Will Moto X Play and Style be on sale in Ireland?

sentient_6

Argos I'd imagine.

thomasj

sentient_6 wrote: »

Argos I'd imagine.

And I think they only sell them in the Argos extra stores.

Best to look it up online check stock and reserve.

fredotf2

thomasj wrote: »

And I think they only sell them in the Argos extra stores.

Best to look it up online check stock and reserve.

Yeah just reserved one, cheers.

cormacom95

Has anyone found a way of getting the style for a reasonable price yet? even if it has to be bought in the uk? When I say reasonable I mean around the €450 mark for 32gb

cython

cormacom95 wrote: »

Has anyone found a way of getting the style for a reasonable price yet? even if it has to be bought in the uk? When I say reasonable I mean around the €450 mark for 32gb

Given the spec jump between the Play and the Style, and that 350 seems to be a good price for the former, I reckon you're dreaming if you think you're getting the 32GB Style for €450. Motorola in the UK are starting their pricing at £399, which is closer to €550.

Hitchens

what storage does the Moto X Play that Argos Ireland are selling have, can anyone say?

this is from their website:

Memory information:

• 1600MB/8GB of internal memory.
• 128 GB of expandable memory (memory card not included).
• Type of memory card required: microSD.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4473190/Trail/searchtext%3EMOTOROLA.htm




wtf does the line in red even mean?

ieoin

Argos do get the specs wrong on some phone from time to time

It is: 2gb ram 16gb on board storage, get around 11gb out of the box and then micro sd.

Hitchens

ieoin wrote: »

Argos do get the specs wrong on some phone from time to time

It is: 2gb ram 16gb on board storage, get around 11gb out of the box and then micro sd.

definitely NOT just 8GB then?

ieoin

No they dont ship it in 8gb, that model doesnt even exist
I bought one in argos its 16gb.

Hitchens

ieoin wrote: »

No they dont ship it in 8gb, that model doesnt even exist
I bought one in argos its 16gb.

thanks for that my friend

hopefully you're happy with your purchase

duridian

They seem to have a new, more powerful model announced today called the Moto X Force, which is essentially an international version of the Droid Turbo 2, announced yesterday, without all the Verizon bloatware.

The big selling point is that it has an unbreakable screen. (Also of note, it is a 5.4" QHD AMOLED like the first and second gen Moto X)

Endgadget says it will be £499 for 32GB and £534 for the 64GB in the UK

Most disappointing thing is that it ships with Lollipop 5.1.1 and not Marshmallow 6.0. Motorola are getting a lot of flak at the moment in the tech press for their much poorer updates since the Lenovo takeover.

hu4rorZ

apparently the new one, the X Force, has Optical image stabilisation too. Bout 150 euro more than the Style tho

keithclancy

duridian wrote: »

Been noticing something strange while browsing the German Amazon's Motorola shop.

Some of the devices are available to Ireland and some aren't.

For example 3rd Gen G, 2nd Gen E, X Style, Nexus 6 Blue in 32GB, and some of the 1st gen 360 are unavailable to Ireland.
Others such as X Play, Nexus 6 in Blue 64GB and both sizes in White, 2nd Gen X, 2nd Gen G, 1st Gen E, most of the 1st Gen 360 seem to be available.

Kind of hard to figure out the reason. I wondered are they prioritising more in demand devices for their domestic market or something like that? But then there's the availability of X Play which would be popular and seemingly busts that theory.

Stuff that's available on Amazon Prime in Germany isn't available for International shipping.

E.G. I was buying a phone the other day and the white version was available with Prime (Not possible to ship to NP) the Black version is not on Prime and I could order that no problem.

irishgeo

anywhere to get the 32GB in ireland?

ieoin

Is there any point of buying a screen protector? I have seen ones on aliexpress saying explosion proof etc

mambo

Is there anywhere in Dublin selling the Moto X Play (or even the Moto X Style) where one have a 'feel' and give it a test drive?

mr170

mambo wrote: »

Is there anywhere in Dublin selling the Moto X Play (or even the Moto X Style) where one have a 'feel' and give it a test drive?

Argos sell the Moto x play

mambo

mr170 wrote: »

Argos sell the Moto x play

I know, but you can only buy it there I assume, not give it a test drive first?

Soccarboy11

I gave up and got the nexus 6p instead and two oneplus x's for other members of my family

mr170

Soccarboy11 wrote: »

I gave up and got the nexus 6p instead and two oneplus x's for other members of my family

Nice I am thinking of getting the nexus 6p myself . Where did you ordered it from

Soccarboy11

mr170 wrote: »

Nice I am thinking of getting the nexus 6p myself . Where did you ordered it from

from the google store

hungry4k

Have people gone cold on the Moto x play? I was going to get one from argos but interest levels here appear to have fallen away

Skittle

I'm going for the Moto X Force myself. Santa's bringing it

hungry4k

What is the force? Spec/Price.

where do you get it from

Soccarboy11

the moto x play was just too low in specs for my liking ;/

hungry4k

What do you feel it lacks spec on?

If it was a bit cheaper would you recommend it?

Skittle

hungry4k wrote: »

What is the force? ...

"Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together."

Sorry couldn't resist!:D

I got it from Amazon.co.uk. The reason I went for it was that I liked the spec of the Style but I wanted the battery life of the Play.

Here's the specs for it:
GSMArena Moto X Force

Besides, who could turn up an opportunity to say "I'm using the Force"...:D

Soccarboy11

hungry4k wrote: »

What do you feel it lacks spec on?

If it was a bit cheaper would you recommend it?

Well... not really. Im a bit of a phone geek so But I got the opx which has a higher processor and 1gb extra ram and better build (no flimsy buttons etc) for cheaper.

Chewabacca

Soccarboy11 wrote: »

Well... not really. Im a bit of a phone geek so But I got the opx which has a higher processor and 1gb extra ram and better build (no flimsy buttons etc) for cheaper.

Got the moto X play for £199 on Black Friday. Haven't opened it yet, do you reckon I'll be better off returning it and getting an oneplus X? The camera on the Motorola is what sold me on it, but I read there isn't really much of a difference in picture quality.

Soccarboy11

Chewabacca wrote: »

Got the moto X play for £199 on Black Friday. Haven't opened it yet, do you reckon I'll be better off returning it and getting an oneplus X? The camera on the Motorola is what sold me on it, but I read there isn't really much of a difference in picture quality.

Well, Its up to you. The OPX Has better screen (1080p amoled) better build and a faster processor plus 1gb extra ram. But its up to you completly. Id recommend looking up comparisions on youtube as its all personal preference

thomasj

Chewabacca wrote: »

Got the moto X play for £199 on Black Friday. Haven't opened it yet, do you reckon I'll be better off returning it and getting an oneplus X? The camera on the Motorola is what sold me on it, but I read there isn't really much of a difference in picture quality.

It's up to you .

You have to be warned though these are 2 extremely different phones, with key features for the two clearly differenting.

Obviously the key advantage for the OnePlus x is better build and better performance (ram) and better display.

However, moto x play standout feature is the battery life.

But if you want decent battery life there is only one winner. This is taken from gsmarenas battery life tests.

OnePlus x battery test: http://m.gsmarena.com/one_plus_x-review-1337p3.php

Moto x play battery test:
http://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_x_play-review-1325p3.php

Note that the moto x play also has optional quick charge 2.0 but you have to buy the charger. Otherwise you get a slow charger in the box. OnePlus x takes over 2 hours to charge.

Id also say moto x play will get marshmallow late this year or early next year. OnePlus haven't got a timeframe yet for when the OnePlus x will be getting it.

Don't get me wrong, both phones are great phones for what they do, (although I wouldn't quiet be comparing 5.0 with 5.5 inch screens) but its important to know that whatever phone you pick to go with there will be tradeoffs.

Chewabacca

thomasj wrote: »

It's up to you .

You have to be warned though these are 2 extremely different phones, with key features for the two clearly differenting.

Obviously the key advantage for the OnePlus x is better build and better performance (ram) and better display.

However, moto x play standout feature is the battery life.

But if you want decent battery life there is only one winner. This is taken from gsmarenas battery life tests.

OnePlus x battery test: http://m.gsmarena.com/one_plus_x-review-1337p3.php

Moto x play battery test:
http://m.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_x_play-review-1325p3.php

Note that the moto x play also has optional quick charge 2.0 but you have to buy the charger. Otherwise you get a slow charger in the box. OnePlus x takes over 2 hours to charge.

Id also say moto x play will get marshmallow late this year or early next year. OnePlus haven't got a timeframe yet for when the OnePlus x will be getting it.

Don't get me wrong, both phones are great phones for what they do, (although I wouldn't quiet be comparing 5.0 with 5.5 inch screens) but its important to know that whatever phone you pick to go with there will be tradeoffs.

Cheers for the replies. I think I'll try get a OPX, Amazon are great with returns, and I think that with a cover on, the Motorola might be too bulky in my pocket. Hopefully I'll be able to get a code, the search continues.

irishgeo

i got a 32gb one of ebay for €300, ill switch after christmas just waiting on the marshmallow update.

illdoit2morrow

I purchased the moto x style from amazon.fr just before Christmas, very happy with my purchase so far. The camera is pretty descent although according to a thread over on xda it isn't being used to its full potential. The motorola apps don't really add anything to the phone as far as i can see.

I purchased this over the x play as i hope to have it for over two years and thought the little bit extra if gives should see me out that far.

When i turned it on, it prompted me to install the MM update which went very smoothly.

I have purchased a supcase case on ebay which works well with it and a 32GB sd card as the OS takes up a good bit of the original 32GB of memory provided. Battery life is great for what i use it for, a massive improvement coming from a Nexus 4.

I really wanted a Nexus 6p but couldn't bring myself to spend that much on a phone but this phone works for me.

The fast charger provided is for european sockets so i haven't used it yet so i can't comment on the turbo charging capabilities.

Soccarboy11

They have the 32gb white and black model on pixmania for 469

marcbrophy

With Lenovo winding down the Motorola brand, I'd be inclined to give these phones a miss now.

Expansys have the Style White 32gb model at €445 and the Black 32gb model at €460

Orange have the Play Black and White 16gb models for €330

MonkstownHoop

Any time frame for Marshmallow yet?

illdoit2morrow

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Any time frame for Marshmallow yet?

It's been rolled out on the moto x style anyway, as soon as I turned on my phone out of the box it updated it MM. That was back in late December.

irishgeo

Nothing on the x play yet.

duridian

Think only the dual SIM version of X Play has had Marshmallow rolled out yet in EU area, judging by the posts on XDA.
I presume that the model selling here, through Argos etc., is the single SIM XT1562.

Marshmallow update arrived on my X 2014 about a week before xmas. Meanwhile people in America with near identical models are left in the lurch. Don't know why they do it this way, it must be very frustrating for users to see a near identical model getting updated when theirs isn't. Certainly doesn't seem good from a perspective of retaining customers later on when they get to buy a newer phone.

irishgeo

The marshmallow update was offered today on my x play single sim.

Installing it later.

deco nate

irishgeo wrote: »

The marshmallow update was offered today on my x play single sim.

Installing it later.

Thanks, just updated mine. Sim free.

Phone got very hot during the update

MonkstownHoop

I no longer see 4g in the status bar since the update?

Edit reset worked, been a bit of a pain this tbh

oxygen

Hey guys

Sorry, I don't really have the time right now to flick through all the pages on this thread, can anyone advise...

can I order this from Ireland?
Can I customise it when/if ordering it?
how much will it cost?

thanks in advance!