Motorola i730 Phone (Nextel)

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• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 2 x 1.1 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000SX3BK
• Item model number: I730
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,433 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Great Value on this phone. I really like the i730. At this price you will to. Check out the feature. The design is great. Hard shell exterior is easy to slip in and out of your pocket. The Motorola i730's advanced features, including two-way radio Java technology internal display capable of supporting up to 65,000 colors. The i730 offers simple navigation for ease of use, improved battery life and enhanced audio quality. Caller ID. Assignable ring tones allow users to easily identify important calls without even looking at the phone. Flip color screen. Good replacement cell phone without contract. Speaker phone too. Need a Nextel cell phone manual? Click here! We put new lens on these phones if needed.. Used optimized original battery included. We have the best product and customer service. Call us at 651 998 9397 8am 5pm cst. Thank you!

Customer Reviews

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This phone is tops!, May 16, 2004

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Nicholas Cherney "Nick Cherney" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motorola i730 Phone (Nextel) (Wireless Phone)

If you're going to get the best service provider, you might as well get their best phone (the blackberry 7510 is in a category all by itself). This phone boasts some of my favorite necessities: 600 phone number storage capacity, GPS, and a color display, voice activation, and speaker phone. I also enjoy the name specific ring tones and color flashes it comes standard with.

I read through some of the feedback on this phone and was wanting to clarify some of the ignorance that is being stated.
1) The battery life is typical that of the other Nextel phones. Not better and not worse. Charge it every night and you'll be fine (and I talk 4000 minutes a month). A Nextel phone uses more juice because the phones are setup to "actively seek out a signal." Other carrier's phones are programmed to sit in a dormant state until the signal "comes to them." I'm sure you can figure out these advantages on your own...
2) The games are decent at best that come with the phone. What's important is that you can buy or "obtain" hundreds of games because the phone is java enabled. A key thing to note is that Nextel's are buisness tools in nature. Hence, you can note the focus of buisness tools on the phone. If you're looking for some cheap play toy, you're looking at the wrong carrier. If you're looking for a status symbol, read on...
3)The "No Alarm Clock" feature that I've seen posted is not true. Think outside the box. The useful organizer/date book that is included in the phone is there for a reason. Set an appointment in it for when you want to wake up...
4)An account setup fee is typical. A first month proration fee is also typical among cell companies. Also, taxes are taxes--you pay the same high percentage no matter who you have.
5)Coverage, it depends where you are located. I'm guessing in the deserts of Arizona you'd have bad coverage. However, of the 20 or so states I've visited, Nextel has had SUPER coverage. Just recently I can vouch for about ever Vegas Casino ;D. Oh, did I mention there is never roaming charges with any plan?
6)If you have a tendancy to hit the Walkie Talkie button while it's on your side/in your purse, hit 'menu' then 'star' and lock lock the keypad. Don't worry, it unlocks auto when someone calls. Nuff said.
7)There is a Vibe/Ring Feature. Vibe 3 times then ring 3 times.
8)The Sprint/Verizon Walkie Talkie's suck. If you don't believe me try them. Nextel uses 2 systems in their towers (a duplex and a simplex-one for voice one for 2way). On a user end, a person 2waying from Florida to Hawaii will note instant connection. Verizon/Sprint only have 1 system in their towers. The way they 2way is using 'packets' from the cellular. What is unavoidable is the packets having to go through the landline telephone network. Put it this way, make a call and see how long it connects. Umm, average 5.7 seconds (according to the studies I've read). Now picture hitting a walkie talkie button and waiting 5.7 seconds for each response. Again, nuff said.
9)Telenav TRACK is incredible and DOES work. Ask to get a demo and use it like I did. It talks to you telling you where to turn and even recalcules directions on the fly if you miss an exit. A+++

Well, there was my 2 cents. If you're curious as to how I know all this stuff, I'm an electrical engineer and like to know everything about the toys I buy...

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Phone with just a few minor exceptions, January 12, 2004

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"get2suzy" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motorola i730 Phone (Nextel) (Wireless Phone)

I have previously owned a Nextel i550, i90 and an i95cl. I just upgraded to the new i730 mainly because of the size factor. Second, Nextel is phasing out the i90 and i95 so I like to make sure I am staying up with the technology as it expands. I use this phone a LOT, mostly for work, but also for personal use.

My only main issues with this phone are the battery life and the size of the screen. I was used to the huge screen of the i95, but I have to admit the color is MUCH better with the 64k color screen of the i730. Battery life seems to be an ongoing issue with Nextel phones, but with all this phone does, I guess it is to be expected. It is odd that Nextel finally switched the "make call" and "end call" button positions on this phone. My guess is that it was in an attempt to make their positions on the keypad standard with the other cell phones on the market. Before this phone, they were always backwards compared with other cell phones. I do miss the "service indicator" light, but it isn't a major issue. The buttons are set up a bit different than my previous Nextel phones, but like with anything else, you get used to it pretty quick. One thing Nextel got away from was the ability to use a home charger and car changer from the old phone, with the new one. They changed the ends so you cannot use the I90 or I95 powercords with the new i730. They do include a home charger with the phone, but be prepared to buy a new car charger when getting this phone.
I like the sleek feel of the case, the thinner profile, the color screen, the ability to (finally) assign ringtones to each caller and the GPS service. A nice touch is the cover that flips over the bottom of the phone where you insert the charger. It may seem a silly touch to most people, but I work outside for my job and I was always concerned with water or dirt getting into the phone and causing damage to the circuit board.
All in all, if you can afford to get this phone, BUY IT! Nextel service, like everyone elses, has their good and bad points but I will stay with them for the long haul. I have had Sprint, Verizon, Blackberry and still currently carry T-Mobile in addition to this Nextel. (only because my company is cheap with their anytime minute allocation! *lol*) If they turned Nextel service off tomorrow, I would immediately go back to a Nextel office to set it right back up! The direct connect feature is addicting and doesn't take away from your cellular minutes. Don't waste time with Verizon's pseudo direct connect. Go with the people that invented the technology...Nextel!
Hopes this review helps. *S*

35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't do it for the GPS - TeleNav does NOT work, January 5, 2004

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doppelganger "dvd-archive" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motorola i730 Phone (Nextel) (Wireless Phone)

In Chicago, the GPS NEVER works (and yes I went by the window dozens of times). In the surrounding suburbs, it worked once about 30 miles north of Chicago, so I know it's not broken, unfortunately. TeleNav, the company that sells the GPS mapping service for Nextel phones, will charge you by the kilobyte, which is very mysterious, but comes out to about twenty-bucks a month, in addition to a "total connect" service that Nextel will need to add (for GPS to function), for another ten-bucks monthly. The kicker is when you figure out that your GPS hardly works at all, and you have already signed up for a year's Telenav service, TELENAV WON'T REFUND YOU A SINGLE DIME. "Too bad for you" it didn't work in YOUR area. The Nextel tech that I spoke to (in cancelling "total connect") said TeleNav told them that they should not gaurantee TeleNav to ever function. "There are not enough satelllites at this time". What a bunch of fargin iceholes.

Otherwise, it must be stated that I do like Nextel service and the web browser is the best of it's kind. You'll never call info with a "People-Finder", equivalent to White Pages and also a "Business-Finder". Movie times and all that other stuff as well, and "SNOCOUNTRY" tells you the amount of snow at any hill in America. That's nice.