what you pay for!
I replaced it with an LG G4.
3773011
I've had two Android smartphones in the past... 1) The original Motorola Droid & 2) The Droid Bionic.  Here's the stuff about Droid that drove me to Windows Phone 8...

**Battery life - crazy bad to the point where I had to install the extended battery and cover (also true of my friend's Samsung phones).
**Connection issues - 4G showing up in the display and the phone telling me during a navigation session "Data Connection Lost".  Really? I'm navigating somewhere... now what?
**Random reboots - Oh yeah, never during a call but I'd be in the middle of web browsing session only to have the phone reboot itself.
**Browser crashes - happened all the time.
**4G to WiFi to 4G transition - a nightmare.  I'd have to turn off WiFi, wait a couple of seconds, and then turn it back on.
**Bloatware and the inability to delete Verizon apps.  There were a LOT of unused apps, taking up space, that I would have loved to delete if I could.
**Cost - $299 w/2-year contract renewal.

Comparison to the Nokia 928

**Battery life - you can't change the battery but you really don't have to.  It lasts all day with power to spare
**Connection issues - there are none.
**Random reboots - never happens.  As a matter of fact, I haven't had to manually reboot this phone for any reason whatsoever.
**Browser crashes - none
**4G to WiFi to 4G transitions - smooth as anything - there's no interruption in the data flow.
**Bloatware - I actually LIKE the apps that came with this phone especially Nokia Drive, HERE Maps, HERE City Lens, and all the Nokia photo apps.  The one "already installed" app I wouldn't use, ESPN, was easily erased.
**Cost - $99 w/2-year contract renewal.

Notable features of the 928 & Windows Phone 8...

Beautiful display
Easy OS - One screen for shortcuts (tiles) and one screen that lists ALL the programs.
Great camera - pretty good low light photos, beautiful daytime photos, and a bunch of creative photo apps from Nokia that are fun and impressive
Call quality - very good; no complaints
Processor speed - very smooth; no lag
Live tiles - not the "nightmare" that I've heard of... some are kind of cool, some are functional.  All in all a nice feature to have.
Navigation - works without an active data connection (map file is pre-installed).
Apps - This seems to be a huge issue for some people.  Are there less apps available for WP8?, yes.  Do I care?, not really.  Why?, there really hasn't been an app that I wanted I couldn't find, or find an acceptable substitute.  I have Facebook, Skype, Open Table, Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc.  More apps are being made available daily.  I found a decent tip calculator, a Drop-Box & You-Mail interface that's fully functional, and a bunch of games.  I know there's a zillion apps for Android and Apple IOS, but most of them are crappy or repetitive (how many flashlight apps do you need anyway?).  Oh by the way, all the apps I downloaded and installed were freebies.

Thing I don't like about the phone...

**Volume control... there's seems to be one control that affects everything (ringer, notifications, alarm, media, etc.)  A minor annoyance, but I would like to have more controls.
**No FoxFi (I didn't use free WiFi tethering THAT often, but now I'll have to deal with its absence).

Conclusion...

I don't miss the Android OS at all.  There were too many issues with it for me to continue using it.  I was waiting for this phone to come out on Verizon and I'm glad I did.  It's not perfect, but it works really well.  Even though there are less apps than Android, they seem to be better written (more polished, more functionality, etc.) and there hasn't been anything I needed or wanted that I couldn't find.  I can't believe I got this newly released phone for $99.

If you're in the market for a new phone, don't listen to the FANatics, think for yourself, and take a good look at this phone.
4740215
Great phone, aside from the few bugs I'm learning to live with that may not be present on others of this model.

Pros: Cute! Plenty of cases available, runs well, gets decent signal, main camera is great, affordable for what you get.

Cons: Microphone is iffy, phone runs out of memory and needs a reboot periodically (apps close, stop streaming audio, etc.), front-facing camera isn't very good, backlight flickers a bit at the lowest brightness setting.

8/10, I don't regret purchasing this phone one bit.