For what it is worth, I was in a Cingular store over the weekend and was told "Cingular will be releasing a bunch of phones between now and Feb 8th" He sounded confident by saying the A630, Treo and the SE S 710 are included in those that are coming before the 8th, with the new LG to follow right after those. He also said the A630 was just apporved by Cingular(no idea what that means) The manager said something about Cingular buying At T and buying the whole American Idol thing. He claims the phones should be out prior to the text voting starts.
He seemed like he was up to date on what was happening but who knows
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gen04Jan 24, 2005, 9:55 AM
I hope so. I really want the S710 and the A630, i wouldn't mind having the LG either It's a very nice phone. It seems like we have been waiting for years!!
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Any idea of the price Cingular will set for the Moto a630?
I'm a legacy AT&T Wireless customer who would be migrating to Cingular, if that matters
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I am not a 100% sure but I think he said $199 with a 2 year contract...
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I hope you're cingular rep was right. I've been waiting a long time for the a630. My rep pre-ordered the phone for me so I knew it was coming. Didn't realize it would take this long.
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gen04Jan 27, 2005, 11:27 AM
You can pre-order? With my luck my store would tell me that i couldn't do that.
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I guess it depends on the rep. He will call me when he gets the A630. In fact he emailed me yesterday to let me know that the phone may be here in a couple of weeks.
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Well the LG phone beat the A630, S710, and Treo.
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How so. It's not even out. It's expected to be realeased after the three phones that you have mentioned. I'm sticking with the a630. It has more features (bluetooth, camera etc. and a bigger screen. For me the A630 is a better phone and worth the patience to wait. Just a few more weeks.
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I'm not saying the F9100 is the better phone. I was just pointing out the fact that it was released before the others. The A630 is clearly the superior out of the two.
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Not so sure...have heard from a few different sources that the OS on the a630 is SIGNIFICANTLY slower than the F9100. I ordered the 9100 anyway, lack of bluetooth sucks, but I will see how I like it, if I don't and the a630 is out before the end of Feb (I've heard perhaps end of this week, early next) then I can always exchange them.
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FYI:
I posted a review here on PS, under the LG 9100, for the phone and in a nutshell I gave it two stars. It's going back before my 30 days is up...hopefully to be exchanged for an a630.
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The warehouse where we get our phones for our store said a week or so. Im scared about the SO part. We will see hope it comes in the next week but who knows.
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Based all the interest in this phone, there's going to be a big celebration when the a630 finally is shipped.
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i've given up on this phone. they've pushed this launch out so long i've had enough time to save up for a GSM treo 650. *shake head* so that's what i'm gonna get, yessiree. um. whenever that launches. heh.
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I think that the launch has been pushed back too much. I went and bought a v3 since it was taking so long. That was a mistake. I'm dropping my v3 for the A630 or S710(which ever is out first).
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The A630 should be out within the next 2 weeks. Stopped by local Cingular store before work today and was told that by the manager.
I am keeping my fingers crossed
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hey, buster, i was told yesterday that cingular wasn't getting the a630 that's why they released the Lg f9100 early. the a630 ws going to be strictly a t-moblie thing. i don't know but i myself really want the a630. but on the website for the a630, it said that cingular would have it this summer. i'm willing to wait.
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Cingular should be getting the phone the Motorola reps have been here several times to show the phones to those of us that work for Cingular. The phone release has been delayed but should be out By February from what we have been hearing.
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The store manager told me the reason the LG F9100 was pushed to the market is because the Cingular Marketing department has the whole "Offical American Idol phone" campaign going.
He seemed pretty sure the A630 would hit within the next 2 weeks.
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Hey phonehog 😳
My rep has pre-ordered the phone and expects to get by Mid Feb. Sources on this forum and other forums on the internet are saying the same thing. I'd be more incline to believe the many sources and your ONE rep. Also check the website where you got your info on the a630 being release in the summer. I bet it's dated 2004 😕
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i spoke with our motorola-cingular rep yesterday and the phone was "approved" two weeks ago but then they found another bug with it. now i dont know what the bug is or was or if it was something major or minor but she said that the phone should be out in da next week or two. 🙂
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Sorry if this has been asked before, but, does anyone know if the Cingular version will be black or grey?
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From what I understand the picture that is on the info page is the Cingular version.
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So...it's the 9th. Any news yet? Or is going to be March now...?
*Patiently sits on side*
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Well...maybe tomorrow is our lucky day! I tend to pay attention to the dates for the promo phones listed on the front page of cingular.com. When you click on the promo image it shows a 'valid' date on the top of the page. It seems that sometimes the launch of new phones coincides with the end/beginning date of a phone promo.
Not scientific by any means, but it gives me something to look forward to anyway.
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Nope...they just put up a new flip phone add. No sign of the A630. I guess we can hope for the 21st?
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I heard two things. Keep in mind it's just hearsay. One is they found one more bug and are fixing it and the second rumor that I've heard is that T-Mobile has exclusive rights to this phone for three months. Either way logically the phone could launch by the end of February.
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dogear said:
I heard two things. Keep in mind it's just hearsay. One is they found one more bug and are fixing it and the second rumor that I've heard is that T-Mobile has exclusive rights to this phone for three months. Either way logically the phone could launch by the end of February.
IMHO, I don't buy the bug comment, Cingular can nit pick a phone until it is pointless to bother with a release at all. There is absolutely no reason to hold the phone when they can do SW/FW upgrades via OTA. Absurd! Secondly, the exclusivity possibility is highly unlikely as in most cases the carrier advertises that as a selling point, "Only with XYZ mobile company" etc.
I guess we're left with a half-assed effort...
(continues)
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Or... is it the promoto contest that we wait until the winners get their phone first. . . 😡
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I'd read another dude won on the promoto contest and selected the A630 for Cingualr and they told him he'd have to pick a different phone.
I don't think that is it.
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but at another post, some one else is waiting the a630, the prize he selected. Also it seems that the prizes in general have not been shipped cuz one guy was still waiting for his hands free bluetooth set and another waiting for a different motorola phone.
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Most everyone has stated they haven't received their prizes. Though I'm more inclined to believe someone who received a notice that they can't choose a certain phone than someone who hasn't heard anything.
Hopefully though it comes out soon and it isn't a nice paperweight.
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I received my bluetooth headset that I won in January.
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You have recieved part of your prize from the allpromoto contest? I checked the website and now they have until the 15th of March to get us our prizes. That would be nice to recieve the accessories early.
Will
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I totally agree...I'm still waitin on my Allpromoto stuff. I've got a BT phone already and would love to get the headset or car kit early. The speaker'll probably end up gettin sold.
Last time I heard officially (valentine's day) Moto was still verifying all the sales. They had something like 17,000 to work thru, hence the delay.
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The 21st will have to be the day, as my 30 days runs out on the 28th. I'll have to make the decision about what to exchange the F9100 for, by Tuesday. I suppose if the phone doesn't launch I'll be looking at something completely different.
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i'm sending my F9100 back monday the 21st. I've decided to wait for the credit to post to my credit card and if the a630 isn't out by then I'll probably try the 6820. I've got my fingers crossed.
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Cingular online has a sale onthe 6820 now but it's only valid thru2/22. Will the A630 launch right after the 6820 offer exires?
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I think I am giving up on this phone. This thing was approved by Cingular 4+ weeks ago and they are still dragging their feet...
Stopped in at my local Cingular store yesterday and was told the same bs "any time now, real soon"
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I think cingular is trying to drive us crazy so we drive up our bills making appointments with our psychiatrists.
I know I've used over 500 more minutes this month just for Therapy appointments because of this phone.
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It really is ridiculous how long this phone is taking to be released by Cingular, if at all. I want this phone a lot but there are few other phones on the horizon that I might as well just wait for. Cingular should have jumped all over this phone. 😡
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I bought the Treo 650 instead, screw the a630...it'll almost be a year old once it comes out on Cingular. I don't want to buy yesterday's technology for what is sure to be a premium price.
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Yeah, I hear ya. I'm probably gonna hold off for the Samsung SGH-P777. I love the QWERTY of the A630 but I'll be damn if I wait for old technology at a premium price.
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cZFeb 23, 2005, 7:27 PM
I'm with ya...after 8 months of waiting, I decided today to go in for the S710a. QWERTY is nice, but: no EDGE, no 1MP camera, etc. means I'm out.
I hope Cingular and/or Moto learn from this...
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*8 months"! A little bit of an exageration. The phone has only been available for retail since the end of November. I count only 3 months. We'll see after this week when the supposedly "100 day exlusive" runs out at T-mobile. Waiting to see if that's really true this week.
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Wow! You expect to get products the minute manufacturers anounce it?! What world are you in? 🙄
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