Not really all that surprising, at T-mobile they still have a few subscribers using Motorola StarTac handsets, which stopped being sold what last decade? Some people don't like change.
Technically, the StarTAC only stopped being sold just last year; Korea and China got the StarTAC 2004, but only Korea got the StarTAC III. Motorola thought that most of the world didn't like the StarTAC anymore, hence the VERY limited release of new StarTAC models.
Well, some of the StarTACs had 1Watt transmitters. Compare that to your paltry 1/8W transmitter now and you'll see that if you live outside city limits, it can be nice to have a really damn beefy transmitter.
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wildklymr @ Mar 15th 2008 12:48AM
Not really all that surprising, at T-mobile they still have a few subscribers using Motorola StarTac handsets, which stopped being sold what last decade? Some people don't like change.
Jamar @ Mar 16th 2008 6:02AM
Trivia-
Technically, the StarTAC only stopped being sold just last year; Korea and China got the StarTAC 2004, but only Korea got the StarTAC III. Motorola thought that most of the world didn't like the StarTAC anymore, hence the VERY limited release of new StarTAC models.
Brad @ Mar 18th 2008 3:46AM
Well, some of the StarTACs had 1Watt transmitters. Compare that to your paltry 1/8W transmitter now and you'll see that if you live outside city limits, it can be nice to have a really damn beefy transmitter.