Moto X Starts at $199, Lands on AT&T August 23rd
Key points
- Online tool Moto Maker allows you to order and design a customized version of the device (including the back, front and accent colors).
- AT&T claims to be the first network with access to Moto Maker.
- Rogers is offering the Moto X for C$189.99 on a 2-year contract and $550 outright.
- The Moto X offers a 720p HD resolution, instead of the 1080p display found in other high-end Android devices.
- The Moto X is the first Motorola smartphone to be created and assembled in the U.S.
Motorola’s Moto X phone will released by the Big Four carriers in the U.S. and solely by Rogers in Canada. AT&T set the ball rolling, confirming that the device will be available starting August 23rd for $199 on a two-year contract. Announced by Motorola in early August, the Moto X features a 4.7-inch display a dual-core 1.7-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, a quad-core Adreno 320 GPU, plus extra processors for natural language recognition and contextual computing.
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