Rule9
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Not only that, but remember that Google is eating the margin on the Nexus line. Imagine how other Android OEMs would react if Motorola suddenly started selling their phones will little concern for profit margin? It could tear apart the ecosystem and leave Android much worse off. Now I do expect Motorola to try and push down prices and decouple the process of buying a phone from carriers (Moto Maker anyone???), but you can't really expect them to do it all at once without repercussions.
Nice I theory except for one thing. It has mid range phone specs. Therefore mid range pricing was expected. The X is not priced at mid range. It's not over 600 but Motorola has done the age old sales tactic of skating as close as they could to it so that the difference is negligible.