I've had the Droid Maxx now for a couple months, and love it. I realize it's a different phone, but the software is essentially the same. The active display by far is awesome! It nearly eliminates the need of pushing the power button to wake the phone. I'll never get another phone without this or a similar feature. Personally, I'd go with the maxx for the battery life (can be stretched to 3 days), but if that isn't that important to you, then I'm sure you'll be happy with the X. The VZW bloatware that everyone complains about is annoying, but it really isn't a big deal since you can now disable apps in the operating system, so you'll never see it again once you do.