AT&T's Motorola Z9, updated V9 due in January?
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Dec 3rd 2007 at 2:29AM
Alright, Motorola faithful, listen up: AT&T's got a few goodies in store for you. Nothing we didn't already know about, really, but in light of the recent upheaval, it's a little reassuring to hear that stuff is still on track. It turns out that the Z9 -- a phone we heard about merely once before returning to the ether to mature for many, many more months -- is apparently on track for a January release alongside the updated V9 that will bring GPS and Video Share to the RAZR 2 formula. Oh, and that V365 replacement we'd mentioned a while back? Yep, it's still cookin' (with the code name "Hurricane," we hear) and may be billed as a higher end handset with crazy signal strength and some sort of industrial-grade metal housing. Anyone getting excited about that one?[Thanks, anonymous tipster]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tim @ Dec 3rd 2007 7:44AM
I waited over a year for the v9, reading blogs everyday, trying to get as much info as I could. I was really excited about it. Then the hidious mahogany drops for $299 with lots of missing features and still remains today. A long time moto fan, I started looking at other brands. Not motos fault, but at&t,s In defense of the passing ed who once said, he loved his job, but hated his customers.(he meant u.s. carriers)I agree. I think moto lost a lot of fans because of the carriers. they really are the ones who control it all, fair or not.
Mark @ Dec 3rd 2007 12:31PM
I'm not shedding any tears for Motorola. They're the biggest American handset manufacturer, and if they can't swing their weight around in the USA, they're not allowed to boo-hoo their way out of it.
Why didn't they open up unlocked shops for T-Mobile, AT&T GSM and Cingular customers? Why didn't they aggressively market their unlocked products instead of bitching about carrier branding when they love to make each phone in 5 million marginally different versions?
Moto had full control over their destiny and they fucked it up big time.
eGI @ Dec 3rd 2007 10:59AM
Reply to Tim,
Tim stop taking their hand me downs and by unLocked Phones. As long as you take their Free/Subsidized Phone and pay them three time their worth in inflated rate plans, we all suffer! Do like we do take their free phone and buy a unlocked. Either give the free phone to charity, sell it on eBay, or keep it as a back up. The US carriers make more money off the subsidized phones then they make of the phone plans.
Jordan @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:04PM
a) Something tells me this is not true: "The US carriers make more money off the subsidized phones then they make of the phone plans."
b) Where can you buy a SIM free, never locked V9? It is not on the Moto store web site.
eGI @ Dec 3rd 2007 4:44PM
Jordan
Here is part of an article from November 7, 2007. "AT&T is forking over a hefty $18 a month (to Apple) for each iPhone user which, as CNET points out, is an amount that exceeds the actual price of the iPhone." And then the user also pays $399.00 for the phone. So on Motorola phones who making the $18.00 a month? Just a rehetorical question? Sound like Bottom Line as it is not service related. And YES, we can on blame ourselfs as we think we're getting something for FREE!