Motorola Announces Four New Products, All Of Them Flawed

[sumludus]

Even if all of the author's comments are true (which they're not), and even if I agree with the author's opinion (which I do for the most part) it is not the job of a journalist to impart their opinion on their audience. They are suppose to present the facts and let their audience draw their own conclusions. This is the kind of crap "reporting" that you see on 24 hour news networks that need to fill an hour block, so they tell you the facts for 2 minutes and have people yell at each other about the facts for 8 minutes. Only difference here is that the author has no one to yell at, so it comes off as a hugely biased rant against Motorola's 2014 product stack.

I'm willing to bet that Lucian Armasu never went to Chicago for the press event to do any actual journalism, Instead he has instead written a roundup review for devices he's never seen in person, and passes judgement based on a spec sheet rather than after having the devices in hand. This is the poorest written article I've seen on the site since the Kindle Paperwhite review, and even then I think this classless "review" might top it simply for being written with such baseless spite and contempt.

 

[sumludus]

Even if all of the author's comments are true (which they're not), and even if I agree with the author's opinion (which I do for the most part) it is not the job of a journalist to impart their opinion on their audience. They are suppose to present the facts and let their audience draw their own conclusions. This is the kind of crap "reporting" that you see on 24 hour news networks that need to fill an hour block, so they tell you the facts for 2 minutes and have people yell at each other about the facts for 8 minutes. Only difference here is that the author has no one to yell at, so it comes off as a hugely biased rant against Motorola's 2014 product stack.

I'm willing to bet that the author never went to Chicago for the press event to do any actual journalism, Instead he has instead written a roundup review for devices he's never seen in person, and passes judgement based on a spec sheet rather than after having the devices in hand. This is the poorest written article I've seen on the site since the Kindle Paperwhite review, and even then I think this classless "review" might top it simply for being written with such baseless spite and contempt.

 

[sumludus]

Sorry for the triple post. Thought they weren't going through on my end,

 

[house70]

Funny thing is, even though Apple has managed to squeeze a bunch of all these flaws into a single phone (like battery life, low-res display, antiquated OS), it was NEVER referred to as flawed on this website.
Every device has it's highs and lows, and to portray only some of these as flawed is slanted journalism, to say the least. Obviously the OP has a huge bias against Motorola (and possibly other Android-based devices, as well). I, for one, am not going to hold my breath waiting for him to write an article about how flawed is the new crop of iDevices.

 

[tekelymailcom]

Wow, by your numbers every single product ever is flawed. Of course, none is perfect buy flawed at least for the phones is too much. I think Moto G 2013 is TODAY one of the best deals for the buck you can get and it just got better in many frots (storage, screen, camera 1, camera 2, speakers, look, OS) for the very same price. I find puzzling your use of the word "flawed" and I'm having a hard time, Lucian Armasu, to take you seriously.

 

[ddpruitt]

t's not even a 64-bit ARMv8 processor, which is something that seems to be long overdue in Android flagships.

I made it to this sentence and figure either the author is an iFanBoy or a hack who couldn't pass my intro CS course. In either case the article is poorly written and Tom's should be ashamed it made it passed their editors. 64 bit doesn't make a difference in smartphones, even most desktop apps are still 32 bit binaries.

 

[zodiacfml]

True...I felt the same thing. I think they're just dragging their feet this year since there's not much to differentiate and they have been pretty busy transitioning to Lenovo.
They're going to do better next year which they are more likely working on with Android L.

 

[fkr]

i made it about two lines then realized this article was going to be waste of my time. i have enjoyed some of the comments

best part about this article...comments

 

[delrey]

Well, this is it. I'm done with Tom's. Their news reporting is slow and adds nothing noteworthy to anything. They should stick with product reviews and nothing else. This kind of 'blog' writing is crap and this so called author should keep his/her lack of knowledge comments to themselves. You could've had the brand Samsung and LG on the headline and it'll still be rubbish and downright childish. Especially not even using/trying the phone out first.

 

[abrarey]

From a Nexus 5 user, what a crappy article. This is becoming like iCNET.
The phone looks good, will I buy it, maybe (waiting for the Nexus 6).
Anyways the point is that a journalist should provide the facts and let the audience decide what's good of bad for them.

 

[Belardo]

Well... these new phones seem... disappointing. I think it *IS* logical that increasing the screen size and density while not increasing the battery *WILL* hurt the battery life.

And as a VERY HAPPY Moto X owner, which I prefer over the Samsung and other HUGE PHONES... I don't *LIKE* what I see here. Sure, I understand the market desire for bigger phones... so why not:

Moto X2 = improved specs, internal memory slot, removable back (like the G) Same 4.7" display for THOSE WHO LIKE phones that fit in their pockets!

Moto XL = Improved specs like the X2, but with the 5.2" display.

REALLY SIMPLE Moto/Lenovo!

I HATE HUGE PHONES I HATE HUGE PHONES I HATE HUGE PHONE!!

I love the shape and texture of my Moto X. I love how I got to choose the color back... which would be better if its like the G /G2 - replaceable for wear and tear or seasonal reasons.

I love the MOTO UI that is almost pure Android with the VERY BEST Alarm / Timer UI over anyone else. Its simple, its SO FAST. You can set the alarm time to anything in 2-3 seconds... which could take a minute and many dozen swipes.

Come on, do better!