DIAD V camera.
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Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
I have no idea how a computer costs $600 but our diads costs 6k
CHALLY9TX
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Wow barely last year, crazy. I know that cameras haven't been activated but I was wondering if they're being tested out somewhere. I realize diad 6 won't be out for awhile but Im guessing its in development now. Crazy how the 5 cost that much when most smart phones are more capable and cost less to make.
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Oak
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R & D and manufacturer tooling is expensive. It's not like they sell millions of them like other everyday products.
The Driver
I drive.
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Look for management layoffs right before the announcement of the VI like they did with the DIAD V.
Yeah right. More like 400-800 dollars.
If it was so much, UPS would have dropped the hammer on them a long time ago. They barely want to pay for our health insurance as time passes, do you really think they would pay so much for a simple device like a diad? I understand the conveyor rollers and belts being super expensive, but not a trivial device such as a diad that just logs data. Just because they say it's that much doesnt mean it's that much.
The Diad V is NOT $6800. It is an off the shelf Honeywell unit which UPS buys, slaps its logo and software on, and there you go.
About 2 months after the roll out in my center, I lost one. While it was missing I was told that if I didn't find it I would be on the hook for $2400. Still not cheap, but certainly not 7 grand.
About 2 months after the roll out in my center, I lost one. While it was missing I was told that if I didn't find it I would be on the hook for $2400. Still not cheap, but certainly not 7 grand.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I thought $6,800 was a bit on the high side.
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Really? We are having problems like crazy from the being dropped. The buttons stop working and they freeze up. You can here pieces jiggling around in there.
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oldngray
nowhere special
If it freezes up do the 3 fingered salute (AKX).
ManInBrown
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Really? I drop it once or twice a day it seems. Never an issue. Takes a licking but keeps on ticking.
That's what I miss about the mute feature of the Diad 4, if it was too loud, throw it against the floor of the truck and it would sound half the time, the harder you threw it, the better the volume change was.
Borderline 9.5
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On the diad V you just hold the small buttons to reboot.
CHALLY9TX
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Foamer Pyle
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I am surprised that they cost that much. What really got me was the PCM we had about not leaving our diads in the truck while on lunch hour. It seems management is concerned about the diads being exposed to excessive heat, and being damaged from it. I find this insulting, as they clearly do not care about humans being exposed to excessive heat. I make sure my Diad stays in the car every time now.
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