Nextel BlackBerry Service

Editorial Rating

Overview:



Sprint bought Nextel in 2005, combining its native CDMA network with Nextel's iDEN. Since its inception Nextel has been known for its push-to-talk walkie-talkie service.

Pros:Nextel uses the same pricing tiers as Sprint, which include the Simply Everything plan, which provides unlimited voice, messaging, data, and other services for 99 dollars per month.

Cons:There are not many BlackBerry models available for service on Nextel's iDEN network.


Detailed Provider Information:

Voice Plan Options: Nextel's top-tier plans are the same as Sprint's Simply Everything and Everything plans. The Simply Everything plan includes unlimited voice minutes for $99.99 per month, while the Everything plan offers 450 minutes for $69.99 per month and 900 minutes for $89.99. Their Business Essentials plan offers a number of service levels, from $39.99 for 400 minutes to $199.99 for 4,000 minutes. All of the above-mentioned plans include unlimited Direct Connect walkie-talkie service. The Everything and Simply Everything plans also have family options. The Simply Everything family plan offers two lines for $189.98 per month, and is $89.99 for each additional line. The Everything family plan offers 1,500 minutes for $129.99 and 3,000 minutes for $169.99.

Data Options: Unlimited data is included with the Everything, Simply Everything, and Business Essentials with Messaging and Data plans. BES data costs an additional 20 dollars per month.

Messaging Options: Nextel includes unlimited messaging with Everything, Simply Everything, and Business Essentials with Messaging and Data plans.

Customer Service: Like Sprint, Nextel offers customer support via a toll-free number, a frequently-asked-questions section of the website, and live chat.

Contract: New purchases require a two-year contract, which can incur an early termination fee of up to $200.

International Calling and Messaging: International roaming is available as an add-on service, which must be activated by calling customer service.

Roaming Charges: Some services, including data, may not function while roaming.

Activation Fee: There is no fee to activate a Nextel BlackBerry via the company website.

Additional Features: Directory assistance is $1.79 per call plus normal airtime charges. Call forwarding costs 20 cents per minute.

Insurance: Nextel offers a Total Equipment Protection plan for 7 dollars per month.

Phones: Nextel has a very limited selection of BlackBerry devices. They recently added the BlackBerry Bold 9650, its first new model in a number of years.

Some Additional BlackBerry Models Available:
BlackBerry Curve 8350i
BlackBerry Curve 8350i w/o camera
BlackBerry Curve 8330

Coverage Map: The Nextel coverage map can be found here.
1 Diamond August 17th, 2011 at 9:40 am

The blackberry 8350i is the WORST phone on this planet.It's a shame that they had to merge with Sprint because I really believe that made it worse.I left Sprint 7yrs ago to go to Nextel & here we are back to the drawing board

2 Isaac Khoury October 10th, 2010 at 21:18 pm

We recently got the blackberry 8350 with camera, I am having hard time activating the blackberry to the BES server while the the 8330 sprint blackberry actvates and connects to the BES with no problem.

3 Jesse June 24th, 2010 at 11:15 am

Not good my phone is gonna have a hammer issue. Sprint is not putting any money into nextel and hoping people just switch to sprint. This is a truth

4 mike June 24th, 2010 at 7:58 am

wow i thought it was me. i am new to blackberry but have had nextel for years. they keep sending me used phones tp replace the new one i bought that has all these problem. pretty upset about iy. they told me the problems were because nextel is 2 g and everything else is 3g

5 wade May 15th, 2010 at 1:06 am

i got the same problems you all are having. Nextel has told me that they are haveing tiwer problems. I have 3 phones on my account that all have the same issuse. My blackberry has trouble with texting sending and reseving. And the d/c freezes up all the time and has "in use" on the screen when it's not. I spend a lot of time on my phone and dont like it. I wish they would get it streat or i'll have to drop my account and get something that really workes

6 anthony March 22nd, 2010 at 9:48 am

i have had the nextel blackberry for about a 8 months and have had nothing but problems. I spend more time on the phone with nextel then anybody else. between texting issues dropped calls d/c problems.. freezing problems slow internet speed and overall frustration this phone is JUNK. I will be going on phone number 4 soon.. they all end up just not having service or taking 24 hours to get a text>> its not worth it

7 elaine November 12th, 2009 at 10:41 am

My trouble seems to be related to nextel's ability to maintain the blackberry text connection. 3 times in the last 60 days my text is unusable and tech services have told me twice before that it was a regional problem, unrelated to my actual phone. Now it seems to me that if nextel wants to keep customers they would solve the problem. No one else has text problems when mine is down and that includes other customers on nextel (not using blackbery). Any insight is appreciated. I'm in Fl and wonder is it just a FL thing?

8 Delirious1 August 11th, 2009 at 15:50 pm

I've been a loyal Nextel user for over 10 yrs. I really like the 8350i. I wish that it was able to stream video and be used for tethering a laptop. The 8350i is very easy to use and whether or not you are a power user or a novice, it does it all.

9 Keith Simon July 20th, 2009 at 7:17 am

Nice phone with all the services I need and use especially email access. The only thing I don't like is the NOW network is slow and I lose calls and have bad reception in too many places. I switched from a CDMA renegade V950 and made a bad choice as I should have bought the Blackberry that uses CDMA and just dropped the direct connect as D/C is not worth the low speed and lost calls.

10 Krisitna Moses June 8th, 2009 at 10:15 am

I have been having issues with the blackberry 8350i from nextel and going to be getting my 4th blackberry in a month and half because they cannot figure out why my phone keeps losing service to everything from text,direct connet and phone service period!!!!!! I am soooo fed up with them that i am seriously thinking of dropping the direct connect to get a phone that excautly works for a change!!!!!:(

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