Motorola Moto X+1 AKA Moto X2 Release Date On August 20! Specs And Features Revealed! Should You Get It Over The Samsung Galaxy S5 And iPhone 5?

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The Moto X+1 aka Moto X2 release date has been confirmed!

Motorola recently unveiled its smartwatch at the Google I/O 2014 conference and the smartwatch works as an accessory with the Moto X+1 and that means that the Moto X+1 release date is near and that seems to be the case as the Moto X+1 release date is this August 2014.

TK Tech news posted a video of the Moto X+1. The clip featured a device that was covered in wrapped plastic to conceal its identity. According to the site, the device shown in the post was a Verizon test version of Moto X+1.

Moreover, the video clip also confirmed that the latest handset model from Motorola will come with a 1080p display and further slender bezel. Currently, the device is known as the Moto X+1.

MobiFlip, a German mobile blog, also spotted the upcoming handset model in Motorola's Moto Maker. Though Motorola removed the listing, the blog managed to capture a screenshot of the model prior to Motorola's action.

The Moto X has multiple CPUs, which make up the X8 computing system, some of which are dedicated to certain tasks, in order to optimize battery life. As such, it has the 2-core 1.7 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro, a 320 Adreno GPU for graphics, one dedicated contextual computing core and 1 dedicated core for processing natural language.

The Moto X is very close to Vanilla Android and has a 720p display. So, the Moto X has a 1280×720 super AMOLED display. The display comes in at 360 pixels per inch and has a very bright, saturated color thanks to the AMOLED display.

Another report suggested that Motorola may possibly release the Moto X2 sometime in summer 2014, because the company has made an indication in this direction at a Q&A session at this year's Mobile World Congress. It categorically stated that the next version of Moto X will be launched sometime in "late summer."

Moreover, it has been reported that Motorola plans to expand the availability of its existing smartphone lineup to Europe and Mexico. The company is also planning to continue with Android as its primary OS.

Motorola has also confirmed that the original Moto X+1 will be released in India and Australia soon.

Gaming and tech news site Cyberland has confirmed that the Moto X+1 release date will be this August 20, 2014.

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