Warming up for a new phone

My 2yr contract is up in November. On the last renewal I upgraded to
an Audiovox 9155 which I really like in most respects.

My new requirements are:

1) The largest, most readable screen (color or LCD, does not matter)
in daylight. (clam or bar phone, no matter)

2) Like the 9155, I need a very accessible addressbook for both Text
Messaging and voice call lists.

3) Composing text messages must be REAL simple and quick ... no
drilling thru rich menus or waiting such as I found in the Samsung
a610. Must be able to send to web addresses as well as other cell
phones.

3) Like the 9155, the phone must be tri-mode that can be forced to
analog manually.

4) Needs excellent voice quality and ... would like to have a
"speaker phone" feature like the 9155.

5) Needs at least 100 entry phone list capacity.

I have NO need for games, web browser, camera, flashlights, and all
the other kid junk.

Thank you all in advance for your suggestions! :-)

Philip

I had the 9155 which was stolen, and I now have
the 8300 which is OK and very similar. However,
as everyone knows some new features such as
Bluetooth are showing up, and Verizon only offers
one. You may have a credit toward a new phone
of $100 as you may know..Luck

I had the 9155 which was stolen, and I now have
the 8300 which is OK and very similar. However,
as everyone knows some new features such as
Bluetooth are showing up, and Verizon only offers
one. You may have a credit toward a new phone
of $100 as you may know..Luck

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:49:51 GMT, "Philip®"
<1chip-state1@earthlink.net.invalid> wrote:

>My 2yr contract is up in November. On the last renewal I upgraded to
>an Audiovox 9155 which I really like in most respects.
>
>My new requirements are:
>
>1) The largest, most readable screen (color or LCD, does not matter)
>in daylight. (clam or bar phone, no matter)
>
>2) Like the 9155, I need a very accessible addressbook for both Text
>Messaging and voice call lists.
>
>3) Composing text messages must be REAL simple and quick ... no
>drilling thru rich menus or waiting such as I found in the Samsung
>a610. Must be able to send to web addresses as well as other cell
>phones.
>
>3) Like the 9155, the phone must be tri-mode that can be forced to
>analog manually.
>
>4) Needs excellent voice quality and ... would like to have a
>"speaker phone" feature like the 9155.
>
>5) Needs at least 100 entry phone list capacity.
>
>I have NO need for games, web browser, camera, flashlights, and all
>the other kid junk.
>
>Thank you all in advance for your suggestions! :-)
>
>Philip
>
While I had no use for a the junk either I chose an LG VX6000. I took
some pictures of my family and use them as caller ID and some
interesting scenes for my wallpaper. It's reputation is good and is
easy to use. The screen is very bright and readable even in sunlight.
The camera might be useful in an emergency such as an accident.

The LG VX4500 has no camera but the screen is not as bright and has
reception issues in fringe areas. Otherwise reception is good. It has
a speaker phone. The 4500 and 6000 are not tri mode but have some of
the other features.

The Motorola V710 has a good screen, is tri mode, but you might not
like the address book. It has very good reception and speaker phone
but there have been other issues reported. It is the only phone that
has all the requirements you mention.

The Nokia 3589i has an excellent reputation, is tri mode but has no
speaker phone.

Also did you know that you can upgrade your phones and start a new 2
year contract if you so desire after 22 months which would be about
now?

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:49:51 GMT, "Philip®"
<1chip-state1@earthlink.net.invalid> wrote:

>My 2yr contract is up in November. On the last renewal I upgraded to
>an Audiovox 9155 which I really like in most respects.
>
>My new requirements are:
>
>1) The largest, most readable screen (color or LCD, does not matter)
>in daylight. (clam or bar phone, no matter)
>
>2) Like the 9155, I need a very accessible addressbook for both Text
>Messaging and voice call lists.
>
>3) Composing text messages must be REAL simple and quick ... no
>drilling thru rich menus or waiting such as I found in the Samsung
>a610. Must be able to send to web addresses as well as other cell
>phones.
>
>3) Like the 9155, the phone must be tri-mode that can be forced to
>analog manually.
>
>4) Needs excellent voice quality and ... would like to have a
>"speaker phone" feature like the 9155.
>
>5) Needs at least 100 entry phone list capacity.
>
>I have NO need for games, web browser, camera, flashlights, and all
>the other kid junk.
>
>Thank you all in advance for your suggestions! :-)
>
>Philip
>
While I had no use for a the junk either I chose an LG VX6000. I took
some pictures of my family and use them as caller ID and some
interesting scenes for my wallpaper. It's reputation is good and is
easy to use. The screen is very bright and readable even in sunlight.
The camera might be useful in an emergency such as an accident.

The LG VX4500 has no camera but the screen is not as bright and has
reception issues in fringe areas. Otherwise reception is good. It has
a speaker phone. The 4500 and 6000 are not tri mode but have some of
the other features.

The Motorola V710 has a good screen, is tri mode, but you might not
like the address book. It has very good reception and speaker phone
but there have been other issues reported. It is the only phone that
has all the requirements you mention.

The Nokia 3589i has an excellent reputation, is tri mode but has no
speaker phone.

Also did you know that you can upgrade your phones and start a new 2
year contract if you so desire after 22 months which would be about
now?

Spike wrote:
> I had the 9155 which was stolen, and I now have
> the 8300 which is OK and very similar. However,
> as everyone knows some new features such as
> Bluetooth are showing up, and Verizon only offers
> one. You may have a credit toward a new phone
> of $100 as you may know..Luck


Now don't everybody scream at me at once when I say .... what is
"bluetooth?" Is bluetooth something that facilitates text messaging
to other cells or to web addresses? Thanks.

Philip

Spike wrote:
> I had the 9155 which was stolen, and I now have
> the 8300 which is OK and very similar. However,
> as everyone knows some new features such as
> Bluetooth are showing up, and Verizon only offers
> one. You may have a credit toward a new phone
> of $100 as you may know..Luck


Now don't everybody scream at me at once when I say .... what is
"bluetooth?" Is bluetooth something that facilitates text messaging
to other cells or to web addresses? Thanks.

Philip

Teddeli wrote:
>snip<
> While I had no use for a the junk either I chose an LG VX6000. I
> took some pictures of my family and use them as caller ID and some
> interesting scenes for my wallpaper. It's reputation is good and is
> easy to use. The screen is very bright and readable even in
> sunlight. The camera might be useful in an emergency such as an
> accident.

Ok, this is phone that I need to play with a bit. :-) The tri-mode
feature is more of a 'want' than a frequent need.


> The Motorola V710 has a good screen, is tri mode, but you might not
> like the address book. It has very good reception and speaker phone
> but there have been other issues reported. It is the only phone
> that has all the requirements you mention.

This phone was not on my radar screen simply because of a past
experience with what I considered very unfriendly text messaging.
But that was probably three years ago and things like this need to be
reviewed.


> The Nokia 3589i has an excellent reputation, is tri mode but has no
> speaker phone.

My first cell was a Nokia 5185. I liked the text messaging and
menuing system on that phone too. But I toasted 5 of those phones in
14 months (various hardware failures), hence the Audiovox. Does the
3589i have a good reliability record? I'll look at one at a Verizon
store soon.


> Also did you know that you can upgrade your phones and start a new
> 2 year contract if you so desire after 22 months which would be
> about now?

Interesting. The Verizon salesperson said I had to wait the full 24
months if I wished to renew my current plan (which is older and has a
6:00pm peak to nite break time and get the $100 credit toward a new
phone. Might this person been misinformed?

--�

- Philip

Teddeli wrote:
>snip<
> While I had no use for a the junk either I chose an LG VX6000. I
> took some pictures of my family and use them as caller ID and some
> interesting scenes for my wallpaper. It's reputation is good and is
> easy to use. The screen is very bright and readable even in
> sunlight. The camera might be useful in an emergency such as an
> accident.

Ok, this is phone that I need to play with a bit. :-) The tri-mode
feature is more of a 'want' than a frequent need.


> The Motorola V710 has a good screen, is tri mode, but you might not
> like the address book. It has very good reception and speaker phone
> but there have been other issues reported. It is the only phone
> that has all the requirements you mention.

This phone was not on my radar screen simply because of a past
experience with what I considered very unfriendly text messaging.
But that was probably three years ago and things like this need to be
reviewed.


> The Nokia 3589i has an excellent reputation, is tri mode but has no
> speaker phone.

My first cell was a Nokia 5185. I liked the text messaging and
menuing system on that phone too. But I toasted 5 of those phones in
14 months (various hardware failures), hence the Audiovox. Does the
3589i have a good reliability record? I'll look at one at a Verizon
store soon.


> Also did you know that you can upgrade your phones and start a new
> 2 year contract if you so desire after 22 months which would be
> about now?

Interesting. The Verizon salesperson said I had to wait the full 24
months if I wished to renew my current plan (which is older and has a
6:00pm peak to nite break time and get the $100 credit toward a new
phone. Might this person been misinformed?

--�

- Philip

"Philip®" <1chip-state1@earthlink.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:CSk1d.196$ax4.195@newsread3.news.pas.earthlin k.net...
wrote:

> Now don't everybody scream at me at once when I say .... what is
> "bluetooth?" Is bluetooth something that facilitates text messaging
> to other cells or to web addresses? Thanks.

Bluetooth is a 2.4 MHZ low power digital link between the phone and other
devices. On the V710 it works on bluetooth headsets and other bluetooth
handsfree devices. It also works on the modem if you have bluetooth on your
computer I think.

Other data transfer via bluetooth (phonebook, pics, etc) is disabled on the
V710 (at present time, that may change or it may not).



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Bob the Printer


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"Philip®" <1chip-state1@earthlink.net.invalid> wrote in message
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wrote:

> Now don't everybody scream at me at once when I say .... what is
> "bluetooth?" Is bluetooth something that facilitates text messaging
> to other cells or to web addresses? Thanks.

Bluetooth is a 2.4 MHZ low power digital link between the phone and other
devices. On the V710 it works on bluetooth headsets and other bluetooth
handsfree devices. It also works on the modem if you have bluetooth on your
computer I think.

Other data transfer via bluetooth (phonebook, pics, etc) is disabled on the
V710 (at present time, that may change or it may not).



--
God Bless America!

Bob the Printer


Our web pages are located at:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdolson/

I think that the text messaging on the V710 is much better than on the
VX6000. The screen is bigger, sharper and the phone itself is much more
configurable than the LG. A lot more of the message is visible at one time
than on the VX6000.

One thing I really like (but it may not be important to others) is that say
a person calls me who is not in my phonebook, or I dial a number that is not
in my phonebook. Then when I hit the send key to see my call history (works
the same on the LG) and I scroll to that number and put it in my phonebook
and give it a name, then after that when I hit the send button to look at
the call history, the name that I gave the particular number shows up. On
the VX6000 it will still only show the original number and not the name I
gave it when I stored it to the phonebook. This is a nice 'touch' in my
opinion and the V710 has many many other things that make it's ergonomics
excellent. For instance you can re-order the items on the main menu so that
the most important things to you are near the top. You can also customize
the 'home keys' to your liking. The camera doesn't seem to be much (if any)
better than the VX6000, but it can also do videos in a pinch..:-)

It also has a VERY GOOD 'radio' (meaning it's reception is excellent) and is
tri-mode with an extendable antenna (which some people seem not to like
saying it's too flexible, but I find it very similar to the antennas on most
of the other extendable antenna phones that I've had). It also has an
external antenna jack (the LG does also) if you need that.



--
God Bless America!

Bob the Printer


Our web pages are located at:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdolson/

I think that the text messaging on the V710 is much better than on the
VX6000. The screen is bigger, sharper and the phone itself is much more
configurable than the LG. A lot more of the message is visible at one time
than on the VX6000.

One thing I really like (but it may not be important to others) is that say
a person calls me who is not in my phonebook, or I dial a number that is not
in my phonebook. Then when I hit the send key to see my call history (works
the same on the LG) and I scroll to that number and put it in my phonebook
and give it a name, then after that when I hit the send button to look at
the call history, the name that I gave the particular number shows up. On
the VX6000 it will still only show the original number and not the name I
gave it when I stored it to the phonebook. This is a nice 'touch' in my
opinion and the V710 has many many other things that make it's ergonomics
excellent. For instance you can re-order the items on the main menu so that
the most important things to you are near the top. You can also customize
the 'home keys' to your liking. The camera doesn't seem to be much (if any)
better than the VX6000, but it can also do videos in a pinch..:-)

It also has a VERY GOOD 'radio' (meaning it's reception is excellent) and is
tri-mode with an extendable antenna (which some people seem not to like
saying it's too flexible, but I find it very similar to the antennas on most
of the other extendable antenna phones that I've had). It also has an
external antenna jack (the LG does also) if you need that.



--
God Bless America!

Bob the Printer


Our web pages are located at:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdolson/

In article <Du6dndnbwoGjYdjcRVn-iQ@comcast.com>,
Bob the Printer <bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:
>One thing I really like (but it may not be important to others) is that say
>a person calls me who is not in my phonebook, or I dial a number that is not
>in my phonebook. Then when I hit the send key to see my call history (works
>the same on the LG) and I scroll to that number and put it in my phonebook
>and give it a name, then after that when I hit the send button to look at
>the call history, the name that I gave the particular number shows up. On
>the VX6000 it will still only show the original number and not the name I
>gave it when I stored it to the phonebook. This is a nice 'touch' in my
>opinion and the V710 has many many other things that make it's ergonomics
>excellent. For instance you can re-order the items on the main menu so that
>the most important things to you are near the top. You can also customize
>the 'home keys' to your liking.

The phonebook and home-key ordering features you mention were also in the
T720/T730.

>It also has a VERY GOOD 'radio' (meaning it's reception is excellent) and is
>tri-mode with an extendable antenna (which some people seem not to like
>saying it's too flexible, but I find it very similar to the antennas on most
>of the other extendable antenna phones that I've had). It also has an
>external antenna jack (the LG does also) if you need that.

Is there a consensus that the radio in the T710 is better than the radio
in the T730? I am trying to determine if the T710 is more than just
T730 + camera + bluetooth.

In article <Du6dndnbwoGjYdjcRVn-iQ@comcast.com>,
Bob the Printer <bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:
>One thing I really like (but it may not be important to others) is that say
>a person calls me who is not in my phonebook, or I dial a number that is not
>in my phonebook. Then when I hit the send key to see my call history (works
>the same on the LG) and I scroll to that number and put it in my phonebook
>and give it a name, then after that when I hit the send button to look at
>the call history, the name that I gave the particular number shows up. On
>the VX6000 it will still only show the original number and not the name I
>gave it when I stored it to the phonebook. This is a nice 'touch' in my
>opinion and the V710 has many many other things that make it's ergonomics
>excellent. For instance you can re-order the items on the main menu so that
>the most important things to you are near the top. You can also customize
>the 'home keys' to your liking.

The phonebook and home-key ordering features you mention were also in the
T720/T730.

>It also has a VERY GOOD 'radio' (meaning it's reception is excellent) and is
>tri-mode with an extendable antenna (which some people seem not to like
>saying it's too flexible, but I find it very similar to the antennas on most
>of the other extendable antenna phones that I've had). It also has an
>external antenna jack (the LG does also) if you need that.

Is there a consensus that the radio in the T710 is better than the radio
in the T730? I am trying to determine if the T710 is more than just
T730 + camera + bluetooth.