Motorola "X" Phone

[bunique4life05]

T-Mobile coverage needs improvement to say the least but there price point is hard to beat if your on a budget.

Hopefully if their LTE Network coverage will be better than their HSPA+.
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[Clocks]

I guess the WSJ had a story saying the moto X will be similarly priced with the competition, possibly $199 / $599. Saw it on droidlife.

That would certainly rule me out for an off-contract purchase if true, especially of a midrange device.

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[thatotherdude24]

I guess the WSJ had a story saying the moto X will be similarly priced with the competition, possibly $199 / $599. Saw it on droidlife.

That would certainly rule me out for an off-contract purchase if true, especially of a midrange device.

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That would kill it for me. I was planning on getting one off contract.

Although The Verge is reporting it will be in the $199 off contract range.


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[djw39]

Although The Verge is reporting it will be in the $199 off contract range.


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Don't think that was "reporting" so much as "wild guess based on the price of the Nexus 4"


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[thatotherdude24]

Don't think that was "reporting" so much as "wild guess based on the price of the Nexus 4"


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Nobody knows what the exact price will be but I have read a lot more of the $199/$599 numbers now


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[NoYankees44]

Lol there is no way that the X will be in the nexus price range unless it is replacing the nexus.

The nexus is a dev phone subsidized by Google to make it cheap for developers. Google makes no money selling it. They only make it to support android and the ad revenue and information it creates for them.

The X phone is a phone made by Motorola. Motorola has to make a profit or they go under. There is a reason every other smartphone is $500+. It's because companies have to make money on hardware. Something Google does not have to do.

Now Google COULD subsidize the xphone the same way, but why? What purpose would there be for the nexus line? Will moto never stand on their own without papa Google paying the bills for them?

This phone has so many unreasonable pipe dreams attached to it it is ridiculous. It's destined for failure just because of the internet.

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[Ry]

Lol there is no way that the X will be in the nexus price range unless it is replacing the nexus.

The nexus is a dev phone subsidized by Google to make it cheap for developers. Google makes no money selling it. They only make it to support android and the ad revenue and information it creates for them.

The X phone is a phone made by Motorola. Motorola has to make a profit or they go under. There is a reason every other smartphone is $500+. It's because companies have to make money on hardware. Something Google does not have to do.

Now Google COULD subsidize the xphone the same way, but why? What purpose would there be for the nexus line? Will moto never stand on their own without papa Google paying the bills for them?

This phone has so many unreasonable pipe dreams attached to it it is ridiculous. It's destined for failure just because of the internet.

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[Ry]

Nobody knows what the exact price will be but I have read a lot more of the $199/$599 numbers now


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Analyzing what people have wrote re: $199/$599 -

Articles seem to say "reasonably" or "competitively" priced with current smartphones. $199 on a two-year contract/$599 full-retail is the current pricing for most smartphones. That's where $199/$599 comes from. For the X to compete, all it would have to do is be sold either at or below the $199/$599.

Until it's announced, no one should read the $199/$599 as fact.

 

[Ry]

Yet another possible Moto X photo leaks | Android Central

 

[ekimpadd]

The X phone is a phone made by Motorola. Motorola has to make a profit or they go under. There is a reason every other smartphone is $500+.

This is a ridicules statement. Just because every company is selling phones for $500+, doesnt make it "normal".

Now Google COULD subsidize the xphone the same way, but why?

This is why google COULD subsidize the xphone:
- To get the Motorola brand back on track.
- To connect people who doesnt have a lot of money with the internet. This is also a objective of google (ads,paid services,etc.), so that's a interesting point for both companies.

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[Clocks]

The reason the latest generation costs $599+ is because they have the latest tech. I'd hope that putting in last year's hardware would save some money.

 

[return_0]

The reason the latest generation costs $599+ is because they have the latest tech. I'd hope that putting in last year's hardware would save some money.

Why are people still saying this? The N4 was $299/349, and it had top-of-the-line hardware when it came out.

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[Ry]

This is a ridicules statement. Just because every company is selling phones for $500+, doesnt make it "normal".
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Actually if everyone but one company is selling phones for $500+, the one company that isn't selling phones for $500+ isn't normal.

This is why google COULD subsidize the xphone:
- To get the Motorola brand back on track.
- To connect people who doesnt have a lot of money with the internet. This is also a objective of google (ads,paid services,etc.), so that's a interesting point for both companies.

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But would Google subsidize Motorola's phones, potentially angering Samsung, LG, HTC, and all the other manufacturers?

 

[Clocks]

Why are people still saying this? The N4 was $299/349, and it had top-of-the-line hardware when it came out.

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The n4 was subsidized, the moto X may or may not be.

Some more new insight (obviously based on leaks, not facts)

X Phone specs, and why you shouldn't care. - Android Authority

I agree with the theme of this article, experience should take a front seat and specs should take a backseat. But will motorola be able to make an argument that we should pay the same for an experience as we pay for the components (if the price matches the GS4 for example)? Apple does (successfully). I dont know if essentially stock android can make the same argument.

 

[jdbii]

I didn't see this new rumor posted anywhere. I know rumors are a dime a dozen but cnet.com is a pretty mainstream site. Leak shows Moto X, HTC One hitting Verizon next month | Crave - CNET I find it interesting that verizon could have the phone as early as August. They always seem to be the last.

 

[ultravisitor]

That was posted on Android Central's main page earlier today.

 

[jdbii]

That was posted on Android Central's main page earlier today.

Woops. I never was very good at reading anything unless there were lots of pictures and even now I flew right past it.

 

[SpiralBorg]

http://m.androidauthority.com/moto-x-motorola-exec-scoble-242688/

Motorola executive found using a Motorola X.
He used it to take a video ( or picture).

 

[RenoD2010]

Up to date story.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberth...nd-500-million-to-market-moto-x-phone-report/

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[ekimpadd]

Eric Schmidt spotted using Moto X

Eric Schmidt spotted using Moto X [Images]