The combat-ready Motorola i615 for Nextel

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 23rd 2006 at 8:19PM

Nextel's always seemed to be a solid choice for those whose lot in life involves inflicting brutal damage to their phones. The trend continues with the military-spec i615, a candybar (though the term doesn't really seem to do this thing justice) that makes up in ruggedness what it lacks in appearance. It comes packing Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and what appears to be a pretty healthy-sized display, but lacks Direct Talk for off-network walkie talkie action. The i615 can be had immediately (before you go and break another handset) for $250 on contract after discounts.

[Thanks, Reemusk]

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Sprint

Tags: candybar, i615, iden, moto, motorola, nextel, sprint, sprint nextel, sprint-nextel, SprintNextel

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Michael Cicconi @ Sep 23rd 2006 9:02PM

"Nextel's always seemed to be a solid choice for those whose lot in life involves inflicting brutal damage to their phones."

You make fun, but I work for a demolition company, and the Telus (Canada's Nextel) phones we get are seemingly indestructible. I know of one phone that fell 11 stories into a pile of scrap steel - after calling the phone we could still hear it ringing.

I bet these phones are popular with construction and demolition companys as well as a slew of others.

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PDA Ed @ Sep 24th 2006 5:43PM

The last cellphone my parents got my brother was busted in a record 3 days. I'll have to tell them about this one.

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The Nokia Smasher @ Sep 26th 2006 11:37AM

I don't know about Nextel but my Nokia's are indestrutable. If I had a video crew follow me around you'd get the idea. Just last week I was slamming it against the table over and over, I was throwing a tantrum, and it's still working. My hand hurt afterwards so next time I plan on smashing it against the ground. Maybe kicking it across the room.

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chris s @ Dec 16th 2007 1:37PM

I had one of these stuffed down my throat the other day. I now have to use it for work. I'd rather flush it down the commode. Does anyone know if this thing tracks your movements even with it powered off?

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