Compare V551 to RAZR

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:35:37 -0500, "David G."
<david_please_dont_email_me@i_hate_spam.com> wrote:

>Al Klein wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:23:42 -0500, "David G."
>> <david_please_dont_email_me@i_hate_spam.com> said in
>> alt.cellular.cingular:
>>
>>> Al Klein wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:13:37 -0500, "Joe Fabeitz" <[email protected]>
>>>> said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>>>>
>>>>> I just picked up a RAZR and, although it's cool looking, I don't
>>>>> know if it's $500.00 worth of COOL.
>>>>
>>>> Someone's ripping someone off. Or are you talking about buying one
>>>> outright?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's what they cost. Have you seen them advertised more cheaply?
>>
>> I'm a dealer, so I know what I can afford to sell them for. $500 with
>> one year? Two years?
>
>I don't understand your answer. All I'm saying is all the ads for the
>phone I've seen are for a 2-year contract at $499 (which supposedly is
>$100 off). What are you saying?

The V3 is currently $369.99 after rebate on Amazon. Also, free
shipping.

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In <[email protected]> on 3 Dec 2004 06:28:01 -0000,
[email protected]er (Italy Anonymous Remailer) wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:09:30 GMT, John Navas <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Except you don't get EDGE (high-speed data), an unfortunate omission in a
>>bleeding edge product.
>
>Most people could care less?
>
>We're talking a little dinky screen on a cellphone, not a 22" monitor.
>
>A cellphone does not need high bandwidth. Cellphones aren't used to view
>DivX movies, bittorrent LINUX ISOs or run FTP servers. They are used to
>transfer text messages and grab NFL scores.
>
>GPRS is more than most people will ever need in 2004 and 2005.

Having used both GRPS and EDGE (actually EGPRS) extensively, I respectfully
disagree -- EGPRS makes a substantial difference with WAP and/or email on a
handset.

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Rock wrote:
>
> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
> do that your present phone doesn't?

Chicks dig the RAZR!

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:38:58 -0600,
Bob Horvath <[email protected]> wrote:

>Rock wrote:
>>
>> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
>> do that your present phone doesn't?
>
>Chicks dig the RAZR!

Now there's a good reason. Not.

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Bob Horvath wrote:

> Rock wrote:
>
>>
>> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it
>> going to
>> do that your present phone doesn't?
>
>
> Chicks dig the RAZR!


jeezus h christ dude, you can buy a chick for an entire night for less
than that! But, you wouldn't have all that cool **** hanging off your
belt would you?

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Jer wrote:
> Bob Horvath wrote:
>
>> Rock wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it
>>> going to
>>> do that your present phone doesn't?
>>
>>
>>
>> Chicks dig the RAZR!
>
>
>
> jeezus h christ dude, you can buy a chick for an entire night for less
> than that! But, you wouldn't have all that cool **** hanging off your
> belt would you?
>

I was just kidding. Certainly some of the RAZR's price is because it is
cool, and people are willing to pay for it. Internally, different
models of cell phones are not that different from one another.

Jack Zwick wrote:
> It's hard to tell with any phone. V600's were going for $400 when they
> first came out, and for Free at the end of their run.
>
> Cingular is entitled to sell a new "hot" phone for whatever they want.
> If the price seems too high to you, fine, you're entitled not to buy
> it. You're entitled to buy a T-Mobile phone instead to use on
> T-Mobile, or an unlocked phone from Hong-Kong via eBay. That's how
> the free market works, you have choices. There are long lines and
> shortages for things where prices are kept artificially low, and
> major surpluses where prices are too high. If you don't see boxes of
> v3 piled up in the corner of the store, the price is not too high at
> this point in time. In a Communist state, the one state cellular
> company might have one model phone at one price, and that would be it.

Who said I was saying the price was high?

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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 01:35:37 -0500, "David G."
<david_please_dont_email_me@i_hate_spam.com> said in
alt.cellular.cingular:

>Al Klein wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:23:42 -0500, "David G."
>> <david_please_dont_email_me@i_hate_spam.com> said in
>> alt.cellular.cingular:
>>
>>> Al Klein wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:13:37 -0500, "Joe Fabeitz" <[email protected]>
>>>> said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>>>>
>>>>> I just picked up a RAZR and, although it's cool looking, I don't
>>>>> know if it's $500.00 worth of COOL.
>>>>
>>>> Someone's ripping someone off. Or are you talking about buying one
>>>> outright?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's what they cost. Have you seen them advertised more cheaply?
>>
>> I'm a dealer, so I know what I can afford to sell them for. $500 with
>> one year? Two years?
>
>I don't understand your answer. All I'm saying is all the ads for the
>phone I've seen are for a 2-year contract at $499 (which supposedly is
>$100 off).

That's what Cingular is selling them for.

> What are you saying?

I sell them for less ($400 or less, depending on the plan). And, no,
that wasn't an offer to sell you one.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:38:58 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
said in alt.cellular.cingular:

>Rock wrote:

>> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
>> do that your present phone doesn't?

>Chicks dig the RAZR!

It's the single most uncomfortable cell phone I've ever held.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:16:04 GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:38:58 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
>said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>
>>Rock wrote:
>
>>> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
>>> do that your present phone doesn't?
>
>>Chicks dig the RAZR!
>
>It's the single most uncomfortable cell phone I've ever held.

Apparently, you have never held the Motorola DynaTAC, circa 1984,
weighing 28 ounces. Compared to that, the RAZR is a dream to hold.

Dick wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:16:04 GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:38:58 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
>>said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>>
>>
>>>Rock wrote:
>>
>>>>You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
>>>>do that your present phone doesn't?
>>
>>>Chicks dig the RAZR!
>>
>>It's the single most uncomfortable cell phone I've ever held.
>
>
> Apparently, you have never held the Motorola DynaTAC, circa 1984,
> weighing 28 ounces. Compared to that, the RAZR is a dream to hold.

Actually, the old brick phones gave you a lot to wrap your hands around.
Plus you could cradle them on your shoulder if you had to. Sure, they
were a little heavy, but back then minutes were expensive, so you didn't
talk long :-).

>>I just picked up a RAZR and, although it's cool looking, I don't know if
>>it's $500.00 worth of COOL.
>

Motorola Junk shouldn't cost that much!

However, going back many years the old saying - You can ALWASY buy better tham
Motorola, you just can't pay more! - seems to be true once again!


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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 09:23:39 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Dick wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:16:04 GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:38:58 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
>>>said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Rock wrote:
>>>
>>>>>You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
>>>>>do that your present phone doesn't?
>>>
>>>>Chicks dig the RAZR!
>>>
>>>It's the single most uncomfortable cell phone I've ever held.
>>
>>
>> Apparently, you have never held the Motorola DynaTAC, circa 1984,
>> weighing 28 ounces. Compared to that, the RAZR is a dream to hold.
>
>Actually, the old brick phones gave you a lot to wrap your hands around.
> Plus you could cradle them on your shoulder if you had to. Sure, they
>were a little heavy, but back then minutes were expensive, so you didn't
>talk long :-).

No kidding. Back in around 1990, I was driving down Hwy 99 in
California talking to my boss in New York. We talked twice for about
15 minutes total. In those days, every time you passed into another
cel, it seems like you were connected to another provider. That 15
minutes cost the company about $100 in roaming and connect charges.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:04:30 -0700, Dick <LeadWinger> said in
alt.cellular.cingular:

>On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:16:04 GMT, Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 10:38:58 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
>>said in alt.cellular.cingular:
>>
>>>Rock wrote:
>>
>>>> You paid $500 for a cell phone? Have you lost your mind? What is it going to
>>>> do that your present phone doesn't?
>>
>>>Chicks dig the RAZR!
>>
>>It's the single most uncomfortable cell phone I've ever held.
>
>Apparently, you have never held the Motorola DynaTAC, circa 1984,
>weighing 28 ounces.

I keep a brick in my safe. It still works, although the battery
doesn't hold a charge too long these days.

The Razr is less comfortable.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 09:23:39 -0600, Bob Horvath <[email protected]>
said in alt.cellular.cingular:

>Actually, the old brick phones gave you a lot to wrap your hands around.
> Plus you could cradle them on your shoulder if you had to.

Compared to the Razr, which gives you a crick in your neck after about
3 seconds.