Más rumores sobre el Motorola X de Google

Publicado el 1 febrero 2013 | android google Key Lime Pie motorola smartphones

El próximo 15 de Mayo, se espera que Google presente una nueva versión de Android - tentativamente Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie - junto con nuevo hardware, entre los que se cuenta al Motorola X.

De hecho, un pedido de empleo posteado en LinkedIn requiriendo un "Administrador de Producto para el X phone" confirma de alguna manera que Google planea un nuevo smartphone. Además, según PhoneArena, el Motorola X contaría con una pantalla de entre 4.8 y 5 pulgadas, procesador quad-core, batería de 3000mAh, almacenamiento interno de hasta 128GB, ranura microSD, exterior de Kevlar y sensor de cámara Exmor RS.

Por supuesto, también contaría con la nueva versión de Android en experiencia pura. El Motorola X sería el primer smartphone enteramente desarrollado bajo la supervisación de Google y no sería parte de la línea Nexus.

Por el momento, deberemos esperar información oficial que llegará en Google I/O en apenas unos meses, pero es probable que el Motorola X marque un antes y un después en el desarrollo de Android y de Google con sus socios de hardware.

Via Phandroid, PhoneArena

Motorola X should not actually be this year's Nexus phone, or Google might have a bit of explaining to do to other Android manufacturers, and after the job posting that confirms its existence, we now have a few more tidbits, thanks to Sniggly.

One of his contacts is allegedly already toying with an early prototype of the Motorola X phone, and his observations so far tie in with what we heard from Google during the last quarterly conference call - that it will work with Moto to address two critical areas where today's smartphones are lacking - battery life and durability.

Toughness will apparently be taken care of with a Kevlar chassis, a material Motorola is already using for its current phones, while battery life is addressed by simply stuffing the X with unit capacity in the realm of Moto's MAXX line of handsets. Though still a prototype, the source said the handset managed to get them through several road trip hours on a charge with the GPS software constantly on, which usually is an activity that kills your juicer in no time.

The phone is allegedly planned to have a screen size about 4.8", though we've heard 5" before, the obligatory quad-core processor, and, thankfully, a microSD card slot, despite that storage is rumored to go all the way up to a 128 GB version. We'll have to see that last one to believe it, though if the rumored $299.99 tag on Verizon with a contract holds water, this might be the version to justify such pricing.

We saved the best for last - besides running stock Android at the moment, the phone is apparently outfitted with a much better camera than the crappy units Motorola currently uses, and the source said it could be a Sony sensor, as Apple's exclusivity with the Japanese has drawn to an end.

If this turns out to be true, all flagships this year but LG, are likely to utilize some variations of the "stacked" Exmor RS camera sensor from Sony, and we don't blame them - it takes much less of the valuable space inside a phone, and has hardwired HDR abilities in both pictures and video mode. The source mentioned that the camera on the prototype is pretty good already, yet with some issues that hint it's far from a finalized sensor-lens-software combo.

To summarize - come May 15, we could be looking at project X, the first Motorola phone with direct input from Google, which might sport a Kevlar back, screen in the 4.8"-5" range, quad-core processor, 3,000+ mAh battery, microSD slot, good amounts of storage, stock Android and an eventual Sony camera sensor. Sounds like a winner from Moto, but lets wait and see if and what of all this will materialize, and will there be any novel features with it, brought on by Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, which the X is said to be the first phone with.