![]() ![]() This year we've got a 3000mAh cell paired with a 1440p LCD. This is the big question, isn't it? Motorola's flagship phones have traditionally had somewhat small batteries for their size, and consequently the battery life has been mediocre at best. ![]() The Moto Camera app is in the Play Store, and I really hope they pay some attention to it soon. To top it off, Motorola didn't include Camera2 API support. Adjusting the exposure is the only image setting available, a stark contrast when LG and Samsung have created comprehensive manual modes for their cameras. You've got the tap to capture default, then you can switch to a mode with a focus/exposure control ring that you drag around the viewfinder. There is no tap-to-focus mode in this app. It's great for a quick snapshot, but anything more precise is a pain in the butt. While the hardware has gotten better this year, Motorola's camera app needs some work. It's a softer light that doesn't instantly wash out skin tones, and it does the job it's intended to do. If you're the sort who takes a lot of selfies, you'll probably really like this. It's a bit of an eyesore on the front of the phone for me as I doubt I'll ever use it. Still, this time it bears mention because there's a flash. The front-facing camera is 5MP, but I don't usually talk about front-facing cameras, because who really cares? I know I don't. I still feel like the Galaxy S6 and G4 are consistently better cameras than the Moto X Pure, but the fact that it's even a competition means Motorola has come a long way. The Moto X also has considerably less shutter lag than the OP2. I feel like Motorola erred on the side of reducing noise rather than pumping up the brightness. The images taken by the Moto X in low light are dimmer than what you'd get from a Galaxy S6 or a OnePlus 2, but it's much less noisy than the OP2 (the Android mini and dog images below were snapped in very low indoor light). In poor lighting, you do get some noise, but it's really not bad. There's still very little shutter lag and noise is minimal. With good indoor lighting, all the shots I've taken still come out looking crisp. Indoors is where the old Motorola phones would stumble (or collapse into a heap of noisy pixels). This is made worse by Motorola's limited camera app (more on that in a moment). The autofocus is dead-on in good light, but in dim settings, I found it to be much more touchy. The Moto X also doesn't have a fancy autofocus sensor as some phones do, but it uses phase-detection technology, similar to Samsung. It's good enough to counter a bit of hand shaking, but it won't match phones like the Galaxy S6 and LG G4. The Moto X's camera doesn't have optical image stabilization, but it does have digital stabilization. Image capture, even with HDR activated, is almost instantaneous. It captures a lot of detail and color reproduction seems spot-on to me. Just about every phone takes nice outdoor shots, and the Moto X is certainly no exception. For all my testing, I selected the maximum 21MP 4:3 setting. ![]() ![]() The camera has a maximum resolution of 21MP, but the default setting in the app is for 16MP widescreen images. ![]()
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