It looks like Motorola will be releasing a follow-up to last year's flagship Moto X. An image of what's reportedly the Moto X+1 and its 5.2-inch 1080p display has leaked.
Motorola has had a tough few years. Google acquired it in 2011 when it was seeing huge declines in sales of its smartphones. With Google involved, it looked like there was renewed faith and both companies partnered on the Moto X. The smartphone was the talk of the tech industry in the months leading up to its launch. There were reports that called the smartphone "years ahead of anything Apple and Samsung were offering," and a game-changing device.
The Moto X was also reportedly given a $500 million marketing budget from Google to help ensure that it was a success. But when the smartphone was officially launched, it received a tepid response. The talk of it being completely customizable never happened to the degree many were expecting and Motorola made a fatal mistake by giving AT&T an exclusive on the Moto Maker service. Moto Maker is a website where customers can choose different color rear cases and accent colors to make the device feel unique.
Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and other carriers that began selling the Moto X at the same time as AT&T did were only able to offer its customers a standard black or white model. The service eventually opened up to more carriers, but it was too late.
Sales of the Moto X are reportedly one of the reasons why Google sold the company to Lenovo at a huge loss. But it seems Motorola isn't letting that hold it back from doing what it does best and we're getting to see what is reportedly the Moto X+1 get photographed for the first time.
The image was posted by Antony Cheng on his Google+ page, and shows the smartphone's reported 5.2-inch 1920 x 1080 full HD and very thin bezel display.
There's no other information posted in regard to what the smartphone's specs are or when it will officially be announced. It's very likely to see a late summer release if Motorola follows its Moto X release schedule. We'll be sure to keep you updated.
