I paid a total of $139.00 for TWO phones. That is correct, I am not making this up. I shopped around several different Wireless Nextel retailers in my neighborhood and this one shop quoted me $75 for one i85s so I asked how much for two and he said, "if new customer, buy with plan, I sell it for $140". I also paid an additional $60 for the following items: 2 car adapters, 2 Jarba ear boom earpieces, 1 leather case, and 1 swivel carry clip. I asked the proprietor, after purchasing the phone, how he was able to give me such a deep discount on the phones and accessories and he told me that he gets a commission from Nextel, for every new activation so he was able to share with me some of the commission. I am going back to the retailer and work a deal on an extra battery!. My point here is that you Must shop around and you Should haggle for the best price.

Some early complaints that I have found is that the antenna icon and the Mobile IP icon are mesh together. Separation would have been good for the eyes. With other wireless phones (I previously used a Motorola StarTac) you can personalize the phone, like having you name appear when the phone turns on. You can not do this with the i85s. I am quite sure that Motorola could easily write code to include an option for personal information display.

Now it did take 3 days for the phones to be completely activated and I was getting upset about Nextel's activation process but this was separate from Nextel's general customer service which I found surprisingly responsive and very informative, courteous and helpful. After receiving the phones I realized the proprietor accepted the phones with a 516 area code and that would mean that people calling my mobile phone would incur a long distance charge if they were calling outside the 516 area code. So I called Nextel and requested the number change and within minutes both my phones had a new area code and number.

I will update or add a new review once I start using the phone on a regular bases.

I hope this helps.

Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 69