Motorola Unveils Phone Vending Machines

DaveWick79 writes "The 'Instantmoto' is being installed at 20 malls and airports nationwide and will carry about 30 products including 12 phones and 18 accessories. Included is the popular Razr and you can choose whether or not to purchase with a service plan. Instead of being dropped into a tray, apparently a robotic arm will 'gently deliver' the product to consumers. The only question now is, will we be able to pay for these items using our cell phones?"

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much better

[User 956]

Instead of being dropped into a tray, apparently a robotic arm will 'gently deliver' the product to consumers.

That's much better than the prototype I saw, where the robot arm disembowels the customer and spills their entrails all over the linoleum.

Robotic Arms

[HunahpuMonkey]

I have a hard enough time trying to pull a big old stuffed animal out with those robotic arms much less a tiny tiny phone. At 50 bucks a pop rather than 50 cents, I'm going to waste a lot of money.