Too little too late, I have been using Harris Unity XG-100P's for three years now. Motorola would have won the contract hands down due to history if this had been out earlier.
They will sell a lot of them around here. Harris, despite all their clamoring every time someone else gets a contract, never bothers to even respond to an RFP.
I know of several system admins who asked for a demo of an XG and the only thing the Harris rep brought by was a keychain mockup. Seriously. Maybe Harris has customers beating down their doors, but they have only a couple of systems in North Georgia, Motorola OTOH, has a few DOZEN.
The APX8000 is much smaller than an XG, and being that it is built upon the APX6000, which are replacing XTS radios, are familiar to users.
At least Motorola will bring demos out for prospective customers. It is no wonder why they are the ones who get the contract.
I personally like the form factor of my APX6000. I am glad to see that the 8000 has a 1 watt speaker, something the 6000
should have had, especially since it has only one (unlike the 7000). Adding WiFi and being able to HOST/DSP uplifts over that makes maintaining large fleets so much easier.
Does Harris have anything like that?
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