Motorola Xoom price official: $799 unsubsidized on Verizon, $600 for WiFi-only

We’ve seen a few leaks here and there, and everyone was so anxious with the bizarre price. Now you can really go and faint for real. Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet, the Xoom has finally been given a proper price by CEO Sanjay Jha. Reuters reports a $799 levy for the 32GB Honeycomb tablet when bought with 3G (which will be upgraded to 4G) connectivity from Verizon sans subsidies, while Jha is also quoted as saying that a WiFi-only version will set buyers back at ‘only’ $600.
The latter price matches the 32GB iPad directly, however the 3G Xoom is $70 more expensive than the Apple alternative. However, CEO Sanjay Jha told reporters that the Xoom’s LTE upgrade (for the 3G model) will be free later on, and that wonder of wonders, the tablet will be capable of pulling down 50 megabit per second speeds, or so he claim.
There’s no mention of the launch date yet, but strong indications tend to slide to tomorrow for pre-order or reservations, and full launch on next Thursday.
[Reuters via Wall Street Journal]











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