Motorola Product cancellation

[cartman]

http://rcs.net.au/motorola-product-rationalisation/

From 27 June 2014 certain models will no longer be sold. Product support will continue for 5 years

Analogue Professional Series
GP328 4 channel
GP339
GM339
GP338LS
GM338LS

Analogue Professional Series Plus
GP328 Plus 4 channel
GP338 Plus
GP339 Plus
GP628 Plus 4 channel
GP638 Plus
GP639 Plus 255 channel
GP638 XLS
GP338 XLS Trunking
PTX700 Plus MPT Trunking
PTX760 Plus MPT Trunking
PTX800 Plus MPT Trunking

Mototrbo
XRC9000 Single site connect plus

TETRA
MTP850 Portable
MTH800 Portable
MTM800E Mobile

[Bigfella237]

Oh no, not the MTP850

Andrew

[citabria]

Hopefully this leads to a nice influx of second hand radios for HAM use!

[news]

Hopefully this leads to a nice influx of second hand radios for HAM use!

Is there not already enough junk on ebay already ?

[cartman]

One shudders to think how much analog commercial gear will end on Uhfcb, as if it wasnt already chaotic.

[techman]

This appears this week in Chicago news paper this week

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... rink-again

Product is not all that is shrinking

[Bigfella237]

The most basic rule of business is: Sell the customer what they want; Motorola seems to think they can TELL the customer what they want.

Apart from that I think they've just gotten too greedy over the years, not only with their prices (I'm sure most here would've been taken aback at some stage when hearing they charge $350 for a programming cable that should only cost a few dollars to make), but also with their (common) practice of deviating from the standards in an attempt to lock-out other manufacturers from using their systems.

As my grandma used to say "Their chickens are coming home to roost"...

Andrew

[rustynswrail]

The most basic rule of business is: Sell the customer what they want; Motorola seems to think they can TELL the customer what they want.
Apart from that I think they've just gotten too greedy over the years, not only with their prices (I'm sure most here would've been taken aback at some stage when hearing they charge $350 for a programming cable that should only cost a few dollars to make), but also with their (common) practice of deviating from the standards in an attempt to lock-out other manufacturers from using their systems.
As my grandma used to say "Their chickens are coming home to roost"...
Andrew

Andrew,

Hear, hear!

R

[Scotty]

Andrew, agree 100%.

They would be long gone if it wasn't for their great products, which it would be hard to argue are at the absolute pinicle of public safety comms - and have been for many years.

[techman]

Andrew, agree 100%.

They would be long gone if it wasn't for their great products, which it would be hard to argue are at the absolute pinicle of public safety comms - and have been for many years.

The sad reality is - at some point they took their eye off technology ball and mastering it to product more great products and starting playing other games in the US and elsewhere, mean while there competition have caught up and in some cases now produce a better product and on average a lot cheaper.

Odds are once motorola burn through the cash of the symbol to zebra sale they will become a take over target them self.