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My POS Motorola flip phone just died, it won't turn on and it won't charge. The previous one the antenna broke off. The Nokia I had before that sucked.
I guess I should go to Consumer Reports, but I don't have a membership. So, what is a bomber cellie? All I want is durability, good battery life and decent reception. Ability to answer it with gloves on is a plus. Don't care about cameras, games, any extra shit like that.
Thanks.
Here's the latest in Czech engineering.
heh, that actually looks like a sorta cool phone, but I don't think it will fit in my jacket pocket too well.
Ice,Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
What service are you using? I used to be in the business and can help, just got deaf mom and gaper dad set up on cell phones that do what they need too, and got em a freaking awesome price.
PM me with details and I can shop for ya. We get some kind of consumer reports here, like a mobile planet or wireless something or other.
Sound like you had the Moto V60 flip, as I had all the same problems as you described.
Buzz
Then I have no information to offer you. I'm a full-on cell phone gizmo geek. The more crap the better. My ideal phone would include camera, mp3 player, email client, web browser and prostate massager. If it can make phone calls too... that's a bonus.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
I'm flying to London tomorrow to kick Roo's ass and take his Nokia 6630.
i had my motorola star-tac for 4 years....dropped it alot from heights of like 10 feet....got reception in subway tunnels and long car tunnes....worked in all basements....
totally outperformed all my friends new 300 dollar phones and mine was like 30 bucks...buy one online...
but then i lost it in the snow, so now i have a samsung...works good, but not as well as my old bomber star-tac
Audiovox SMT5600
http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/audiov...smartphone.htm
Buzz, I had AT&T, but my contract's up, I can do whatever. My wife's on Verizon, I guess that would be one less bill to pay if I went that way, but it doesn't really matter.
If you go Verizon, you get In-Call network minutes. Basically you can call anyone else on Verizon for FREE ANYTIME!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Mom, dad, brother, brothers wife, Me, Mrs. Buzz, 2P, Mrs. 2P, Flykdog, Lumpy, AC, Logan Andy, Telephil, ...................... lots of maggots and friends all on Verizon and I can call for free anytime anywhere!!!
Would make it easier to go to same carrier.
Need info on what plan you need, minute usage.... I was on a 800 minute plan without IN Call and now that I have IN Call, I am down to the 400 minute plan, 39.99.
Getting links to plans and phones that would be good.
America's Choice Plans:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/s...Sort&catId=323
Phones: If I were to pick, I would go with the MOTO, parents just got the Samsung and it is loud, speakerphone, voicedial and they all have picture shit anymore for a decent phone :rolleyes: :
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller
It's the same on ATT/Cingular now... call all cingular/att customers for free anytime blahblahetc. Plus you get rollover minutes. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
I would NEVER be able to figure out a quarter of the features that phone has. Basically I'm looking for a brick that I can get calls on.Quote:
Originally Posted by joshbu
Buzz, I hardly use the thing. I'm home most of the time, the cell stays turned off for days at a time (which is why calls don't get returned promptly as Woodsy and Jared can attest). 400 minutes a month would be plenty fer shur. Maybe I can piggyback on my wife's contract somehow....?
I know nothing.
Yeah, but Verizon works everywhere! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by backpack
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Originally Posted by iceman
Yes, you can do an add a phone to her account and you share minutes. It is the Family Share accounts, again, what my parents have.
Getting plans.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/s...tail&catId=323
Find out what she uses, get one plan up and you are set, go two year agreemtent to get better price on phone, 2 years is up quick, and I used to work for Verizon so if you ever have something screwed up, let me know and I will give you the tricks to fix it. :the_finge
Heading home, pm me or post up and I will check back.
Thanks for your help, Buzz. No hurry.
Just my experience, but I switched from Verizon to AT&T. In the area of SF I live in, Verizon gets shit to no coverage while AT&T works really well. I also like the Nokia 3100 I have now way better than the POS goddamn 20 minute battery Motorola Flip phone (the first color one they ever made) I had on verizon. that piece of shit could not have been worse :cussing:
Buzz, I have the V60 flip and it friggin sucks. Id love to find a new decent phone in the $50 dollar range . so if you find a decent deal on anything let me know. No pressure or anything. THanks!
duker
That's interesting Seldon, I did the opposite and never regretted it. With Verizon in Tahoe, I get coverage EVERYWHERE. I even got coverage 5 minutes out of Black Rock City in Gerlach, NV. Other places I can vouch for include 90% of the Big Island, All of O`ahu, Most of Lana`i and Maui, Pittsburgh, All of SFO and places in between it and Tahoe, Whistler, Portland and Seattle, and Most of I5, oh yeah, and Mt. Shasta as well. Sucked at Bachelor, but who the hell wants to ski there on purpose anyway?
Ice - I just bought the cheapest Verizon, $179 with no contract renewal, no camera, basically a brick that takes and makes calls. If you're interested, I can get the model #, it's a Nokia, though...
LG VX4400B.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
can dial with patrol gloves, answer is by flip.
you won't be sorry.
Except where I want it to work, where it sucks assQuote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
I have a Motorola 120e that works with Verizon, anybody can have it if they pay for the shipping. It works fine but Ij ust got a credit for a free phone I'm going to use.
It has GPS on it so rescue people can find you in the backcountry, which is cool. That feature doesn't work everywhere though.
Just to make things even more confusing, T-Mobile works best at mammoth. I have friends with sprint and at&t that needed to borrow my cell phone because they got no reception.
tech talk biatch, dang that felt good to say for the first time now i know how you guys feel all the time. I like it.
LG's are decent, but they get shitty reception. My Sony Ericson T616 gets outrageous reception, compared to other people with the same service and different phones. If you're going to go with AT&T/Cingular, sign up with Cingular, as every single person who answers the phone at AT&T must have had Advanced Asshole Training.
T-Mobile is usually cheapest and won awards for both customer service and coverage this year. They'll only hold you hostage for a year. Plus, since you do go overseas from time to time, a t-mobile phone will work everywhere without mods or bs because it is GSM.
If I worked for T-Mobile, I couldn't tell you so. However, regardless of where I work, I am telling the truth.
Does nobody use Nextel??
Got the Motorola i730 - full function sans camera. All incoming free, all 2-way free.
Durability issues? http://nextelonline.nextel.com/websa...ll/i530y_s.gif
edit: The i530: The KevGlove version of a cellphone.
LG TM510 (Verizon, ebay $75, no frilly bomber flip phone with outstanding reception and manual tower select (ask me how), also other CDMA carriers. CDMA/AMPS triband) model is TP510 for Sprint.
LG makes a good phone IMO.
Motorola Startachs are bomber too.
Do not buy a Ericson T62u no matter how much the trimode quadband attracts you. It's a shitty phone.
I have a Motorola V60 you can have.
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Originally Posted by EPSkis
I have to for work and I hate it. That phone is uber bomber, the non-flip version even more so, it's actually made to a military spec. The nextel text messaging sux so bad it hurts.
DO NOT buy a Siemens (c61) - biggest piece of shit I've ever owned. (I swear to God they're making phones more and more cheaply to encourage folks to rebuy w/in a year.) My old Nokia was bomber, almost the size of a hoagie ;) , but a fucking tank.
This one looks pretty sweet. No MP3 player, camera, etc. Just a phone.
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/April2003/Brick.jpg
heh
That phone was entirely too sparkly and bling for me. I prefer something a bit more rugged that I can just chuck in my pocket with a bunch of keys. I put it up on ebay and some dude gave me $900 for it. That pays for my lift tickets for the whole forthcoming season.Quote:
Originally Posted by jibij
I have Verizon and use an LG VX6100 - Meh! IIt's kinda crappy.
If I could have ANY phone, I'd go with the new Motorola MotoRazor V3:
http://www.wirefly.com/images/phones..._razorv3_l.jpg
Super thin and all metal body = slick and durable.
Electro-luminescent keypad for the extra bling factor.
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Originally Posted by snow_slider
My old man just got one last week, pretty nice phone. Tough to dial without looking at the keys though.
That Nokia 6630 was pretty tough to dial without staring at the keypad. I tried to dial a friend's number and miskeyed one numeral. I got through to what sounded like a completely wacko who kept repeated "WHOOOOOO?". I hung up.
She phoned me back three times. I didn't answer any of these times, terminating the call. I called my mate and by the time I'd got off the phone, she'd called again.
I didn't think much more of this until later that evening when I was driving back from a meal with Mrs Roo, and my phone went. It rang off before she could answer it for me, so she called the number back.
"Hi, were you trying to get in touch with Roo?"
"WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE YOU? WHOOOO?"
Mrs Roo hangs up. "Who was that fruitcake?" I explain.
A minute late we get a text message: "im soz but the man on this phone keeps ringing me all day"
I send one back "I misdialled a friend's number ONCE and you've called me back at least five times. Stop it. Now."
To which I get "how abou u fuck off u cunt"
Classy.
If you've got nothing better to do today or merely want a bit of fun, please feel free to call +44 7745 736 885 and try to sell her an LS900 or something. Do bar your number ID first though. ;)
That was totally the phone's fault.
I couldn't find the "Bar All Mentalists" menu. Poor product design.
i have a nokia 5150 or something. it's not a flip phone, and it doesn't have a color screen, which makes it durable and the battery lasts for a good long time. the only feature besides phone calls and text messaging is that you can open beer bottles with it. i have thrashed mine and not damaged it, except the last phone i had, which i smashed with an ice tool upon recieving a phone bill with some high roaming charges. i can operate when gloved or drunk.
seriously, screw these flimsy little flip phones, you can't open beers with them or throw them at things when angry.