Motorola Renegade V950

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GREAT PHONE LOAD OF FEATURES

12 Nov 2008 TOM ANDREJKO

9 out of 10

ok let me start off by saing i been with nextel since 2001, i wasnt happy with the merger i didnt like what sprint was doing at first with wanting to shut down the nextel network, i have a special place for nextel. but i also wa getting tired of there old phones, i had a i880 which was allright but had none of the features i really wanted. the only thing good about the iden network was that it was bulit from the ground up for ptt. but i dont need that anymore, so i wanted more coverage, better phone features. and ptt just to have incase i wanted to use it. the hybrids are garbage i mean come on no roaming??? great if your in a market for it, but if you move outside of one you either have no : "walk talk" or no pcs. sprint piggybacks off verizon for roaming. then this phone came along ha everything i could want, rugged, evdo, great display, sprint interface, roaming, sprint tv, plus ptt. and for all the guys and gals blaming sprint for the ptt problems maybe if you did a little research before you buy a phone you would know it does not work off of iden it is a cdma phone. they are just keeping the ptt name as nextel dc instead of q-chat, which is good. go on there website and look at the coverage for there dc and it will show you.i was well aware of the coverage area before i bought this phone. if you just need ptt stick with nextel they are the best for that i dont think any one is ever going to replace that and have it work like it did, but if your like me that wanted better coverage more features and a better phone, and ptt on the side, this is your phone!! hopefully a software update will fix the battery life, i found a quick fix thou, just turn off data when your not using it, lasts for 3 days with that off.

Pros

CDMA, QVGA DISPLAY, SPRINT INTERFACE, SPRINT TV, GPS, STEREO BT,LOUD SPEAKERS,GOOD CAMERA,EVDO REVA,PTT,MILITARY SPEC

Cons

BATTERY LIFE WITH DATA ON, BUGGY SOFTWARE, NEED TO EXPAND MORE DC COVERAGE

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nice phone, and total crap at the same time

11 Nov 2008 justin brown

5 out of 10

i bought this phone about 7weeks ago. at first my only complaint was how the text predictor worked. i had a sanyo phone before this one, and the text worked awesome. if you sent a certain text regularly ie. "snowboarding tomorrow?" or "on way home" etc. the phone would take the first 3 or so letters and auto phrase it out for you. not so with this phone. it also doesnt have a dictionary that you can place words that wouldnt normally be found in a dictionary, such as a friends name or a resturant name etc.

moving on, soon i found out that the alarm function only worked about 50% of the time. then, as i used it more, calls started not connecting and the phone would "lock up" like a computer that is virus infected. the only way to get it to respond after this was to turn it off and back on. NOT what i expect from  a "high end phone".

also as i have read on a few posts, and can attest to myself, the battery life sucks. it says this is a military shock spec phone, but i hope no military personel try to rely on it in the field, it will die on them and hopefully that is the only casualty on their mission.

i took it in to replace it today. it took about 45 min to an hour at a "flagship" sprint store and they just gave me a new one. which is ok, but any ringers you purchase go by by with the old phone, and make sure you get your original sd card if you have pics or vids you dont want to lose.

Pros

looks rugged (if only all the internal functions were).
screens are big.
camera takes good pics.
flash is bright.

Cons

no missed call alert light.
text format sucks.
battery life.
is it really rugged if it breaks within days of you buying it?

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GREAT PHONE

3 Nov 2008 FireMedic

10 out of 10

Sprint and nextel by far has great customer service in store where i am from.  That is why i left that piece of shit company verizon wireless.  Anywho, I traded in my old I930 towards this phone.  I love this phone, Everything works on it great.  This has to be the best cell phone I have ever had.

Pros

Everything

Cons

Nothing

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