I think his point was that it should've been a "Google Edition" phone to begin with, and I agree. Every Motorola phone should be a "Nexus" phone (from low-end to high-end).

But this phone still feels 90 percent Motorola, rather than 90 percent Google. Hopefully by next year they'll learn from all the criticism they're getting right now, and make a true Google phone.

The Nexus 7 seems like a much better product/value than Moto X, and that felt very much like a "Google device".