About a year ago, I tried out a new smartphone from Motorola Mobility (which was then owned by Google) called the Moto X. Now in the process of moving to Lenovo, Motorola has just released the update to that phone — which, despite all the rumors to the contrary, it is also simply calling the Moto X, replacing last year’s model.

At the same time, the company made a number of other product introductions, including a new model of the less-expensive Moto G and its much-anticipated Moto 360 smartwatch. We will eventually have full (and well-researched) reviews of all three by JR Raphael, but since I’ve used the first iteration of the Moto X for the past year, I thought I’d take a quick first look at the new version.

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