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missy
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:07 pm Posts: 2725 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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 Recommend a good cell phone (specifically verizon)
my phone died unexpectedly & i'm outside of my warranty. its actually cheaper for me to just get a new one than bother replacing or fixing mine...so:
what's the cool phone these days? (don't say iphone. i know. i want it too..but all in due time, after some bugs are fixed)
I was thinking of getting a razr or Krazr (don't laugh) any experience w/ these? thoughts? i dont' think I like the buttons.
I need something that takes decent photos, has a lot of memory & i guess some bells & whistles won't hurt. I don't really do music or games on my phone that much, but i guess if i had one that did it, i wouldn't mind. suggestions?
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:08 am |
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Dean
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Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:53 pm Posts: 6232 Location: 415
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Seems Nokia has the best general reputation for Verizon-compatible phones. I intentionally use the most basic Nokia phone there is so I'm not qualified to specify a model with a camera, but maybe a trustworthy tech review site like CNET could help.
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:28 am |
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jebcrow
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the nokia n95 is really good....
5megapixel camera & lotsa memory...
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:43 am |
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Hank
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Joined: Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:12 pm Posts: 4260 Location: Arizona
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I have a blackberry 8703e, and it's awesome. The just released the 8330, which is the newer version of my phone. It has a camera, web, email. You can be on SB all day!! haha But it gets insane service all over the US and works really well. It doesn't place music I think. It's pretty thin, but it's to box like for some people. I'd say go to a Verizon store and check it out, I'm really happy with mine.
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:42 pm |
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missy
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:07 pm Posts: 2725 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Darth Hank wrote: I have a blackberry 8703e, and it's awesome. The just released the 8330, which is the newer version of my phone. It has a camera, web, email. You can be on SB all day!! haha But it gets insane service all over the US and works really well. It doesn't place music I think. It's pretty thin, but it's to box like for some people. I'd say go to a Verizon store and check it out, I'm really happy with mine.
yeah i like them to be little. i am a girl, so i already carry 10 lbs of stuff with me at all times. a tiny phone is critical. haha.
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:46 pm |
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missy
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:07 pm Posts: 2725 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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does anyone have a chocolate? don't make fun of me: i want this:

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lgcolddrink
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Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:32 am Posts: 962 Location: Houston
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I have a Razr from Verizon. It is a pretty good phone. No real problems whatsoever. The camera takes decent pics and video. I have a buddy who has the chocolate. It is pretty slick, but for me I have to have a phone that closes better (flip) or I will be calling people all day long from my pocket. Plus since it will be in a purse I would imagine the screen may get pretty beat up on the Chocolate unless you have a case.
My biggest complaint about any of them is Verizon itself. They like to water down all of their phones so you can't use the built in features and instead have to pay them.
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gatchabert
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:41 pm Posts: 6389 Location: 415
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A friend of mine has the Chovolate. He's very happy with it and that's a pretty big deal considering he's such a Sony fan-boy. I asked him about Sony Ericsson phones. He says they're good (I agree) but he really likes his Chocolate. I have the Motorola Razr...I wouldn't buy it again. For a while, it wasn't reading my sim card so I switched back to my old Ericsson T616. If you've been on the same plan for a while now, they should give you a discount on upgrading your phone. If you want a phone with lost of space, then you're looking at one which can take some sort of SD card. Chocolate can take a 4gb micro SD. You can get SD cards at some place like http://www.newegg.com instead of going to BestBuy. Me personally, I'd get a clam-shell over a candybar.
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bansheebot
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I've got an LG VX8600 with Verizon service. No complaints whatsoever.
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meary
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missy wrote: does anyone have a chocolate? don't make fun of me: i want this: 
I have it (in black) and I'm happy with it. The touch controls take a little getting used to and I don't use any of the music features but it has worked well for me.
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:58 pm |
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lurker
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Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:22 pm Posts: 3696 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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don't buy a rzr crazr or any of those motorola shits.
i just got the samsung u740 in black for verizon.
amaze your friends with the flippy landscape and regular flipping mode.
I love the full QUERTY keyboard.
the phone is thin as hell. i like samsungs.

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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:17 pm |
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devilboy
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missy wrote: does anyone have a chocolate? don't make fun of me: i want this: 
this phone is garbage and so is verizon (at least for ma/ct users). i just went out at lunch today with a friend who had this phone and it broke. there is only a touchscreen "send" so he could dial phone numbers but couldn't actually call them. verizon refused to give him a free phone since his contract wasn't up until next year and the phone was no longer covered. buyer beware...and take this with a grain of salt coming from a guy who doesn't even own a cell.
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Pogue
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your man friend had a pink phone?
did you guys go buy the new Britney album together?
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tavaro
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Joined: Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:25 pm Posts: 3165 Location: L.A.
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devilboy wrote: missy wrote: does anyone have a chocolate? don't make fun of me: i want this:  this phone is garbage and so is verizon (at least for ma/ct users). i just went out at lunch today with a friend who had this phone and it broke. there is only a touchscreen "send" so he could dial phone numbers but couldn't actually call them. verizon refused to give him a free phone since his contract wasn't up until next year and the phone was no longer covered. buyer beware...and take this with a grain of salt coming from a guy who doesn't even own a cell.
I own a chocolate
The keypad is very small for txt messaging. and dialing numbers is a pain. I never use the music app and it was a pain in the ass anyways.. it would jumble all my music up and even though they were is seperate folders (took forever to upload and organize) they still would be all out of order, I could not fix this.
The sound quality is okay, better than any razors or krazors or whatever..
The phone is a gimmick an I wish I would have gone with another model, I have the 1st version, so maybe bugs have been fixed.
I like verizon and LG makes great products, but this seems to be the device that tries to do too many things, but does none of them very well.
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Pogue
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audiodifficulties wrote: Choclates come in several colors, including choclate. Pogue wrote: your man friend had a pink phone?
did you guys go buy the new Britney album together?
oh, I don't know much about phones.
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audiodifficulties
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Choclates come in several colors, including choclate.
Pogue wrote: your man friend had a pink phone?
did you guys go buy the new Britney album together?
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Pogue
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wtf happened? I quoted you before you posted.
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INV2
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I really like my LG EnV, excellent phone. I hate talking on phones, but I do like text messaging, it works extremely well for that purpose. It has superb reception too (if talking on a cell phone is important to you). I have encoded video to it as well, and it plays mp3s instead of whatever proprietary files Verizon likes to push on people.
I also like the Samsung u740, I give that a +2.
The Krazr is crap, avoid it.
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Locomoco
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Pogue wrote: your man friend had a pink phone?
did you guys go buy the new Britney album together?
OMG... is it out? 
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locomoto566
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Pogue wrote: wtf happened? I quoted you before you posted.
How the fuck did that happen?! You did read his post first, yeah? 
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liquidsky
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Pogue wrote: wtf happened? I quoted you before you posted.
The Commodore64, that drives this website, hiccuped....
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Pogue
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at least they have the tape drive for backup
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That or we reached the end of the internet and met each other on the way back.
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missy
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Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:07 pm Posts: 2725 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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i got the chocolate (th enew model, all the reps told me the old one sucks but they haven't seen problems w/ this one)--skylar got one too. so if it sucks, no one will ever be able to call either of us again. haha. it looks cool t hough. its my "i can't afford an iphone" consolation prize.
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| Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:38 pm |
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devilboy
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Pogue wrote: your man friend had a pink phone?
did you guys go buy the new Britney album together?
his was black...only the single is out now... 
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