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by privong·12y ago·view on hn ↗
I second this. It is my only phone, and aside from the camera, it is a great phone at an awesome price.

There has been a lot of discussion of screen size in the Moto X thread [0], and I tend to agree that the old Moto G's screen size was great. I previously had a Galaxy S3 and did not mind the larger screen, but after switching to the smaller Moto G screen, I much prefer the 4.5". It is still big enough, but the battery life is far better. My cursory checking of the battery stats for both phones showed that generally the screen use was the driving factor in battery life, so I was happy to make the tradeoff to a smaller screen in exchange for a longer-lasting charge.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8272745

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I honestly don't notice anything wrong with a 720p screen at that size. Sure it may not be retina, but I don't care as long as my battery lasts all day (it does and into the next day).

Being able to pass out at a strange house and not have to worry about my cellphone in the morning is freeing.

It is retina as in at-least-pixel-per-arcsec.