Motorola Moto X review: Talk to me

Fully covered connectivity

The Moto X starts off with the basics - quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, quad-band 3G, and LTE compatibility.

The device uses Bluetooth 4.0 alongside Wi-Fi support which includes a/b/g/n/ac band compatibility.

The Moto X allows you to share all sorts of media via NFC by simply touching the device and other NFC-capable devices back-to-back.

Google Chrome is in charge of web browsing

The Moto X comes with Google Chrome as a default web browser out of the box. The interface hasn't changed since Chrome's launch for Android and - it is clean and minimalist.

At the top there's an URL bar with a refresh/stop buttons next to tabs and settings buttons. You can switch between tabs with a wide swipe from either the left or right.

Opening the tabs area reveals a list of tabs which can be closed again with a left or right swipe. The animation accompanying this action is neat, too.

Google Chrome

Chrome is running on the WebKit rendering engine, so underneath the simple UI it's basically the same as all Android stock browsers.

Of course, one of Chrome's strengths is its ability to seamlessly sync with its desktop version, using nothing but your Google account. This allows you to open an article on your PC and finish reading it on your mobile phone. It also syncs your bookmarks and favorite sites.

Google Chrome is generous on settings as well. You can control almost every aspect of your web browsing from choosing what content you want to allow to load like JavaScript, images, cookies and pop-ups.

If you are out of Wi-Fi access, you can, for example, choose temporarily not to load images. Digging into Chrome's options, you'll also have the option to turn the auto-fill of forms and storing passwords on or off.

Switching between tabs