Phone Help/Suggestions

[CelticBalla32]

I'm gonna be getting myself a phone tomorrow (with my own plan), and I figured I'd make a thread here asking for some advice on certain phones and plans.

I'm definitely getting Verizon, so if all you Verizon people could help me out that'd be great.

[dksidey]

A large problem with the Verizon phones is that they tend to be running on old hardware. The Verizon phones tend to use an older processor and wrap a new shell around it. To analogize it to a car, it would be like keeping the same old engine for 20-30 years and just updating the body every year. Their best phones (from a hardware perspective) are the Verizon branded (orignally HTC) PDA phones such as the XV6800 and the XV6900.

I would be careful about getting one of the newly hyped Samsung and/or LG phones because they are underpowered and will be more expensive than they are worth.

Note: The above assumes you are looking for a smartphone/multimedia type device. If you are looking for a regular phone with minimal features, buy the cheapest one with the best battery life.

[yall hate]

definitely depends what you are looking for. 

PDA?  blackberry?  flip phone? etc...


if you are looking for a blackberry type phone, Walmart has the blackberry bold (new blackberry, but not the storm which is touch screen) essentially for free.  I think it is like $200, but they give you a rebate for $200. 

[bostonfan23]

Get a Blackberry. I have an iPhone now but had a Blackberry for a couple years and absolutely loved it.

[Edgar]

stay away of cel phone and cel phone e mailing slavery

s\ a slave.

[CelticBalla32]

I'm not looking for anything like that. Nothing too expensive. I want something like this:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=4226

In fact after looking, I think I might get that for myself tomorrow.

stay away of cel phone and cel phone e mailing slavery

s\ a slave.

What?

[Edgar]

I'm not looking for anything like that. Nothing too expensive. I want something like this:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=4226

In fact after looking, I think I might get that for myself tomorrow.

stay away of cel phone and cel phone e mailing slavery

s\ a slave.

What?

means that i am a cel phone slave.
I actually use 3 cell phones
one radio phone, one blackberry tipe and one standar phone for 4 different activities
and after 2 years of that i feel like a slave of the phones over a cell phone user
its fun to have a nice phone with nice features its not fun when the phone rules your life

I know thats not your case and youre just asking about models here in order to get one good one
but its an advice to everybody not necesarily you.

[CelticBalla32]

Alright I ended up getting that LG VX5500, and I love it. Just a nice little phone, and I got a decent plan with it as well.

    * 450 minutes - $39.99/month

    * 500 messages (text/picture/etc.) - $10/month (but i have unlimited Verizon-to-Verizon texts, which is great since most of my friends and my brothers have Verizon)

    * Protection thing, where my phone gets replaced overnight if anything happens to it - $5/month

    * 2-year contract


So not bad. Pretty basic, but that's all I really need. It's good to finally have a phone again.