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Motorola takes aim at Apple and Samsung with new Moto X and Moto G smartphones

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Look, I know standards are pretty low in the advertorial mill that laughingly passes itself off as tech journalism, but does no one proofread even the bolded attention-getting text, much less articles, any more? Current lead-in to the source article: "As a Google Google company, Motorola's Moto X design wow'd reviewers and consumers. Now part of Lenovo, Motorola's and new supply chain extends its proven design with very competitive prices."

Motorola was "Google Google company"? "Motorola's and new supply chain"?

The article's not much better.

Why not just link to the official announcement blog post from Motorola [0] rather than something that's just as much of an ad, contains less substantive information about the products, and is less readable?

[0] http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2015/07/find-your-perfect-...

The submitter user name shares many letters with the author of the article, so that perhaps explains why they chose to submit it over any alternatives.

They submit a lot of their own articles but I guess they are generally topical and not overly frequent. I'd prefer a more direct statement about the relationship between the submitter and Network World (either in the teaser comments they post or their profile), but there isn't much of an attempt to hide anything.

Pure Android, extensive features, top-tier differentiated design at prices below industry leaders Apple and Samsung are intended to tease consumers to look at the line up and consider a direct relationship with Motorola.

Motorola's chief designer Wicks created innovative solid phones in earlier versions of the Moto X and Moto G. He's done it again with the latest phones released yesterday. It remains to be seen if Motorola can create a direct relationship with consumers using Moto Maker for customization, online services and social media.

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