The mythical Motorola X Phone, rumored to be the first Android device jointly developed by Google and its new unit Motorola, has been confirmed. Motorola posted a job listing on LinkedIn for a senior director of product management to work directly on the X Phone project. While the posting confirms that the X Phone is on the way, it dues suggest that development is still in the early stages. Motorola, acquired by Google for $12.5 billion in May 2012, has been rumored to be working on a phone that would have a 5-inch edge-to-edge display, $299 unsubsidized price tag, the upcoming Google Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie operating system, and a launch date at Google's I/O event in May.
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- While Google has been partnering with Android device-makers like LG, ASUS and Samsung to release Nexus smartphones and tablets, the Motorola X won't reportedly have a Nexus branding.
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The key here, is the fact that it actually mentions the “X-Phone,” something many believed to be nothing but a myth.- Kellex, Droid Life
Unfortunately for anyone interested in learning more about the X-Phone and what makes it tick, these job listings don't provide any insight into exactly what the mysterious product is.- Alex Wagner, Phone Dog
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Motorola posts X Phone product manager job listing
The odd thing about the listing is it reads as though development of the X Phone is still in the early stages.
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Motorola Looking to Hire Director Product Management for the X Phone
The last wild rumor we reported on talked of a multi-carrier launch, also on Google Play, with unlockable bootloaders and a price that you won’t be able to pass on.
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Motorola X Phone Outed by Motorola?
In the past few weeks, rumors have sprouted up about a smartphone that Google and Motorola are supposedly working on, a smartphone that is currently called the X Phone. The device is said to be similar to a Nexus device, but not a Nexus, and instead a Motorola device running vanilla Android but with bloatware on board.
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Motorola has put up a product manager job listing for the “X Phone”
The rumor mentioned that the X Phone would not be a Nexus device, which makes this all the more interesting.
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Motorola job listing includes 'X-Phone' reference
While nothing has been confirmed about this X-Phone quite yet, that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from speculating about it.
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Motorola X-Phone confirmed by job listing
According to sources it sounds like the listing also mentioned the product as being in the “early stages” although according to multiple previous leaks by the Wall Street Journal, the phone is nearly finished while Google and Motorola are also prepping an X-Tablet.
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Motorola May Be Looking For Some Help With Its Secretive X-Phone Project
There are murmurs that the X-Phone will be available for $299 unsubsidized for “all carriers” for instance, and that it’ll officially be introduced to the world at Google’s next I/O conference in May.
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