8900 KINDLY POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please.

[Wizzert]

Yea I know. That phone was bad. How could you think it is one of the best?

[fastharry]

I agree...I'm really enjoying the camera option also...I've been sending pictures all day to my email adress..

I'm not quite sure I agree about the speaker...My freind has a 9500,and I think thats a better speaker..as well as teh 8600 I tried in the store last night...

[Wizzert]

[silverado]

Lets face it, the reason why this phone has any merit is because VZW doesnt give you much to choose from. Compare it to the GSM and Sprint phones and it will loose by miles. With that said, it probably is one of the better VZW phones for the time being. I'm not ready to give up my V60 and extend my contract for this though.

[Wizzert]

what I said was not necesary for this thread so I came back and deleted it.

[Tony E!]

Originally posted by: Wizzert
I think now I can go back to the lg forum where I usually hang out. Man its cool to be able to help out people who are in need of my help. I feel good being someone who is right there with the rest of yall but still being a junior member.

no offence Wizzert, but i don't recall ever seeing you at the LG forum except for hmm, one time today, much less helping anyone, but i'm sure there are some that are in urgent need of your help there right?

[Wizzert]

[Tony E!]

wow you must think i'm an idiot.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]

[Wizzert]

[NYCDru]

Originally posted by: Tony E
Dru, is it just me or does it seem like you got more Cons than Pros on this phone?

If you look at the post I made imediatly before you made that one you will see that at the end i qualified my opinion of the phone.

"I STILL SAY IT IS THE BEST VZW PHONE OUT RIGHT NOW AND TOP 3 ALL TIME.

Any phone that has beter RF than the v60, has good sound quality, has very good speaker volume, has an intuitive and very easy to use menuing system and phonebook, and has some good extra's.......has to be in the top 3 all time."

When it comes to the important stuff, the stuff you realy use your phone for..this phone is one of the best I have ever used.....period.

[Babyboy]

Well, I guess my question is, and I would like a bunch of responses, is which phone is better.....the lg vx6000 or our beloved audiovox cdm8900? I really like audiovox but let's be honest, does audiovox have a good reputation when it comes to phones?

[NYCDru]

Originally posted by: Wizzert
Ok I tried out the phone! I am happy to say..... It was displeasing. Not only did it dissapoint me, it was horrible to others. verizon is now about to take back all the models from my particular store and get new ones. And they know its not just a bad batch becuase they got a new batch in early this morning and even they were bad. In this I will tell you why.

1. the outer screen was horrible color. It was a bluish whitish color. I could hardly see it. When you dont recharge it, it gets to be more white until you cant see it.

2. The speaker phone was ok. not loud enough though. Wasnt acceptible.

3. The call clarity was pretty good accept I dropped a bunch of calls. I called about 10 people ( at the consent of the store owner becuase he wanted to see how it was doing also.) I dropped 3 of the calls almost immediatly and about 4 of the calls after a few minutes.

4. The camera is pretty good but horrible compared to the vx 6000.

5. One thing that was pretty good was the ringtones. they were loud and were pretty good selection wise.

My final report. Dont buy the audiovox 8900. Youll be disapointed. B uy the vx 6000

1.) I really don't think it is a bad color . It is an off white, off grey, off baby blue color on my phone and mine does not get duller as it looses charge. It was quite isible in the car on the road at midnight last night while th batery indicator was flashing prior to it dying.

2.) The ONLY phones with acceptable speaker phones (speaker phones i would use in a car) are the v60p, the Nextel handsets, and a few other special cases. It is loud enough to be usefull everywere that i use it (Ie the office, my house, etc.). In my mind it is ok but not great, if i had wanted a great speaker phone and had to have it i would have gotten a v60p.

3.) WOW, the RF on mine has been nothing short of phenomianl. Like I said in an earlier post, any phone that works everywere in my basement is a great RF phone. In fact, I returned my LGvx4400b specificaly because in my mind the RF sucked. The places that are the worst for verizon in my house it would go in and out off service. My 8900 has refused to let go of signal. In fact at the Broadway Junction trainstation for the A, C in brrokly platform it reaquired signal halfway down theplatform after loosing it a quater way down the platform. It also reaquired signal underground on the A line which I have NEVER seen before. At least not below 14trh street.

4.)Ummm...yeah your sprint and tmobile camera phones have a better camera...But i can talk underground, on the sea, in the Mountains, AND IN THE BASEMENT OF MY HOUSE. (sorry, venting.) Seriously, the camera is a toy....and i will buy the flash kit soon anyway. Also, the SCREEN o the vx6000 has 4 times the colors but the camera in my opinion still looks sharper on mine.

5.) The Ringtones on this phone Do rock.

I stand by my buy recomendation.

[NYCDru]

Originally posted by: Babyboy
Well, I guess my question is, and I would like a bunch of responses, is which phone is better.....the lg vx6000 or our beloved audiovox cdm8900? I really like audiovox but let's be honest, does audiovox have a good reputation when it comes to phones?

Forget Reputations budy. Like i said before, this phone outperforms my v60.

[Babyboy]

NYCdru, do you have verizon with your 8900? If so does it come with pacman? I've heard from someone, can't remember who, that it doesn't? Have you played with or know anyone who has the LG vx6000? If so how do the two compare? I'm so glad verizon finally has some competition between their camera phones. Besides, sprint and tmobile may have better camera phones but VZW has the abilty to make phones super phones. YAY VZW. Shout out to the SOUTH!!!! holla. Also to add, I'm not all that interested in perfomance too much of the phone as far as data cables, internet and all that stuff. I want a nice looking phone, with an emphasis on nice(I'm a stylish kind of person), good battery life, reception so I won't drop phone calls, and nice ring tones. Tell me which phone is better, 6000 or 8900.

[Babyboy]

I hear the 9900 is coming from Audiovox. Is it going to be VZW and is that a good phone? Probably off topic but this is Audiovoz.

[Tony E!]

Originally posted by: Babyboy
I hear the 9900 is coming from Audiovox. Is it going to be VZW and is that a good phone? Probably off topic but this is Audiovoz.

the Audiovox 9900 will be carried by Verizon, now as far as the phone being a good performer, that's hard to say because it's not out yet.

[Babyboy]

I went to phonescoop.com to look for info on the 9900 but I didn't see it. You know where I can find the info?

[Tony E!]

Originally posted by: Babyboy
I went to phonescoop.com to look for info on the 9900 but I didn't see it. You know where I can find the info?

ok look at the thread you started so that we don't start going back n forth like we did with the 8900, i posted some info there, so please if you started a thread already try to keep your questions there, ok buddy thanks[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

[Babyboy]

Alright, I guess I will state the question again to keep it fresh. Which phone is better, the 8900 or the vx6000? For the VZW version of the 8900 does it come with pac man? Not that its important to me, just kinda curious. SOUTH roll deep, reppin the South.

[fastharry]

No pac man on mine.....And I verified that with verizon tech...

I'm slowly getting used to the phone...there are diferrent ways to get to the same place(ex..loading a pix message)..

as far as the RF?.....I haven't dropped a call yet.....and rt 17 in Paramus NJ is tough on phones..

My real issue is with the owners manual...it tells you step by step things..but doesn't explain why(or how) things work together on the phone...that requires a little experimenting..

here's a quick question....

in the front of the manual it says to fully discharge the battery before charging(takes one to four days)...and in another place it says to make sure you charge the battery when you see a low warning otherwise you can damage the memory....

I take it its not good to top off the battery every night?.....

I cant see why not.....We use lithum batterys in RC...they can be repeaked any time..and have no memory...

[NYCDru]

Originally posted by: Babyboy
Alright, I guess I will state the question again to keep it fresh. Which phone is better, the 8900 or the vx6000? For the VZW version of the 8900 does it come with pac man? Not that its important to me, just kinda curious. SOUTH roll deep, reppin the South.

No Pac Man on the 8900 unfortunately. If you need analog EVER the 8900 has it, the vx6000 doesn,t so be carefull.

[Tony E!]

eventually Verizon's network will be all digital.