Which Phone Would You Choose?

I was originally looking to go with Verizon and the LG VX6000 or the 4400B.
For some reason, Cingular doesn't want me to leave them <grin>.

I called my local Cingular guy and he recommended:

Nokia 3595
Motorola 720
LG 4010
LG 4050

Nothing personal to him, but I would take the word of this newsgroup over a
sales rep. I would appreciate any feedback on which phones are good
(included ones not listed here) and which ones to stay away from.

Thanks for your suggestions.

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"Mark1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I was originally looking to go with Verizon and the LG VX6000 or the
4400B.
> For some reason, Cingular doesn't want me to leave them <grin>.
>
> I called my local Cingular guy and he recommended:
>
> Nokia 3595
> Motorola 720
> LG 4010
> LG 4050
>
> Nothing personal to him, but I would take the word of this newsgroup over
a
> sales rep. I would appreciate any feedback on which phones are good
> (included ones not listed here) and which ones to stay away from.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
>

According to people on other boards, the T720 is a NIGHTMARE, but that is
also the CDMA version.

"Jason Cothran" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Mark1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I was originally looking to go with Verizon and the LG VX6000 or the
> 4400B.
> > For some reason, Cingular doesn't want me to leave them <grin>.
> >
> > I called my local Cingular guy and he recommended:
> >
> > Nokia 3595
> > Motorola 720
> > LG 4010
> > LG 4050
> >
> > Nothing personal to him, but I would take the word of this newsgroup
over
> a
> > sales rep. I would appreciate any feedback on which phones are good
> > (included ones not listed here) and which ones to stay away from.
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestions.
> >
> >
>
> According to people on other boards, the T720 is a NIGHTMARE, but that is
> also the CDMA version.

Ditto for the GSM version. POS. On top of the physical issues, I
personally don't care for Motorola's menu system either.


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"Mark1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I was originally looking to go with Verizon and the LG VX6000 or the
4400B.
> For some reason, Cingular doesn't want me to leave them <grin>.
>
> I called my local Cingular guy and he recommended:
>
> Nokia 3595

Delicate construction on the side of the display bothers me (light pressure
makes it flicker). The quality of the color display is probably the worst I
have ever seen. The polyphonic ringtones are only 4 or 8 sounds at once
(forget which for that model), vs 24 on my Ericsson t300 (which has its own
issues, but serviceable). The quality of the sounds are not so great
either. Overall very little going for it feature-wise, but good reception.

> Motorola 720

See other posts.

> LG 4010
> LG 4050

LG used to make total crap, but some models are nice. I would say those are
worth going to see in person and playing with.

>
> Nothing personal to him, but I would take the word of this newsgroup over
a
> sales rep. I would appreciate any feedback on which phones are good
> (included ones not listed here) and which ones to stay away from.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.

My choice would be either a t610/t226 (really cool fun features), or one of
the new fold-up Samsung models (typically reliable phones with great
reception).


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