... a moto x about three months ago but was disappointed. I really like this phone
588453
had to finally give up my blackberry (my bank will no longer support) tried to switch to a moto x about three months ago but was disappointed. I really like this phone! all that's missing is the trackpad (humor)
2001813
I bought this phone because it was one of the few that met all of my requirements. I have a base and 5 handsets and was initially very happy with its performance. But, after 6 months, one handset became noisy so I put it in the basement where its rarely used. After about a year, another phone was becoming noisy. Now after 14 months, I have 3 phones that are unusable because of noise (the basement one got worse). This is two months after the warranty period and Motorola has no interest in replacing phones just out of warranty. I had previously respected Motorola as a good name in communications. I no longer do.

My advice is if you choose to get this phone, send it in for warranty repair at the first hint of noisy connections.
3515772
I was a little surprised to see that the average review is about 3 stars.  I was expecting better scores.  I think it's a decent phone, just lacking some modern features.  There's no MP3 player, no camera (most cell phone cameras are pretty bad anyway), and there's no speakerphone (though it's a bluetooth phone, so I wouldn't use that anyway, I don't get it).  Voice quality over the phone is very good, about on the same level as my old Kyocera K9, which I'm told is one of the best sounding phones.  Ringtones are loud enough that I can actually hear them.

It is a decent-looking phone, although a bit boring for some, I guess.  It has held up well, and is still 100% functional even after being dropped a few times, and having been bumped into things all the time.

Service?
I've kept my Virgin Mobile service for a few years now.  I don't use my phone all that much, so the $15/90 days I believe is still the cheapest available, and it works great for me.  I do lose reception in steel buildings, but they all do that.  I've never had a dropped call, or missed a call due to not having a signal.

I wish the phone had more notepad memory.  After you have 10 or 15 notes, it won't let you create any more, even if there's lots of memory left on the phone.  I don't like any of the ringtones or text-tones that come loaded in the phone, and the games loaded on the phone are only trial versions.  So it cost me $13, I think, to download a ringtone I like, and add a couple games to keep me occupied if get stuck waiting.

I was actually shopping to replace the Flare, but it sounds like the X-TC is too limited, and the other phones are mostly the same, except that some have cameras.  I'll just stick with what I have for a while longer.

UPDATE, 7/22/12:  I'm not sure what's going on, but the phone started to drain the battery within 16 hours about a month ago.  I replaced the phone with a Samsung M575, and I've had the Flare in airplane mode for a few weeks without a charge.  I don't think it's the battery that's failed, I guess it must be the phone that's gone bad somehw.
2056219
I have a Moto X phone and the case was too big.  I assumed my Moto X was an older model or something.
1896890
This phone looks great but after 3 months it is completely unusable.  The phone literally restarts every 10 seconds and won't charge.  I can't turn it on, it's just awful. I've ordered a completely different phone as now.reading some of the lower reviews others had the same experience.  It's awesome for three months but don't expect much beyond that.
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Overall it is a good smart phone with many features many want.  I have been a Motorola Droid user since the first generation droid came out years ago.  I had them all rooted and used apps that required rooting the phone such as Titanium backup that allows you back up the entire phone.  My new Droid Maxx came with android 4.4 which appears to be unrootable thus far.  I was unable to restore all my data from the older Droid which died last week.  I will probably get a Samsung Galaxy S4 in its place.
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Phone was delivered on time and came unlocked which was perfect! Hence the three stars.

But as far as durability goes I am not a fan. The lock screen button has broke within the last three months of use and I have to leave unlocked which drains the battery. If I drop the phone I am not able to turn on the phone unless I charge it. If the phone was a little more sturdy I would buy it again but not I'm looking into other phones to use internationally
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very good phone... out of the box. very good phone... for a short time. until all of the problems start, and they will. for the first 4 months, it was all honeymoon, until the phone started to break down. the button on the right side to turn on the screen stopped working. the android OS starts to glitch horribly, losing service spontaneously. one major problem was that it would mix up who was sending me my texts. it would say, in the notification bar at the top, that person A sent me the message, but when I would lick on it to reply, it would switch and say it was person B in the messaging window. big problem.

it became slower and slower. i tried using software like App Cleaner , which worked for a while, but not well. also, it wouldnt give me voicemails. and texts just stopped sending.

dont buy if you want to a phone for more than 4 months
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I read all the reviews about how the camera isn't good enough or the phone doesn't have LTE. The phone is great.  I get 5 to 10 Mbps down and 1-2 Mbps up on T-Mobile. Plays Netflix and Pandora very well.

Update 1:
This is a broader issue with many phones: The screen is polarized so in landscape mode the screen is black if you are wearing polarized sun glasses.

In the car I have Bluetooth, Screen on max brightness, and GPS running I use a good amount of the battery up quickly. Car Charger is definitely useful.

Awesome phone. I like it way better then the Nexus 4. Seems like a lot more stuff just works. On the Nexus 4 I had poor sound quality and Bluetooth never worked well especially in my Honda Civic. The Moto G works very well with my Honda.

Update 2:

Over Blue tooth and with ear buds plugged in, I do not have have the volume up very high.
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I was really concerned about the ads.  Granted I just got the phone today, but it doesn't bother me in the slightest.  I don't even notice it.  Certainly worth the savings.  Beyond that, it is a great phone. This is my 3rd Moto model phone.  So, I am a fan.  I have Verizon and asked them to use the Micro sim.  Worked in minutes.
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I really like this phone.  I used to have a Google Nexus 5.  I got pretty used to getting updates from Google and being able to write over the OS myself.  With this phone you don't get that.

Supposedly Nougat (Android N) was released to the masses in October or January.  I have 4 of these devices (3 - 16GB models, and 1 32GB model) and none of them have received the update.  It's been a while since we've received security updates too.

The phone itself is nice.  The ONE thing I wish it has was a built-in compass -- this helps you with Maps and Navigation.  It tells you which direction you're facing and helps navigation start in the right direction.  Without it, you have to start moving and then it does a course correction for you.

The SECOND thing I wish it had was NFC.  This isn't a show-stopper for me, but you can forget about using Android Pay without this.  :(

I also wish it had an unlocked bootloader.  I would like to be able to mod the device myself.  I have th version with Ads.  It works well, but I'm getting tired of them after having this for almost a year.  I had expected I might be able to pay some money and have them removed like you can with the Kindle.  Sadly this isn't the case.

So, for what it's worth.  That's my review.

p.s.  I like the moto gestures -- karate chopping to turn on the light and twisting your wrist to enable the phone.  The speaker works VERY well.  It's fast -- The device has slowed down with external memory, even though the MicroSD I put in it is a Class 10 32GB chip.  The screen is beautiful and the battery life is the bomb!  And you get a turbocharger that makes it charge really fast.  If you do buy this, by the 32GB model.
716822
The charging port no longer works and all of a sudden contacts are no longer able to receive texts. My carrier says that it is the phone itself and not the network or carrier. I ordered the phone in October and it's only February, I'm beyond annoyed at the $350 I wasted on a phone that no longer functions properly.
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3 months after I bought this phone it stopped working suddenly. I don't understand why, since the phone was working well and while using whatsapp it crushed. I brought it to a specialized store and they said that the microprocessor was damaged, and it's quite expensive to replace it.
I don't know how I can claim for this product since return policy is for the first 30 days... I will appreciate if anybody can guide me on to how to claim for this phone!
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I was really looking forward to this new Moto mini as it was supposed to have almost identical internal components as the other two, ultra and Maxx.  Now while the internet speeds and wireless hookup have been amazing, realize I came from a older droid x with 3g, and the wireless would actually shut down the wireless system at work.  So the fact that this works so much better makes me ecstatic.  However I've found the sound quality in call is not very good, and the speaker phone doesn't seem to make it much louder.  The crazy part about this is that the ringer and notification sounds are highly adequate, the incall volume of the speaker phone is not even close to adequate.  Also the feature that makes your phone go blank while you are in call doesn't come back out of "slumber" when you take it away from ear,  meaning if you need to enter your account number while on a call to customer service, you won't get to, the screen stays blank, and the times when I have been able to get the screen to come back on in call, it goes blank after each number you type.  Talk about frustrating.  Also when ending a call, I like to be able to look at my phone and hit "end"  and know that it ended the call, this phone doesn't seem to allow that, so I'm not really sure whether the call has ended or not. Anyway, as of now that is all I have negative, but ultimately right now, i'm not very happy with the overall product, maybe after a software update things will get better.
4413447
I got this phone direct from Google when it first came out. The phone features are excellent. The screen is bright and big, maybe too big for stuffing in your front pocket. The processors are powerful and I have never noticed any lag when switching from app to app. Android 4.3.3 is very powerful and there are many apps available on the Google Play Store.

Now for my complaints: As I mentioned earlier, the phone is big and is not easily stuffed in small pockets. There is no physical button on the front of the phone, so when you are using your phone with encrypted storage, like I am for work, the only way to wake the phone up is to press the button on the upper right side. The volume button doesn't bring up the lock screen nor does tapping on the glass. And finally, there's the battery life. This phone is so powerful that if you turn on all the features, like Google+, NFC, Bluetooth, wifi, GPS, etc... you will have a hard time making it through the entire day without needing to charge the battery. I have turned many of those features off and now the phone can usually survive overnight before needing a recharge.

I recently used a Samsung Galaxy Light, which has a much smaller form factor, and I am considering whether or not I really need the power of the Nexus 5...

Update Aug 15 2014 - I still have the phone and the battery rarely survives more than 12 hours on a charge, and that's not watching videos or anything super intensive, just checking most text-based emails throughout the day.  I've had more issues with apps crashing over the last month or so and I'm not sure if it is the updates to the OS or to the apps that is causing the problems.
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I 1st bought the 16gb moto x pure n immediately realised that was a mistake so I sold it for half too my son n ordered the 32gb version overall I am very pleased I'm using a128gb sd card with it for music n camera this phone since updating to android 6.0 it takes a phenomenal picture no complaints with performance of phone, battery, camera or service currently using it on tmo and I'm very pleased , I have not rooted the phone yet and really don't have a need to since tmo let's you use the wifi hotspot n it's already pretty customizable.  I'm using apex launcher and I use lightflow to have both front and rear camera flash LED's for sms notification alerts again this phone is amazing the build quality is awesome
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This phone is terrible if you are reading the reviews thinking this phone is great and you should buy the phone these people just write the review as soon as they get the phone so they haven't fully experienced the pain of this phone I only had this phone for 4 months and the touch screen stopped working and whenever I restarted the phone or waited for it to die it never worked I still could not use the phone and another pain about this phone is before it stopped working all my apps disapeared off the home screen so I had to keep adding them back from the app drawer and it would set my background to the orginial wallpaper when ever the battery died or I restarted the phone. and I never dropped the phone or chipped the phone and for some reason, the touch screen won't work. I loved the phone it was good for its price and look like a nice phone and not cheap it was amazing but sadly the touch screen won't work anymore if I could get another phone for free I would highly appreciate it because the phone was great for its price only had a few problems rip blu phone 2017 - 2017.