patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | razr
WHAT!!!!!!!
The company that made the razr is calling it quits (in that market)?????!!!!!!! |
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@galpower.com | yay!
I bought the stock yesterday |
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SamsungSucks
Infinita Tristeza
Premium
join:2004-12-31
Japan Inc.
| reply to patcat88
Re: razr
said by patcat88  :The company that made the razr Make that "the company that pioneered the mobile phone".
Sad. |
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shaner
Premium
join:2000-10-04
Calgary, AB
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I hope they do quit the handset market. Yes, they have amazing design which consistently changes the form factor in cell phones (StarTac, RAZR), but they can't make a quality working product to save their lives.
Motorola phones suck huge. I wouldn't mind if they continued to design phones, as long as somebody else made them. The failure rate on Motorola is ridiculous.
Motorolas I wish I had never sold:
V120
C333
Q
RAZR
KRZR
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banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance
join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
 ·Comcast
| Aw man!
So my Razr2 might be my last Moto handset? That's unfortunate. I always found Motos to have the best call quality of any handset out there.
I always did wish they would diversify their lineup, though; not very much variety.
Ironically though, I don't have a Motorola cable modem...mine is a Scientific Atlanta.
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StarFish267
join:2005-11-25
Fort Worth, TX |  iden
So if this is True who would make iden handset cell phones for Nextel? All I ever see they have are Motorola's.
P.S. My Webstar Modem Works Better than the 5 Motorola Surfboards I went thru in 1 year. |
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pcme2000
join:2008-01-17
Bangor, ME | sad
They shouldn't get out of the mobile phone making.  |
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | What are they thinking?
I thought Cell phones was there bread and butter? |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| reply to shaner
Re: razr
The Motorola handset business has too problems. Firstly, they are revolutionary rather than consistently evolutionary. They do indeed come out with amazing new styles from time to time, but then they milk them way past their shelf life, whilst the likes of Nokia keep rolling out incremental, but market catching, changes. The second problem, as you say, is quality. Poor quality kills a company at every level without fail - period. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to shaner
Are you serious ?
Manufacturing is the issue not the mobile designers.
One point in case , the Moto E815 , a rock solid handset made in central China , the same same plant that made the pebl (which I own 2 of as well as the e815 and wish verizon would carry). These phones are rock solid performers and the failure rates were below 1% which is really a feat all in itself.
Most motos are made in coastal china with cheaper parts and cheaper labor. That is the real issue. The same issue plaguing other makers except LG who makes it all in Korea.
The failure rate of even the iphone is up near 9 % but they have very tight quality control and they barely ever leave the factory.
Also take a look at who was the chipset owner in most cases. Those phones that bombed constantly were almost all GSM and almost all coastal china assembles , where the pay is horribly low and they don't care about quality just quantity.
Moto makes some damn fine phones. The UI needs some work , but the hardware is some of the best and toughest you can find. Look at the Nextel lines. All moto and some of these absolute toughest phones I have ever seen. |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| nothing new in years
There has been no real innovation in the handset division for years! The iphone was evidence that handset makers were not innovating and stagnating. Also, nothing new for their biggest supporter, Sprint.. all their high end phones were overpriced for years which hurt them in the market. I would have bought an upgraded Sprint phone, but the prices are too steep given the other products in the marketplace which didn't fully meet my needs either (missing at least ONE feature that kills the deal) |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs: | reply to banditws6
Re: Aw man!
The same I have found. I have 2 voyagers from LG now and the call quality is horrible compared to the e815 and e315 that I had. Im actually thinking of selling my voyagers and finding new e315's on ebay.
moto's have great reception as well. |
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JoelC707
join:2002-07-09
Tucson, AZ
clubs:
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Re: iden
I think by the time they actually stop making phones you won't be able to get a strictly iDEN phone anyway. Have you noticed how Nextel used to have new phones out pretty regularly? Now they they are a part of Sprint I have seen two or three new phones that operate solely on the iDEN network. On the Sprint side of the house (I just switched to there from Nextel) I could have gotten a phone that was a hybrid using Sprint's cell network and Nextel's iDEN radio network. I didn't use the radio much anymore so I opted for the Q instead (and I wanted something running Windows). I had various problems with it but was able to "replace" the Q with the Q9c within the 30-day period and have been pretty happy since. I don't know if the hybrid phones would fully failover to Nextel's network in the event you had Nextel service and not Sprint service though. |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
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Re: razr
I hate to see them go. While I agree that their quality has been consistently crappy, their push for the next best thing/ coolest new design has helped push the OTHER companies to make better products.
Shaner's post was dead on, where would we be without Motorola pushing the field? Talking on field radio sized bar phones, thats where.
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madrhino
join:2004-07-03
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| Not everybody likes Motorola
The Hauppage WinTV-HVR1600 doesn't support the Motorola QIP2500 which is only the main STB for FIOS. I guess FIOS is such an unheralded, shocking new developement it's not worth keeping up with.
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast
| reply to patcat88
Re: razr
I sure hope that's not true. I love my Moto. The call quality is superb and they are super easy to mod.
I don't have a Motorola cable modem though. Comcast supplied me with an RCA modem.
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TwKs
join:2007-04-29
| reply to shaner
said by shaner :Motorola phones suck huge. I've used Motorola phones for about 5 years now, with no issues ever. Dropped, thrown, sat on, they still worked. They make very durable stuff.
As for their cable modems, my trusty sb5100 is nearing 4 years of constant use and it still runs like a champ. I would never use a modem that wasn't a Motorola.  |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to BosstonesOwn
Love my E815, awesome reception, tolerates many falls, and keys haven't snapped yet. Although its sad the power connector doesn't have a bridge rectifier (playing around with broken charger tip), had to buy a new phone. |
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Mari
@verizon.net | E815
BosstonesOwn- I have and love the E815 too. Talk about a Moto phone that was never heralded, but it's been entirely dependable for me. If the pebble was made on Verizon, I'd probably have that too... |
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Chris 313
Come get some
Premium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
clubs: | reply to TwKs
Re: razr
I agreed. I've had a SB5100 for nearly 4 years of constant use and it's been a rocking modem.
Can't say too much about the phones. Never had one |
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