ABC News: Motorola Moto X buyers will be able to add a customized engraving on the back of the phone

According to ABC News, the eagerly awaited Motorola Moto X will offer buyers the opportunity to select from a variety of colors for the back cover and trim. Earlier this year, our source told us to expect more than 20 colors to choose from. ABC also says that Moto X users will be able to have the back cover of the phone engraved with a message or a name that can be entered on the Moto X site when the phone is ordered. At the same time, buyers will be allowed to upload a personal photograph that will be used as wallpaper for the phone when it arrives. While the customized version of the phone will be ordered online, carriers will have a standard version of the phone to sell in their stores.

Our source has tipped us from the very start that we should not expect any hardware customization for the phone. This has been confirmed by the ABC News report today. Our tipster also has told us to expect a 720 x 1280 resolution on the display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor under the hood and a large battery. The report from ABC pointedly called the device a mid-range model, something that we have been doing since benchmark tests revealed that the Moto X is not a high end model designed to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z, LG Optimus G and the HTC One, as originally thought.

ABC is reporting that a version of the Motorola Moto X with Android 4.2.2 is currently undergoing carrier testing. This will be the first phone designed from start to finish since Google purchased Motorola in 2011. All other models had been in various stages of development in the Motorola pipeline. To make sure that it is shipped out to buyers in a timely fashion, the phone will be manufactured at Google's 500,000 square foot facility in Texas. Motorola spokeswoman Danielle K. McNally said that 2,200 new positions will be filled at the factory, which is located in Fort Worth. A full page ad that leaked on Tuesday has been published today in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

The Motorola Moto X is expected to come equipped with sensors that will know when you are driving and launch the speaker phone automatically. Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside has also alluded to a sensor that will allow the camera to know when you are going to take a picture and fire up the snapper automatically.

It certainly seems that we are getting closer to the introduction of the phone, which could launch as soon as next month.

source: ABCNews