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"Mororola i870." on by Scabba Ranker
Pros: Awesome quality, great mp3 player, fantastic camera, great repeption, amazing speakerphone.
Cons: Pretty pricey, comes standard with 32Mc trans flash card and it should come with atleast a 128Mb.
Summary: This phone is great.
I was a little concerned at first though. Kind of giving it my doubts, but then again, who wouldn't after spending $380 on a phone??
I have had it for almost a week. I love it to death. Its awesome.
The picture quality is FAR superior to the i860. The i870 is 1.3mpxl, and the i860 is .3mgpxl. Thats a whole megapixel larger, it makes a huge difference.
The screen is brighter than the i860, but it does not run as "smooth" as the i860 when it is in camera/video mode. Seems to run chopier, but that might be because since it takes better pictures in lower light conditions compared to the i860, it mar be trying to "work harder". That, and I do have the picture resolution set at the largest setting (1280x1024). (Largest size on the i860 is 640x480).
The i870 takes 30 seconds of video when it is using the phones memory. It can take more if you select to store your media to the memory card. How much video it takes when it is set to store media on the memory card depends on how large the memory card is that it in the phone.
I also like the mirror on the outside of the phone, so you can take pictures of yourself. I like how it is different from the ouside display showing the pic like every other phone.
Before I get to the mp3 player, I have to say that the speakerphone is awesome, MUCH better than the i860 (and the 860 was the best speakerphone I'd ever heard).
The mp3 player is pretty cool. I like how it has a lot of basic mp3 player program options on it, like album list, genre list, favorites playlist, and so on.....
The songs sound relativley good on the speakerphone, definatley better than I had expected.
It comes with a 32Mb trans flash card, which I have to say is pretty worthless for storing mp3s. It fits about 6-8 mp3s. I am going to get a 512Mb card next week.
You cannot just hookup any pair of headphones to the phone. The headphone port is a special size made for the i870 and the i930 by Nextel, so you have to buy headsets from Nextel......imagine that.
The construction of the phone is really good as well, feels very strong and sturdy. The flip open hinge feels much tighter, and not as "flimsy" feeling as it does on the i860.
Although I have the USB Data Cable, the Media Downloader software that is used for the i860 to load your pictures on your computer, does not work with the i870. In order for me to move pictures to my computer, I have to move each picture/video to the memory card, which can only be done 1 at atime, and it takes a long time. It is a pain in the neck. I hope nextel is going to come out with a driver for the i870 so it can work with the Media Downloader, or come up with some new Media Downloader software that recognizes the i870.
As far as using the phone, it is very simple to use. It is no different from the i860. It has the same software.
Overall I give this phone a 9.5 out of 10. I love it. Its a fun great phone. If you have the means, and have Nextel (or if you don't), I highly reccomend purchasing it. It is by far the best phone out there, in my humble opinion.
I hope this was informative and answered many of the questions that you may have had.
BUY THIS PHONE!!!
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"NEXTEL'S GITTING THERE , THIS IS THERE BEST PHONE!" on by saginawmobile
Pros: LARGE SCREEN,CLEAR CALLS,AWESOME RF,GREAT BATTERY LIFE,LONG VIDEO'S GOOD LOOKING PHOTOS
Cons: WHEN I FIND A CON I WILL UPDATE
Summary: I WAS VERY PLEASED WHEN I OPENED MY I870,TOOK IT OUT AND LOST MY MIND!! THIS PHONES NICE,I LIKE TO TEST PHONES,YOU KNOW SEE HOW MUCH THEY CAN TAKE AND THIS ONE TOOK MY TEST AND SPIT IT BACK AT ME! WELL TO START ITS GOT A HUGE SCREEN VERY BRIGHT CLEAR AND CRISP! MP3 PLAYER SOUNDS VERY GOOD,THOUGH I WISHED IT SUPPORTED HIGHER THEN 192 BUT ITS GOOD ANYWAYS! EAR PEICE IS VERY GOOD IT DOES NOT CRACKEL(YOU NEXTEL USERS KNOW WHAT I MEAN)!BUTTONS ON THE KEYPAD ARE HUGE BUT WELL SPACED NO OVER DONE JUST BETTER! IT SEEMS THAT MOTO WOULD HAVE UPDATED THE MENU SOFTWARE FOR THIS NEW PHONE BUT OH WELL . BATTERY LIFE HAS BLOWN ME AWAY,IVE BEEN CHARGING THIS PHONE EVERY 3 DAYS!(KEEP IN MIND IM A PHONE A HOLIC!)THREE DAYS FOR ME IS GREAT AS WELL AS FOR NEXTEL.INCLUDED WITH THE PHONE COMES A CLEAR HEAVEY DUTIE BELT CLIP,TRANS-FLASH CARD WITH SD ADPT,CARD READER AND USB CORD,ROXIO MP3 SOFTWAR TO LOAD MUSIC,USB DRIVERS AND ALL HANDBOOKS! THIS IS A MUST BUY THIS PHONE HAS SO MANY EXTRAS LIKE WIDEN HI SPEED DATA AND VOICE,BLUETOOTH,OFF NETWORK 2-WAY JUST GO GET IT!
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"Perfect phone for someone who wants it all!" on by usmcpolice
Pros: Walkie-Talkie, GPS, MP3 player, 1.3m camera, Video capabilities, Bluetooth. light weight, easy menu, one touch flip action button.
Cons: It's not made in black yet...
Summary: The title says it all, perfect phone for someone who wants it all.
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"Unable to send text messages to older non MMM's" on by econosewer
Pros: Good reception, style, nice camera, Mp3
Cons: Text messaging downgrade from i860
Summary: I liked the look and feel of this phone. Internet was OK Faster than my 860. However we found that this phone was unable to foward content to older units we had in our fleet. This was a major draw back. Fowarding content in text messages had become very convienent. I spoke with Nextel & was promissed a cll back from Motorola.
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"Nextel's richest feature phone to date" on by glennreno
Pros: Vivid internal display, 1.3mp camera, bigger buttons, mp3 player, bluetooth
Cons: on the bigger size, antenna is a little weird, 32mb card is small
Summary: maybe my favorite nextel phone to date although i loved the i860.
what i love about this phone is the fact that the internal display is beautiful, the camera is defintly a step up from the 310k pixel camera on the i860, i850 and the i930.
what i dont like is that the size of the card the phone comes with is very small, you would need to purchase a 512mb card like i personally did which then would allow you to store a bunch of mp3s and also for those who don't know will also enable you to load movies onto your phone.
the downside of the movies is that it isnt full screen, which i might add the i930 does, but thats another story.
the mp3 player is very nice, no problems what so ever with the mp3 player.
video recording is much improved over the i860, it now allows you the option to record a 10 second clip or however long and as much space you have available on your memory card and also allows you to record at a bigger resolution.
the size of the phone is still pretty big, its a little bigger than say the i860 and i850 phones but considerably smaller than nextel's i930.
i like this phone, if you want a nice vivid internal screen, use the camera often and would want a nicer picture, and occasionally play music or watch a tv episode or even a movie if you choose to sit there and stare at a small screen for over an hour then this is the phone for you.
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