Comments | cthulhie: Help finding a new phone?

cthulhie

Help finding a new phone?

Jan 25, 2009 10:37

So I've become fed up with my awful phone. I thought I could make it through the 2-year contract with T-Mobile (with whom I'm satisfied as a carrier) and get rid of my piece-of-crap Nokia Music XPress, but I don't think I can make it another 8 months. It's a bad music player, has horrible battery life, poor call quality, bad ergonomics... ( Read more... )

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sydzg January 25 2009, 17:00:43 UTC

I don't have T-Mobile, so I can't help there, and I've come to really prefer sliders to clamshells. But I was unhappy with my crappy old Nokia, too - its only perk was that it had an extremely strong signal/receiver and got better reception than most other phones on the network ( ... )

cthulhie January 25 2009, 17:10:56 UTC

I'm not dead-set against slider phones, but my current one is a slider and the ergonomics of it drive me crazy. You can't hold it without putting a finger on or near the antenna, and it doesn't satisfyingly wrap around your head like a clamshell. The better ones will put the mic on the bottom part of the slider, which essentially mimics the ergonomics of the candy-bar design. So it's not a big deal, but I find myself wishing for a flip or candy-bar design, which the best sliders are almost as good as ( ... )

cleversticks January 25 2009, 17:32:50 UTC

I wholeheartedly agree with your phone desires. I understand that part, or most, of the future of phones is probably in the smart phone direction, but for now it would be really nice to have a phone that's merely great to perfect at being a phone.

I'm pretty happy with my LG UX300, which is a flip phone, but I see that T-Mobile doesn't appear to carry LG phones.

You're welcome in advance for how helpful this all is.

cthulhie January 25 2009, 18:03:49 UTC

I'm thinking my next round of scouring will include unlockable phones. This is sort of problem, though, as they don't have the "fave 5" feature that's a part of our calling plan. It requires software support. Bleh. Otherwise I would just switch back to my old phone--bland but reliable. We were forced to buy new phones because of fave 5.

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carolatina January 25 2009, 17:55:38 UTC

I have T-Mobile as well, since about 2003, and am still satisfied with them. I've been using a Samsung flip phone since about 2005 that my sister passed on to me when she switched carriers, and I really like it. It was really awesome for me when I got it for its color (color!) screen, but it doesn't have a camera or receive picture messages (have to go view online when I get the text). It also seems I can't turn off the now-annoying noise it makes when you open or close it. Also, opening it automatically answers the call -- can't click "ignore" or anything. However, the battery life is still good and it gets great reception if you're not in the middle of nowhere (i.e., Groton, MA ( ... )

cthulhie January 25 2009, 17:59:56 UTC

But I often find myself in Groton! Oh no!

carolatina January 25 2009, 18:03:10 UTC

Call me! OH WAIT

zahgurim January 26 2009, 03:55:41 UTC

I have a Samsung flip phone and it's awesome. The only bad part is that it also has an mp3 player that sucks. I like my phone though. It's my second Samsung and I would buy another.