Motorola X Phone Price Slashed by $100, Find Out Where to Buy
The Motorola X phone price could be slashed by $100 for those who enter into the company's trade up program.
Those eligible will receive a special $100 rebate on their chosen handset. Smartphones involved in the deal include the Moto X, Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx and the Droid Mini. However, the deal is only available to those who own an old Motorola model that they could trade in.
The rebate will come in the form of a Motorola Prepaid Visa Card that will be shipped 6-8 weeks after the trade-in process and new purchase is completed.
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The Motorola X Phone release date could be set for Aug. 29 for Verizon users.
A leaked Best Buy inventory screen shows that the Verizon version of the Moto X will be released on that date. The screenshot was obtained by Android Central and the site claims that the handset will arrive in stock on Aug. 15 with a street date for Aug. 29. The publication also revealed that the release of the device was "pushed forward three days from its original Aug. 23 launch date.
Since the device's unveiling, various reports have stated that Verizon will release the Moto X on the 23 of this month. The handset was also expected to launch simultaneously with the new Droid line that includes the Droid Maxx, Droid Ultra and Droid Mini.
The new device will feature a 4.7-inch screen with a curved back, a 10-megapixel camera, the option of a white or black body, 16GB or internal memory, and no microSD card slot. Google will offer up to 50GB of free Google Drive storage for Moto X owners for the next two years. The device will not run the latest version of Android, but will instead come with Android 4.2.2, JellyBean out of the box.
The smartphone will be available on all four major U.S. carriers including AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.
