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> For those who are used to Motorola's customizations in their phone, you will be missing them because the phone is stock android.

That's a selling point for me, at least from my experience using Samsung phones. Some of the add-ons are nice, but the balance seems to result in a fairly sluggish phone.

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I think that comment is referring to Motorola's excellent additions that you can find on the Moto X, like Active Display, Touchless Control and Moto Assist.

These really are genuine enhancements rather than bloatware, and they're engineered to use minimal power (using the Xs low-power co-processors and LED screen).

However, for the asking price the G is a great device.

Can't really generalize that but yes, the customizations can result in sluggishness at times.