Motorola Renegade V950 Review

Motorola Renegade V950 Review

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Published on: 15 October, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

Motorola Renegade V950 Review

Sprint’s QChat rollout has been fairly successful thus far, but the initial lineup was a bit, well, bland. And rightfully so, as they were trying to reach a market of mostly bland users who cared more about how their phone took a beating rather than if it could watch TV. But every lineup needs a headliner, and the Motorola Renegade is here to take that position. Cousin of the iDEN i880 and Hybrid ic902, the Renegade v950 is a high end phone that can both withstand a fall and tune into the latest episode of The Office. Passing military specs for dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain the Renegade also features EVDO Rev. A and all the multimedia goodies that go with it. In the box you’ll simply find a Li-ion battery, AC adapter and a 256MB microSD card...

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the battery life issue is an easy fix, but its going to cost you and make the phone a bit thicker. Motorola already makes an extended battery, the BK 10. All the consumer is waiting for is the extended battery door, which should be along soon. Why motorola doesnt just issue extended batteries I dont know.
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Motorola really should have done a better job with the battery specs, I will grant you that. However, there is a way to improve the situation without getting the thicker battery. If you do not use PTT you should ask Sprint to turn that feature off (setting on your phone that requires the unlock code, so Sprint will need to do this). Once this is done, turn the phone off for 30 seconds. Then turn it back on. Your battery life will be DRAMATICALLY better. This change will deactivate PTT but will leave the data settings in place. Your battery will last considerably longer. Enjoy!
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That is great to know. Excuse my ignorance but does this change the signal reception at all for sprint? Cheers.
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No, this will NOT affect the signal characteristics at all.
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i have this phone i like it a lot even though i've only had it for about 2 days. i actually traded the instinct s30 in under the 30 days for it.. i have to say i missed having a flip, granted little more time consuming to text but all in all its a great phone, have 2 agree the batt is not that great i may get the extended battery. all in all great phone, i hope i don't get some of the issues ive read on sprints reviews. but i like it so far.. great signal strength
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