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Summary: terrible interface and battery life
Review: I've had this phone for a year now and I can tell you that it is one of the worst phones I've had. I loved it the first month because it was cool but the daily annoyances of the phone drove me crazy. The interface doesn't make any sense at all and you must use multiple key strokes to do simple funtctions like switching to vibrate mode. Motorola needs to take a look at samsung phones. You don't even need a manual to use it.Also, because Nextel service is power hungry, your battery will need to be charged daily. This is not a function of the phone so much as the service. There isn't away around this one. Unless you have a real need to use Direct Connect, don't get Nextel. Service is poor outside of cities.
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Summary: Poor Design of Motorola i90c
Review: If you don't need the Direct-Connect from Nextel stay clear of this phone. It has hard to learn menues, tiny screen, poor backlight and battery life in standby. Menues are almost impossible to remember, one has to go through very intricate menu system just to add a name and number, 11 character name support only. Most first last name entries do not fit. The display screen is very small, aproximately 1.1" by 1.1". With the phone open the screen is almost impossible to see at night or bright sunlight by someone with 20/20 vision. I could only imagine how hard it must be to see by people with not so perfect vision. Battery life is something to be desired. I dies very fast on standby. I haven't had a chance to test the battery life during use. I am very thankful that my employer furnished this phone, if I got it by myself I would have been very dissapointed. I would recommend the Samsung S105 from T-Mobile instead of the i90c if you don't need the Dirrect-Connect option from Nextel.
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Summary: Good, But Could Be Better (and works in L.A.)
Review: First, to respond to the guy who says don't get it if you live in L.A. - Every city has weak spots. My apartment in Seattle gets a great Nextel signal, but when I had AT&T, I had major problems with dropped calls there. When I go to L.A. the only weak spot I've encountered so far (and I go all over L.A. and Orange County on business or visiting family) is at my father-in-law's place in the Northeast San Fernando Valley hills. My biggest gripe is that the phone book has an 11 character limit on the name of the person. Unless everyone you know has short names like Bill Smith and Mark Jones, you're going to have to abbreviate names, some of which you might not want to abbreviate. Beyond that, the sound is great, the battery life is about what it's rated (75 hours standby *or* 200 mins talk), and I love the free long distance and no roaming charges anywhere on the nationwide Nextel network (plus British Columbia, I think). My home phone long distance bill is zero a month despite my wife and I both being the only ones from our families living in this state. And unlike the high per-minute roaming charges AT&T and T-Mobile (formerly VoiceStream) charged me when I had similarly-priced plans, I never pay roaming when my wife and I go visit our parents, which is really helpful because we had a lot of trips to plan our wedding down there and used the cell constantly as we rushed from appointment to appointment.
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Summary: i90c Review
Review: The i90c phone is very functionable for me. It's small enough to throw in my purse or leave on my desk at work. What I like best about the phone is the Voice Record function. When driving all I have to do is say the name of whom I want to call, leaving the cover closed and this activates the speaker and the phone dials the number. I don't have to take my eyes off the road to call out on my phone. I just have to start talking when the connection is completed. The clarity of the speaker is amazing and I've been told the other party has no problem hearing me. With my nights and weekends I can call my out of state sister and talk up to 3 hours at a time and I use the speaker and lay the phone done and can move around the room and do other things at the same time. I love it.
Over all - the phone is very user friendly.
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Summary: Awesome Phone! - Horrible Battery life!
Review: The features on this phone are amazing, from the polyphonic ring tones, to the embedded java capabilities! The ONLY thing I can say about this phone that is BAD, is that the battery life is absolutely HORRIBLE. I get 2 days stand by, and that's if I don't use the phone. On a side note, Motorola's have always had horrible battery life, and thus this phone is no different. Aftermarket batteries are available...
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Summary: Good Service, Excellent phone
Review: I switched from horrible T-Mobile to Nextel almost a year ago, and immediately noticed the great reception Nextel had. In places where I almost didn't get any signal at all with T-Mobile, I got a perfect Signal from Nextel. I started off with the i1000 Plus which is a good phone but I recently upgraded to the i90c. The service in Nextel is great but I was amazed the signal this little phone was able to grab. The i90c had 3 or 4 signal bars in places where my other phone (i1000) was able to grab 1 or 2. The web enabled applications are great, I can check my AOL mail, logg into AIM, Recieve and send out Instant Messaging, and check different kind of web sites without any problem. I can download different kind of ring tones from the nextel website right into my phone, as well as download different games. The size is just right for me, and the carry holster makes it easy to carry, as well as easy to remove and put back in. Nextel's rate plans are even getting better, with the new breakthrough 10,000 plan everything is unlimited plus 1000 weekday minutes. The Direct Connect is great, with clear service and all around great for keeping in contact, nationwide Direct Connect is now available in the ny area and will be available nationwide by the middle of this year. There are different fuctionalitys in this phone that will fit your needs all around. GET THIS PHONE!! And just a note to all, Nextel considers anything over 2000 minutes "unlimited" meaning that even if you go over your minutes you won't be charged at all (i.e. If I have 4,500 N & W Minutes and i got over that, I will not get charged). Again get this phone!!!
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Summary: Finally a cell phone that works!!
Review: Well after trying Verizion, T-Mobil, etc. over the years and using various makes and shapes of phones and never getting anything I was even close to being happy with, I switched to the Motorola i90c and Nextel a few months ago. The clarity is superb, the coverage in areas which were "dead spots" on every other carrier is teriffic. The speaker phone option is excellent, again great clarity. The phone has several other great options, but for the first time (for me) I have a phone that fulfills is primary purpose, one can make a stong, clear call, with the sound quality of "land line" phone. In 3 months I've had only 3 "dropped" calls. A miracle when compared to previous phones and services. FYI, my primary use are is the South of Boston, MA metro area.
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Summary: Do not get this phone if you live in L.A.
Review: I've had this phone for 7 months now and I love all the features, but the reception is just TERRIBLE!! The title reads "Do not get this phone if you live in L.A." because I also travel up to Seattle area and the phone works awesome up there. I got this phone because of their "Free Incoming Call" plan, which I really like because I use about 1,000 to 1,200 minutes per month. I like this phone, but the call quality in terms of clarity and reception is the worst. I've had Verizon prior to this and the difference in call quality is like night and day. My office is on 9th floor and you would think that I would get a decent reception, but it is by far the worst. You know how annoying it is when I get a call and it drops and I tell people that I was up in my office and they all say, "But you're on 9th floor?" Also, don't get this phone thinking you're going to save a lot of money because you think you can do all your communication through Direct Connect. Please don't get the wrong idea. It is a very good feature, but unless you work in a environment where everyone uses Nextel, you will grow tired of it. It's good for relaying short informations, but I got tired of using it after a while and pretty much quit using it nowadays.
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Summary: The i90c....its a wonder.
Review: The i90c is an ok phone...not nearly as advanced as its counterparts with the color screens and "technological" advancements... However, its much nicer than Nextel's "old" phones and has some games on the handset and is lightweight for a Nextel. The face does get scratched easily and the Nextel insignia rubs off..this is a bummer...makes it look used. However, the reception is always great and menu is easy to use. I like mine and would keep it if I still liked Nextel.
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Summary: Is Motorola workmanship slipping?
Review: This is the fifth cell phone I've purchased over the years. My first was the large gray Motorola with the flip down mouthpiece. In order, after that first phone, came a Nokia, Motorola StarTac and Ericsson. All of the phones listed were of quality construction. The only negatives were either size or service/reception issues. The one exception being the awful software interface on the Ericsson T28, which is a disappointment as it is a wonderfully slim size. Now I've had to return this Motorola i90c and am awaiting an exact replacement in the hopes that my problem is a fluke but it doesn't look good. The reason it doesn't look good is because my business partner just ordered the same phone and has the same problem but to a lesser degree. So, what's the problem you ask? The hinge that holds the two pieces of the phone together allows for too much play (movement). When I grasp the phone, the flip screen moves laterally in my hand. When I open the phone the center hinge cover pulls away from the body of the phone and I can still move the screen laterally way too much. Still in possession of my StarTac, I compared the build quality and was disappointed with another issue. The plastic housing of the i90c is not nearly as solid as that of the StarTac, which makes the i90c feel like a child's toy. However, Motorola's software interfaces along with Nextel's direct connect ...Chris
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