My New Phone! Designing my Moto X

My new pink Moto X! (It matches my nails!)

Before I Bought:
The Moto X officially came out on Friday Aug. 23rd. We immediately went to our local ATT store (turned out it was actually just an authorized retailer) so we could see what it looked like in person, but they only had one model in white, so that was a let down. They also knew NOTHING about the phone, so that was amusing. Lesson learned: call ahead to see if they have a display of what you want to see...(*Also, look for the post about my HORRIBLE experience at the Apple Store, coming soon...)

How I Designed and Bought:
They next day we went to the official ATT store in Palo Alto (on Pagemill and El Camino), knowing it was a bigger store. Sure enough they had a full display, and after talking to the guy there and seeing all of the colors of the Moto X for myself, in person (they really do have a GREAT display there!), I was convinced I wanted a Moto X. In pink. ;) Not wanting to impulse buy, my boyfriend convinced me to wait and think about it for a couple days, and so, on Tuesday Aug. 27 I designed my pink phone online at the Moto Maker website.

There are basically 3 choices you get to make in your "design:" the color of the back, which is the main and most exciting feature; the color of the front, either black or white; the "accent" color, which are the metallic pieces around the camera and also used for the buttons. I'll admit that part of me wavered for a moment on whether I would get a red back or a pink back, since football season is half of my year and I need to be able to rep my Stanford pride at all times. But ultimately the desire to have a pink phone again in my life won out, especially since there is that other half of the year, and also because I bought these Stanford stickers years ago so that I could always Stanfordize anything I want at a moment's notice ;)

Once I chose pink, or as they call it, "Raspberry," then I had to decide my front: although I was eager to get away from anything that looks trademark Apple (white), I really don't like black. I basically don't like black anything. I like COLOR, and if black is the absence of color then obviously white is the better choice ;) Plus, I just think white is more feminine and I really do want a girly phone! They also let you choose the color of your charging cable, and this is also why I chose white for my charger ;)

(As an aside, when Apple came out with the white iPhone I decided to get it for the same reasons, NOT because I wanted to be Apple-y. Plus, it was basically the ONLY "option" they offered, and as I said in my Intro, I like being unique and different, so this offered me the ONE way to do that in the world of iPhone. )

From there it was just a matter of seeing which "accent" color went best with my pink and white scheme. *BEWARE!* For some reason the colors displayed on the Moto Maker website do NOT match the real life colors, especially on the metallic accents- they are brighter onscreen than in real life:

LEFT: Screenshot from Moto Maker RIGHT: Unboxing photo taken with iPhone 4s

 Even the above picture doesn't quite show how different they are. Close, but different. This is why I wanted to see them in person at the ATT store before ordering. In the end, I chose a red accent because it not only looked pretty against the pink, but it would rep my Stanford colors with the white front. BAM, best of both of Marisa's worlds ;)

Shipping and Delivery:
They told me it was an estimated delivery of 8 days, so the following Tuesday, which kinda bummed me out because their big advertising is that they are made in the US, in Fort Worth, Texas (yay, Texas!), which means 3-4 days for shipping. But my boyfriend explained that since it just barely came out there was a huge demand which was delaying shipping, so I pouted but grudgingly accepted. I really do hate waiting for anything!

Then a day later I got an email saying they had started production on my design- HOW COOL! I loved that they were updating me on the step by step process! The day after that they emailed me that it was shipped and that it should be delivered by Sunday, Sept. 1: 2 whole days earlier than the anticipated delivery date, whooHOO! But THEN, to my WONDERFUL surprise, on Friday early afternoon, Aug. 30, FedEx rang my doorbell and delivered a packaged. I was SO confused since I wasn't expecting any packages that day, but when I opened it THERE WAS MY MOTO X!!!! I WAS SO EXCITED!!! It only took 3 days to ship after all! What an AWESOME company! My boyfriend captured the unboxing here (excuse my uncuteness but it really was SO unexpected I was not quite dressed for the day ;p):

Witness my delight at the pinkness below ;p

Up next: my first impressions on Android...