the pic pf this phone make it look huge what the deal it is wide
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There is no way this thing will be out December 9th. I would bet its at least 6 months off. The KRZR had FCC approval in June. This phone has yet to even surface on the FCC website (or in some foreign country). I remember it being a similar situation when cingular was getting the v600. It had been announced and everyone knew it was coming, but for some reason it took forever (read as years). The KRZR has been available for a while via import The v3xx that everyone is talking about for cingular (I'm talking quad band GSM and 850/1900 WCDMA) hasn't even surfaced, anywhere. No where, I don't even think this phone exists or will exist for a very long time. If Motorola can sell a RAZR with an MP3 player and EDGE for $250 while Samsung sells the same phone plus WCDMA for $50, why build a 3g version. The most a provider can really sell a phone for is ~$250 - $300. They've got the KRZR coming which will take over that spot currently held by the v3i and could probably hold it at least 6 months. And people may be like, but what about the market, they want 3G. Mainstream buyers in the US don't care about 3G, nerds care about 3G, and they all picked up their black jacks a few days ago...
There is no way this thing will be out December 9th. I would bet its at least 6 months off. The KRZR had FCC approval in June. This phone has yet to even surface on the FCC website (or in some foreign country). I remember it being a similar situation when cingular was getting the v600. It had been announced and everyone knew it was coming, but for some reason it took forever (read as years). The KRZR has been available for a while via import The v3xx that everyone is talking about for cingular (I'm talking quad band GSM and 850/1900 WCDMA) hasn't even surfaced, anywhere. No where, I don't even think this phone exists or will exist for a very long time. If Motorola can sell a RAZR with an MP3 player and EDGE for $250 while Samsung sells the same phone plus WCDMA for $50, why build a 3g version. The most a provider can really sell a phone for is ~$250 - $300. They've got the KRZR coming which will take over that spot currently held by the v3i and could probably hold it at least 6 months. And people may be like, but what about the market, they want 3G. Mainstream buyers in the US don't care about 3G, nerds care about 3G, and they all picked up their black jacks a few days ago...
Yes indeed. Motorola and Cingular are not in the biz to satisfy a few geeks who want fast internet on a tiny cell phone. 95% of users have no concept what 3G is or even GSM for that matter. As long as the GPRS-only RAZR is still Cingulars top-selling phone, don't expect a 3G version untill mid 2007.
Go to Verizon if you want the 3G version KRZR.
The V6 is out in the land down under and it is WCDMA on 850 and 2100, no 1900 WCDMA though. It also doesn't have any 850 GSM. Its close, kind of...not really...perhaps 850 GSM and 1900 WCDMA are just a seem edit away...
I want this thing as much as the next guy, I just don't think its going to come anytime soon, but I can hope.
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i see the point of what the guy saying that there is no way its coming out dec. 9th but that is the date listed in internal cing documents.
of course , they almost always dont make that original date but one example and reason for hope was the Samsung Blackjack which came out on even a few days before in some stores/locations the date that they had slated from the beginning. This was one of the only cing phone releases i followed t hat stuck to the same date from beginning to end and released on time. I was pleseantly surprised being cings usual rep for phone releases.
I wouldn't say that the iraz/v3xx isn't neccesary though. You can't just say go to vzw for a 3g rzr. yes its bad enough that vzw has had hte krzr k1m with 3g for some time and cing has yet to release the non 3g k1.
also vzw has had the 3g v3m (their 3g version of the non 3g v3i for cing) and cing could have released that so much earlier being it was available to import for over a year before they finally did. That was a real mess up.
Now for the v6 maxx, there is a version out in other countries but no plans known for a version that will work in the US for cing gsm, yet there is a version for vzw the V6e (i think) that has surfaced and seeing as how quick vzw releases moto phones and even gets exclusives it prob wont be long and might be before cing releases the v3xx.
the v6e/maxx is better then the v3xx so for cing to keep releasing inferior phones well after vzw already released a better one really sucks.
they are just so far behind. the v3i should have been out a year ago and the krzr k1 should have been out for months now as well, so that now they could finally release the v3xx/izar (whateverthe crap they calling it) now to compete more properly with vzw's v3m (since cings v3i isn't 3g)
then they should be ready to release the maxx for cing at the same time if not before vzw does.
but that isn't happening. cing may never get the maxx.
and since the v3i came out so late and after it was already outdated, that could be effecting them spacing out the release of the krzr and then the v3xx.
i have switched my smart/ppc phone and data use to cing for 3g but will keep vzw for free in calling voice with wife fam and some friends, knowing i will always be able to get the newest thin moto phone first instead of waiting for cing to get it after its 2 yrs old if ever.
i think moto has a deal with teh devil aka vzw for vzw to get new moto phones first and even exclusively in some cases.
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2) Sony Ericsson XPERIA with android for att
yes its bad enough that vzw has had hte krzr k1m with 3g for some time and cing has yet to release the non 3g k1.
also vzw has had the 3g v3m (their 3g version of the non 3g v3i for cing) and cing could have released that so much earlier ....
I had always assumed that the problem was integrating the Qualcomm hybrid chip in order to get both WCDMA bands (at the fastest speeds) together with the normal four bands that Cingular wants to see on its "international" GSM phones.
I have good news, guys. Sprint already released their K1 too and it is EVDO.
Every CDMA phone these days have EVDO, EVDO was a very easy upgrade path, hardware wise from 2G CDMA, Verison and Sprint have always had it easy, CDMA was and is a better air interface, which is why GSM is moving to a CDMA air interface, but its a pain, making the phones backwards compatiple with a TDMA air interface and able to work with a CDMA air interface
What a downer. Not a bad phone, but not enough to upgrade over a LG Cu500. 1.3 mega camera. Give me a break. Not bad if it has stereo speakers since this is billed as a music phone. Should have it. Probably not though knowing Moto. Phonescoop broke the news. Oh well.
That high speed decal on the front is just plain stupid. Give me a break. Why is this phone decaled like a 70's matchbox car? Lol. I hope it is just a sticker you can take off. And not part of the phone. Maybe this phone is targeted at the teen yough market.
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I'm not a real fan of this and would prefer the RAZR maxx but there's no question that I'd choose it over the LG CU500.
Now the SYNC, that's a different ballgame.
Sheesh, looking at the CU500's pictures makes me want to throw up all over this keyboard. The V3xx design may be going on three years old but it's still one of the cleanest and most attractive out there.
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