When will Sprint get Motorola?

Typically the Motorola user interfaces suck wind, however, the RF reception
of Motorola phones is the best of any cell phone manufacturer.
That in itself is a very good reason for Sprint to sell Motorola.

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> Can someone please tell me what is so great about the RAZR, its ok. It
> seems like everyone has gotten the me too syndrome. Their battery life
> is ok and the menu system is horrible. I trust that sprint has a valid
> reason for not really dealing with Motorola and they will either bring
> their models on or not. Makes no real difference to me. I am happy
> with my Sanyo 8300 and will be upgrading sometime next year. It really
> is not that serious.
>
> And when it comes to NOKIA, their phones on CDMA have always sucked.
> Good riddance.
>
> SMS wrote:
>> Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>> > So, when will Sprint start carrying motorola phones? They obviously
>> > have
>> > close contacts with them via Nextel (as IDEN is a motorola technology).
>> > I
>> > would like to see the newer model motorola phones available and not
>> > just a hit
>> > or miss low-end phone.
>> >
>> > It would be nice to see:
>> >
>> > Razor V3m
>> > KRZR K1m
>> > SLVR L7c
>> >
>> > and other current and upcoming phones. Why does every carrier but
>> > Sprint get
>> > this stuff?
>>
>> I read that they are not getting the Razr until next year. In fact
>> Sprint's poor results are being partially blamed on their poor handset
>> selection. This is rather ironic, because a couple of years ago it was
>> Verizon with the poor selection of handsets.
>>
>> OTOH, Sprint's lack of handsets has force them to introduce other
>> inducements, such as 7 pm off-peak, and "fair and flexible" which
>> Verizon and Cingular don't have, at least not at an extra charge.
>

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Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> Typically the Motorola user interfaces suck wind, however, the RF reception
> of Motorola phones is the best of any cell phone manufacturer.
> That in itself is a very good reason for Sprint to sell Motorola.
>

Tell that to the Razr owners.

Those phones are notorious for poor reception, with the V3M out performing the
V3C. Their crappy internal antennas with an aluminum case doesn't help
matters much.

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"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Typically the Motorola user interfaces suck wind, however, the RF reception
>> of Motorola phones is the best of any cell phone manufacturer.
>> That in itself is a very good reason for Sprint to sell Motorola.
>>
>
> Tell that to the Razr owners.
>
> Those phones are notorious for poor reception, with the V3M out performing the
> V3C. Their crappy internal antennas with an aluminum case doesn't help
> matters much.

Phonescoop's editors say the RAZR's "antenna is great."
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/r...index.php?p=wr

Most owners say the RF reception is excellent:
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/use....php?phone=547

As a satisfied RAZR V3 owner for the past five months, I have to
agree with those reviews.

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John Richards

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I read that they are not getting the Razr until next year. In fact
> > Sprint's poor results are being partially blamed on their poor handset
> > selection. This is rather ironic, because a couple of years ago it was
> > Verizon with the poor selection of handsets.
> >
>
> Where did you read that the RAZR would be coming next year? I would love to
> read the article myself. In any event, I am not sure it is a case of better
> late than never ... as Motorola will have moved past the RAZR by that point in
> time.

hears a place to read about the moto products coming for sprint:

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?I...&source=SEARCH

I have not used any moto products myself, as I have had nothing but
wonderful experiences with the nokia phones I have had. Maybe not the
most fashionable phone on the block, however It just works, does
exactly what I need it to do and is durable. I am a terminal 'butter
figers' have dropped my 3650 probably 300 times in the 3 years I have
had it. 2 months ago fianlly had to replace the face plate as it broke
in a drop in a place that I could not longer snap it back together.
But still works as well as it did the day I bought it. I work in the
customer service industry of an unnamed company, it has been my
experience that 75% of the trouble shooting calls I received, were on
motorola products. Especially after new releases of the hottest, most
fashionable phones. It tends to take moto about 2 to 3 versions of the
phone to get it right as far as being reliable. at leaset that is the
way it seems from my stand point. Maybe this is the reason that Sprint
has shyed away from following the crowd to quickly with motorola
phones, because they want to make sure it is going to be reliable when
they DO get it. Just a thought. Personally, I would love to see more
nokia product in sprints line up, but as stated earlier, nokia is
pulling completely out of CDMA as a result of some very bad experiences
with Qualcomm. viva la progress?

John Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> matters much.
>
> Phonescoop's editors say the RAZR's "antenna is great."
> http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/r...index.php?p=wr
>
> Most owners say the RF reception is excellent:
> http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/use....php?phone=547
>
> As a satisfied RAZR V3 owner for the past five months, I have to
> agree with those reviews.
>

Perhaps. I based my comment on the couple of times I waited in line at the
Verizon kiosk and listening to people complain about the "network" to just
find out it was there V3C or V3M phone. One woman went back to using her old
phone until her "New Every 2" hit the 12 month point and she could get a lower
price on a replacement. After asking the Rep about it [because I was curious]
he indicated that they get a LOT of the Razr phones back or receive complaints
about them, but that the issue isn't as bad since the release of the V3M. The
two kiosks I witnessed this at were in Roseville and Blaine Minnesota (the V3M
and V3C complaints respectively).

I think Verizon spaces there cells a little further apart in the plains states
and indeed, even in urban Minneapolis, so perhaps the phones are more
sensitive to that. Just a hypothesis.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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