The vendors currently showing pricing have these units at around 500 bucks give or take.
WoWSA...With all due respect to Wendy, that is insane. With everything we've seen with scanners lately, you'd have to be NUTS to be an early adopter, especially at those prices.
The 1088 is a 350 - 375 scanner at best. 1098, maybe a little more. And I would buy only from Amazon, as I do all my scanners of late and moving forward. If it's a disappointment they'll give a full refund and pay return shipping.
As others have mentioned here, aside from a keypad, what will these radios do to justify running out and spending 500 bucks? Do they or will they work any better than the Uniden offerings as receivers?
So, who's gonna volunteer their 500 bucks and be the first on the block?
Popcorn in hand waiting for the show....