The Moto X is Out, Will it help Motorola?

The Exterior

You make your phone

There are 504 versions of the Moto X. Start out by picking one of 18 back covers, either a black or white front panel, and seven colors for the side buttons and rear camera lens. You also pick between 16 and 32 GB for storage. To wrap it up, you can engrave the back of it.

You handmake your phone using the "Moto Maker" online. Even though the Moto X is available on every carrier (GSM and CDMA), the customization is only available for AT&T customers at launch. And, let's say you don't like your phone. You have up to two weeks to ship it bak and grab another one.

Made in the USA

To permit for the custom design process, Motorola has based the entire Moto X operation in Fort Worth, Texas. Bits and pieces come from 16 startes and countries from around the world, and around 2,000 workers or so assemble the phones. Motorola claims that you can order your phone, and then it will get to you in 4 days or less.

The Moto X's exterior is awesome, but the interior is a totally different story.

The Interior

The Moto X has a 4.7 inch 720p AMOLED display. The specs are very mid-range though. The phone is powered by a glorified Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chip with two custom chips for the always-on voice recognition. The phone runs Android 4.2.2 (4.3 is hiding?), with only a little of customization. A stock Android version of the phone is in the works. A $199 phone seems like a very big bet for Motorola. Hopefully, the phone will succeed.

See below for a really nice hands-on video from The Verge.