Motorola's Q9c finally appears for Verizon

Just like we suspected, after a short delay, the succulent and delightful Motorola Q9c is now available from Verizon. Bonus shot -- instead of the $249.99 price tag we expected it to sport, it's actually bumped down to $199.99 with a two-year contract and online discount. So... what are you waiting for?

[Cheap Talk @ May 9th 2008 11:25AM]

"Hidden" $50 rebate brings it down to $149.99.

[on my verizon page it shows in red:

>>> Save an additional $50 with a mail–in rebate! (Rebate not reflected in price)!

]

[Sam Zebian @ May 9th 2008 11:43AM]

What I'm waiting for is for the Motorola Q to have a touchscreen, then I'll consider it as a choice in the future, but for now I'll stick to my AT&T tilt...

[Genjinaro @ May 9th 2008 11:46AM]

I wonder, why the Q9c and not the physically different Q9h (at least a CDMA equivalent model ver)?

Having both the Q9 m&c seems redundant, sepec....

[McFlynnTHM @ May 9th 2008 12:05PM]

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how this is different from my Q9m.

[Dr. Evil @ May 9th 2008 10:37PM]

If you can trust the pictures, the screen looks very slightly larger and is centered better on the Q9c. The Q9m is about a mm to the right of center. Otherwise, seems the same.

[Genjinaro @ May 9th 2008 11:46AM]

I wonder, why the Q9c and not the physically different Q9h (at least a CDMA equivalent model ver)?

Having both the Q9 m&c seems redundant, sepec....

[Asten @ May 9th 2008 11:47AM]

I don't particularly see the usefulness of a touchscreen in this kind of device...

[gabe @ May 9th 2008 11:50AM]

...its still a motorola

[Steffen Jobbs @ May 9th 2008 11:52AM]

Oh wow! Is Motorola still in the cellphone business? I thought they gave up after losing so much market share.

[Grant @ May 9th 2008 2:40PM]

Motorola still in the phone business?
is that some sort of "i live under a rock on mars" joke?
half of the phones VZW carries are Motorola.
Between to RAZR, KRZR, RIZR, V6, and Q, in the many revisions that they offer, when you go into a verizon store the phone you are looking at is either Motorola, LG, or Samsung.

I currently have the original Q, but don't see how this is any different than the "music" version they released.

[bucky @ May 9th 2008 12:13PM]

yeah, it's a motorola ... so when you try to attach it to a computer via usb, the computer will be all "WTF IS THIS?"

at least that's what's happened every time *i* have attached a motorola to a computer.

[Phoenix @ May 9th 2008 12:51PM]

The difference is, this is WinMo rather than a Motorola OS

[Charles Han @ May 9th 2008 12:52PM]

hmm, with so many new phones coming out later this year such as diamond, raphael, and iphone, I think its best we hold off from q9c

[paul h @ May 9th 2008 1:21PM]

wow...instead of using the vzw website, i just called customer service to order the q9c. it mighta been a mistake on their end, but this is the deal i just got: i am a "new every two" plan member. at first she said the phone would be discounted down to $199, then she said $129 and that the $50 rebate would make it $79. after i said go, she said it now shows the phone for $50 and with the rebate it will be free (just pay $28 in taxes)! she even said let's get this done quickly as it must be a glitch. none the less, the phone is on the way. btw, sweetheart of a csr.

[Notta Problem @ May 9th 2008 1:59PM]

Ya better hope it's the Q9C rather than Q...

[Hef @ May 9th 2008 1:37PM]

Based on picture shown, it is the same as a q9m, but with blue on the keypad accents instead of the normal red. Even the change music view key is there, which is not normal for q9c's.

Just ordered one from sprint, so that I can use the gps and all the other crippled features verizon put into the q9m.

[Fanfoot @ May 9th 2008 1:45PM]

Sorry, I had a Motorola Q, and that Microsoft Mobile 5 was the biggest piece of crap I've ever used in my whole life. I don't know if I'll ever try another Windows Mobile based phone again. Constant crashes, out of memory conditions, couldn't dial a phone number without rebooting, etc etc. Let alone how virtually unusable it was--tried installing a ringtone on one of these babies? Remember what subdirectory you had to put them in by chance? Piece of crap. And the hardware wasn't much better--sucked down batteries overnight. Never again.

[Emilio Mundula @ May 9th 2008 2:00PM]

I had a previous model of the Q9 and I must say I was not satisfied at ALL.

Ended up selling it after only 2 weeks of bare use.

And don't let me go talk about how friggin' hot its battery gets after only 2 minutes of conversation...geez.

Much, much, much better the Samsung Blackjack II, now THAT was worth the money, NOT the Q9...

Two Thumbs down for the Q9, big time !

[Dr. Evil @ May 9th 2008 10:25PM]

My Q9m is the best. No problems syncing or anything else. Battery life could be longer and a 1.3 MP camera is weak but otherwize its been my best phone.

[brad @ May 9th 2008 2:26PM]

My Girl Friend has had that same phone from verizon for at least a month and a half

[Rodeo @ May 9th 2008 2:03PM]

I'm sorry but could the Q be any more irrelevant? My last Motorola...my last Verizon phone!

[Emilio Mundula @ May 9th 2008 3:21PM]

@ Fanfoot

Samsung Blackjack II is very good but so far the best WM handset I ever had is the HTC Cruise...

A total smack down.

If you wait a few months, the new HTC Diamond will be out and about and that's an awesome phone.

Although I will go with the new Sony Xperia and also the iPhone (when the 3G version will be out).

[Dr. Evil @ May 9th 2008 10:27PM]

Side is silver instead of red. This is suppose to be the business version of the Q9m but I don't really see a difference here.

[Keff @ May 10th 2008 8:06AM]

What are we waiting for? FUXING WIFI, that's what I am waiting for, Motorola!!! Since your first qwerty smartphone!!!