Motorola has made the Moto X Developer Edition official, offering a handset for Verizon and a GSM version for AT&T and T-Mobile.
The company promised that it would start offering Developer Editions of the Moto X on its site sometime in the future. It appears that the time has finally come, Motorola has made good on its promise and is selling a Verizon and GSM Moto X Developer Edition on its site. The Developer Edition comes with a custom look with a black face and white woven back, along with the words Developer Edition stamped across the backplate.
Motorola highlights the fact that the Moto X Developer Editions come with an unlockable bootloader, which will allow users to customize the smartphone by installing different ROMs and kernels very easily.
The Moto X Developer Edition features a 4.7-inch 720p AMOLED HD display and is powered by a custom dual-core 1.7Ghz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with Motorola's X8 Computing System, paired with an Adreno 320 graphics processing unit (GPU). The Moto X ships with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, but should be updated to the latest Android 4.3 in the near future. The smartphone includes 32GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM.
It is packing a 10-megapixel rear camera able to record 1080p video and also has a 2-megapixel front facing camera. When it comes to connectivity, the Moto X includes a 4G LTE radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. Motorola has also included a 2,200 mAh battery and the smartphone is available in black with a woven white back and includes an exclusive Developer Edition stamp.
The Moto X Developer Edition is available for Verizon and a GSM version for AT&T and T-Mobile. The Verizon Moto X is available now for $649, while the GSM is listed as "Coming Soon." Motorola hasn't listed the price of the GSM Moto X Developer Edition, but it should be around the same price as the Verizon model.
We'll be sure to keep you updated as to when the GSM version becomes available.
