Motorola's MAXX v6 gets quad bands and FCC approval

by Thomas Ricker posted Jan 29th 2007 at 9:02AM

Well, a hearty good morning to you too, FCC. Our favorite gadgety governmental org just approved a quad-band GSM version of Motorola's Maxx v6. Better yet, it supports UMTS in the US with a new 850MHz radio in addition to supporting 2100MHz for Europe -- there's no mention of 1900MHz which might (but not necessarily) make this a single-band HSDPA phone. Otherwise, it looks to have all the same hotness we've already seen -- QVGA display, 50MB of internal memory with a microSD slot for more, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR including A2DP profile support for untethered stereo audio, and a 2 megapixel camera with a second VGA cam under the clam for video conferencing. Now move over Verizon, your CDMA-based MAXX just got competition.

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: maxx, maxx v6, MaxxV6, motorola

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Rusty @ Jan 29th 2007 9:18AM

You gotta hand it to Moto, milk it for all it is worth. If it wan't for the UI, I might look at one of these, but in the last 18 months, I've become a fan of the SE UI. I've also gotten away from the flip phones and gone back to candybar. I just wear out the flip thingy.

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raulr @ Jan 29th 2007 9:51AM

This is showing an internal video conf camera so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to be offered by any carrier. A lot of overseas phones get FCC approval to operate in the US so that they can be used here when international travelers come her.

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Andrew @ Jan 29th 2007 11:44AM

This isn't just being approved for international travelers or else they wouldn't have added 850 MHz GSM and UMTS bands on it. I think we're well past time to get some features over here like the internal cameras so we can get video calling in the US finally. We're years behind everyone else and it's annoying, however none of the networks are going to push new technologies until phones start heading over here with support for those features. Thank you Motorola for finally offering us a nice phone in the US. I'll be buying one as soon as they start shipping them out.

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Pablo @ Feb 5th 2007 5:23PM

this must be telstra's version, they like their hsdpa on the 850 band down under

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