Verizon Wireless announced that the 4G LTE-enabled Motorola Xoom model will be available on October 13 for $499 with a contract. Current Verizon Motorola Xoom owners are eligible for an upgrade to 4G LTE today by sending the tablets back to Motorola.
Download speeds will average 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds should be 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband coverage areas. When customers travel outside of a 4G LTE coverage area, the Motorola Xoom automatically connects to the Verizon Wireless 3G network.
The new 4G LTE Motorola Xoom will come with the hardware needed to connect to the 4G LTE network. You can save some money by buying a non-4G LTE enabled pre-owned Motorola Xoom for $399 which is upgradeable. It will take about a week to get it back to save $100 as part of a Back-to-School promo.
Motorola Xoom 4G LTE Specs:
- 10.1-inch widescreen touchscreen.
- 32 GB built-in storage (actual formatted capacity is less), with microSD card slot supporting additional 32 GB
- Android™ 3.2 Honeycomb.
- Dual-core 1 GHz processor.
- Adobe® Flash 10- enabling the delivery of rich Flash based web content including videos, casual games and applications.
- 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats over 4G LTE, 3G and Wi-Fi.
- 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash.
The Motorola Xoom received gret reviews and there are many tips you can use to improve your experience with it. It is not as cheap as the 7" Amazon Kindle or priced-to-clear HP TouchPad which lack cellular and 4G LTE data access.
You can save some money by buying a non-4G LTE enabled pre-owned Motorola Xoom for $399 which is upgradeable. It will take about a week to get it back to save $100 as part of a Back-to-School promo.
- Motorola XomM customers will have the option to choose one of the following mobile broadband data plans:
- $30 monthly access for 2GB monthly allowance
- $50 monthly access for 5GB monthly allowance
- $80 monthly access for 10GB monthly allowance