Sprint Officially Launches Dual Mode Phones
Not to steal anyone's thunder..
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undrgrnd said:
i doubt the first phones cingy or vzw released on their networks were camera phones or had every feature available now... remember 2 DIFFERENT networks on one device...
roaming is a pretty basic "feature" though. it's not like we're talking about a music player or bluetooth...
the phones will roam digitally...
willyrick said:
Acually, the i402 & i502 WILL NOT roam digitally, hence the "PCS only" tag - at least not in my region. I have this from several tech/net people inside of "Sprextel". The idea was to offload voice traffic from the Nextel channel to the CDMA side especially in certain markets, not to offer a unique 2 network "we-have-it-all" solution that might actually gain marketshare .....
Good post. I'm betting a lot of people were expecting just the opposite.
undrgrnd said:...
its the first of its kind give sprint a break... i mean sprint has there problems and i've had numerous problems but no matter what people have something negative to say about sprint... give it a rest... these are the first 2 devices.. there will be more and ones that are more advanced... how long did it take nextel to get a decently priced camera phone... it took years... the next phones will be better but give it a rest... these are the first of their kind... these are the ground breakers... this is like a new company neither sprint nor nextel this is truely sprextel a mix a hybrid... next line of devices will have more features... i doubt the first phones cingy or vzw released on their networks were came
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Fact is, the phone does exactly what it was meant for...CDMA for voice and iDEN for PTT. Is this a ground breaking device that's gonna send the customers flowing into the company, no. But it is gonna give current customers what they were asking for (particularly iDEN): Direct Connect with some voice coverage too.
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