What Brand of Cell Phone is best?

purecomedy · Post by **purecomedy** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:24 pm

Just wondering if those people out there can share their opinion about what cell phone brands they like and dislike.

The Motorola W385 is a good enough phone, I'm just wondering if I should get something a little better (better screen & email capability). It costs $6 to get call display and $10 to get a package that allows more texting and web-browsing so a better phone would enable that. Hard to decide.

In my mind Motorola is the best - good reception and durable. LG and Samsung - I still view Korean stuff as cheaper electronics. Nokia and Sony I I think they are more hit and miss on some models.

I value any opinions out there. Rank Motorola, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:00 pm

I have had a couple Motorola phones over the years and never a prob,my wife and I have had V3's for over a year now and love them

ericsson is a POS imo,had two and had nothing but probs

oh ya,and I like ATT/Cingular service the best of all the ones I have had

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:11 pm

moto,
i have beat the crap out of them and they still tick. i dropped one in a puddle for over 2 hours and it turned on no issues. beaten them to peaces and they still work

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:14 pm

I love my LG phones.. best I've ever had!

MetalHead324 · Post by **MetalHead324** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:10 pm

i have had my moto for a year now, and it has taken a beating, but still works fine.

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:51 am

[sarcasm]One that doesn't ring[/sarcasm]

To me thats the most irritating thing about cellys.

So not to thread jack Motto.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:25 am

Preferred the reliability, toughness, and signal strength...of Motorola phones over the years.

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:50 am

LG & MOTO for about 6 years now and both excellent phones. I'm not into much but good "phone" service so the W385 works good. Sturdy as heck, slim with great reception and battery life. My kids have fancy Samsungs and they aren't in the same league.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:30 am

Lefty wrote:[sarcasm]One that doesn't ring[/sarcasm]

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:06 pm

Lefty wrote:[sarcasm]One that doesn't ring[/sarcasm]

To me thats the most irritating thing about cellys.

So not to thread jack Motto.

yeah I leave mine on vibrate when I'm in public, at home I turn the ringer on. But I agree I can't stand to be eating somewhere or just walking through the mall and hear several of them things going on. They only do it for attention since all of them now have vibrate.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:01 pm

Motorola and Nokia.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:02 pm

Sava700 wrote: But I agree I can't stand to be eating somewhere or just walking through the mall and hear several of them things going on. They only do it for attention since all of them now have vibrate.

no kidding ...

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:25 pm

Rivas wrote:Motorola and Nokia.

Altough I don't like Nokia trying to keep the same damn "candybar" shape for over a decade.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:28 pm

My latest is the Casio G'zOne Type-S, hands down the best phone I have ever owned. VERY tough, excellent battery life and reception, Consumer Reports rated it the best cell phone.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:08 pm

Well my LG did not seem to make it through my impromptu "washing machine" test.

I bought it because everyone at the store said it had the best reception. Checked Cnet and it said the same. Came home and noticed my buddy with an older Motorola always had better reception than me, including several places that I could not get any signal and he could have pretty much clear conversations

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:33 pm

plus with moto's depending on the model i can hook you up with crazy hacks and mods. and the greats mod fo all works on any moto. if your going tdma (gsm) there's a small edit to make it use EMR wich makes the call quality twice as good vs fmr (emr contantly sends and receives voice data where fmr sends it in packets)

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:58 pm

De Plano wrote:Well my LG did not seem to make it through my impromptu "washing machine" test.

I bought it because everyone at the store said it had the best reception. Checked Cnet and it said the same. Came home and noticed my buddy with an older Motorola always had better reception than me, including several places that I could not get any signal and he could have pretty much clear conversations

Yeah older phones have better reception than newer phones. The FCC or some other regulatory agency, made the manufactures turn down the power on the antennas to help the consumers brains from turning to mush.

I've had Motororlas, Samsungs and my latest is an LG. Each was better than the one I had before. I can't believe how long the LG lasts between charging now.

trogers · Post by **trogers** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:51 pm

The best cell phone is the no-frills, pure telephone for making and receiving calls and selling at below US$60.

All others with this or that added function are a pure waste of money.

We need to have at least VERBAL communication to maintain social ties. Not reading a bunch of crap off a 2 x 2 colour screen. Our computers are already reducing our direct interaction with people. Don't let the cell phone cut us off completely.

purecomedy · Post by **purecomedy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:38 pm

trogers wrote:The best cell phone is the no-frills, pure telephone for making and receiving calls and selling at below US$60.

All others with this or that added function are a pure waste of money.

We need to have at least VERBAL communication to maintain social ties. Not reading a bunch of crap off a 2 x 2 colour screen. Our computers are already reducing our direct interaction with people. Don't let the cell phone cut us off completely.

Yeah I'm afraid that I'm coming to the same conclusion...actually regretting huge through my 20's how I didn't keep more in touch with some friends and even extended family.

When I'm on the train going to work at 7:30 will I be phoning people to catch up no....would I maybe have time to send them a quick email....yes. I think I'll go with the basic phone and see in a year how badly I want email. I think the rub is, if I want email I want a phone with a mini keyboard not just a number pad.

purecomedy · Post by **purecomedy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:40 pm

morbidpete wrote:plus with moto's depending on the model i can hook you up with crazy hacks and mods. and the greats mod fo all works on any moto. if your going tdma (gsm) there's a small edit to make it use EMR wich makes the call quality twice as good vs fmr (emr contantly sends and receives voice data where fmr sends it in packets)

I think that I'll activate with Telus which is CDMA or something like that (not GSM). That is something I regret getting in so late in the game, I know F-all about cell phones.

I even wonder why when I buy a plan some phones are like $500 with no contract but available brand new on Ebay for $200. I'm wondering if there is some kind of catch related to needing to unlock the phone and stuff like that....or conversely if the phone is unlocked does that sometimes also mess something up.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:59 pm

purecomedy wrote:I think that I'll activate with Telus which is CDMA or something like that (not GSM). That is something I regret getting in so late in the game, I know F-all about cell phones.

I even wonder why when I buy a plan some phones are like $500 with no contract but available brand new on Ebay for $200. I'm wondering if there is some kind of catch related to needing to unlock the phone and stuff like that....or conversely if the phone is unlocked does that sometimes also mess something up.

unlcoking sometimes can cause issues. mainly with cdma phone's if you take a phone that was locked an branded for verizon. but using it on a sprint network. you most likely will only be able to place calls. no text no wap edvo or even voicemail without calling your own number untill you change the firmware or hack the firmware to sprints setup. same thing with att and tmobile swapping. with motorola phones thats not an issue cause they can be flashed with a normal usb port and software. the firmwares are everywhere

purecomedy · Post by **purecomedy** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:03 am

Sounds neat Pete.

Cellphone newb question....If I get a 2 year contract and after 1 year decide that I want a new phone can I buy another phone with a 2 year contract....how do they handle that one year I had left on the prior contract?

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:13 pm

purecomedy wrote:Sounds neat Pete.

Cellphone newb question....If I get a 2 year contract and after 1 year decide that I want a new phone can I buy another phone with a 2 year contract....how do they handle that one year I had left on the prior contract?

i know with at&t i just started the contract over.
i hade a rokr e1 and lost it. i have over a year left of my 2 year contract. i called cs to see what i could do. they let me get a new phone at the 2 year discount and just start my contract over. for me that was no problem because i love cingular/att so it was a reason not to switch lol

aarathi · Post by **aarathi** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:51 am

In my opinion Nokia is the best branded mobile phone. It has more features and are easy to use. Their body is replaceable and colors are changeable.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:50 pm

I just got an LG.

AAF Striker · Post by **AAF Striker** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:56 pm

Currently have a Blackberry Curve with AT&T and love it. I really do not know what I would do without it any more. It really is a Crackberry. It is nice to be able to so much with it.

Switched over from a Samsung A900 and Sprint in October and have not looked back since.

MetalHead324 · Post by **MetalHead324** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:11 pm

just to add to the fact that moto is best

, i saw on History Rocks the other day, that back when cell phones first came out, moto made the first actually portable phone.