09-04-2006, 12:40 PM
All I can say is Jess and I have had Verizon for the past 4 years, moved it back to here when we moved, have always used the free-with-plan phones, and haven't really had any problems. They even replaced mine for me slightly out of warranty when I jumped in Evan's pool years ago. We had the Motorola phones for 3 years, they offered us new ones when we moved, (and granfathered us in on the old and cheaper plan we had been on) now Jess has the cheapo LG flip phone and I have a tiny Nokia.
As far as "buy a phone that doesn't suck" goes... sure, paying for one gets you features, but not necessarily a more reliable or "better" phone. It might get you a better camera, or better mobile porn device, but I just want a phone. We'd get about 3-4 days between charges on the Motos, Jess gets about 5 on her LG now, and I go about a week! I've already dropped mine out of my shirt pocket onto pavement 5+ times, no problem. The only complaint I have about mine is the sound compression/noise is a little high, but reception and everything else is great, and I'm willing to compromise since it's so small. Works better than most even at Summit. I can't imagine "buying" a phone. Screw that.
As far as "buy a phone that doesn't suck" goes... sure, paying for one gets you features, but not necessarily a more reliable or "better" phone. It might get you a better camera, or better mobile porn device, but I just want a phone. We'd get about 3-4 days between charges on the Motos, Jess gets about 5 on her LG now, and I go about a week! I've already dropped mine out of my shirt pocket onto pavement 5+ times, no problem. The only complaint I have about mine is the sound compression/noise is a little high, but reception and everything else is great, and I'm willing to compromise since it's so small. Works better than most even at Summit. I can't imagine "buying" a phone. Screw that.
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