I was with verizon for three years or so, i decided to go with suncom for a number of reasons. first off the rates were better. as i looked into it i saw they had merged with t-mobile.i know out west they have been a carrier for a long time and have good customer service and signal. i would say that suncom has as good of a signal as verizon in my area
The good: It looks gorgeous and feels very comfortable in your hand. It is easy to navigate its music features work very well. It is durable and it doesn't scratch easily.<p/>The bad: It is slightly harder to open than most flip-phones but once you get used to it is becomes just as easy.<p/>Summary: This phone is very pretty and is one of the few phones that comes in purple. Everyone I know who has it loves it and I do as well. The phone is wonderful and I highly recommend it. Those I know who have had it longer than me have not had any problems.
The good: MotoL2 is:<br>slim<br>light<br>Fast startup/shutdown<br>more than enough memory<br>excellent screen resolution<br>extremely durable<br>fake your friends into thinking its a Slvr.<br>throwable<br>battery is light<br>excellent battery life<br>phone rarely "lags"<p/>The bad: there really is no camera!<br>videos with good quality (via Bluetooth)are deemed too big for playing.<br>faceplates are hard to come by. Slvr faceplates dont fit at all.<br>Volume button is reduced to only 1 button, unlike the standard 2-buttoned volume option which is part of the SLVR.<p/>Summary: I really LOVE this phone. It's almost magical. When I first got this cellphone, I remember saying "woah, that's sexy." I read that cingular (at the time) sold these babies as go phones in Japan to kinda show them how cool a SLVR was. One thing that I really thought was funny was how the Motorola "M" on the top was a sticker, and you can flip it around so it looks like a "W". I think that was my favorite feature. The keys are plastic, but everything else is metal, so I'm happy. If I had the chance to get another one, I would get 5 more!!!<br><br>one thing that I really like about the L2 is that even if you drop it, it won't break. sure, it may fall apart from battery, back case, and the phone, but just turn it back on! It'll still work. if you drop it and things dont come apart, don't worry either! it reloads itself. things dont get erased, so i'm always not afraid to "drop" the fone. I think i'm rambling on again. I'll stop here. Just, if you get the chance to buy this phone on ebay or some other place, do it! you really WONT be disapointed. seriously. 1000 points out of 100. thats how awesome this thing is.
The good: Love the purple color, very easy to handle soft to the touch , nice size screen, easy to read touch pads,crome finish on the trim adds class, excellent clairty, no dropped calls, good speaker phone quality, camera ok<p/>The bad: No flash on the camera not a big deal<p/>Summary: I love this phone! Finally a phone I can enjoy using. I had a LG and could not talk without dropping a call. This phone has it all, the purple is elegent it has a nice soft feel to the hand and good size. Bright screens and back lite keypad ,clear voice quality and no ecko when you talk add to it's class. Camera is OK. Great phone for the price whatever your needs. Very impressive I highly recommend it and love everything about it.<br>Thank you Motorola!
The good: A good, cheap alternative for good, basic service<p/>The bad: Doesn't have all the bells and whistles that a technie would like to have.<p/>Summary: Pardon my rambling and "stream of consciousness" in writing this review.<br><br>Way back I got a TracFone analog phone...then got it changed to a different phone with digital service with voicemail. They were unable to port in the old number. I went from a Verizon provider to Cingular (now ATT). According to Consumer Reports, Verizon has one of the better cell networks. It depends on which part of the US you call home as to who is the best provider for avoiding dropped calls.<br><br>If you talk less than 100 minutes per month and only use the phone rarely, go with TracFone. <br><br>I gave my digital TracFone to my 90 y.o. mother. She carries it around with her for emergencies in a Zip Lock bag. Usually, she hands it to someone else and asks them to turn it on and help her with it if she needs a call.<br><br>While a German exchange student was living with me I got him a Net10 phone. It was free with the minutes. It worked well. He also called Germany on the phone at 15 cents/minute. It was a great deal for 3 months of service. After he finished with the phone, I took his Net10 phone for my use and gave the spare TracFone to my mother. (see other comment)<br><br>If you're going to talk over 450 minutes per month, go with a standard, post-paid cell phone provider, not prepaid; however, if you're talking between 100-450 minutes per month, the Net10 works well and is probably cheaper. Plus your minutes and due dates roll over. <br><br>I'm still using my ancient Nokia 1100. It works like a charm. I live in Tidewater, Virginia. My phone works well in Wash. DC, NYC, Puerto Rico and many other places for only 10 cents/minute. It is digital service and I still think the provider is Cingular/ATT.<br><br>There are some "dead areas" but that's more the problem with ATT than the phone.<br><br>It's easy to add minutes to the phone. I just scroll to the Prepaid menu, punch in my password and in a few seconds Net10 forwards the minutes and new due date to my little Nokia and charges my credit card (300 minutes with 60 days of service)$30.00. They have all sorts of pricing plans; so, between Net10 and TracFone, you can figure out the best deal for your type of calling.<br><br>I've called customer service a couple of times and have had no problem with them. I'm American but I am used to dealing with foreigners. Just be patient and courteous with them and they will treat you well. Also, speak clearly and enunciated withouth yelling. Many don't understand slurred, clip American speech.<br> <br>Whenever I've had a problem, I've asked them if they could give me any extra bonus minutes for the inconvenience. They have always spotted me 20 additional minutes to my phone. Sometimes they have offered that to me without my asking. Sometimes I've asked them if they could give me any bonus minutes for the inconvenience. They always comply.<br><br>My little phone is very basic...but I have a land line at home... a phone in my classroom where I teach.
The good: It's a phone<p/>The bad: Doesn't take good pics, always has a malfunction even if u replace it<p/>Summary: Ok so i got the nokia 6103 for my 1st phone it was ok it worked well a couple months later my volume button didnt work, if i went 2 fast through the menu the phone would freeze and i'd have to turn it off so i called t-mobile and got a replacement one which was a horrible mistake this second one did the same it froze one time i was just playing my ringtones and it froze then it started making a weird noise and it started deleting my ringtones on its own i turned the phone off and the tones all came back then a couple weeks ago im sitting in my english class and i feel something hot in my pocket i take out my phone and its super hot i didnt know what to do so i turned it off and it cooled down i was lucky it didnt burst in flames a week later i calle dup t-mobile told them my problem they told me my warranty ended so i hung up next day went out and bought the samsung blast and im really happy with it i dont have to worry about it freezing up or bursting in flames<br>
The good: it fits in your pocket really well and it's easy to use. It has a perfect size and plays music perfectly through a really small speaker.<p/>The bad: You have to keep it charged frequently and it loads kinda slow sometimes.<p/>Summary: Overall its a great phone for anyone. If you don't have an iPod you can use this to play your music and awake to it with an alarm! It's truly a well built phone. If anything, you kinda get tired of it after a while, but its still awesome.
The good: Slim, stylish and has a lot of features. Nice displays and graphics. Great camera phone for close shots in the day light.<p/>The bad: Bad reception when moving around. The phone takes too long to boot up all preloaded software after turning the phone on. Some times the keypad is slow to respond too. Battery life is not that long even on standby.<p/>Summary: If I had to do it again, I would not buy another one. There is too much competition out there.
My name is Alyssa and I am a proud US Cellular associate. I have spent half the night reading these 50/50 reviews of either horrible or great... I love the company I work for and I loved it before I worked there. I am sorry if some of you had a bad experience, and I was pleases to see some people with a great one. But if anyone is in the Fond du Lac, WI area and wants to stop by our retail location by at 842 W. Johnson St. me either me or any of our associates would be more than happy to help you out and turn your bad experience around or keep your great experience going!
The good: Great Keyboard, Lightweight, voice recording, 2.0 camera & video, larger screen than orignal enV<p/>The bad: External screen has no left or right buttons<p/>Summary: Overall, this phone is wonderful. It is much more advanced than the original enV, with a larger interior screen, lighter weight, and much more pocket-friendly! <br><br>I would recommend this phone for any person who would appreciate all of its wonderful features!
The good: touch screen, qwerty keyboard, html browser, vcast<p/>The bad: touch screen unresponsive (rarely)<p/>Summary: If you were like me trying to figure out if you should get the Glyde or the Voyager take my advice and get the Glyde. The glyde basically took the voyager and fixed all of its problems. The Glyde is also pocket-friendly, unlike the voyager. If your a heavy texter the keypad is great for fast messages.
The good: Fast texting, call clarity, good internet.<p/>The bad: The screen connectors wear out easily, so it has about a year's worth of usage.<p/>Summary: I am currently on my third model of this phone, and it's time for a new one. I got the Strobe on September 20, 2006. I'm sixteen years old, so you can imagine my delight with the Qwerty keyboard, fast texting, call clarity, internet access, etc. This phone was my pride and joy... until May rolled around. The screens stopped "talking to each other", and they both appeared blue, with no display. My mother is a technician, and the technical manager of a company who works on cell phones, towers that provide signals, etc. She looked at the phone, and then said that the connector between the screens was poor and had come loose. I got a new phone, of the same model, thinking maybe the first was just from wear-and-tear and poor handling of the phone. In July 2007, however, I dropped the phone in my pool. It was underwater for literally a second or two, and the battery quit working, and the battery wouldnt hold a charge. I got my third model of the Strobe, that month, and by May 2008, the screens stopped working again. This phone provides anywhere between 8 to 12 months of use. While I can still make calls, I can no longer see the display.<br>This phone is very convenient, but it's not worth it's short life.
The good: Great phones, and great service.<p/>The bad: The cell phones are a little bit on the expensive side, unless you get an upgrade or buy it with a contract.<p/>Summary: I've had this service since october of '07.I had bought the enV with my two year contract, and I love it.Now, however it is june of '08 and I feel it is time to upgrade.I am going to purchase the samsung glyde very soon.I get service pretty much everywhere, including my beach house in angola.I have family that has sprint, and they don't get very good service, they also rome alot.I have had blue wireless, and cingular in the past, and so far verizon is my by far favorite.I would deffinitly reccomend verizon wireless to anyone who wants a great phone selection, and awesome service.
The good: QWERTY keyboard and touch screen. Lightweight and easy to use.<p/>The bad: Not much.<p/>Summary: The LG Vu is a really cool fone with a QWERTY keyboard and a touch screen. Its Awsome.<br>
The good: Helpful customer service reps. Eager to please. Great selection of phones. Reasonably priced plans with awesome features. Other carriers charge way more for the same thing. Great value for the money. Love the "Everything" plan--<p/>The bad: Can be on hold longer than I want for customer service...not exclusive to Sprint/Nextel.<p/>Summary: I've been with Sprint for 10+ years. They value my patronage by treating me well. Great perks. They go the extra mile to keep me happy. People shouldn't get on the band wagon and bad mouth them. They do try to get things fixed. It pays to not be a frequent switcher.
The good: small<br>compact<br>comfortable to text on<br>speakers are very loud and very clear<br>loud speaker when talking on the phone<br>amazing screen res<br><p/>The bad: I honestly cant think of a single con.<br><p/>Summary: This phone is absolutely incredible. i love everything about it. i got it in the mail this morning and have been useing it non stop ever since. i thought the small front screen would be a problem, but i dont mind it one bit. the only thing ive used it for was seeing who i had an incoming call from. i dont even see why you would rely on the smaller external screen and front keypad if you have a bigger internal screen and full QWERTY keypad inside. overall, amazing phone. the QWERTY is a little strange to me but thats only because this is the first phone i've had with one. its easy to get used to though.<br><br>without a doubt i recomend this phone to everyone!!!
The good: It has speaker phone, takes great pictures and has push to talk<p/>The bad: Doesnt have good ringtones and cant take a pictue with the phone closed<p/>Summary: I have had this phone for more than a year and its great. I use it mostly for talking. It is good for first time users.
The good: everything is great about this phone!!!!!!!!!!!!<p/>The bad: i wish it was a slider and in red<p/>Summary: Tthis phone is amazing! I think that every one in the world should buy it.when you take pictures they come out so amazing!this is just the best phone ever!!!!!
The good: Cheap, small, no external caller id<p/>The bad: Quiet ringer, short battery life, not a lot of options, no external caller id, coverage gaps<p/>Summary: I'm currently involved in a cross-country move (from Iowa to southern Texas) and needed a number local to the area I'm moving to, so I picked up the cheapest Tracfone I could find at the Wal-Mart before heading back to Iowa to pack.<br><br>I paid approximately fifteen dollars for the phone, and I suppose I got precisely what I paid for.<br><br>I tend to be rather klutzy, so flip-phones work best for me (my first phone was a bar-phone, and I managed to shatter the screen mere days after getting it). This particular phone doesn't have an external screen for caller id or time, so it has to be opened to check that. It's added hassle, but it also means there's less to break - the reason why it's both a pro and a con.<br><br>My two main gripes about the phone are the fact that, even with the ringer turned up as loud as it can go, it's still not loud enough to wake me if I'm asleep or to catch my attention if I've got the radio on in the car and the fact that the battery will completely die on me in about twenty hours, even if no calls were placed or received.<br><br>To a lesser extent of frustration, there aren't a lot of customization options for this particular phone, meaning ringtones, screen backgrounds, etc. Not a major problem, sure, but one that should still be kept in mind.<br><br>Probably the most important of the cons is the fact that it doesn't receive a signal in areas where other phones show at least partial strength. This is a particular issue when in rural areas or when in large buildings (for example, a casino my friends and I often meet up at shows half-strength signals on their phones - everyone has different makes/models/carriers - but this phone shows no service at all once inside).<br><br>On the upside, it is a cute, lightweight little phone and would probably be a good option for children and teens, especially since it's so inexpensive.<br><br>Overall, I'd say that it's serving the function for which it was purchased - a stopgap until I can finish moving - but I already plan to replace it with something louder and that can go longer without needing charged once I'm moved.
The good: Fantastic reception*; competitive pricing; most of the features I want; Service generally good; Reception map online!<p/>The bad: Data plans are costly; Reception depends on where you live; website slow and clunky<p/>Summary: Reception where I live is fantastic (although down the hill it is horrible for almost any carrier) so I rely on my cell as the primary phone @ home and work. A few dead spots out in the country in Monterey county, and almost none in the Silicon Valley area. Their myFavs plans are pretty decently priced;considering Alltel doesn't have service here, they're best "circle" plan I know of in CA. Although customer service over the phone has generally been great, their website is is always slow and half the features don't work on it. Very difficult to manage my account online. Additionally, their selection of phones is a bit lacking compared to other carriers. Being a GSM network is a huge counter to this however, as most 1900mHz GSM phones work great on the T-Mobile network. Bottom line: if you get good coverage in your area (they have free coverage maps on their website! What a novel idea!), then I recommend them.
