Sprint Rebrands, Drops Nextel From Name

I don't know about you, but where I'm at customers would be glad to see the end of iDen handsets. They are in love with the fact that they can get Sprint phones with DC because the iDen service sucks and they can finally get DC and coverage with one phone.

I work in blue collar area where sprint coverage does not pick up and the iden coverage is significantly better. Plus there are not that many sprint phones with the durability of a nextel phone (granted the older models are made better than the newer ones)

coziamnumber1 said:
I work in blue collar area where sprint coverage does not pick up and the iden coverage is significantly better. Plus there are not that many sprint phones with the durability of a Nextel phone (granted the older models are made better than the newer ones)

Amen to that.

Hate to break the news to you but all of your iden towers in that area will turned to cdma and still carry the dc option only.. this is way better then the other way around... If sprint would not have stepped in and helped nextel in the first place you would have been out of a job in the next 5 years cause moto would have pulled it right out from under nextel.. I live in the same so called blue collar coverage and sprint cdma wipes nextel iden off the map!!!! read the facts. iden is worthless other wise there would be more companies inquireing on their network. The only good coming from nextel is the dc period!!
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My point is that the sprint does not cater to the blue collar market that made nextel popular in the first place, not only with the direct connect, but the unsurpassed durability of the handsets.

Personally I do not use nextel (I had no use for the walkie talkie) but I do respect the market it caters to.

The hybrid models are very durable the only problem is that they are way overpriced.. the blue collar community can afford the sprint models that are durable like the sanyo 7000 and the 7050.. those are both arround 100 dollars and less.. it all depends on what thos consumers are offered at the point of sale.

Are you aware that iden is Motorola's development. Their iden phone sales total somewhere between 11-18 percent every year, I don't remember the exact number for the previous year. Iden is used in about 24 countries worldwide. And about 90% of fortune 500 companies use nextel as the main provider for cellular service 🙄 Also nextel's average user price plan is much higher then sprint's was before the merger. Also consider, the i880, one of the high end iden phones sells for $500.00 if you already have plan. Sprint's top models that are mostly equivalent go for about $250. Iden is much to profitable for Motorola to simply dump it. Thankfully im now with sprint though, and I have no regrets 😁 😎 When i had nextel... aka 3 weeks ag...
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7000 is also EOL, I like the 7050, especially when side by side with the same priced i560. However, the mil spec ruggedness, autonomous gps and bluetooth is still not enough to justify the $299.99 retail cost IMO. (granted the 560 has less, but the nextel customers are willing to pay the price for the phones.)

Your comment makes no damn sense, if iden sucks, then why are they flocking to the store to get the phone that has both networks so they can use DC??????????? Thought it sucked??????

um because the iden part has nothing to do with dc!! The dc part is just like an fm frequency and only differnt in a few ways that moto tweeked to make it their own... if you are selling this its only becasue your customers want better voice with an advance choice of ptt.. the dc is just like the camera phone when it first came out.. looks nice to have but voice is still the most important for consumers..

Again, this phone only works on the 1900mhz, so its not like the coverage we see on the standard CDMA phones.

The ic902 does roam off of other networks like vzw and altell and us cellular. so it makes it way better voice than iden can provide.

Yes but it can only roam on 1900 mHz networks, so if Verizon had 850 mHz coverage in that area, the ic phones wouldn't pick it up and it would say "No service"

All the Sprint Nextel iDen only devices are at EOL so deal with it and get over it. I can't wait for the final nail to be driven into the iDEN coffin.

Drive the nail, but ur probably one the Sprint customers that ran to the store when you found out that you could get a phone that has CDMA & IDEN both together, or atleast thats what every CDMA customer wants is the Walkie Talkie!

You have no clue do you? The new ic902(which is the only hybrid device with the ability to roam in all markets) is way over priced and unless they drop the price those phones will eol quickly.. why spend 389.99 for that phone when the sanyo 8400 or the sanyo m1 is only between 99.99 and 199.99? same featurs other than the dc and better reception! hmmm sounds like a no brianer to me..

The 8400 and m1 are both reaching EOL. I use the m1 and I am quite dissapointed by that.

That still does not mean you would not have better reception with your m1 over the ic902...
Reception is everything and the rest are just bonus features.

I care about reception, but I am looking at this thru my customer's eyes and they all want iDEN to stay around.

I would say the reason would be if you work somewhere that you need DC, and would like to have an upscale phone as well.

The ic902's only roam on PCS networks, just like the ic502 and ic402, what are you talking about? 🤨 😕