Motorola I560 (Unlocked)

I like the durability plus I can see who is calling me without open ing it. I don't need cameras and mp3 players. I use it for work purposes.

I purchased this phone for my husband who totally loves it. This was an upgrade from the i530 phone. He is hard on phones and this phone has held up to his abuse. It has a nice vivid color screen and a well lit keypad. He does not have as many dropped calls as he did with the i530. This is a great basic everyday phone for the rugged person in your life.

I thought my i95 was the best. It got stolen and I couldn't get it replaced. I bought a 275 (with camera) and tried an i710. Nothing measured up. I then bought an i560 - I'm in love with this phone!! I am tough on my phones..in the car it is generally in my lap and I forget when I exit the vehicle and <BOOM> on the cement it goes. This phone has been dropped many times and the outside still looks brand new and works like it just came out of the box. I got the yellow and black version because it is easily seen when the lighting is dim or in the bottom of my purse!! The keypad is just the right size and lights up for greater visibility in the dark. It is narrower and flatter than the i530, so it fits easily into pockets or purses, etc. I even bought one on ebay for my husband, who goes through phones frequently due to breakage. He has had his for several months now and he is thrilled with it. It has a vibrant color screen, many available download options for most settings, and because it is a flip phone, I am not accidently calling people at odd times of the night because I leaned against a counter or something. All-in-all...this phone surpasses my expectations (even beats the i95). I would recommend the i560 to anyone.

i love my nextel I560 phone. I want to get a back up nextel tooooooooooooo. Thank you. I don't have any dropped calls. My phone still works great even though I drppoed it many times. You were the fastest person that sent me my items that I order on ebay

Every phone I have had that I carried at work lasted a month or so before the mic & speakers went bad on them, (including 2 cingular phones I ruined), and that IS with them in a very quality case. I am a fleet mechanic. I grind alot of metal at my job. The fine metal particals suck right into all the wrong parts of all the other phones I've smoked. The i560 & i580's have a VERY fine mesh screen over the microphone/speaker magnets that I simply blow off with compressed air about every week or 2. I had my last one for a year. I NEVER had a problem. I just changed jobs. My last i560 was not "mine" it was the company I worked for who owned it, and had bought just that one specifically for me because I was going through the 710's, that everybody else there got, @ ~ 1 a month. I have just set up my own nextel account solely so that I could get another i560, despite my having another year left on my cingular contract.Somebody else complained that you can only see that you missed a call, but not what the number that called was from. this isn't true. You just have to look in the call log for the last call to see who it was. The i580 is also nice, but only if you want to spend an extra $200 for the camera (my boss had been so impressed with mine he had to have the nicer one of the military spec'd phones for himself). These phones can also be used as a short range walkie-talkie if you are FAR FAR out of ALL networks and with-in (I think it is) 3 miles of another capable user/phone. VERY nice for camping/hiking/ect... I hope they never stop making these military spec'd phones or I'll be back to monthly replacements ;) The only thing I don't like is that these type of phones are ONLY available for nextel (read as $$$$)....Though thats not the phones fault heheheh ;P BEST-PHONE EVAH !!!! Though if you text alot and aren't around alot of metal dust there are better phones for you out there than these. Also mine have been fully drenched when doing road-side service and dropped more times than I care to count. I NEVER had a problem beyond the battery cover popping off once.Also the guy I'd been working for had driven his i580 over with a Caterpillar 236 w/ metal trax. Again, NEVER had a problem. These are fully industrial grade phones in my experience.

PROS:
1) Improvement to i530's lack of external caller ID, better reception, lighter and smaller.
2) Direct Talk / Group Connect
3) Bright easy-to-use color internal screen
4) All the options of your typical GSM unit
5) Loud standard ring tones
6) Both speakers are of industry leading quality

CONS:
1) No Camera (but thats not why you should be looking into a rugged phone to begin with - if needed see i580)
2) Max battery life is 2 days with normal use (if an issue purchase the extended battery and battery door (black only) model# NNTN4655)
3) Slow data transfer (but faster than i530) - data isn't Nextel's strong point

Overall: A-

This phone is worth every penny.

I had a great I90c to start with. When it disappeared, Nextel sent me an I760 color phone. I was not happy from the start. Color, oh wow, great. I could not even put my full phone list in it, which only held 100 numbers. As an emergency phone with my core numbers as my back up, ok. As my primary phone, NO WAY. I need a tough phone that has a robust tolerance for varied temperatures and other extremes that the "replacement phone" could not survive in. I was patient and became informed on what my options were within the Nextel product lines. I have been rewarded with the I560! I have been using it only a short while and have been pleasantly surprised with no dropped calls and very few dead spots. In the dead spots I have been able to access the 6 mile radio feature to daisy chain any message back through any of my local contacts. So far I believe that this phone has surpassed my expectations and it's 5 day standby has helped this small tough piece of tech lead me into the current century of work flow connectivity.

Nextel i560 is a rugged clamshell designed with durability. The i560 has an internal color display, external display, downloadable Java Applications for Business Solutions, nationwide Group Connect Direct Connect®, and Direct Talk. Some of it's many features include:

Durable Design- Adheres to Military Standard for Dust, Shock, and Vibration.
600 Contact Entries - Store up to seven numbers for each contact
GPS enabled, Direct Send , Speakerphone Rubber Grip
Voice Activated Dialing

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Upgraded from i530 to the i560. I'm happy to see that Nextel is continuing their lineage of tough phones. Screen is sharp and clear. Sound quality is great. Signal strength and battery life appear to be above average for a color screen phone full of options. Good buy.

I like this phone. I purchased 25 for our company.
12 months into our 24 month contract, about 1/2 of them are dead or broken.
We have problems with battery drain, flips breaking, and sound quality.

It is a nice phone best phone i have used from nextell it gets good reception havent had a problem with it i have droped it a couple of times and it is built tuff.All the other nextells i have had trouble holding on too this one has a good grip with the rubber coating would recamined it to others

These are very rugged phones. We use them in construction and they regularly get dropped, wet, weld spattered, and generally abused. They seem to hold up well.

excellent service,very understanding,worked with my issues and took care of them. cell phone not competitive with my net. and they gave me a full refund.

The Motorola/Nextel i560 is one of the sturdiest phone Motorola ever made for Nextel service. It is water resistant and rubber lined for an easy hand grip. If you work out doors and are in the construction trades this could be the phone for you.

I HAVE BOUGHT MANY PHONES FROM PEOPLE ON EBAY AND HAVE HAD BAD LUCK. THE I560 WAS IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAD NO ISSUES. WOULD BUY AGAIN.

Nextel rugged phones are the only phones I've found that hold up to all the dust and abuse in counstruction.

This phone is bullet proof. It has been dropped, rained on, and a couple of times it has even been thrown. Hehe.

It is rugged, has a color display, and is discreet compared to some of the other 2-way phones.

The Motorola i560 is a solid phone, the phone can take some abuse without breaking the first time it is dropped.

I recently bought the I560 it is a good simlpe phone with plenty of features. The best feature that I like about it is the outer house very durable makes it hard to get damaged in case it is dropped I am very rough with my phone and that is what drove me to getting this phone the fact that it can take a beating. Any one that does alot of labor in a rought enviroment should look into getting one of these phone for that reason.

It better than buy one from nextel when they wantlot of money.And Ilike nextel. The flip is a little lose

When i recieved this product it was damaged more then the seller stated in description.. The seller held out important info about phone. I will never buy off of the seller again.

I love how rugged the phone is. You can drop it and it can still function. Only one weakness to the casing..... between the battery door and charge plugin, it's extremely fragile. A small, thin piece a flimsy plastic. Other that this phone rocks!!

THE PHONE I BAUGHT MY SON WORKED ABOUT 2 WEEK THEN HAD PROBLEMS AND HAS'NT WORK RIGHT SINCE.I HAVE TO TAKE THE PHONE TO THE NEXTEL STORE TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX THE PHONE I JUST BAUGHT FROM THIS SELLER BUYER BEWARE