Customers not loyal to cellphone brands

I don't know. I got burned a few months ago when I decided to buy something other than a Motorola. I don't think I will make that same mistake again anytime soon.

-Jay

 

I dont think I'll ever buy a "store brand" phone. The only types of phones I havent owned are those Palms, Blackberries, and the like. I'm a Samsung or Nokia guy, although my LG VX3300 was good at what it did (make calls only). I would probably stick with Samsung (despite the quirks) or LG while with VZW; I would never get LG on GSM ever again... I was burned with mine while on Cingular blue... If I use GSM on contract, I'll get a Moto or a Nokia
At least the selection of phones have gotten better, IMHO.

 

I know I am the exception to this survey. I am VERY loyal to Motorola and Nokia. I have had nothing but excellent phones from them, whether they're CDMA or GSM. I look for phones with excellent reception. You can't beat the big two on this one. I also really like the styles of Nokias & Motos out there.

Samsung, on the other hand, I hate with a screaming passion. The SCH-A790 killed it for me. I will NEVER buy Samsung again. Not to mention, IMO, their phones have no style. They all look relatively the same. Their T-Mobile collection is the biggest load of I've ever seen.

With LG, their CDMA's are ok, but their GSM's are a joke. I just have no desire to purchase one.

I had a Sony-Ericcson once, it was alright, but I probably would not get one again.

 

I think it's pretty obvious where I stand.:browani:

 

Really? I would have never guessed.

-Jay

 

Yep, that's right, Jay, Kyocera all the way!:biggrin:

 

I thought you liked only the best Korean phones ... LG.

-Jay

 

What can I say, Life's Good! Actually, I got the L.G. free from work and the AX4270 really isn't such a bad (basic) phone. I don't need it to do anything except text and place/receive phone calls and it can do both of those things with (relatively) no trouble. Sending SMS is kind of a pain in the , but that's probably only because I'm used to the way you do it on Motorola phones.

 

I am really not loyal to any brand. It just so happens that Motorola and Nokia have been the best for me. Sony Ericsson has never come up with attractive models until recently (z520, w810). But if Samsung or LG ever came up with a good phone, I wouldn't mind going with them. It just so happens they make the worst GSM phones out there even though for CDMA they seem to be pretty good.

 

Yeah, text on LG's is a pain. I had a devil of a time with it in the 26 hours I had one. The dealbreaker was that I could not hold onto a call unless I could physically see the tower, and even then the audio was choppy. I did a field test w/ my V551 and found a tower on 1900 mhz that had a signal of -80db which is pretty good, but in the same place the LG had choppy audio and couldn't hold the call.

-Jay

 

What about the LG CU500? It looks cool from the pics though I have yet to ever use one.

 

Yeah, I had an e315 with T-Mobile for about a year and didn't know what I was missing until I got my v620 and v300, man, their signal strength totally killed the Samsung.

You didn't put the LG into field test mode to see how many dbs it was pulling?

 

I didn't know how to access field test on the LG, and the fact that it couldn't hold a call unless I had the tower in sight pissed me off so much I took it back to the store after 26 hours of use.

-Jay

 

(Not that it matters now, but...) On my AX4270 it is MENU, then 0 to access NAM programming, field test mode, etc. but since yours was GSM, I don't know if that would have worked or if field test mode is even loaded on the CU500. I know with all the T-Mobile-branded Motorolas I've had, field test mode isn't an option.

 

Motorola all the way. Except, LG on Verizon was AWESOME! They make fantastic phones for CDMA.

 

motorola for me.

 

Yeah, it looks cool, but that's about it. The LG CU500 has that crappy earpiece like all other LG phones. You have to try a Nokia, SE or Motorola to see what sound quality is all about.

 

I'm not loyal to any one brand, but I do have one brand to which I am "anti-loyal" -- I've never had a Samsung I wanted to keep. Motorola have the best features, Nokia have the hardiest phones, and LG have the best interface.