Cell Phone Headaches

[SeaCat]

My wife and I stopped in the local shop for our cell phone carrier. We wanted some help with a problem with her phone and maybe just look at what's out there for new phones.

It turns out that her phone is in trouble. The battery has been damaged by over charging. (The Tech stated the phone should only be charged for roughly four hours. The manual states that the phone can be charged for eight hours. Maybe they should have mentioned this when they figured it out?)

Then it turns out our plan had actually ended about two months ago. (You think they might have mentioned this?) Well when the salesman heard this they went into overdrive. They were showing us every over priced unit they had. They were showing us phones that had abilities we were never going to use.

My wife and I don't want anything fancy. We have no need for so many of the options coming out.

Surf the Internet on my phone? Isn't that why I have a Laptop.

Listen to Music? Gee I have a bunch of radios.

Watch TV? Yeah right. I would need a magnifying glass to watch TV on a Postage Stamp sized screen.

Oh and they charge you extra for all of these options.

I like my old phone. It has a camera, a Calculator, a Calendar and an Alarm Clock. That's it, that's all I want or need.

(They did have a nifty little number. An LG that is armored against Dust, Shock, Vibration and water. {You can immerse it in water for up to 30 minutes without problems.})

Cat

 

[cloudy]

I love my phone, and if I'm not mistaken, they're fairly cheap now (vs. when I got mine )

I have a motorola RAZR V3i. It has a camera, an mp3 player, can take short video clips, record short audio clips, and is mega easy to use. It also has a slot for a memory card, which is wonderful. It's also slim enough to slip in the back pocket of my jeans.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

I have a Blackberry that I absolutely detest...it's my work phone, otherwise I wouldn't own a cell phone...

 

[Guest]

I love my phone, and if I'm not mistaken, they're fairly cheap now (vs. when I got mine )

I have a motorola RAZR V3i. It has a camera, an mp3 player, can take short video clips, record short audio clips, and is mega easy to use. It also has a slot for a memory card, which is wonderful. It's also slim enough to slip in the back pocket of my jeans.

We've got the same phone.

Yours is blue, mine is red.

Love it!

 

[SeaCat]

I've heard the Razr's have problems. Have you had to deal with them?

I'm kind of leaning towards the LG GZone. It isn't fancy and it's slightly on the larger side for a flip, but it is armored. Plus it's made by LG and every one o their phones I've had has been great.

Cat

 

[cloudy]

I've heard the Razr's have problems. Have you had to deal with them?

I'm kind of leaning towards the LG GZone. It isn't fancy and it's slightly on the larger side for a flip, but it is armored. Plus it's made by LG and every one o their phones I've had has been great.

Cat

I've had mine for about 8 months, or around there, and haven't had a lick of trouble with mine.

 

[Guest]

I've heard the Razr's have problems. Have you had to deal with them?

I'm kind of leaning towards the LG GZone. It isn't fancy and it's slightly on the larger side for a flip, but it is armored. Plus it's made by LG and every one o their phones I've had has been great.

Cat

No trouble with the Razr.

Our daughter has the LG - we also got one for my dad-in-law (he's on our plan for safety concerns).

She loves it - perfect for a kid - and grampa loves it because the numbers are a bit bigger to dial. He's also having fun taking pictures.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I just got an LG as a hand-me-down. It's pre-camera phone

I just barely figured out how to program numbers into it...

 

[SeaCat]

I just got an LG as a hand-me-down. It's pre-camera phone

I just barely figured out how to program numbers into it...

My favorite phone was the old Nokia Brick. It had absolutely no bells or whistles. (Hell you had to punch in the number you wanted, it didn't even have a Phone Book built in.) You just couldn't kill that phone.

It was big, it was bulky, and yet it didn't die. (I finally got rid of it when I couldn't get batteries for it.)

Cat

 

[rgraham666]

I'll get an 3rd generation iPhone in about five years when they become available second hand.

 

[glynndah]

I have a cell phone. I can't remember what kind it is, but since I've used all of 36 minutes since October, you probably don't want my opinion, anyway.

 

[The_Fool]

The RAZRs are a mixed bag. The ones that work work forever. The ones that don't die quickly. All I can say from the experience of those I know is don't buy a black one.

 

[cloudy]

The RAZRs are a mixed bag. The ones that work work forever. The ones that don't die quickly. All I can say from the experience of those I know is don't buy a black one.

Mine is the blue:

http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/80/d7/cfd1_2.JPG

but I really want the Dolce & Gabanna gold:

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/08/motorola_razr_v3i_d%26g-IMG_1529-thumb.jpg

 

[sutherngent985]

The RAZRs are a mixed bag. The ones that work work forever. The ones that don't die quickly. All I can say from the experience of those I know is don't buy a black one.

Uh oh....I think I did a baaaaaaaaaaaad thing.....

Seriously I have a black Razor...havent had any problems with in about 6 months other than the charge seems to not be as long as it should. I have a charger at home and at work so I dont usually have a problem. The same charger works on my MP3 player and my bluetooth earphone too.