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Republic Wireless' Dual-Band Motorola Defy XT Now Shipping

Posted by in Motorola, News, Republic Wireless

We've talked about Republic Wireless a few times 'round here at AP. From when it was first announced, to several milestones along the way - we've followed along with what's happening at RW somewhat closely.

For months, the company was in a private beta of sorts, with would-be customers signing up for their invite, and RW sending them out in waves. In November, however, the company opened its figurative doors to the world - no more waves, no beta invites. Since then, you've been able to sign up for service, order your phone, and away you go. The $19-a-month cellular service was yours.

There was one catch: the phone - a dual-band version of the Defy XT- wasn't yet available. You had to place an order, with an expected availability of "mid-December." Well guess what? It's mid-December, and the phones are shipping, exactly like RW promised. Users who pre-ordered should have their phone in-hand within the next couple of days.

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If you've been waiting until RW fulfilled its beta period and had phones in stock, today's the day. Anything ordered now is slated to ship within the next couple of weeks. Not bad turnaround for $19 a month, eh?

[Republic Wireless]

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  • Brian G

    #correction

    Second to last sentence, should be "Anything ordered now is slated to be shipping within the next couple of weeks" not "Anything ordered now is slated to be shipping within the nexus couple of weeks"

    • http://www.androidpolice.com/ Cameron Summerson

      hahahaha, muscle memory. You have no idea how many times I did that while writing the story about GO's "Next Launcher." It was murderous.

    • http://www.androidpolice.com/ Artem Russakovskii

      Nexus is like Marklar for Android peeps. Didn't you know?

  • http://silverfang77.tumblr.com/ Silver Fang

    Republic Wireless is fine for those with ready access to wifi.

  • spunker88

    I never got the point of companies making new low end phones. Why not just keep making older models, so last years high end phone becomes this years low end phone. It would allow them to provide support longer and would cost them less money in development. This is the one of the few things Apple does that I like, they offer old models for cheap and thus they are supported longer.

  • Steve Green

    I would love to join their service, if they had a decent phone. Or let me install the app on phones I already have. Not like it needs hardware to do wifi calling.