Motorola V3i joining BlackBerry 7130c on Cingular next week?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 6th 2006 at 1:03AM

It's been widely known that the Motorola V3i and a variant of the BlackBerry 7130 are both expected for Cingular; the only question was when. That piece of the puzzle might be now be answered, thanks to our ol' buddy, The Canary-uncovering, Q-exposing Boy Genius: rumor has both these objects of desire launching next week. Sure enough, he's given us some kind of promotional literature for the Cingular-branded 7130c -- yeah, it's fuzzy, but we clearly see a Cingular logo slapped on the center of that phone. When a US domestic carrier launches a phone, it doesn't take much to get us excited around here, but two relatively anticipated phones in one week? On the same carrier? Pardon us while we go launch some bottle rockets.

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, RIM, ATT, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: 7130, blackberry, razr, v3i

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Logan Watts @ Jun 6th 2006 3:07AM

lmao pardon us while we launch bottle rockets..I feel the same way

what is the price ranges for the v3i? if I just walked up and buy a brand spankin new v3i how much would that ring me up?

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c_taylor @ Jun 6th 2006 3:13AM

I'm going to say at least 300 bones w/o contract. Buy one off ebay for a lot less, that's what I did.

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A.S. @ Jun 6th 2006 1:08PM

Will all colors of the V3i be available with itunes?
What is the pros and cons of each? I just got a phone at the end of May 2006, I have 30 days to return & exchange - what happens if I buy a phone off of the internet? Am I out the cost of the phone I just bought? I am debating between both of these phones - amazing they could be coming out in the same week.
Will all cingular stores carry both models released at the same time? If not, how do I find them?
Sorry so long.

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Donald @ Jun 6th 2006 3:33PM

3. If you order them online, you can swap once within 30 days for a different handset. You'll get a refund for the first one once Cingular gets it back in the warehouse.

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Nick @ Jun 6th 2006 5:56PM

To A.S.: Cingular will most likely release the dark gray color V3i previously shown on this sight, but its questionable whether others will also be released at the same time. I would believe that Cingular would gradually release different variants, like they did with the original one. There's almost no doubt that it will include iTunes, however.

If you mean the pro's and con's of each phone above (the Blackberry and the RAZR) then it really depends on what kind of things you will be doing with it. It's fairly obvious that the Blackberry should be used as a buisness centric device while the V3i as a fashion phone.

I know that the exchange phone refers to sending your old one back and getting a refurb model which is (like) new. If you've already signed your contract, I'm pretty sure you're stuck on it, i.e. you can either terminate it and pay the fee or wait for an agonizinly long time. I am not entirely sure, though.

Finally, Cingular could release the phones as an online only deal, until further noitice, or they could release them in the store, which is what I'm assuming you're hoping for.

Hope this helps,
Nick

P.S. In the supposed "promotional ad," I don't see the V3i in the picture. Am I supposed to? Or is this just focusing on the Blackberry with the RAZR as a seperate ad.

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Born2Darkness @ Jun 7th 2006 12:14PM

here are some more pics...

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Born2Darkness @ Jun 7th 2006 12:16PM

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/245/924207298090alb0hp.jpg

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