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I'm going to replace my Galaxy Nexus, and keep the T-Mobile service I currently have. Given that, do you have an opinion on whether the Moto X or Nexus 5 is better, and why?

Reviews mostly seem to have a hard time choosing one over the other. What I care about:
* Battery life. Reviews are also confused about that, some say the Moto X has longer battery life and some say the Nexus 5.
* Being able to use the unlocked phone internationally (I won't get a locked phone).

* Good, non-jittery GPS that's good enough for navigation/Waze (this is one place the Galaxy Nexus fails very badly)
* Non-laggy app performance
* Easy to read display mainly for maps - but as long as it's not worse than the Galaxy Nexus, I'll like the display.

What I don't care about:
* Rooting. I don't plan to do that.
* Streaming music. I mainly use my iPad to carry music & podcasts around, for the car or for flights. No phone battery is good enough for this use, IMO; iPads last forever.

Edit: Thanks [livejournal.com profile] ckd, [livejournal.com profile] pir, [livejournal.com profile] lizkayl, [livejournal.com profile] sariel_t, for bits of helpful info. I ended up choosing Moto X. My main reasons were longer battery life and a smaller more comfortable to hold phone, though I've heard that I'll also really like the "active notifications", and that the camera is much faster.
Date: 2013-12-06 21:14 (UTC)

ckd: (cpu)
From: [personal profile] ckd
Based on the reviews I've read:

Nexus 5:
- better screen
- better CPU
- definitely unlocked
- has wireless charging (Qi)

Moto X:
- better camera
- better battery life (among other reasons, because it can turn on only part of the screen for clock/notifications/etc)
- smaller (a feature for some people)
- spiffier notifications/lockscreen stuff (like voice commands without having to wake the screen)
- maybe not always unlocked? I think I've seen complaints that at least the AT&T models are locked until you get the carrier to unlock them.

For myself I'd probably go with the N5; I have a Nexus 4 (so I already have things like Qi wireless chargers) and the faster CPU seems likely to future-proof the phone a bit more.

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