All I have to say for those of you who express outrage and anger at the US Government and the NSA in particular, where were you when the USA PATRIOT Act was renewed and signed into law in 2011? You can be ignorant when the act was first presented and passed, but after ten years of it on the books when it came up for…

Speaking of gods... How about Shaun Toub (the guy who helped Tony Stark build the Iron Man suit in the first Iron Man movie) as Mr. Ibis?

I cant see Cab Calloway as the greatest trickster of all time.

The crab stealing QB plays for Florida State not Florida.

I think companies SHOULD make bigger phones for the people that want them. They shouldn't punish those of us that also like the smaller phones.

Do the larger phones actually sell better because people really want them, or are all the best new phones just huge? Or maybe it's like the popcorn at movie theatres - I don't really want a giant tub but for 25 cents more I may as well get it.

You are not insane, you are exactly correct. I was so hoping for the second-gen Moto X to be just an updated version of the original. I don't want godzilla in my pocket. So, I won't be getting a new X.

I agree completely. It is so rare that you get such a well designed phone like the MotoX was and then to throw it away to sell a giant ergonomic nightmare is stupid.

I love the orginal Moto X and other than my battery life experiences and that I couldn't get a 32GB model on a corporate plan, it was a damn good phone.

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I refuse to buy the new one. The original Moto X was the best phone I've ever owned. I'm going to hold out for the next iteration or an updated version of the perfectly sized original.

This article perfectly sums up all my feelings on bigger phones. The bigger is better mentality really gets to me when awesome phones like the Moto X get screwed

Brian, I agree with you totally. My X is hands down the best phone I've ever owned (and I've had everything). Does it have its shortcomings? Yes - meh camera and no SD slot. But with out a doubt, the pure Android goodness with Motorola's splendid additions make this the best size to power ratio in any phone.

Last time I read an article this long about .5 inches, it was about the effects of steroid use.

Everything is secondary to better battery life.

*without strapping a hideous monstrosity to the back of my phone.

I would love a wifi-esque method of "air charging" anywhere in my apartment. I am basing this request on zero working knowledge on how batteries, or charging for that matter, work.

Damn. As a proud Moto X (the first one) owner, this new one is hideous. That flash ring, and the way the dimple is metal just screams TACKY. And not in a good way. Also, the first X was near bezel-less, so why the gigantic bezels on this one?