Other than the color & slight button differences, the Mogul & VX6800 differ thusly:
Stock XV6800 Does Not Have
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- "Internet Sharing" App
- No EVDO Rev. A Access
- No GPS Functionality (Beyond E911)
Price Difference
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- VZW wants between $349.99 and $499.99 for the phone with a new 2 year contract, and a minimum of $99.99/mo for 450 minutes, Unlimited N/W (9pm to 6am), Unlimited Messaging, & Unlimited M2M.
- Sprint wants $199.99 with a new 2 year contract and (with SERO @
http://www.sprint.com/SERO) only $30.00/mo for 50 more minutes, and their N/W time is 7pm to 7am. The downside is that you cannot (legitimately) access Picture Mail with a Mogul. You may only approximate it by emailing photos & sound files.
Other
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Not being a VZW customer, I don't know if you can share their 450 minute plan with other lines with or without additional fees. Sprint does not allow SERO accounts to share minutes among phones, ala family plans. Coverage wise, I also do not know VZW's roaming policies for voice or data. i know that Sprint allows voice roaming on Verizon & Alltell networks (and maybe others), with 1X data roaming on VZW and EVDO roaming on Alltell. Again, there many be other roaming data carriers. Sprint allows you to configure the Mogul between roaming and not at will, although their contract states that they can drop you as a customer if you use more than half your minutes or data on a roaming partner, as it is more expensive for them than native service.
I don't know if VZW charges for roaming. I know Sprint does not.