Motorola XTS1500 And XTS2500 Caneled Inplace of the APX Series

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

Motorola just put on their website that they are caneling the XTS1500 and XTS2500. Here is the link to both. XTS 2500 Digital Portable Radio - Motorola Solutions USA. XTS® 1500 Digital Portable Radio - Motorola Solutions USA. Last order date is November 30,2014. I guess the whole XTS line is gone now.

 

[FFPM571]

old news

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

old news

It didnt show caneled a long time ago. To me its new news.

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

The XTS line to me was a good line of radios. There is nothing wrong with them. Like everybody can afford the APX.

 

[davidzimmerman]

i have a XTS-2500 UHF and 700\800 MHZ portables and a XTL-5000 UHF and 700\800 MHZ radios love them and the APX way to much money for me to own for now.

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

i have a XTS-2500 UHF and 700\800 MHZ portables and a XTL-5000 UHF and 700\800 MHZ radios love them and the APX way to much money for me to own for now.

I agree with you about that. The Alaska State Troopers uses the VHF XTS in the show. It sounds great on the show. Also DMPD uses the same XTS UHF you have.

 

[mikewazowski]

They were both cancelled a while ago.

There are APX models available which rival the XTL's prices.

So as you said "like everybody can afford the APX"

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

They were both cancelled a while ago.

There are APX models available which rival the XTL's prices.

So as you said "like everybody can afford the APX"

I didnt know they were both cancelled a while ago.

 

[Citywide173]

Two words "planned obsolesence" Motorola learned the hard way with the MX series that if you build too good of a radio, you end up hurting yourself with new model rollout. The XTS series is in the 10 year old neighborhood-I'm surprised they let it stick around so long. Also, most Federal grant money for public safety radios stipulates that it must be dual band capable, so there's a lot of money NOT being spent on the XTS. As far as personal radios-Motorola isn't seeing the profit margin on you, so they really don't care if you can or cannot afford an APX or an XTS.

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

Two words "planned obsolesence" Motorola learned the hard way with the MX series that if you build too good of a radio, you end up hurting yourself with new model rollout. The XTS series is in the 10 year old neighborhood-I'm surprised they let it stick around so long. Also, most Federal grant money for public safety radios stipulates that it must be dual band capable, so there's a lot of money NOT being spent on the XTS. As far as personal radios-Motorola isn't seeing the profit margin on you, so they really don't care if you can or cannot afford an APX or an XTS.

I guess the Federal Government has the money to buy $5000 radios.

 

[rescue161]

I guess the Federal Government has the money to buy $5000 radios.

We went with Harris.

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

We went with Harris.

Its cheaper .

 

[productionguy85]

I guess the Federal Government has the money to buy $5000 radios.

As MikeOxlong mentioned a few replies back. Certain APXs are very cost comparable to XTL/XTS models. Nobody should be so quick to say that the APXs are much to expensive. Also, Harris radios aren't that much cheaper. At the end of the day every single brand that uses P25 is paying for that particular technology.

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

As MikeOxlong mentioned a few replies back. Certain APXs are very cost comparable to XTL/XTS models. Nobody should be so quick to say that the APXs are much to expensive. Also, Harris radios aren't that much cheaper. At the end of the day every single brand that uses P25 is paying for that particular technology.

I totally agree . I never asked my tech for the quotes. He just told me. I am pretty sure the APX radios are cheap if you dont want everything in it. I still buy the APX and the XTS or XTL no matter what the price is. It is like comparing it to DMR. I have always liked Motorola.

 

[wsykes41770]

Its cheaper .

Not necessarily true. The Harris Unity XG-1000's that the State of Tennessee Board of Health bought cost around $6000 a piece. Granted it is a VHF/UHF/700/800 MHz radio, but still quite a bit more then the APX 6000 that was issued to me. The APX 6000 I was issued was bought at $3500 each.

 

[mancow]

I was starting to wonder if there was a new word called caneled I wasn't aware of.

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

I was starting to wonder if there was a new word called caneled I wasn't aware of.

Did you like the XTS line of radios?

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

XTS Radios

Very sad to see that line gone of the XTS radios .

 

[KampingAnthony1AolCo]

As MikeOxlong mentioned a few replies back. Certain APXs are very cost comparable to XTL/XTS models. Nobody should be so quick to say that the APXs are much to expensive. Also, Harris radios aren't that much cheaper. At the end of the day every single brand that uses P25 is paying for that particular technology.

I totally agree . I never asked my tech for the quotes. He just told me. I am pretty sure the APX radios are cheap if you dont want everything in it. I still buy the APX and the XTS or XTL no matter what the price is. It is like comparing it to DMR. I have always liked Motorola.

Just a side note. I take Motorola anyday but I am on the fence about the different radios by different compianies.

 

[SCPD]

I was starting to wonder if there was a new word called caneled I wasn't aware of.

Same here, maybe it's a special Moto word.