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Moto dealer to purchase APX Next?

jeepsandradios

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You have no access to the internet with a NEXT. There are only a few internet based items that will work on it, mapping to be one of them as long as your logged into it. If not no map.
 

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Well, I just got my quote for an APX NEXT with the standard features..... nearly $10k!!!!!
 

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Sooo, where's the logic in pairing something that lasts 10 years + (a radio) with something that lasts 2-3 (a phone)? How many out there are running 8-10 year old smartphones?

I guess Motorola wants you to buy a new radio every 2-3 years now?
 

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Sooo, where's the logic in pairing something that lasts 10 years + (a radio) with something that lasts 2-3 (a phone)? How many out there are running 8-10 year old smartphones?

I guess Motorola wants you to buy a new radio every 2-3 years now?

By jove, I think he's got it!

Pretty much the same thing a lot of other people are saying. It's the worst of both worlds combined into one expensive package. It answers the question no one was asking.
 

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Sooo, where's the logic in pairing something that lasts 10 years + (a radio) with something that lasts 2-3 (a phone)? How many out there are running 8-10 year old smartphones?

I guess Motorola wants you to buy a new radio every 2-3 years now?
SAS...you'll own nothing, and you'll love it
 

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Didn't I read it right here, that some agencies have put the management of their radio equipment under the control of their IT department, and thus everything is on a 3 year refresh cycle? So they're replacing BN model APX radios with.....BN model APX radios because they don't know any better? LOL. I want to go to the surplus auctions held by those agencies!
 

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Didn't I read it right here, that some agencies have put the management of their radio equipment under the control of their IT department, and thus everything is on a 3 year refresh cycle? So they're replacing BN model APX radios with.....BN model APX radios because they don't know any better? LOL. I want to go to the surplus auctions held by those agencies!

This is exactly what is happening with some agencies in the SETX area. Radios being replaced with literally the exact same radio because it was at the end of the refresh cycle.
 

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Surprisingly, a really big potential Next user:
 

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This is exactly what is happening with some agencies in the SETX area. Radios being replaced with literally the exact same radio because it was at the end of the refresh cycle.

Yet another magnificently well-planned expenditure of the taxpayer's hard-earned dollars by an IT department which doesn't know s**t from Shinola about radio systems. The only one with a big grin from that is Motorola....
 

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Adding to the above…

Heaven forbid if they were purchased with Homeland Security grant dollars. Then they have to sit on them forever and jump through hoops to dispose of them.
 

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I have talked to a few IT guys who were the "radio managers" and thats the IT mentality. Everything has a life cycle for them. Instead of putting funds away and not replacing they just replace because some spreadsheet says its due for replacement. I've seen brand new servers yanked out 6 months after install because they are "not supported". If its can't be fixed by warranty its out the door.
 

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Well, our state LE agency just ordered 500 portables and 500 mobiles with Next. Retiring all of their existing APX 6000 portables and XTL 5000 mobiles. Federal Covid grant funding at its best.

Strung out over 82,000 square miles- I guess I will grab some popcorn and watch.
 

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Well, our state LE agency just ordered 500 portables and 500 mobiles with Next. Retiring all of their existing APX 6000 portables and XTL 5000 mobiles. Federal Covid grant funding at its best.

Strung out over 82,000 square miles- I guess I will grab some popcorn and watch.

There is no "NEXT" Mobile as of yet.
 
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