Pictured above is the Motorola ROKR, a fairly common phone for prepaid carriers. It’s a few years old and doesn’t have a ton of advanced features, so it’s rip for a no-subsidy price. According to Boy Genius Report, this is an iDEN version that could be heading Sprint’s way. While that could mean Nextel, it would seem to fit more in the lineup of Boost Mobile. With their unlimited plan in place and doing well, the next step is to get some more attractive handsets. While this is no top of the line gem, it certainly presents a different flavor for the Boost lineup. That it’s a music phone only adds to the niceness. We’ll await further word on when this will drop.]]>
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Let’s see, $50 a month for unlimited data, text, and voice, but Boost has nothing but crappy phones to use it on. Boost does not have one phone I would buy at this time. I would buy the I9 if it was 100 bucks.
$299 for the i9 is absolute highway robbery. You can get used iphones, G1s, Blackberry Storms and even Palm Pres for that price. The i9 is basically an iden
Razr, a five year old design.
They can pretty up the handset list as much as they want, but because it isn’t gsm or cdma, Boost’s options will continue to be at least a full generation if not more behind gsm/cdma level designs, asthetics and features.
They really should come out with more dual gsm /iden phones like the old Nextel i920/930. The don’t really have to worry about losing users to gsm as there are no gsm unlimited plans in the US at all yet.
the reason it is 299 is because you arent signing a contract. If you were signing a contract saying you are gonna give them money for 2 years. They can deduct on the price of the phone so that is why it is $299. It isn’t highway robbery. It’s smart business. You could sell the i9 for $100 and then the person drops there service a month later. Yeah…Not exactly a good business move on there part
The i9 might be worth 299 to some poor fools who want a five year old design with deadend 2g iden technology , a blazing 19 kbps web speed and a network known for dropped calls and slow texts.
But for anyone else, it’s a fool’s paradise. You can buy good conditioned used Blackberry Storms, Tmobile G1s and iPhones for that price.
What does not signing a contract have to do with putting out crapping phones.
Virgin mobile x-tc cost 99 dollars. It has a 2.4 qvga screen, and you can get opera mini for the web. They had the shuttle as well for $99 that had 3g and ev-do. that plays video.
You mean to tell me that Boost and Motorola can not make a quality qwerty phone with at least 2.2 qvga screen for less than $150.
all those phones suck wtf are you talking about
I disagree. Have you tried any prepaid phones or you are just talking.
I have the X-tc on Virgin Mobile, and I have the I875 on Boost. We use the walkie-talkie at work, So I got the I875 when it was out. I brought it because it had the biggest screen Boost had. I use the walkie-talkie a few times a month when I’m off work.
I use the X-tc for email and texting. With opera mini on gmail, I can open and view attachments from work. We use some type of google mail. I can check my work email in seconds on the X-tc(I don’t have a computer in my house). I hate the x-tc keyboard. Call quality is o.k.
I had the first color side-kick on T-mobile(pre-paid). I can do the same thing with the X-TC for less money. I spend about 200 dollars total, a year for the two.
I disagree