Motorola, Sprint and Boost Mobile have officially announced the long awaited Motorola i9 as the Stature, which is being touted as the thinnest Nextel DirectConnect and Boost phone ever released. Along with the announcement, Sprint has launched a pre-order page for the phone which allows email registration for further information.
The Stature features a touch sensitive outer display at QVGA resolution with ModeShift support, haptic feedback, microSDHC expansion slot, speakerphone, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and a 3.1 megapixel camera with autofocus, 4x digital zoom, and flash. As is the norm on Nextel and Boost handsets, the Stature will also feature GPS support
The Stature also fully supports all major Nextel services including International Direct Connect , Group Connect, Direct Talk, and Direct Send while Boost only supports International Direct Connect.
The phone will be available on Boost at the end of the month for $299.99 while Sprint will be launching it the beginning of next month for $199.99 after $50 mail-in rebate and new 2 year agreement.
Doesn’t look like a bad device considering it is for pre-paid service.
Sprint will have it too but for cheaper for them