Motorola's $100 card - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Got the email today saying to trade in my phone for an eligible jb upgradeable device to get my $100 visa debit card. One thing I'm truly surprised by is it said buy the phone (only atrix hd for att) from anywhere brand new and send proof of purchase and the bar code from the box to get it. So maybe an ebay purchase would qualify? Anyone else get their "offer"? Not like I'm gonna take it, just wondering.

Hi, I am from UK but my Atrix is a A&T model and I have got the email too, I dunno whether to upgrade. Thinking carefully about it, I hope the email is not a sham

I think you can only motorola discount $100 if you buy new motorola phone after give old phone motorola

I really don't find it worth the risk. I feel like Moto needs to prove they have fixed their updating first. It'll be at least a year or two for me before I consider another Moto purchase.
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I get this mail on september 23rd : http://cdn.motorola-2.com/us/en/mot...-att/index.html?fwd_prod_id=MOTOROLA+ATRIX+4G
I'm in France....
NB: see this https://www.mototradeup.com/?q=start
It says "You must trade in your used phone in order to qualify."

Got the e-mail as well. I'm a good 6 months from being able to get a new phone on contract, and the current no-commitment price for an Atrix HD is $449. So I can either spend $349 to get an Atrix HD and have to give up my old perfectly usable Atrix, or I can spend about that much for a Xiaomi M2, get a better phone, and give the Atrix to my daughter.
In other words, Motorola can kiss my [CENSORED].

RaiderDuck said:
Got the e-mail as well. I'm a good 6 months from being able to get a new phone on contract, and the current no-commitment price for an Atrix HD is $449. So I can either spend $349 to get an Atrix HD and have to give up my old perfectly usable Atrix, or I can spend about that much for a Xiaomi M2, get a better phone, and give the Atrix to my daughter.
In other words, Motorola can kiss my [CENSORED].
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I agree totally. I've moved on to skyrocket, but I will not give my atrix to motorola to get another motorola that will be outdated in a couple months.

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Verizon Trade-In Program get $132!

Verizon now has a trade in program and I put in some of my old Phones(Palm 700p and Samsung i760) only to find out they were worthless. However when I put in my Eris it came up with a surprising $132. Being that I only paid $50 in the first place for it, I'm shocked. Thought I would share this with the community. Oh yeah, if you want to do it, here is the site https://www.trade-in.vzw.com/AppraisalPage.aspx
You paid more than $50. It's subsidized by your contract.
Are they going to send you a check or do you get a discount off from something else? I am assuming you have to buy something else at full price.
$132 for Eris!!!
I did the same thing this morning (I already had upgraded to a Droid X). $132 is not a bad price for that device. I also have a Moto Droid 1 and I put that in, and it only came up as $50????? As far as how they pay you, they pay you in Verizon Gift Cards. With those, I turn around and pay my bill thus freeing up money I didn't have before!
Oh thats cool.
I did the wizard for the Eris and at first got only $46...but then I realized I clicked YES YES YES too fast. The third one should be NO if you want to see what top dollar is.
So how would this work? We'd get the rebate but still have a bit of time on our contracts, but have no phone. We'd have to then either buy new phones at full retail or re-up our contracts. Am I right?
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Yes you would need to have some other phone that I were using. You could do the renewal then trade in the old phone later and apply it to your bill.
If you are on a family plan you might be able to steal the discount from another line and get an incredible for 149. That might be what I do because I have 3 lines out of contract and the people on those lines don't want a new phone. I'm just wondering if I should wait till 4g phones come out.
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I signed up a few minutes ago! Already switched to the Droid X a while back. Just wondering.. Are we supposed to include the charger? The microSD card? It never mentions anything but the phone itself. I don't need either of these things, but don't want to look stupid if I shouldn't include them lol..
EDIT: I missed the FAQ link at the bottom of their site. So to answer my own question, do not include any accessories with the device. =]
I sold mine on Craigslist for $150 and turned around and bought a Droid for $175. If you live in certain areas, there are a lot of cell phone places that want to buy Eri and the like to flash to MetroPCS or Cricket and charge another $100 for them. Just something else to think about.
I cannot believe Big Red will give you more for an Eris than for a Droid 2 or Droid X. Anyone care to speculate?
Eris is like a fine wine or what?
Verizon is trying to get more replacements to avoid giving droid eris users higher end replacements like DX.
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Verizon is trying to get more replacements to avoid giving droid eris users higher end replacements like DX.
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See, that's when you wait till just before they stop supporting it, and hit in with warrenty
So I just "lost" my phone, I say lost because it was lost for 3 days and, being that its my only line of communication, I had to buy another one using insurance. Can I turn the old one in for this deal? Or does VZW void your IMEI when you lose a phone?
Never mind, that's part of the agreement. Crap, I was hoping to get an easy $132 (well really $42 since I had to pay $90 to asurion).
I don't think they check. Good luck
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Upgrading Phone

Well I have an upgrade coming Sept.11th. I am trying to decide between the inc2 and the droid bionic. What do you guys think? The specs on the bionic are awesome the only real issue I have with the bionic is the fact that the bootloader may never be unlocked, it does have root however. Being able to tinker with my phone is a must have. There is no 4g in my area so that really isn't an issue, I am fine with 3g.
znel,
For some info on the Bionic (I haven't been there myself but it sounds impressive), this guy has posted some reviews and 24 videos of it.
http://www.androidcentral.com/droid-bionic-reader-review-continues-dozens-videos
Also, the Samsung Fascinate sounds like a really nice phone too, and the upgrade cost for it right now is $39 (though that may be for a refurb, can't remember).
Hope you like whatever you get. I've got another 6 months before my upgrade is available.
personally i like sense ui (just cant get away from how smooth it is), so if 4g wasnt an issue, id probably take the inc2 (was actually my first choice till i heard that LTE was amazing for verizon). dont get me wrong, the bionic looks amazing and for about 2-3 weeks i was dead set on buying that till i realized that the price for it is kinda outrageous for me. $299.99 is too much for a phone in my opinion. the x2 is actually a better option in my opinion at $199.99 if u dont have 4g and dont plan on getting it for future preparation.
now im more interested in the thunderbolt mainly due to such a huge dev community. my upgrade is coming up on the 23rd so i gotta prepare. also amazon has the thunderbolt for upgrade with $119.99 on individual plan or $179.99 on family plan ($0.01 if new contract -_-)
Android police or Androidcentral also said that Amazon is offering the Bionic at $179 for upgrade also, but if you like Sense better, stick with something you like. Or you can prob. get an Sony Experia Play pretty cheap for an upgrade, if that gets your interest up. It seems to have a pretty active developers group on here too.
pretty sure its $249 for upgrade for both individual and family plans on amazon. the $179 price is for new verizon customers i think
My wife and I are up for an update as of tomorrow. Has anyone upgraded using newegg or any other place along that line? Dinc2 is free with upgrade and tbolt is $119 with upgrade. Sweet deals and I'm not sure I'll get close to that thru Verizon.
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FYI: $100 credit is really only worth $25

So far, Motorola's best response to us betrayed Photon owners was that they would buy our devices back for $100. After my initial excitement of Motorola's unending generosity died down, I realized that $100 isn't so generous after all.
-- Sprint will give you $63 for your phone.
-- Samsung will give you $75 for your phone. samsungupgrade.com
-- HTC will give you $75 for your phone. htctradeup.com
-- As of 10/2 used Photons are selling on ebay in good condition for more than $100 (search past listings for Photon 4G)
Essentially, excluding what you can get if you go to the trouble of selling your Photon on ebay, Motorola is giving us an extra $25, since they are requiring us to send in a device that does have some value elsewhere. Is $25 enough for you to stay a Motorola customer? That is certainly up to you. But you should at least be aware that other major phone manufacturers are not far off, and may very well provide better support.
jbot81 said:
So far, Motorola's best response to us betrayed Photon owners was that they would buy our devices back for $100. After my initial excitement of Motorola's unending generosity died down, I realized that $100 isn't so generous after all.
-- Sprint will give you $63 for your phone.
-- Samsung will give you $75 for your phone. samsungupgrade.com
-- HTC will give you $75 for your phone. htctradeup.com
-- As of 10/2 used Photons are selling on ebay in good condition for more than $100 (search past listings for Photon 4G)
Essentially, excluding what you can get if you go to the trouble of selling your Photon on ebay, Motorola is giving us an extra $25, since they are requiring us to send in a device that does have some value elsewhere. Is $25 enough for you to stay a Motorola customer? That is certainly up to you. But you should at least be aware that other major phone manufacturers are not far off, and may very well provide better support.
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Thanks for the info. If I stay with Android (in spite of horrendous fragmentation), I go back to HTC. If not Android, I'll reconsider WP8 (had used WinMo up until 1.5 years ago).
I love my Photon HW, so really a shame what Moto has done.
I called Sprint and walked into a store asking if the Motorola credit was offered on top of the $63 they give you. They said they are not aware of any Motorola credit.
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refer them to this: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/ci/documents/detail/2/motorola-jelly-bean-rebate_en-US
Is it even a credit?
I don't know if getting your rebate is contingent on it or not but on the website they bring up "If your phone is not updated to Jelly Bean we don't want you to miss out." Does this mean that they won't give the rebate if they do update your phone to JB?? Not sure, but I'd watch how they word their rebate contingencies.
It also requires you to purchase, or upgrade to another Motorola. So it's not really a credit, lol. You have to give up your phone, PLUS get another moto device, just to be eligible. I'll never go back to moto simply because they've started doing the stupidest thing ever and designed all they're new phones with built in batteries, my arch nemesis!! lol. They can keep they're money, and I'll keep my atrix.
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Agreed ...
It's not 100$ credit but they are actually making you to spend another/more bucks for upgrade ... why we upgrade if they failed to update
I've bought few months back then why i upgrade and spend more bucks for the same failed brand ...
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Could somebody copypasta this info into the Official Support My Moto Campaign Thread? I've been at it for almost 20hrs and am really starting to pay for it.
Lokifish Marz said:
Could somebody copypasta this info into the Official Support My Moto Campaign Thread? I've been at it for almost 20hrs and am really starting to pay for it.
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As requested, I have copy and pasted it.
I'm probably switching carriers, and probably going to get another Moto device. I love the radio/antenna/whatever it is that helps with reception, and the feel and build quality. I'm loving the way the droid razr maxx hd looks. I'm loving the other carrier at the moment. I know they screwed us on the Photon, but for the new phones they already seem to be doing better. Samsung took over a year to upgrade Epic 4g to gingerbread. They appear to have learned from that as the galaxy s3 looks to be getting JB before too long. Moto upgraded the Razr to ICS a couple months ago, and the Razrs are all supposed to get JB by the end of the year. The Photon Q is one of the three phones on the first round of devices that get officially unlocked bootloaders. You have to go to a website and enter a device ID to get the files, or something like that. But it has the unlockable bootloader like the developer edition. I know VZ hates unlocked bootloaders, but other than the RAZR maxx, I'll be looking at the next nexus devices. I don't dev much anyway. I have always like stock kernels with custom ROMs. They have always seemed more stable to me anyway.
I guess my point is this bad experience isn't enough for me to give up on Moto, because I'm not willing to go back to flimsy loss of signal phones, and I think in the future they'll be better. Just takes some time for them to get their crap together with the problems and then the Google purchase.
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I'm probably switching carriers, and probably going to get another Moto device. I love the radio/antenna/whatever it is that helps with reception, and the feel and build quality. I'm loving the way the droid razr maxx hd looks. I'm loving the other carrier at the moment. I know they screwed us on the Photon, but for the new phones they already seem to be doing better. Samsung took over a year to upgrade Epic 4g to gingerbread. They appear to have learned from that as the galaxy s3 looks to be getting JB before too long. Moto upgraded the Razr to ICS a couple months ago, and the Razrs are all supposed to get JB by the end of the year. The Photon Q is one of the three phones on the first round of devices that get officially unlocked bootloaders. You have to go to a website and enter a device ID to get the files, or something like that. But it has the unlockable bootloader like the developer edition. I know VZ hates unlocked bootloaders, but other than the RAZR maxx, I'll be looking at the next nexus devices. I don't dev much anyway. I have always like stock kernels with custom ROMs. They have always seemed more stable to me anyway.
I guess my point is this bad experience isn't enough for me to give up on Moto, because I'm not willing to go back to flimsy loss of signal phones, and I think in the future they'll be better. Just takes some time for them to get their crap together with the problems and then the Google purchase.
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Unfortunately for Sprint users many of your pluses don't apply. I haven't had a good signal in at least 4 months. I keep hearing the wonderful line "we're doing networks upgrades so there's nothing we can do ". The other day it took 7 minutes to make a phone call when I had a strong signal showing.
In addition to that the photon is now 2 OS upgrades behind. Many of us purchased a Motorola phone because of the promised upgrades. Piss poor customer service makes many of us quite hostile and unwilling to forgive the lies.
I guess I didn't realize that you had to turn your phone in to get the $100. That is pretty worthless then.
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I called Sprint and walked into a store asking if the Motorola credit was offered on top of the $63 they give you. They said they are not aware of any Motorola credit.
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Sprint wouldn't be. It's not a Motorola credit, it's a Verizon credit.
To qualify, you have to trade in your phone, as others have said... and you have to buy a Verizon-exclusive Motorola smartphone. The plan will be fully realized by the end of the month -- it is not currently available in any case. But I imagine it will actually be done through Verizon. That is, you sign up for service, buy the phone, and Verizon gives you the Motorola form, and you mail in your proof of purchase, the barcode from the phone box with ESN/IMEI, and your Photon/Atrix/Electrify, and Motorola mails you $100 (in the form of a Visa/MC gift card with nasty fees of course!). US Cellular does a similar song and dance with its rebates. BTW, US Cellular has a standard rebate of $100 off a new smartphone. This can vary but that's the usual amount. Although their advertised prices are minus this rebate, so you pay the advertised price plus $100 up front and get the $100 in two months. I was lucky and got an instant rebate sale -- Electrify for $150 out the door. At tax time. Yeah, I scored. :victory:
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Sprint wouldn't be. It's not a Motorola credit, it's a Verizon credit.
To qualify, you have to trade in your phone, as others have said... and you have to buy a Verizon-exclusive Motorola smartphone. The plan will be fully realized by the end of the month -- it is not currently available in any case. But I imagine it will actually be done through Verizon. That is, you sign up for service, buy the phone, and Verizon gives you the Motorola form, and you mail in your proof of purchase, the barcode from the phone box with ESN/IMEI, and your Photon/Atrix/Electrify, and Motorola mails you $100 (in the form of a Visa/MC gift card with nasty fees of course!). US Cellular does a similar song and dance with its rebates. BTW, US Cellular has a standard rebate of $100 off a new smartphone. This can vary but that's the usual amount. Although their advertised prices are minus this rebate, so you pay the advertised price plus $100 up front and get the $100 in two months. I was lucky and got an instant rebate sale -- Electrify for $150 out the door. At tax time. Yeah, I scored. :victory:
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I really need verification on this! If anybody has a PDF or screencap PM me. If this is true then we may be able to step things up a bit.
Hello,
I got absurdly lucky and sold my Photon for $250. I included a 32gb SD Card, and Otterbox Defender. I still cannot believe I got that as Sprint offered me $67 for it. I am still so pissed about ICS as I actually was going to hold on to the phone even though I purchased an iPhone 5.
Cheers,
JJ

AT&T $100 Trade-in Promotion Starting

I just wanted to post this for all of you considering getting a new phone on AT&T, such as the One, S4, Blackberry, etc. According to what I have read, it looks like AT&T is starting a promotion tomorrow that will give an instant $100 or more credit toward a new phone of your choice when you trade in your old working smart phone, ( 3 years old or less). This may help in the decision making process for many people.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57582180-85/at-t-trade-in-drops-galaxy-s4-htc-one-others-to-$99/
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I just wanted to post this for all of you considering getting a new phone on AT&T, such as the One, S4, Sony, etc. According to what I have read, it looks like AT&T is starting a promotion tomorrow that will give an instant $100 or more credit toward a new phone of your choice when you trade in your old working smart phone, ( 3 years old or less). This may help in the decision making process for many people.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57582180-85/at-t-trade-in-drops-galaxy-s4-htc-one-others-to-$99/
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I just posted an article on this on our site! LOL It's a pretty good deal!
It will push me back into the store tomorrow. I was in the store today and almost bought one, but I wanted to consider it a little longer and wait until the weekend. I am done thinking about it, lol.
well i already traded in a phone directly through HTC for $100 and its gonna be for a visa prepaid card. plus you have to do this in store and they dont have the 64GB version available at stores. i guess its a good deal for those that missed the cutoff for the HTC deal though.
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well i already traded in a phone directly through HTC for $100 and its gonna be for a visa prepaid card. plus you have to do this in store and they dont have the 64GB version available at stores. i guess its a good deal for those that missed the cutoff for the HTC deal though.
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I actually signed up today and received a code. My 8525 qualifies for HTC, but not for AT&T.
Wolf said:
I just wanted to post this for all of you considering getting a new phone on AT&T, such as the One, S4, Blackberry, etc. According to what I have read, it looks like AT&T is starting a promotion tomorrow that will give an instant $100 or more credit toward a new phone of your choice when you trade in your old working smart phone, ( 3 years old or less). This may help in the decision making process for many people.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57582180-85/at-t-trade-in-drops-galaxy-s4-htc-one-others-to-$99/
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wife and I upgraded this weekend and I just called att and they credit my account 200
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paniro187 said:
wife and I upgraded this weekend and I just called att and they credit my account 200
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What did you tell him that you got the $200 credit? I just signed up with AT&T a week ago and I still cant get my 36 dollar activation fee waived
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Wow glad I came across this thread.. I'm locked in a 2 year contract with my s3 so this will definitely ease that upgrade fee
If I bought my One brand new from craigslist could I use this to get an S4 or another One?
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Cool, so this is retroactive?
I got my One on release day, so still within the 14 days - if I go back to the store, they should credit me, right? I have a Nokia 900 that I would gladly trade in for an easy $100, lol.
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I actually signed up today and received a code. My 8525 qualifies for HTC, but not for AT&T.
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An 8525? Wow. That is old. HTC was taking that for a trade in? I wish I would have known. I could have dug mine out of the drawer.
I had the One..exchanged it for the S4 and came back to the One. Anyone that that has the S4, should definitely get the One if you can, while the bootloader is still unlockable
I'd rather go on swappa or any number of other sites and sell my old kit for a lot more than $100 unless it's an old phone. Just about any decent, present day smartphone is worth more than $100. They're just catering to those who either don't know there options or don't want to deal with trying to sell on their own.
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I'd rather go on swappa or any number of other sites and sell my old kit for a lot more than $100 unless it's an old phone. Just about any decent, present day smartphone is worth more than $100. They're just catering to those who either don't know there options or don't want to deal with trying to sell on their own.
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You could go pick up a cheap android phone from virgin mobile for $30-50. This would get you $50 off. I'm trying to find out what phones are eligible. I sell my stuff on ebay too, but a free $50 is nice to stick it to at&t
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An 8525? Wow. That is old. HTC was taking that for a trade in? I wish I would have known. I could have dug mine out of the drawer.
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They've extended the offer, you still could.
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They've extended the offer, you still could.
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I checked. They showed a $0 payment for an 8525. For a galaxy sII, they offer less than AT&T. But, Swappa is a better deal than AT&T.
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I checked. They showed a $0 payment for an 8525. For a galaxy sII, they offer less than AT&T. But, Swappa is a better deal than AT&T.
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From everything I've been told, it's $100 minimum.
Just wanted to say, bought my One two weeks today and went back to the AT&T store to see if I could get in on this promo. Not a problem at all, traded in an old HTC Inspire 4G and they gave me the $100 credit, which by request, they applied to my bill. What's great is, average selling price on eBay for the Inspire is around $80.
aimfire72 said:
Just wanted to say, bought my One two weeks today and went back to the AT&T store to see if I could get in on this promo. Not a problem at all, traded in an old HTC Inspire 4G and they gave me the $100 credit, which by request, they applied to my bill. What's great is, average selling price on eBay for the Inspire is around $80.
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haha, exactly. i did the same thing and replaced my wife's old inspire 4g with htc one, and gave my iphone 5 to my wife she and i really happy about it. just rooted, and looking forward what i can do, and searching for which rom is best
shook187 said:
What did you tell him that you got the $200 credit? I just signed up with AT&T a week ago and I still cant get my 36 dollar activation fee waived
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i just told them that i see that you guys have the trade in promotion going that you get 100 dollars for trading in your used phone. i actually read this thread wrong which is why i called inthe first place lol. because i thought they give you 100 dollars on top of what they already give you. the wife traded her iphone 5 and i traded a nexus 4. the rep gave me a 200 dollar credit no questions asked. probably because she can't see on her system exactly what phones we traded in.

MotoX added to Motorola Tradeup Program

Hey!
Not sure if anyone cares anymore but, the MotoX was added to the Motorola Trade up Program so if your still sporting the Photon 4G might make it more attractive and $100.00 less...
My update period is around x-mas so I am hoping the the rumors are true and that the phone will drop to $99 around that time, and I can get me a free phone, the MotoX for free would work for me over a $200+ G2 (still waiting for info on future Nexus 5 device.)
Just wanted to pass this on if anyone had not noticed yet...FYI the program is good till June 2014
CaliMark
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Hey!
Not sure if anyone cares anymore but, the MotoX was added to the Motorola Trade up Program so if your still sporting the Photon 4G might make it more attractive and $100.00 less...
My update period is around x-mas so I am hoping the the rumors are true and that the phone will drop to $99 around that time, and I can get me a free phone, the MotoX for free would work for me over a $200+ G2 (still waiting for info on future Nexus 5 device.)
Just wanted to pass this on if anyone had not noticed yet...FYI the program is good till June 2014
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Thanks dude! I think i'm totally gonna trade up my photon for a moto x. I bought A galaxy nexus for about 200 bucks and I still have my upgrade.
I thought the trade up program was only for buying off contract?
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I thought the trade up program was only for buying off contract?
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Q: My contract isn't up yet. Can I still trade up?
A: You may trade up at any time but the terms and conditions of your wireless contract still apply including any early termination fees or penalties.
Found @ http://www.mototradeup.com/?q=faqs
Seems like on or off contract is ok....
I'll have to think about it. My Photon is worth more than a $100.
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I'll have to think about it. My Photon is worth more than a $100.
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I agree with you too! But, if you look @ eBay $100.00 seems to be the going rate....so its not that bad of an exchange....
I haven't priced the trade in program @ WalMart for the Photon 4G yet, but I imagine less then $100
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I agree with you too! But, if you look @ eBay $100.00 seems to be the going rate....so its not that bad of an exchange....
I haven't priced the trade in program @ WalMart for the Photon 4G yet, but I imagine less then $100
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You think a phone stuck on gingerbread with a permalock bootloader is worth more than 100 bucks? Why? If you've got an unlocked bootloader, then you have a phone that runs ICS or Jelly Bean without the proper drivers. Either way, why would anyone pay over $100 bucks for that?
Motorola screwed all of us. Big time. Why anyone would even consider upgrading to another Moto phone baffles me.
I had vowed never to buy another Motorola phone again. But everything about the Moto X makes me want to get one. Unlockable bootloader, size and speed. I held one and it feels similar to this phone. It is/was $99 on Amazon, plus you can trade your Photon in to get a $100 prepaid credit card from Moto for purchasing a new Motorola phone. So it would essentially be a free phone. I'm finding it hard to resist even though it's like choosing to stay with an abusive spouse.
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You think a phone stuck on gingerbread with a permalock bootloader is worth more than 100 bucks? Why? If you've got an unlocked bootloader, then you have a phone that runs ICS or Jelly Bean without the proper drivers. Either way, why would anyone pay over $100 bucks for that?
Motorola screwed all of us. Big time. Why anyone would even consider upgrading to another Moto phone baffles me.
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I am looking at it (and using it as a) media device. A 32 gig iPod touch is priced over $200.
Our Photons are twice as good as an apple device.
Google screwed US, they OWNED Moto for 4 months before the no ICS for us was announced.
May 22, 2012
Google takes control at Motorola - http://news.yahoo.com/summary-box-google-takes-control-motorola-224528378--finance.html
September 29, 2012
No Ice Cream Sandwich for Photon 4G - http://www.androidauthority.com/no-...-electrify-photon-4g-motorola-reveals-118844/
I'm hoping the Nexus 5 will be better than the X.
And hoping for a Firefox or Ubuntu OS to compete with google.
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I too said I would not buy another Motorola phone but US Cellular does not have anything else I like. I don't like the Samsung S4, they will not be getting the HTC One due to dropping the contract with HTC so the Moto X is the only phone left that is a high end Android phone. I know eventually the Moto X will have a bunch of ROMS and I can unlock it, flash it and treat it as my own. I'm not getting an iPhone...just hate them and how you can't personalize it to speak. Just my 2 cents.
rbeavers said:
I am looking at it (and using it as a) media device. A 32 gig iPod touch is priced over $200.
Our Photons are twice as good as an apple device.
Google screwed US, they OWNED Moto for 4 months before the no ICS for us was announced.
May 22, 2012
Google takes control at Motorola - http://news.yahoo.com/summary-box-google-takes-control-motorola-224528378--finance.html
September 29, 2012
No Ice Cream Sandwich for Photon 4G - http://www.androidauthority.com/no-...-electrify-photon-4g-motorola-reveals-118844/
I'm hoping the Nexus 5 will be better than the X.
And hoping for a Firefox or Ubuntu OS to compete with google.
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Under your circumstances the Photon is probably worth more than 100 bucks to you, but I seriously doubt it'll bring much, if any more than that on the open market.
As to Google/Motorola, the Motorola you and I grew up with is dead. Gone. It's been replaced by Google's new company which is the point Punit Soni keeps making. Unfortunately for him, it's true, but not in the way he hopes. The "New" Motorola, owned by Google is the one entity that screwed us.
It makes no sense to me to get back into bed with them. The only vote you have is your wallet. That's it. The little guy, the individual account does not matter any more. If you give up the only vote you have, then you deserve what you get. There are plenty of other phones out there. You don't need Moto phones. (BTW - that was my general statement and not directed at the poster I replied to, FWIW).
In the other example, I guess I'd leave US Cellular, or buy myself a used phone and wait for something else new. I would seriously no longer have a phone before I'd buy another Moto phone. But that's me. Moto will never take my money again, because they'll never see another dime of it.

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