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Many love it and many hate it, but there is no doubt the Moto X will sell in good numbers. You may be waiting to get your hands on the T-Mobile Moto X, which makes today an exciting day (kind of). The device is now in Motorola’s site, but it is marked as “Out of Sotck”.
So, why is this good news? The Moto X came with an awesome launch. It will be available on every major carrier, as well as unlocked and in developer versions. But not everything about this launch is perfect – things are a bit confusing with T-Mobile’s launch of the device.
Motorola won’t stock the device in-store and T-Mobile claims it will only be available via Motorola’s site. This was contradicted by a leak that said the device would only be available from the Play Store. To be honest, I never believed the second option. The Play Store doesn’t offer phones on contract.
There is still no solid proof that T-Mobile’s plans will be offered through Motorola’s site, but chances of that being the case are much higher. For now, we know the device will be available for $599.99 off-contract. Is it worth the price? Would you buy the Moto X for T-Mobile if it happened to be only available off-contract?
Moto X specifications
- Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
- 4.7-inch display (720p)
- 1.7 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor
- 2 GB of RAM
- 16/32 GB of internal storage
- 10 MP / 2.1 MP cameras
- 2200 mAh battery
The device is quite awesome and has some very unique features. You can check out our review to get all the details. And if you are interested in buying the T-Mobile Moto X, try not to totally destroy that refresh button!
Thanks for the tip, Carlos!
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Kind of * yes my first one!
LOL. Thank you for that one!
This whole article is moot because T-Mobile doesn’t offer subsidized phones on contract anymore.
Technically, T-Mobile kind of does. You can buy a phone and make payments on it. When you figure the phone cost along with the plan cost, you are making similar kind of payments as a subsidized phone. The big difference with T-Mobile is that you can get just the cheaper plan price when your phone is paid off.
It still isn’t subsidized then. You are just paying for the device in full over time instead of at purchase.
In exchange, your plan is cheaper. Over two years you’ll save money over a subsidized phone from the other carriers.
usually but not always.
So you think that you don’t pay for a subsidised cell on contract over time @ verizon, at&t and sprint? (sigh… more proof that US math skills are seriously lacking)
I didn’t say that, did I? You know what they say when you assume things..
T-mobile’s no contract is virtually the same as having a contract with the sole exception that once the phone is paid off your price goes down. A normal subsidy has the higher price to pay off the phone, the difference is your bill never goes down even when the phone is paid off. That’s why t-mobile is winning right now.
at that price and mid range specs no thanks, i will wait and see if it comes down to the right price $350,400 tops.
It is not mid ranged please read reviews on chip uses to make moto x
what do you call this?
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
4.7-inch display (720p)
1.7 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor
2 GB of RAM
16/32 GB of internal storage
10 MP / 2.1 MP cameras
2200 mAh battery
That’s a mid-high end device.
i’d call that a phone specc’d rather similar to the htc one/gs4
Don’t forget the Galaxy S4 has a pentile display which makes it not so high end
more like nexus 4($249 right now) and the gs4/one have snapdragon 600 CPU and 1080p. pretty big difference
nexus 4 just received a price drop, and it was already being sold below typical smartphone value so we cant really go by that. The Moto X processor “benchmarks” inbetween the nexus 4 and gs4. So you have a $600 gs4 and an already discounted $350 Nexus 4.. that would mean Moto X would slide in at $475. I agree that it should have a cheaper downpayment, maybe $150 or $100 on contract, but i think the real issue is people denoting any phone priced above the unrealistically low priced Nexus 4 to be overpriced.
Higher res not needed on phone human eye cannot tell difference phone gives you 24 hours of battery life also has 8cores inside Your the only one to agree with your comment.
the only thing is that this phone is better spec’d than the Nexus 4 (which was already being sold for no profit) so it should be more expensive. Maybe $400-450
It feels weird with T-Mobile being late to the party. I don’t know if it’s just me but T-Mobile always seems to be first out the gate with device launches.
Motorola has never put a flagship Android phone on T-Mobile before and hasn’t had a Motorola phone is a long time. Perhaps, T-Mobile being late has more to do with them not having a great relationship with Motorola (although they do seem to have a real good relationship with Google which might be the reason we are seeing this phone on T-Mobile).
I desperately need a new phone because my LG L9’s wifi has busted and memory on it is running out quickly. That said I dont want to be in a contract and would really like to stay below $350. If i’m paying more I’m going HTC one. MOTO X has totally missed the mark with pricing.
Nexus 4
my phone wont be insured and Nexus 4’s screens break a lot. maybe if they gave them gorilla glass
Bought mine in november Not broken yet t.he front is gorilla the back isnt. Mine skated across a parking lot the first week a and has fallen a good amount of times on cement and tile in nothing but a bumper. Over heated and put it on a cold surface but it didn’t crack. Put a decent screen protector on this bad boy and it can take a pounding.
It looks like you can order the black one.
Not worth the price when the Nexus 5 will most likely have better specs and cheaper. I will pass on the X and wait for the Nexus 5
Looks like I’ll be getting the refreshed Nexus 4 instead.
This would be great if you could design your own! Hopefully other T-Mobile options will open up for the MotoX.
What game are they playing in the preview picture? I like trying out new games.
Looks like its in stock now.
for $600 … LMFAO! waiting on LG G2 and Nexus 5 otherwise i’m just going Sony. What a joke.
You can buy it directly from Motorola http://www.motorola.com/us/shop-all-mobile-phones/Moto-X-for-T-Mobile/m-moto-x-tmobile.html
Really, Googorola? I’d pay $400 tops for a 32GB Moto X but that’s about it. Good luck with all of that leftover stock.
Ja! Ich will dieses mobile!