Comments on: Wherefore art thou CS8?

By: Rawrzellers

Rawrzellers — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:00:37 +0000

I’m thinking of leaving T-Mobile if this phone doesn’t come out by next april there really is no reason for me to stick with them. I wanted this phone so bad, I love a good slider and that camera is heavenly.

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:27:58 +0000

I give up on tmobile ever getting a good sony ericsson phone. Yeah we neeed another damn flip phone. I just bought a sony ericsson c510a,unlocked, and love it. It blows away any flip phone. Tmobile just plain sucks for phone selection. I felt several years ago that tmobile should have built a music store around sony ericsson walkman phones and had they done it right, they could have beaten at&t to the punch or at least been more competitive with the iphone.

By: Meniscus

Meniscus — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:06:06 +0000

Tony, you are a funny individual, either you are a troll or an idiot (or both). If you are lying about being a TMobile SE account rep, then you are trolling; if you are telling the truth, then you are an idiot because you are spouting out potentially confidential information about unannounced products to TMobile customers (as an “account rep”, meaning your comments can be taken as representing TMobile) in an obnoxious and goading way (nyah nyah nyah, the phone you want isn’t coming out, keep dreaming) to TMobile customers. Either way, you have less than zero credibility with me.

As for the TM717, wow, just what the world needs, another bland plain-jane featureless flip-phone with a crappy camera. Pass. If TMobile drops the CS8 and offers this piece of junk instead, then it shows that they really are out of touch with what their customers want… if the CS8 is cancelled then I will just get an unlocked C905, which was the original plan anyway until I heard about the CS8. I need a good camera more than I need the 3G… but it would be nice to have both…

By: Chris Cardinal

Chris Cardinal — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:55:41 +0000

That’s good to know, at the very least. I may do that as a backup, but I think my trepidation lies in the fact that if I buy that and the CS8 DOES come out, I’m SOL. Not only that, but I’m eligible for an upgrade, so having it subsidized would be REALLY nice.

Sigh.

By: Bialyni

Bialyni — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:39:15 +0000

The c905 works on TMO’s Edge, so don’t let the GPRS kill you!

By: Chris Cardinal

Chris Cardinal — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:47:25 +0000

I really hope it wasn’t actually scratched; I’ve been wanting this phone something fierce for some time now. I can’t imagine why they’d scratch it, but again, TMO has never been known for amazing phones. I’m sad that the c905 itself doesn’t operate on TMO’s 3G, which is why I won’t just pick that up, but GPRS is killing me.

Any confirmation from anyone on it being scratched? I saw the BGR article on the Wal-Mart roadmap, but I’ve asked the reps at TMO and they all have no information.

Grumble.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:51:02 +0000

Meniscus, You are a funny individual. For your reference I am a Sony Ericsson account rep for T-Mobile. If you want something in writing then keep dreaming. I don’t receive written notice that it has been cancelled. I actually attend conference calls and that is where I receive my info. If you don’t believe me then keep dreaming. The CS8 will never come out but I am happy to say that the SonyEricsson TM717 will be coming out shortly.

By: Aaronforjesus

Aaronforjesus — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:55:09 +0000

I went to the page shown in the screenshot above and, yea, there it is. And, it hath not been removed yet, so it must be true that it is coming. My guess is that SE is producing these phones in batches, due to the different hardware radios, so they may be finishing the AT&T phones first, then T-Mobiles CS8.

By: Meniscus

Meniscus — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:44:21 +0000

Every time there is a thread about a phone that has been delayed there is some troll who posts that the phone has been canceled. Evidence please? Source?

By: artiepants

artiepants — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:20:35 +0000

Any particular reason this model was scratched? I was just looking through the phone options and not really feeling much for my wife. Maybe the Samsung Highlight, if the UI isn’t as atrocious as the last Samsung i tried…