Moto X Style review: A big-screen 2K flagship with a 21 MP camera and near-stock Android.
The value flagship with the big screen.
Moto X Style (Moto X Pure in the US) offered a QHD display, 21 MP camera and front stereo speakers at $400 unlocked — undercutting rivals while keeping near-stock Android. The SD808 and thickness were the costs of the aggressive price.
01Display
72/10072/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2015 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
04Battery
64/10064/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
05Build
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2015 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
66/100At 66/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 8 points above the cohort average.
- QHD display and 21 MP camera at $400.
- Front-facing stereo speakers.
- 25 W TurboPower charging.
- Moto Maker customisation + microSD.
- Snapdragon 808 throttled.
- Thick 11.1 mm.
- Camera tuning was inconsistent.
- Heavy 179 g.
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 100-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .