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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / August 2004VI600 Added to Sprints website
Maybe I missed the boat on this one, but I just noticed Sprint added the VI500 to their site. Oopsy, I mean VI600 > Maybe I missed the boat on this one, but I just noticed Sprint added the > VI500 to their site. My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don't know when they might get some in. > Maybe I missed the boat on this one, but I just noticed Sprint added the > VI500 to their site. > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and > don't know when they might get some in. > >> Maybe I missed the boat on this one, but I just noticed Sprint added >> the VI500 to their site. When I was shopping for a new phone a few days ago in SF, I checked out the VI600. It seemed bulky for a candy-bar phone, and I didn't care for the black-on-silver case. I found the keys to have a weird feel and small for the size of the phone. The screen was 4K color (I think), which gives it a muddled pastel readout. It is not a camera phone, so the screen is not the 64K's on the high-end Sprint phones. Unfortunately, for text reading purposes I think a high-contrast monochrome screen would have been better. I can't comment on its reception. I gave it a pass for exterior reasons. (Yeah, I am shallow.) Bill T. I just bought it, it willl be delivered Tuesday. If I don't like it after a few days I'll send it back. I really don't want it to be bulky as I love my 6200. > > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and > > don't know when they might get some in. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Bill T. > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don't > know when they might get some in. > > > Maybe I missed the boat on this one, but I just noticed Sprint added the > > VI500 to their site. It's also known as an Audiovox 8450. And tell them to look at the Device tool in Wizard.  SignatureRØß O/Siris I work for Sprint PCS I *don't* speak for them > > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don > 't > > know when they might get some in. > > It's also known as an Audiovox 8450. And tell them to look at the > Device tool in Wizard. It's also listed as a "Curitel" though the Wizard. So, it's either an Audiovox, Toshiba, or a Curitel. It's in, I shuddered when I saw the 9100/9155 style box labeling back in (labeled sideways, so if you stack them like the other phones, you have to scan verticaly, not horizontaly, or you stack them end-on-end rishing an avalance). (Trust me, having to pause, even for a second, when you're trying to scan 1,000-4,000 phones, it is a pain in the rear). > It's in, I shuddered when I saw the 9100/9155 style box labeling back > in (labeled sideways, so if you stack them like the other phones, you [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > (Trust me, having to pause, even for a second, when you're trying to > scan 1,000-4,000 phones, it is a pain in the rear). Sounds like a good reason to call.... EXECUTIVE SERVICES! <snicker > > It's in, I shuddered when I saw the 9100/9155 style box labeling back > > in (labeled sideways, so if you stack them like the other phones, you [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sounds like a good reason to call.... EXECUTIVE SERVICES! <snicker> lmao- that was good!!!!! > > It's in, I shuddered when I saw the 9100/9155 style box labeling back > > in (labeled sideways, so if you stack them like the other phones, you [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sounds like a good reason to call.... EXECUTIVE SERVICES! <snicker> Snicker yourself. Executive Service has helped me a few times when *2 was at a total loss. > Snicker yourself. Executive Service has helped me a few times when *2 > was at a total loss. Yeah. With all those "secret recalls", I'm sure. SignatureRØß O/Siris I work for Sprint PCS I *don't* speak for them > > > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don > > 't [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > So, it's either an Audiovox, Toshiba, or a Curitel. Curitel just bought out AudioVox. > It's also listed as a "Curitel" though the Wizard. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > (Trust me, having to pause, even for a second, when you're trying to > scan 1,000-4,000 phones, it is a pain in the rear). As someone that has to scan phones on a regular basis into a system that doesn't check sanity on input, I can agree with this. Why are the codes so close together? Why? -mike >> My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don't >> know when they might get some in. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >It's also known as an Audiovox 8450. And tell them to look at the >Device tool in Wizard. Can someone translate "Device tool in Wizard" for me, please??? > Can someone translate "Device tool in Wizard" for me, please??? In short, it's a special web page on the Sprint PCS internal network that reps can look at to see current and imminent models, plus support information on the same. SignatureRØß O/Siris -+- "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice." Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man", 1792 > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don't > know when they might get some in. Give it a week, the distribution methods put some stores on the back burner, but if the store is in San Diego, then they should be a priority, maybe their shipping schedule is later, so they may not get them until early to mid next week). We just got ours earlier this week. > > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don't > > know when they might get some in. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > them until early to mid next week). We just got ours earlier this > week. Or it could be sitting in a box in the back, and no body unpacked it yet. > > > My local Sprint store in San Diego doesn't know this phone exists and don't > > > know when they might get some in. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Or it could be sitting in a box in the back, and no body unpacked it yet. No- its a conspiracy- they're not going to unpack them until John F'in Kerry is in the White House. Oh....no..... that's not it (wrong conspiracy). They aren't going to unpack them because they're on a SECRET LIST of warrantied phones. Crap....that's not it, either. Oh yeah- they're waiting for Executive Services to call them to authorize selling them, but Exec Services has been too busy answering the phone, because some whiney crybaby is taking up all their time. > Or it could be sitting in a box in the back, and no body unpacked it yet. Sure, and if you let a shipment sit in the back room for more than 24 hours you get a nasty email from the warehouse asking why it hasn't been received yet. > > Or it could be sitting in a box in the back, and no body unpacked it yet. > > Sure, and if you let a shipment sit in the back room for more than 24 > hours you get a nasty email from the warehouse asking why it hasn't > been received yet. And how many of those have you received? Now please explain why you can guess why the VI600 is unavialable in stores. > > > Or it could be sitting in a box in the back, and no body unpacked it yet. > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > And how many of those have you received? Now please explain why you > can guess why the VI600 is unavialable in stores. Depending on volume, my stores received between 50 and 200 phones. As for the email, I actualy got a call once while I was on vacation, and another time I had an inventory and wasn't able to receive it within 24 hours, so I got an email from them. As for them not being available, it would most likely be that those stores have a later shipping date (they stagger the shipping to the stores across the week, one area gets shipped out on Monday, etc..). The VI-600's appearance blows. Could they have made it any uglier with that black cover? It looks like a bat phone, or something. I used it for a while and thought it's performance as a voice phone was very good. Reception is excellent, although the signal meter doesn't show it. I also thought it was lightweight but solid-feeling. I liked the size. The display left something to be desired, though, and it really is just butt-ugly. ---------------------------- To email me, remove the zz. |
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