Just curious in regards to those people in here who discussed the "alleged" pulling or discontinuing of the 8800 as a sign or indication, for example, that T-Mo will be selling T-Mo USA [which I have never heard about]:

I don't see model changes as a sign of anything except confirmation that carriers like to come out with phones about every year or so, on a model. E.g., How long was the 8800 out? Seems to me long enough that a new model was due.

Another example, the Pearl came out in September 2006, and in June-July 2007 the Pearl 2 has been discussed and heavily confirmed to be coming out in September 2007. So six months into the Pearl talks of a replacement started and in fact a new model will debut one year after the original came out.

I understood the Pearl was a success. But going by what some members say, it was not since talk of its replacement started arising so soon after its debut and it will in fact be replaced one year later.

So I dunno, alarmists who say the 8800 being replaced indicates T-Mo is selling T-Mo USA or that this indicates the 8800 was a faulty phone, well, I just don't see these points as valid.

Like I said, seems to me most carriers change phone models every year or so. If this is accurate [I have not researched this point to back up my assumption] then model changes indicate nothing other than T-Mo is doing what all the carriers do.

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