This month will be the V600 and hopefully the Samsung slider phone, the D415. Maybe even the color Samsung R225 replacement, which I now think will be called a R235. This fall we will see the Samsung P735, and maybe several new Motorolas, like the V180, C650, and C630. I haven't heard anything really about new Nokias. I hoped there would be a mid-tier replacement for the Nokia 6610.

JDigital said:
This month will be the V600 and hopefully the Samsung slider phone, the D415. Maybe even the color Samsung R225 replacement, which I now think will be called a R235. This fall we will see the Samsung P735, and maybe several new Motorolas, like the V180, C650, and C630. I haven't heard anything really about new Nokias. I hoped there would be a mid-tier replacement for the Nokia 6610.

Hey J...do you think he caught my sarcasm?

P.S. I just bought a Nokia 6585 off of Ebay that I managed to get working on Verizon's network. So far so good...I'll fill you in as I use it more.

I got the Nokia 6610i from ebay for about $210 (not too bad). Sweet phone, very light.

do you know what day the v600 comes out for tmobile?

cashmoneyra said:
do you know what day the v600 comes out for tmobile?

Friday the 13th, right?

That would be nice. 😁

Well "muchdrama" said "Tomorrow. All 9 of them. You should camp out in front of your local Tmobile store. It's gonna be hot! Say hi to Starr for me!"

THAT was yesterday, BTW!

But obviously people put out stuff in this forum that they are not so sure about. I have been by two T-Mo dealers today, and, alas... no new phones yet!

Its more of a shame since they have so few world phones (tri-band) phones here in the U.S. and the scuttlebut says that they might even disable the 850 Mhz on the MOTO V-600 Quad-band phone (i.e. to keep you from taking YOUR phone to Cingular/AT&T when your contract is up or if you elect to pay the ETF)! This would be a HUGE mistake on T-Mo USA's part!

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Okay, I just talked to a local t-mobile guy and what he told me is on the 20th they are having a V600 party and that the phone should be out a few days before, maybe few days after the party. He also told me the price is going to be in the $199 range.

There were a few release parties held around the country for the T-Mobile V600 so its getting close. My RM told me by the end of the month but who knows.

Yea no one wants to give a straight answer, but it does sound like we are coming down to the final stretch.

It is not uncommon for Motorola to run launch parties after a handset is launched. The V600 was originally supposed to be launched in the second week of June. I attended the Motorola V600 launch party for T-Mobile Chicago in the first few days of June. Great party wonderful view of the future of T-Mobile and Motorola. Some handsets included the new to Phone Scoop A630 and the V180. I was a lucky winner in a raffle for the grand prize of the V600. It has been like waiting for eternity for the phone to come out not to mention days before the event my V300 was stolen. I am suppose to be overnighted the handset as soon as the they are ready strait from Motorola. The launch was set back to mid July then sat back to mid August and now I am...
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You said that you also recieved the scoop on the A630. I have heard that it's supposed to be a bump up from the V600. Any news on that? What does that release date look like? How's the phone seem to be coming along?

I was told that it will probably be a fourth quarter item. You got to play the best cards at the right time. The rest is pretty much a secret. We will probably see it launched by Cingular Wireless first. They always beat us to the chase. What do you mean by bump up from the V600? The display, camera, and menus are almost identical.

I don't know to much about it. I am trying to get more info on it. I am in need of an upgrade really bad and want to get the best possible phone that I can.

I can't even find the D415 or P735 on the samsung website. how do these new phones look? I have an idea w/ the motorola v600 but i'm not interested in a motorola phone.

There is a live demo of the D415 on the samsung website. I know I can access it from work.

http://www.samsung.com/ »

It's called the Samsung D410 but T-Mobile's model will be called the D415.

I can't wait for our Samsung rep to bring one by in a couple of weeks.

I don't think they have anything on the P735 on the website yet since it is slated to hit T-Mobile for the holiday season.

Both phones are listed in the "Phones" section of this very website. 😉

I got to use the one from T-mobile the other day. The phone rocks! I'm not sure if the phone can do hi-fi ringers though.

I digs the D415, looks like a Matrix phone 😁

The D415 is only dual band (900/1900). Can't use it anywhere but in the U.S.
Sorry, Quad-band radio (use your GSM phone anywhere in the world that has GSM and with ANY GSM carrier in the U.S.) is the way to go for me!

Miguelito said:
The D415 is only dual band (900/1900). Can't use it anywhere but in the U.S.
Sorry, Quad-band radio (use your GSM phone anywhere in the world that has GSM and with ANY GSM carrier in the U.S.) is the way to go for me!

Who says you can't use the 415 anywhere but in the US? We don't use 900mhz here.

Mea Culpa,
You're right - I don't know what I was thinking - BUT the Samsung site still showed this as dual band. Some GSM providers in Europe use only 1800.

So I still think its OLD TECHNOLOGY - and that T-Mobile loves to offer phones that you cannot take to their U.S. Competitors - Cingular and AT&T Wireless after your contract's up or if you're willing to pay the ETF.

I'm still wondering if the scuttlebut is true that I saw on the discussion groups that when the Moto V600 comes out with T-Mobile they're going to cripple it to three bands and exclude the 850 Mhz band.

That would be a BIG mistake because momentum is starting to build about not being able to take your phone to another carrier, when it should work.

The SIM Lock ...
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Miguelito said:
Mea Culpa,
You're right - I don't know what I was thinking - BUT the Samsung site still showed this as dual band. Some GSM providers in Europe use only 1800.

So I still think its OLD TECHNOLOGY - and that T-Mobile loves to offer phones that you cannot take to their U.S. Competitors - Cingular and AT&T Wireless after your contract's up or if you're willing to pay the ETF.

I'm still wondering if the scuttlebut is true that I saw on the discussion groups that when the Moto V600 comes out with T-Mobile they're going to cripple it to three bands and exclude the 850 Mhz band.

That would be a BIG mistake because momentum is starting to build about not being able to take your phone to another carrier, w

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Incorrect!

https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=378 »

confirms that this is indeed a tri band phone. As for a 900/1900 band phone only being useful in the US, all I gotta say is there are a bunch of confused Europeans and Caribbean residents (among others!) out there who've been using 900 band phones on their 900 band carriers totally unaware of the fact that the network doesn't exist and their phones don't work! 😁

Aleq said:
Incorrect!

https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=378 »

confirms that this is indeed a tri band phone. As for a 900/1900 band phone only being useful in the US, all I gotta say is there are a bunch of confused Europeans and Caribbean residents (among others!) out there who've been using 900 band phones on their 900 band carriers totally unaware of the fact that the network doesn't exist and their phones don't work! 😁

Now see...I like this kind of answer. It's sarcastic and irreverent.