Coming to Cingular Jan' 07

Generally Moto and Sony-Ericcson are the two better phones out of the Cingular Lineup, Motorola is probably the best that Cingular has to offer (non pda's anyways)

 

Nokia or Motorola are the way to go. I had a Sony W300i and that was an awful phone. It couldn't hold a decent signal, and it disconnected calls alot.

 

That's suprising, I have heard a lot of good things about the SE's & having excellent Rf. But the Motorola's & Nokia's are still considered the top ones.

 

I can't say I hear many complaints about the reception of a SE handset (or any handset for that matter) here in the UK.

I generally find SE handsets to be very good. Perhaps the chap who had the problem with his W300 had a faulty handset?

 

So far I still love my W810i and it has held it's own against my beloved 6230.

 

I've got to say, it's really good to see you phone-happy! I remember the rough patch you went through right after going from Blue to Orange and it's such a difference

 

Thanks Dimtry, I think the problem was more with my house than the phone.

 

RF is one thing and sound quality is another. For best sound quality stay with either Nokia or Sony Ericsson. For best RF, keep it with Nokia, Sony Ericsson or Motorola. Although Motorolas have better sound quality than any Samsung on Cingular. LGs have the worst RF, but sound quality is better than Samsung.

 

My household is 100% Moto and have been for several years now. We have not had one complaint with durability (2 teenagers), sound quality, functionality, etc. Our contract is up next month and we'll definitely upgrade with what works for us. :thumb:

 

i personally didnt see a difference in sound quality between the Motos and the Nokias..........i got to test drive one of each brand on the T-Mobile network

Motorola V188
Nokia 6103

no significant quality difference.........better signal on the Nokia........my mom had a Samsung with TmObile while i had the Tmobile Nokia and when i was in the garage with the phones next to eachother.........the samsung had 1/6.......Nokia was 3/4

not to sure on the Sonys i dont like the interface and the buttons on the Sonys much........its not confusing but its just not appealing to me.......not to sure on RF or sound quality with those though

 

Well it all dpends on which phone one buys. If one gets the sort of free one then I would say one should expect some comprmizes. I vote for Moto, then a tie between SE and Nokia, then Samsung and after that is LG.

 

I agree. My sister's family upgraded their phones to Nokias last year and every one of them has problems. Two don't work at all, and one the backlight is broke, They are back to using their old Motorola V180's. My brother in law says he took the best free phones available at the time. I told him that next time he needed to pay to get a Motorola if one isn't available as a free phone. Plus, the Motorolas are fun to mod.

-Jay

 

i like the nokia's over everthing else, but ive been using a lg cu500 since jully, go figure.:loony:

 

So I'm afraid if I were the OP, I wouldn't know how to make sense out of all of our 'expert' opinions. We've really only provided a collection of anecdotes, and our anecdotes show the fallacy of over-generalization. Take the case of LG phones. While both WG and I are Nokia fans, we are also quite happy with our LG CU500s. It seems that phone quality, at least for a particular model, can change more quickly than consumers' impressions.



SW

 

thats so true, just beware the free phones, :browani:

 

True, the one issue I have with the LG is the history about them with GSM, the CU500 initialy had some issues but alter with an OTA software updates seem to have fixed things up. Also do not foget that this phone with its original price point it better be better than usual. Now as to other phones, history ahs shown that teh free ones always end up with issues. All what one needs to look at is teh Cingualr forums and one would see that the majority of complaints were about the free ones like the 180 and so on. Basicaly what i am saying is that one gets what tehy pay for and yes one at times could get lucky with one that happens to perform all the rest of the same version.

 

im not too big on LGs or any of the free phones for that mater cuz the ones that actually cost something are the ones that ive wanted on the first place so i havent had to worry about that

 

Let me see if I can confuse the OP some more then, . I am an all time Nokia fan, yet I have a Samsung Blackjack as my primary phone and it has spectacular voice quality, clear reception, and fantastic rf.

So, yes phone quality can change extremely quickly & generalization can become dangerous....

 

You are not cofusing the OP, you are only confirmin that you get what you pay for.

 

Adding to confusion

I've always had Nokias and don't see myself switching any time soon. But because I've had or tried so many of them, I'm absolutely certain that sound quality, reception quality and build quality vary greatly from one model to another. It also seems that the sound quality is affected greatly by the network. My 6820 was probably the weakest in terms of RF, and the sound quality here in CA did not let me fool anyone even once -- it was immediately apparent that I'm talking on a cell phone. That same phone was absolutely clear when I was using it in Maryland a couple of years ago -- to the point where I was asked how come my cell phone number shows on Caller ID when it's obvious I'm calling on a land line

I'm sure similar variations occur with other brands as well. I know with Nokias you were bound to find truly great phones at the very bottom of the lineup -- just ask any owner of the 3595, but that may've changed in recent years. With Motorolas like V180, V220 my friends who had them experienced problems within the first year due to the build quality, but otherwise those phones were performing pretty well, too.

The bottom line, I guess, is that the research has to be done not just for a make, but for a particular model as well.

 

I agree that the V180 & V220 are problem phones, because they are low end versions & it seems Moto didn't put the good build quality in them, unlike most of the lower end Nokia's like the 3595.
When you get into the V500 & V600 series, the phones seem to be a lot better, I do know my V400 was a so-so phone compared to my V635.

My daughter is still using a Nokia 3595, even though it has some issues lately it still works after 2+ years.

I think Samsung & LG are trying very hard to improve their image in the GSM market, and other then Samsung flooding Cingular with their models, I think they have some more to go as well as the LG's. But as has been said here, the LG500 seems to be a decent model & may be the start of them going in the right direction.

Hope I didn't add even more confusion.

 

Motorola or Nokia or Samsung are your best bet. I've had a bad experience with the LG C1300 (when I upgraded I was told this was the worst phone Cingular has ever sold) and I was told to stay away from Sony Ericsson.

 

I switched from VZ a year ago to Cingular and have been very pleased. I got the Moto SLVR and it's the best phone I ever had. But I agree with what others have said, the Motos and Nokias seem to be the better phones. You'll find that the Motos at Cingular are slightly smaller and have much longer lasting batteries than their counterparts at VZ.

 

im pretty sure that GSM phones in general have a longer battery life..........or is that vice versa with CDMA.........idk........one has a better batttery life

 

Just to add yet more confusion, I would recommend Sony Ericsson. I have used Sony Ericsson products for years now, and I can't say I have been disappointed with them.

 

GSM has better battery life hands down. It is no contest.

-Jay

 

amen to that.

That's why the cable company never gives away free tv's. If they did, i'm sure nobody would expect it to be a very good one.

When ur cable service stinks 'cause of ur old tv, who thinks twice about buying a new one? Yet the same avg joe (none of us here of course ) is so hesitant about paying a few bucks for a decent phone.

 

I always pay extra for a good phone. I have never in my life taken the free phone. The closest I ever got to taking the free phone was when I got a Motorola L2 for my Mom. That was a free phone, but it is a Motorola with Bluetooth which was the criteria for her new phone.

-Jay