Motorola i9 gets detailed in official shots

by Chris Ziegler, posted Dec 16th 2008 at 4:16AM

If this were anything but an iDEN phone, we'd be laying into it for looking like a circa-2007 RAZR 2 clone (which it essentially is), but for a Nextel Direct Connect piece, this is as good as it's ever gotten. Official pictures of the i9 are now available from Motorola, some of which clearly show Nextel branding -- not to say that we'd expect iDEN's single biggest customer to bypass Motorola's single awesomest iDEN phone, but it's a reassuring confirmation for potential buyers nonetheless. We don't have a release date handy yet, so let's hope we can get some hands-on time at CES, especially since it's been just about a year since we first saw this thing.

[Via Unwired View]

Gallery: Motorola i9 gets detailed in official shots

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Sprint

Tags: cabo, i9, iden, moto, motorola, nextel

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Montusama @ Dec 16th 2008 11:53AM

Why does a Nextel phone need a 3.1MP camera with an led flash?

I almost want it...wonder if it supports EV-DO too.

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Javy @ Dec 16th 2008 6:27PM

The I9 is most likely going to be released in febuary because it already is in our systems with a Sku and everything

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Dejan @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:56PM

Simply put, the i9 is going to be iDEN only, at least based on the FCC forms that were filed back in the day. It might...major emphasis on might....come equipped with WiFi, but I doubt it. Still, it sure as hell beats the old i1000plus phones from back in the day.