Verizon launches CDM-8905 low-end phone
By Will Park on Friday, August 17th, 2007 at 1:23 PM PST In Announcements, Devices, Verizon
What happens when carriers stop giving a crap about looks and functionality in their mobile product offerings? Well, if you’re Verizon Wireless, you release the CDM-8905 low-ender. This thing is all about scraping the bottom of the barrel. It’s got tiny color display and even tinier monochrome external display straight from 1999. But hey, at least it’s free right? Wrong, Big Red is charging $20 with a 2-year contract! That’s a crazy price – not because it’s so high, but because any price for this phone would be too high. It’d be more reasonable to offer this phone for free, but they’d have to pay us to use this thing.
I did a websearch on this phone and got some great reviews from Cnet.
1. This phone is light weight, has easy-to-use keys, and great reception.
2. The UTStarcom CDM-8905 is a basic and affordable phone with excellent call
quality.
3. We tested the UTStarcom CDM-8905 in San Francisco using the Verizon Wireless network. Call quality was outstanding; there was little to no static or fuzz in the background, and callers thought we sounded very close to landline quality. Speakerphone quality was also quite good, though callers said we sounded a bit more muted.