Nexus 5x or Moto X Pure - Quick!

Nexus 5X @$199 or Moto X Pure at $299. Is the Pure worth $100 more? I'm tempted but $199 for the 5X seems like a steal. This is with Fi.

Let me know. Got to pull the trigger in the next 24 hours!

 

That's how I'm leaning. I can also see how got Fi is around here

 

Deed is done. Phone is on its way. Hope the damn Fi works!

 

Here are details on the deal.

Get a Nexus 5X for just $199 - CNET

There is no contract, so you can cancel Fi after 1 mo and keep the unlocked phone in principle.

 

Ordered this case for the 5X. I generally go naked (my phone, that is ), but maybe I'm getting old, I dropped my Moto X a few times in the last couple of years and want to make sure I don't break this phone.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014RS5HBW

 

Wanted to report back on his things are going.

The phone is great. Battery consumption is excellent. With moderate use, I can pretty much go from 7am to midnight without any issues. The fingerprint sensor is very good. Overall, I am very impressed with the 5X. It is also the right size for me, coming from the HTC One X and the Moto X 2nd Gen. Anything bigger than the 5X would be too unwieldy for me.

Fi service is actually quite good. In the areas I have been, I have been mostly on TMobile. I don't think I've seen the phone connecting to a Sprint tower yet. I didn't have any issues with the quality of the WiFi calling. Data speeds were excellent. I got anywhere from 10Mbps to 50Mbps depending on location, which is not bad.

But that being said, I think I am planning to port out of Fi. It will end up being more expensive for me to keep it because my wife and son are on an AT&T Mobile Share plan and it makes more sense for me to add a line to that plan.

Bottom line for anyone considering Fi. If you are not on a shared plan and don't use a huge amount of cellular data, i.e. you can do most of your data downloads when on WiFi, then Fi is a great option. You pay $20 for unlimited voice/text and $10 per GB of data. The best part is that you only pay for the data you use, so if you have signed up for 2GB and only use $1.2GB, Google will refund $8. Which is really nice.

The things I will miss are really inexpensive international calling, WiFi calling from abroad and same data roaming rates in many countries worldwide as in the US. I think that is really nice to anyone who travels abroad frequently.