Motorola cancels Alexander smartphone?

by Darren Murph posted Mar 23rd 2009 at 5:23PM

So much for the "last stand," huh? After getting pictured way back in August of last year, Motorola has quietly let CES, Mobile World Congress and (almost) CTIA slip by with nary a peep on why this thing has yet to ship. We'd initially heard that Q4 2008 was the window, and then Q1 2009; just last week, we heard that Moto could be shooting out ten new smartphones in the latter half of this year, but evidently this one won't be included. According to the always questionable DigiTimes, Motorola has inexplicably "canceled the planned launch of the Alexander handset and also reduced the number of markets in which it will sell its A3100 smartphone," though it gave no reason as to why. Is it sad that we're not at all saddened? Onward and upward, we say.

[Via WMPowerUser]

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola

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WhatADouche @ Mar 23rd 2009 5:43PM

This is such terrible news! I'm pouring out invisible tears over the Alexander. Seriously, I don't see this making anywhere as big a splash as any of the Q series smartphones even if it were still slated for release. Maybe this means Motorola is headed back to the drawing board for a WinMo Pro-based device(pure speculation, folks)?

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MotoMania @ Mar 23rd 2009 11:24PM

Cancelled doesn't mean can't back to live. Motorola Razr 3 cancelled but now back to live.

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JSWinston @ Mar 24th 2009 10:41AM

Cancelled means forget it. If it comes back it will just be an extremely limited release thing.

And what is this about a RAZR3 being back, someone is spreading a false rumor. The only way there is a "RAZR3" is if Motorola decides to label one of their new phones RAZR3. The RAZR3 program was called Ruby, and it is completely dead.

I guess this just reinforces yet again that Motorola lives or dies with their Android releases in Q3. Hey Engadget when are you going to get some information on those phones because they have to be production ready by now.

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vv1r3d @ Mar 24th 2009 1:09PM

This would be the dumbest move ever for Moto, that is if they do not release a phone that is DIFFERENT than what they have previously made.... they are literally cutting their own throats. People want new, innovative, and sexy.... not some cheap-a** phone that can hardly take a photo or keep up with their texting....

I bet that Motorola will be gone (as a handset maker) within 2 years.....

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mobileye @ Mar 26th 2009 11:52AM

i have seen this phone... it was approved for Cricket/MetroPCS, it's scheduled to launch 3rd quarter of this year... as we all know, the handset will probably be nothing like the picture... and have half of the features... so I guess it's not dead.. just comatose?!?!