Moto X (2014) review: A near-stock flagship with active display and customisable Moto Maker backs.
The customisable near-stock flagship.
Moto X (2014) leaned into personalisation — Moto Maker leather and wood backs — and software polish like Active Display and twist-to-launch-camera gestures. The small battery held it back, but it was a beloved enthusiast flagship.
01Display
70/10070/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
02Camera
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2014 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
60/10060/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
04Battery
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2014 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
68/10068/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
06Value
60/100At 60/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- Moto Maker — leather and wood custom backs.
- Active Display notifications.
- Near-stock Android with Moto gestures.
- Front-facing speaker.
- Small 2,300 mAh battery.
- Average camera.
- No microSD.
- 2 GB RAM.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .