Rekindled their relationship with Motorola? Well, maybe, but didn't they basically have to? Motorola afterall is the proprietary owner of the iDen technology, and now that Nextel is part of Sprint it would be hard not to rekindle a relationship with the sole manufacturer of half of Sprint-Nextel's phones.
I'm not surprised in the least.
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Does this mean a Dual Mode Phone is in the near future?????????????????? muahahahahahahahaha
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Well, except this is a pure CDMA phone, and it's from the PCS division, which is a very separate division of Motorola from the iDEN group. I don't think most people realize how much they operate like two separate companies. The iDEN version uses T9 instead of Moto's own iTAP, for example, and they even have different company codes with the FCC.
Plus, the way the timing of these things generally goes, this phone was likely planned well before the merger. In fact, at CTIA in March, Motorola said they had two specific phones they hoped to launch with Sprint in early 2006. This must be one of those, and the fact that it's still in the works and sports a post-merger logo is very promising that things are going well between Moto and Sprint.
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Rekindled? Maybe. Things are going very well? Hardly. The v60v was released nearly two years ago, two years! In two years, all Motorola has managed to do is release a phone with Vision, whoop dee friekin doo! Somebody give them a medal. And at the same time stripped the outer caller ID, but who cares, anyone that gets this phone will have gotten it for free, so they can't complain. It is totally unacceptable and offensive for Motorola to offer such a piece to Sprint customers. On the Sprint totem pole, they rank at the very bottom.
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I don't necessarily see it that way.
First, Sprint is clearly asking all manufacturers for more cheap-as-possible phones to give away as freebies. Just look at the UTStarcom CDM-105, Samsung A560, and Sanyo SCP-200. They're all pretty similar to this Motorola. It looks like Motorola is simply delivering what Sprint wants.
Second, Sprint has a clear track record of starting out with lower-end phones when breaking the ice with a new/renewed manufacturer. Motorola seems to be right at the point where Nokia and LG were a couple of years ago. Now Sprint is slowly letting them make higher-end phones for them, and I'm sure Sprint will do the same with Motorola if things go well. It's a smart strategy - start simple and work your way up.
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Yes Rich, I understand what you're saying. I guess my frustration with them is just beginning to show. I hope the higher-end phone is something worthwhile, atleast an improved E815 or something similar.
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I think its nice to see Motorola phones in the Sprint lineup. Although, I however disagree with the idea that Motorola should start low. I feel as if, the lower end motorolas tend to be really at the low end, with cheap plastic and what not. But on the other end of the spectrum, the higher end phones tend to carry them selves very nice with minimull problems.
I think it would be wise for Motorola to come out with a really nice low end and high end phone to break the ice with sprint, gives sprint customers and future ones to show their inner love for Motorola. Esspecially those who want to switch over from the Nextel side to the PCS side.
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this isnt true.. atleast as far as i have seen. I have sold motorolas for multiple companies and all seem to have the same problems.
1. Extremely slow menu's.
2. Phones power cycle for no apparant reason.
3. Screen turns white, takes a min. to come back.
These 3 things are major problems in all motorolas and from what i have seen have not been top priority to fix.(seeing as they continue with every model)
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Such a shame that any carrier would have any kind of relationship with Motocrapola for phones since their phones generally do only one thing well. And that's suck.
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At my store anyhow, the majority of crappy phone problems I get are from Motorola. Shame too, since they are the only American phone maker.
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You must have a Nextel. Those are the only unreliable Motos Ive come across. I work in a service center and most of the customers in the door have broken phones.
I have been extremely happy with the V710 and the T730 that Ive owned.
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Actually, the nextels i've used i liked. I currently have a v262, not by choice, and used a different one for a few days once through an employer. I can't stand the UI these phones have. LG and Nokia are the only two phone brands i've used with a decent UI.
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I sell phones for VZW and up until the RAZR all Moto phones have sucked. I haven't had the RAZR long, so I'm not 100% sure it is a good phone, but atleast they changed the damn charging ports!!!!!!!!!!!
Not to mention that the V265 had a horrible screen, the v60 & v120 you have to replace the antenna every week, V710 don't even get me started with the s/w.
Best phones by far are LG's for Verizon.
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