In about 5 minutes of searching, I've found the VX900 prices from $600-900 new.............................I'll never buy another new VHF/UHF conventional /\/\ again!
I can't believe that this nice a radio is so cheap, yet so good!
The serial bus on my Orion is working for it's money.
For around $1000 each we got radio, speaker mic, rapid drop charger, the high capacity battery, leather swivel case, and programming. It seems the price will vary depending on your location in the country though. We're buying more soon, maybe keypad versions if it will be a firmware update to enable this.
I'd like to have one without the keypad, but just the 4 option buttons below the speaker.