LG CU320 discontinued by Cingular?

According to our local Cingular store they were told not to reorder after their shelf stock was depleted.

 

I asked him specifically whether it was being discontinued because of problems and he said he didn't know (or he is not going to tell me.. )

Truthfully, I was very surprised that the first 3G phone introduced by Cingular was a LG, which is more reputable in the their CDMA line up over their GSM.

I fully expected the first 3G to be a Moto or a Nokia.

 

As I understand it, they are no longer going to sell 3g phones in non 3g areas until sometime in the 3rd quarter of 2006. This is due to people complaining about the speed of video on EDGE/GPRS as compared to UTMS. So to get it now they want you to be in a 3g market that is online with 3g now.

 

It's sad that the phone had so many problems. It had great potential and would've been an excellent phone if it didn't have the RF problems. Since it had so many problems though, I'm glad it's gone. The Sony Ericsson W600i that I got is working just fine for me.

 

We will not have 3G until the end of the year and the LG was being sold here.

 

i had the moto razr v3 and recently switched to the cu320. i love the phone but i have noticed two nasty areas for dropping calls on 3G - Rt. 123 & WO&D Trail in Vienna, VA -- and I-495 & I-66 interchange in FFX County. personally, i love the phone, but now i'm a little worried that WHEN i break it (c'mon... it's a slider... 3 months and i'm sure i will have destroyed it) i wont be able to replace it with lockline. what do you all think?

 

Most people I see with Sliders don't seem to have problems with them as far as manufactured wise & them breaking, and I haven't heard of anyone complain about them breaking from normal use. I just don't like the sliding feature.
As for Lock line, did they offer it for the phone? or have you called to see if it's available? if it is & your that concerned I would suggest getting the insurance now to be safe.

 

drop issues

I’m honestly surprised with all the problems people are having, maybe it due to location? I live in San Francisco and never have any drop or clarity problems anywhere in the bay area. Maybe I’ll have a different tune when I travel up to seattle but then again, that goes back to me talking about location.

I find it even more interesting how the market is suddenly moving towards more slide action phones (the new LG Chocolate)

 

Re: drop issues

I still have the phone but I got fed up with 3G constantly dropping calls. I set the phone to 2G only and I've had great service ever since. (dial 277634#*# --> modem settings --> network mode --> 2G only).