With Internet rumors flying think and fast in the days preceding its release, one could be excused for thinking that the Moto X phone would herald the second coming of Motorola, which seems to have lost its way in recent years after coming out with the first cell phone in the 1980s.
For indeed, excitement started when Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside announced at the D11 conference that the phones would be made in the USA, specificially Fort Worth, Texas. Motorola took out full-page ads in large newspapers on July 3rd, a day before Independence Day in the U.S., touting an upcoming “Made in the USA” smart phone. Leaked photos from Twitter user evleaks, a photo scoop from an Italian magazine showing Google’s ex-CEO Eric Schmidt sporting what seemed like a Moto X and other rumors led to excitement and hype for the phone reaching a fever pitch in the days prior to its release--which was today.
