My dilemma..

[phixion]

I recently switched from Sprint to Verizon Wireless and decided to try the LG VX8300. I love the phone and all of its capabilities especially the ability to put on custom ringtones, videos, wallpapers etc. The phone has great battery life and I have gotten great reception from it.

My one gripe about the phone is the "sidetone". I can't stand to hear myself in the earpiece; it drives me absolutely insane. My question is this: Are there any other phones on Verizon Wireless that I should look at?

Must haves:
Good battery life
Good reception
Speakerphone
Ability to use custom ringtones/wallpapers/videos

Above all: NO SIDETONE.

If my criteria is too strict, just assume that the no sidetone issue is the most important.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[Fire14]

You should not be able to hear yourself in the earpiece, it sounds like a problem with the phone. (I know none of the phones I ever owned allowed this)

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by phixion

I recently switched from Sprint to Verizon Wireless and decided to try the LG VX8300. I love the phone and all of its capabilities especially the ability to put on custom ringtones, videos, wallpapers etc. The phone has great battery life and I have gotten great reception from it.

My one gripe about the phone is the "sidetone". I can't stand to hear myself in the earpiece; it drives me absolutely insane. My question is this: Are there any other phones on Verizon Wireless that I should look at?

Must haves:
Good battery life
Good reception
Speakerphone
Ability to use custom ringtones/wallpapers/videos

Above all: NO SIDETONE.

If my criteria is too strict, just assume that the no sidetone issue is the most important.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

It could be the phone or a network echoing issue. Does it happen on every call??

[phixion]

It seems as if the problem I am experiencing is intentional.

Here is a quote from another forum:

"I believe its called a 'sidetone', and actually, its intentional:

Sidetone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically, some people, when they talk into a cell phone that has no sidetone (i.e. you can't hear your own voice at all), tend to yell into the phone, or think that the phone isn't working/the call has been dropped.

It's also maybe a consistency thing, since I believe that landline phones have sidetone, and people want it 'cuz they're used to it."

Eh..

[viewfly]

Originally Posted by phixion

It seems as if the problem I am experiencing is intentional.

Here is a quote from another forum:

"I believe its called a 'sidetone', and actually, its intentional:

Sidetone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically, some people, when they talk into a cell phone that has no sidetone (i.e. you can't hear your own voice at all), tend to yell into the phone, or think that the phone isn't working/the call has been dropped.

It's also maybe a consistency thing, since I believe that landline phones have sidetone, and people want it 'cuz they're used to it."

Eh..

Yes, even humans have 'sidetone' built in. Have you ever seen a fellow with full cup headphones on talking or singing? They end up talking way too loud since their own ears can't hear their own voice. We automatically rely on our own ears to adjust our voice level...that is what we really are use to, not from landlines!

If your phone sounds like a delayed echo, then it is a network or phone problem. Otherwise the artificial sidetone on this phone is improperly designed. Proper sidetone would sound natural, like your landline or from your own mouth-ear combination.