Motorola KRZR K1m Available from Alltel 10/05/06

KRZR K1m Preorder

According to the site, the tentative date for the KRZR's release with Alltel is October 5th.

 

Unfortunatly for Alltel, the KRZR K1m is already available from Verizon... and for $50 cheaper with a 24 month contract.

 

Well, and here's the kicker... VZW won't have the KRZR in stores until 10/5/06, the same day Alltel will. I suspect, that even if you ordered the KRZR from VZW's website on Wed, when it was 1st available, you woudn't get it until 10/5/06... maybe a few days before. Maybe. I guess Alltel and VZW pretty much get the KRZR at the same time. That's weird.

 

I'm sure Alltel will move quickly to match VZW's $199.99 cost, which, for the features, isn't really that bad.

 

Alltel Launches MotoKRZR

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. & LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2,
2006--Alltel Wireless (NYSE: AT), America's largest network, and
Motorola, a global leader in wireless communications, today announced
that MOTOKRZR K1m, the latest in the enormously popular MOTORAZR
family of wireless phones, is available online at shopalltel.com
starting Oct. 2, 2006. It will be available in Alltel retail stores
nationwide Oct. 5, 2006.

"MOTOKRZR is narrower than MOTORAZR and yet the new handset
includes all the advanced features customers want, including an MP3
player and video camera," said Wade McGill, senior vice president of
product management for Alltel Wireless. "MOTOKRZR truly offers
customers an unparalleled wireless experience."

"MOTOKRZR delivers sleek and sophisticated design along with
premium voice and multimedia features for consumers," said Rick Gadd,
vice president of sales, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola, Inc.
"We're extremely pleased to make the MOTOKRZR available to Alltel
customers."

MOTOKRZR features a dark pearl gray glass finish and refined metal
keyboard. Exterior touch-sensitive controls enable users to control
their music while the flip phone is closed. An optional microSD(TM)
memory card provides up to 1 GB of removable storage.

The phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera, video capture and playback,
and BREW(R) 3.1 technology. It also features Bluetooth(R) wireless
technology(a) and works on Alltel's Axcess Broadband network, which
delivers wireless data, including live TV, at average speeds of 400 to
700 Kbps(b).