There are two days left until the Moto X release date and more leaked specs of Motorola’s new smartphone are emerging. The latest rumor with the next-generation Motorola flagship is that it will be equipped with a variant of Gorilla Glass to ensure all necessary precautions are being taken to fortify the Moto X display.
With the Moto X press event and release date scheduled for August 1, Motorola and its parent company Google have been all but open about what to expect from the Moto X. Leaked specs, photos, and rumors have run rampant throughout the internet leading up to the device’s debut but neither company has stepped up to confirm a single one. Be that as it may, here’s what you can anticipate from the Moto X at it’s event on Thursday.
Tech journalist Taylor Wimberly wrote on his Google+ page, “Moto X features something called Moto Magic Glass. This is a single sheet of Gorilla Glass which is moulded to a special polymer to make a continuous surface that wraps around the entire front and edges of the device. There is zero gap with the back.” The backplate is thought to be made solidly of kevlar.
Underneath the Magic Glass-laden 4.5-inch 720p display will be plenty of muscle to power the Moto X. The gadget will be powered by a robust 2,200mAh battery and run on a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, or so says Tech Crunch. Other speculations suggest that the Motorola faithful keep a keen eye out for a respectable 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, though don’t keep your hopes up for a microSD slot. Some sources are pointing to an Android 4.2.2. Jelly Bean version of the handset’s OS but Google debuted Android 4.3 alongside the Nexus 7 last week so that’s just as likely to come with the Moto X, if not more.
As for imaging technology, a burgeoning aspect of the high-end smartphone market, the Google-Motorola conception is expected to boast a 10.5MP camera with Clear Pixel technology. If the gossip holds true, looks for AOSP camera apps that are focused more on swipe gestures and minute cues such as a left side control wheel for adjustment features like flash, focus, panorama, etc; a swipe-to-zoom instead of pinch-to-zoom function; a slow motion video setting; and an operation that allows the user to access the camera app while the Moto X is locked by simply giving it a little shimmy.
[Featured image via TechRepublic]
