Motorola reveals the Renegade V950 and i365 - rugged handsets for Sprint

Published: Sep 2nd, 2008 | Author: Roman

Motorola together with Sprint today introduced new handsets to their lineup, which will be now richer about rugged handsets in a different form factor. Motorola Renegade or also known as V950 is a clamshell phone with a slim design featuring push-to-talk technology. The V950 sports a large 2.2″ internal display and a 1.6″ external one, a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, GPS, IM, Sprint TV, Bluetooth and memory support up to 4GB. The phone measures 4.1 x 2.1 x 0.66 inches and weighs about 4.16 oz. It provides up to approximately 245 minutes in 800/1900 MHz CDMA DOrA band. Sprint offers this handset for $129.99 with a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in-rebate.

The second model, the i365 is an ultra-rugged phone as well as the previous model but in another form factor. This monolith formed phone comes equipped with a 64K colors display with 130 x 130 pixels, a Li-Ion battery, GPS navigation, and VibraCall alert. It measures 134.62 x 53.34 x 30.48 mm and weighs 190g. You can call with this phone approximately 300 minutes in iDEN 800/900 MHz for Nextel Direct Connect1 networks. Sprint already sells this phone for $89.99 with a two-year service agreement.