I did some measuring. As best I can tell, the Magpul case on the iPhone 5 gives me a package that is almost identical to the Moto X or Moto G on every axis – height and weight are within a tenth of an inch, max thickness is within a couple hundredths of an inch (to the Moto X’s benefit!) and the weight of the cased iPhone is heavier than either Moto.
So in basically the same size package, the Moto X has upped the screen size from 4″ to 4.75” and added a battery with 50% greater capacity. And the Moto G is sporting a 4.5” display with the same pixels per inch and a battery only somewhat less capacious than the X.
Much as the Nexus One threw down the gauntlet to the iPhone 3GS, the Moto X and G are doing the same to the iPhone 5. Sure, the 5S has the TouchID and the first effort at a co-processor for battery purposes, but Motorola’s gone not that much larger and stuffed half again as much battery into the package for their trouble – and battery, as I frequently insist, is THE defining measurement of a modern phone. And both the Moto phones are breakthroughs – the X for providing the best Android experience yet and the most innovation on UI, the G for delivering a modern unlocked phone for half the price normally expected of such a device.
And I’m not on contract right now.
Cupertino, make me smile by September, or it might be time to get rash.
I just got my first iPhone about two weeks ago. It is also going to be my last iPhone. Having been an early Android adopter (and by that I mean I had the very first Android phone that TMobile ever released, the G1), I only switched because I thought it would easier for my mom to use an iP as her first smartphone. Since I am her frontline support for everything, I figured that I might as well get one, too, since I knew she’d ask me tons of questions and I didn’t want to have to keep asking Erica for her phone to reference. 😉 It’s… fine, I guess. But boy howdy, I just really don’t like the iOS. Next phone will be another Android device.
The main reason I need Android is in fact because I’ve got to be able to work both sides of the street…I did my first MDM config on an Android device last week and it was like a prostate exam.
You still got that blue Moto flip lying around? 🙂
Hah – probably somewhere. You know I’m incapable of throwing anything away. Ever.
I swear on my eyes, I really wish that you guys lived on this coast. We could use you here. We’re just starting an MDM project.
AKA, the iOS7 interface is fairly crap. It’s shocking to me given the contrast between it and all the versions before it. I know I keep on saying this, but the icons are not ICONIC.
I assume you only want him for the MDM project. 😉 But hey, give him a good, well paying job in the city and I’ll see what I can do. 😉