Motorola CLIQ XT comes to T-Mobile for $129.99

Your hopes, dreams, and deepest desires for a keyboardless CLIQ have finally materialized today now that Motorola's CLIQ XT has reached T-Mobile shops across the country. Interestingly, yesterday's leaked documentation pegged the date, but not the price -- rather than the rumored $99.99, the XT will actually be going for $129.99 on a two-year contract. We guess that's still not bad for a bona fide myTouch 3G alternative with a 5 megapixel cam -- as long as you can get down with Blur, of course.

[emopoops Posted Mar 17th 2010 6:39AM]

blur just looks awefulQ!

[n0ne Posted Mar 17th 2010 6:44AM]

Hmm... 'aight

[JakeMG Posted Mar 17th 2010 6:49AM]

I'm not a fan of MotoBlur, but after watching PhoneDog's review, this thing doesn't look half bad. That and it's confirmed to go to 2.1, so that's a positive...

[Mike777 Posted Mar 17th 2010 12:38PM]

@JakeMG

wat? really?

[ror Posted Mar 17th 2010 6:50AM]

speaking of myTouch3G, does anyone know how many of those have been sold? that phone has received more (paid) advertising than any other android device. yet, you hear almost nothing about its sales numbers

[gerrrg Posted Mar 17th 2010 6:52AM]

Only $329.99 off contract. Now that's a price I like. :D

[gmaxx Posted Mar 17th 2010 7:29AM]

Ummm, where's the Motoroi?

[mpv Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:46AM]

@gmaxx -- I'm holding out to see if it'll be announced at CTIA next week.... if not, I give up and get this thing instead

[camandroid Posted Mar 17th 2010 7:59AM]

BBY has it for 69.99 on contract

[grydlok Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:01AM]

I gave up on the Cliq. Motoblur = Force Closes.

[Caprice Dates Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:15AM]

Can't you close or turn off MotoBlur?

[ventoaaa Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:16AM]

@grydlok
That's like saying you gave up on a PC because you get a BSOD sometimes. Well, maybe you did... :P

[felipedeeznuts Posted Mar 17th 2010 12:26PM]

@ventoaaa Well I gave up on my Mac because i kept getting the RCOWTF (Rainbow Circle Of WTF), and now I'm running MS DOS 6.2 and it hasn't froze once!

[darex Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:29AM]

Let me know when T-Mobile announces the availability and pricing on an iPhone and then I'll be interested in reading all about it. Until then, more Android same-old, same-old.

[XChrisX Posted Mar 17th 2010 11:51AM]

@darex Dude just get a Nexus One, theres nothing "same ol' same ol'" about it.

[felipedeeznuts Posted Mar 17th 2010 12:30PM]

@XChrisX I think they should change the name to "Sexus One" to combat the desirability of the Desire. Or maybe, in your case they should market it as the sXeUS One. And no, that's not a come on - I'm assuming by your name you're straight edge.

[darex Posted Mar 18th 2010 12:40PM]

@XChrisX All I see is a Droid Eris with a better screen, and faster processor.

You still can't fully back-up à la iTunes, and the music player still sucks, and I'm sorry, but I have iPhone docks all over my house, and at work and in my car. I just find Android phones very awkward to use and they all feel so "beta" compared to the iPhone UI.

I have used the Droid and Droid Eris EXTENSIVELY for months, and I just cannot like Android (even with Sense UI). It's just not as pleasant to use as the iPhone. I've been very open-minded about it, and I'm a long, LONG-time T-Mobile customer, and would LOVE to buy a phone supported by their 3G network. My iPhone uses EDGE on T-Mobile, and I know I suffer for it, but I just cannot, no matter how much I want to or try to, get into Android phones, and I've really tried. I'd miss my iPhone too much, even though it's so slow.

I think most of the Android phone fans have not had an iPhone before. I know there are a few, but mostly not. Until there's an "iTunes" for Android phones, I don't think I could ever go there. I don't use G-Mail and I don't like how I'm forced to rely on it and all the associated Google storage. It's just a big old mess at the moment, from my experience.

Just my opinion, but it's my opinion based on actual experience and an open mind. I tried!

[Spiky haired boy Posted Mar 17th 2010 11:12AM]

They could at least get rid of the bezel on this phone! It's a keyboardless phone for crying out loud!

[RyanM10303 Posted Mar 17th 2010 12:01PM]

BEZEL JOKE!

[Johnny Rockets Posted Mar 17th 2010 2:06PM]

$129.99?? What in the hell is the point?

$50 more and you get a Nexus One.

[InfDaMarvel Posted Mar 17th 2010 2:49PM]

If your going to purchase this on a plan then u should just wait until someone offers the phone for free or like $30 dollars. Id rather pay another $70 for the HD2 or w/e the price increase is for a Nexus One...the list goes on.

[Incoherent Posted Mar 17th 2010 2:55PM]

Um it's still been on sale since March 12th for 69.99 at Best Buy Mobiles, this article sucks...why pay double? Help people find deals.

[megamanftw Posted Mar 17th 2010 7:59PM]

if you upgrade you can get it for the $99 shown before and it comes with $10 credit to the android store

[millito3 Posted Mar 17th 2010 8:05PM]

Tmobile is selling this phone for just 49.99!!

[millito3 Posted Mar 17th 2010 8:06PM]

@millito3 Correction, TMo in Puerto Rico.

[Alwayzmobile Posted Mar 17th 2010 8:58PM]

Bestbuy has it for 69.99 upgrade or new! Straight up no rebates!

[immrtlangl Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:02PM]

I bought the cliq xt less then a month ago and went through 3 of them before i finally gave up and went with the mytouch. The cliq xt really was a huge disapointment, loved it when it did work which was rarely all apps force close every connection error possible popped up every time i tried to access anything. Do not recomend at all.