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http://thevintry.com.au/product/congratulations/?relatedposts=1 In May of 2012, Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This gave Google an official entry into the hardware play and puts them in direct competition with Apple.

http://snyderartdesign.com/blog/page/3/ Their first showing post acquisition? The mysterious Moto X.

Rumoured to launch in either September or October 2013, they’ve recently started a sign-up page to register interest in a phone nobody’s even seen yet.

Based on the rumour mill, it seems like the phone’s hardware will be mid-end, but topped up with a bunch of interesting software features. Below are some of the specs and features speculated, together with a leaked picture of how the phone may look.

Source: Tinthe

• Of course, being a company of Google, we can probably expect the phone to have the native android experience, devoid of carrier bloat and layered UI like HTC Sense or Samsung’s Touchwiz.
• One of its first selling points is the ability to customise the phone with 12 colourful back panels.
• It may ship with the new Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie
• Display size will be between 4.7″ to 5.0″, with a 720p resolution.
• Use of Sapphire Glass, which is purportedly 3 X stronger than Gorilla Glass.
• 1.7GHz Quad Core Processor, with 2GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage.
• 10MP back facing and 2MP front facing cameras.

Also, it seems that Google is prepared to spend up to $500 million to market the Moto X.

What do you think? Yay or Nay?