Eligible for an upgrade on 4/1...(AT&T)

[badams1]

I've been using an HTC One M7 since April/May of 2013. Been a fantastic phone...and the SD 600 inside still actually performs very well...but I'm ready for something new.

I'm running a pure lollipop ROM at the moment...and I'm not really interested in the new M9 or the S6.

My question is...would you still buy the Moto x2 with it being 5-6 months old? I know it will b a good upgrade from the M7...but I have to keep in mind that it will likely be a 2.5 year old phone when I upgrade again.

Any insight is appreciated.

BA

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[Gekko]

I've been using an HTC One M7 since April/May of 2013. Been a fantastic phone...and the SD 600 inside still actually performs very well...but I'm ready for something new.

I'm running a pure lollipop ROM at the moment...and I'm not really interested in the new M9 or the S6.

My question is...would you still buy the Moto x2 with it being 5-6 months old? I know it will b a good upgrade from the M7...but I have to keep in mind that it will likely be a 2.5 year old phone when I upgrade again.

Any insight is appreciated.

BA

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Nexus 6.

 

[badams1]

I appreciate the suggestion....but for me personally....they made the Nexus 6 waaaay too big. If it had a screen in the neighborhood of 5 inches it would be exactly what I would get.

 

[Gekko]

I appreciate the suggestion....but for me personally....they made the Nexus 6 waaaay too big. If it had a screen in the neighborhood of 5 inches it would be exactly what I would get.

once you go big you'll never go back.

 

[repligation]

This is just my two-cents, but I think the US carriers (AT&T and Verizon especially) have done such a great job selling consumers on the idea of subsidized phones that everyone feels like it's their birthday when their two-year contract is up and they get to pay a "nominal" fee of $100-200 for a new $600 freshly-bloated phone which will fail to get appropriate updates over the next two years.

Do yourself a favor and recognize the end of your contract as a day of freedom and think about taking the plunge to buy an unlocked, unbloated, pure edition phone on your own. I also recommend a Nexus 6 but I do love my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition.

HTC and Samsung have a terrible track record regarding updates on their carrier-branded phones. These forums are literally padded with thread after thread of simultaneously infuriating and tiresome posts about updates that never happen.

 

[badams1]

This is just my two-cents, but I think the US carriers (AT&T and Verizon especially) have done such a great job selling consumers on the idea of subsidized phones that everyone feels like it's their birthday when their two-year contract is up and they get to pay a "nominal" fee of $100-200 for a new $600 freshly-bloated phone which will fail to get appropriate updates over the next two years.

Do yourself a favor and recognize the end of your contract as a day of freedom and think about taking the plunge to buy an unlocked, unbloated, pure edition phone on your own. I also recommend a Nexus 6 but I do love my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition.

HTC and Samsung have a terrible track record regarding updates on their carrier-branded phones. These forums are literally padded with thread after thread of simultaneously infuriating and tiresome posts about updates that never happen.

In my last couple of phones (GS2, & M7)...ive ended up basically getting the phone for its hardware...because I would root them and then end up running some sort of stock android on them.(i.e. CM11 or CM12). In my situation personally (House, Cars, Kids, etc..) paying more than $200 for a new phone just isn't really realistic for me.

I could do it...but a majority of my money is best served doing other things....however I can justify $100-$200 every now and then to get myself a new toy. Things like bloatware and updates are less important to me simply because odds are i'll end up rooting the phone at some point anyway.

 

[fatboy97]

Get a Pure Edition. You said you like the pure lollipop... then the Pure Edition is the way to go. They are doing a soak test of 5.1 on that device right now, and it should be live to everybody fairly soon.

 

[sharkita]

Get a Pure Edition. You said you like the pure lollipop... then the Pure Edition is the way to go. They are doing a soak test of 5.1 on that device right now, and it should be live to everybody fairly soon.

I concur. If you go with the 2014 Moto X (a terrific phone - no complaints except for the so-so camera), the Pure Edition is definitely the one to get. I too am on AT&T and regret getting the AT&T branded one.

 

[Gekko]

This is just my two-cents, but I think the US carriers (AT&T and Verizon especially) have done such a great job selling consumers on the idea of subsidized phones that everyone feels like it's their birthday when their two-year contract is up and they get to pay a "nominal" fee of $100-200 for a new $600 freshly-bloated phone which will fail to get appropriate updates over the next two years.

Do yourself a favor and recognize the end of your contract as a day of freedom and think about taking the plunge to buy an unlocked, unbloated, pure edition phone on your own. I also recommend a Nexus 6 but I do love my Moto X 2014 Pure Edition.

HTC and Samsung have a terrible track record regarding updates on their carrier-branded phones. These forums are literally padded with thread after thread of simultaneously infuriating and tiresome posts about updates that never happen.

i agree with this. i use a Nexus from Play Store with AT&T GoPhone. no contract, pure freedom, great value, first class experience, second to none, with no compromises.