AT&T Adds Four Messaging Phones with New Services
Pretty awesome...but...
I love the messaging phones, especially with the amount of folks who like having a full keyboard. But what bothers me just a bit is that I'm noticing a lot of AT&T phones are either messaging phones or smartphones. There are very few regular flip phones left. Now, that wouldn't bother me if it weren't for the fact any phone with a full keyboard has to have a text/data plan of $20 or more. So it's like, you can choose between these two crappy flip phones or this overwhelming amount of smartphones or messaging phones.
I dunno...I know it's all about demand, but the choice isn't there.
I dunno...I know it's all about demand, but the choice isn't there.
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I know somebody who has an N75, and he likes flip phones that have stereo speakers. But he can't find anything new that is comparble to the N75.
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When I first started selling at&t we had about 15 phones total...maybe 3 of those devices were full keyboard PDA phones...as time has gone on the rate in which new flip phones come out slowed but thats because the majority of people who still want flip phones are still looking for the RAZR V3 lol. As a person who also owned an N75 I can say it was a great phone and they don't really make anything along those lines but the flip phone is an introductory/ phone" and anyone who is interested in the technology usually will want a full keyboard device for the advanced web browser/texting capabilities the demand for a flip phone with those features has gone the way of the bag phone.
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That would be the first "mobile" phone...basically a phone in a backpack that 90 year old women bring in from time to time because they stopped working 3 years ago and the just noticed they don't get a bill anymore...basically saying that feature phones without a keyboard are dead like the bag phone.
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Oh, when it comes to suPer old phones, I'm more used to hearing the phrase "brick phone"
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Bagphone: noun, an ancient form of wireless communication. Came in various shapes and sizes and usually ranged in weight from 3 to 16 pounds. Had a handset the size of a business desk phone, usually with the buttons on the back of it. Also had an antenna between 3 and 5 inches tall that screwed into a connector on the side. It was removable so that an external antenna on your car could be attached to it instead. Power output was up to 3 watts and usually needed every one of them in order to hit the small network of towers that existed at the time.
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AT&T current flip phone selection (via their website)
Motorola
1) Tundra
2) EM330
Samsung
3) Rugby
4) A237
Nokia
5) Mural
6) 6350
7) 2720
😎 6650
Others
9) Pantech Breeze
10) Sony Ericsson W518a
That's a pretty wide selection there, so I don't think you actually meant numbers, moreso that there isn't that many "exciting" flip phones anymore like the razor. Am I correct?
Motorola
1) Tundra
2) EM330
Samsung
3) Rugby
4) A237
Nokia
5) Mural
6) 6350
7) 2720
😎 6650
Others
9) Pantech Breeze
10) Sony Ericsson W518a
That's a pretty wide selection there, so I don't think you actually meant numbers, moreso that there isn't that many "exciting" flip phones anymore like the razor. Am I correct?
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At&t may have ten flip phones in its "lineup," but most At&t stores I walk into only have 2-3 flip phone models in stock. That's the real issue to me; the phones are there, but the stores don't carry enough of them. Out of that list, there are several really good phones...specifically, #'s 1, 3, 6, and 7. The Tundra in particular, for as ugly as it might be, has the best reception and call quality of any phone i've ever used.
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6/10 on that list are in stores. Plus 3 basic sliders (the Samsung a777, the LG CF360, the LG Shine II) as well as the bar style Nokia 2330. So there are 10 non messaging phones for people to choose from. Currently there are 8 quick messaging phones in the stores. There is a greater selection of non messaging devices than the ones with a keyboard (not counting Blackberry and other data centric devices).
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