Sprint's steampunk Motorola i776 now in the mix for push-to-talkin' fun

Motorola's iDEN-powered i776 flip is now available through Sprint's website, capping off a round of high-visibility launches with a black sheep in every sense of the word. Well, every sense except one -- the i776 is actually a bizarre combo of brushed metal and brown, an acquired taste to say the least (not unlike the network on which the i776 runs). There's nothing but a VGA cam here, but it packs GPS, Bluetooth, speakerphone, and that retro-fabulous stub antenna that'll make all your friends wonder why they've been unceremoniously obsoleted on virtually every other phone sold today. Get it now -- if you dare -- for $79.99 on contract.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 4:48PM]

It has a vga camera....

[Chris Posted Oct 20th 2008 4:50PM]

Eh, VGA cam, no cam... is there really a difference? ;-) Thanks for the catch.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 6:16PM]

what's with the target dog wallpaper?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2008 12:58AM]

It's because the same phone is available on Sprint Nextel's prepaid carrier Boost Mobile which is carried by Target.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 6:20PM]

Nextel/ iDEN is so 2005.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 7:29PM]

agreed, why would they still push that crap when they got qchat now.

[chochua Posted Oct 20th 2008 8:55PM]

Because Qchat capable phones are unable to roam in other Nextel/Mike markets and according to Sprint's comparison site, Qchat phones cannot do International Direct Connect.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 7:28PM]

wow.. they don't get much uglier.

[carcomptoy Posted Oct 20th 2008 7:34PM]

I don't think it looks ugly, but I don't think it's worth $79.99. I don't understand why Nextel phones have always been so expensive--I could get a Shadow for $30 less than that underpowered thing.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 7:46PM]

Brown ≠ Steampunk

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 9:52PM]

duh duh duh target dog!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2008 4:55PM]

TELUS had this phone for quite some time now...
Go look at their website.
(It's been there since the beginning of this month)