Newest phone offered?

What is generally regarded as the best phone currently offerred by
Cingular?

I need to replace my phone but wanted to wait for the Nokia 5100. No
luck. Guess I'm looking at the Nokia 6200, Motorola V400, or Samsung
s307..


Suggestions / Warnings?

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"bp's no spam address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is generally regarded as the best phone currently offerred by
> Cingular?
>
> I need to replace my phone but wanted to wait for the Nokia 5100. No
> luck. Guess I'm looking at the Nokia 6200, Motorola V400, or Samsung
> s307..
>
>
> Suggestions / Warnings?
>

Why would you be holding out for the 5100? It looks like a rather flashy
phone with flashy features that won't help you much. Don't get me wrong,
I'm a HUGE Nokia fan myself. But I just paid $125 to replace a Nokia 3595
with a Motorola T720. Why would someone who hates motorola cell phones and
loves nokia cell phones DO such a crazy thing? The T720 was my wife's idea,
as that's the phone SHE wanted. But we got it as a land line replacement
when we signed up for Cingular GSM Nation service, so I've used the Mot.
T720 quite a bit. I fell in love with the thing, and I was NOT expecting
that. Before the T720, I honestly believed that all motorola cell phones
were PURE EVIL. I've had employers require me to carry numerous Motorola
cell phones in the past, and I've hated every one of them with a passion.
It had nothing to do with the fact that they were business use phones. I
found the motorola phones themselves to be EXTREMELY hard to use with poor
reception and awful sound quality. It didn't help that most of them were on
the piss-poor nextel network, but I still would have hated those motorola
phones even if they had a decent carrier behind them. But as I've been more
or less "forced" to use the T720, I've found it to be a real joy to use.
The sound quality isn't QUITE as good as any Nokia phone I've ever used.
But the ease of use, powerful features and bright, easy to read displays of
the T720 really won me over. While I love the Nokia 3595, I've found my
wife's T720 compares favorably to the Nokia 3595 in almost every area. I
believe it's worth throwing money at a T720 to upgrade from a Nok. 3595, and
that's why I did it.

I haven't tried the V400 from Motorola. Please don't buy one on my
recommendation as I still have a bad taste in my mouth regarding Motorola
products. So much so, that I wouldn't recommend any particular Motorola
product unless I tried it myself, IN SPITE OF the fact that I just paid my
good money to replace a Nokia with a Motorola T720.

But looking at your three choices . . .

Nokia 6200 . . . I love Nokia, but I know you can get better than the 6200,
as this is virtually identical to the 3595 that I chose to get rid of. Rule
this one out.

Samsung S307 . . . Samsung makes some decent low-end electronics. They
deliberately aim at the low-end market. I've purchased Samsung products in
the past, and probably will in the future. Never tried a Samsung cell
phone, but can't think of a good reason to rule it out. Before you give it
more serious consideration, make sure that the accessories are widely
available and CHEAP. With any cell phone, you will want at least a car
charger for it. Probably a carrying case of some kind (leather pouch with
belt clip?), and possibly a desktop charger and a car kit as well. Don't
forget batteries. Keep it long enough, and you will need to replace this,
or you might want a larger capacity battery. I'd check on the availability
of ALL of that before considering Samsung *as a cell phone*.

Motorola V400 . . . I think this is probably the best of the three you
listed, but don't buy it until you hear from other users of it. Pay close
attention to what other users have to say about audio quality, reception and
ease of use, in particular, as motorola has a history of really screwing up
in these three areas, BADLY. You'll likely find accessories to be plentiful
and cheap for any motorola brand cell phone, so I don't think you should
worry about that for this particular model.

If you've ruled out the Mot. T720 for some reason, you should probably lean
toward the Mot. V400, while giving consideration to both the V400 and the
S307. -Dave

"Anon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> But looking at your three choices . . .
>
> Nokia 6200 . . . I love Nokia, but I know you can get better than the
6200,
> as this is virtually identical to the 3595 that I chose to get rid of.
Rule
> this one out.

The Nokia 6200 is a great phone. You obviously have not used one yet.

> Motorola V400 . . . I think this is probably the best of the three you
> listed, but don't buy it until you hear from other users of it. Pay close
> attention to what other users have to say about audio quality, reception
and
> ease of use, in particular, as motorola has a history of really screwing
up
> in these three areas, BADLY. You'll likely find accessories to be
plentiful

.... you will not have the problems with a Nokia 6200. Ask me how I know...

> and cheap for any motorola brand cell phone, so I don't think you should
> worry about that for this particular model.
>
> If you've ruled out the Mot. T720 for some reason, you should probably
lean
> toward the Mot. V400, while giving consideration to both the V400 and the
> S307. -Dave

> > Nokia 6200 . . . I love Nokia, but I know you can get better than the
> 6200,
> > as this is virtually identical to the 3595 that I chose to get rid of.
> Rule
> > this one out.
>
> The Nokia 6200 is a great phone. You obviously have not used one yet.
>

I don't think you read my post carefully enough. There's no doubt in my
mind that the Nokia 6200 is a great phone. I say that based on having owned
many Nokia cell phones in the past. Even if it was only as good as the
Nokia 3595 (with the same features, BTW), the Nokia 6200 would have to be a
great phone.

I'd STILL recommend crossing it off the list for Cingular use though. There
are better phones for Cingular use, sold by Cingular, for virtually the same
amount of money. The only argument in favor of the 6200 would be that it
likely has the best audio quality (both ways) of any phone Cingular offers.
So if you absolutely must have the best audio quality, go for the
200. -Dave

>The Nokia 6200 is a great phone. You obviously have not used one yet.

I make from 48 to 60 calls every night with a 6200 and it is a great phone. I
like the way it handles, the screen is easilyreadable and the battery sometimes
lasts between 2 and 3 days (I sometimes have to plug it into the CLA to
recharge it on the 3rd day).

>... you will not have the problems with a Nokia 6200. Ask me how I know...
>

How do you know?


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"John S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >The Nokia 6200 is a great phone. You obviously have not used one yet.
>
> I make from 48 to 60 calls every night with a 6200 and it is a great
phone. I
> like the way it handles, the screen is easilyreadable and the battery
sometimes
> lasts between 2 and 3 days (I sometimes have to plug it into the CLA to
> recharge it on the 3rd day).
>
> >... you will not have the problems with a Nokia 6200. Ask me how I
know...
> >
>
> How do you know?

I returned a V400 and replaced it with a Nokia 6200. The V phone just was
not as good as I expected - mainly signal and voice quality (also useability
to a lesser extent). So, I went back to the king of cell phones - Nokia.

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Anon wrote:

>
> "bp's no spam address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > I need to replace my phone but wanted to wait for the Nokia 5100. No
> > luck. Guess I'm looking at the Nokia 6200, Motorola V400, or Samsung
> > s307..
> Why would you be holding out for the 5100? It looks like a rather flashy
> phone with flashy features that won't help you much. Don't get me wrong,
> I'm a HUGE Nokia fan myself. But I just paid $125 to replace a Nokia 3595

I liked the 5100 not because of the useless calorie counter, flashlight
etc but because it's the only phone that advertises resistance to water.
I'm always around water and am looking for a durable phone *without* a
camera. (I work in an R&D lab, no cameras. But I need a phone).


eBay seems to have all the accessories I'd want for the S307. Anyone
currently using the S307?


Anyone have experience with the V400?


I guess I'd also like some PC connectivity too, perhaps to manage my
contacts better like I did with my old Nokia phone and the Linux app
Gnoki