any reason why you chose this against Nexus 5, as price difference is 3k..
i am planning to buy Nexus5, want your views what made you buy this..
nice phone..
The price difference is actually 6k I think. Regardless, there were four reasons for me to choose the X over the N5.
First of all, let me say that I'm a big fan of Nexus devices and my previous device was a Nexus 4. Stock Android is a huge selling point for me.
However, the Nexus line does have a few drawbacks. The battery life is pretty poor. This can be somewhat alleviated with custom kernels but I just don't have the time for tinkering these days. Recently, I was in Bangalore for a meeting and I had to rely on navigation to reach my destination since I didn't know my way around the city. When I left for the meeting, I was hovering around 24%. When I reached my destination after 20 minutes, I was at 1%. I don't know what I would have done had my battery actually run out. I could have lost out on business.
Sure, it was kinda my fault for not charging my battery but at that point, I really felt like the Nexus battery was unacceptable. The N5 does a little better but not by much. The Moto X on the other hand, does not have a great battery by any means but it's consistently better than the Nexus phones and gives me acceptable screen on time of about 4.5 to 5 hours.
The other issue was size. The N4 was simply too big for my hands. One handed usage was a pain in the ass. The N5 is nicer in this regard since it's thinner but doesn't hold a candle to the Moto X which seems like the perfect size to me. It's an absolute beauty to hold... Extremely comfortable. They've outdone themselves with the form factor.
Then came active notifications... I can't stress how useful I find them. Voice control is also pretty cool. I actually feel like Motorola improved stock android with these two additions.