One more request for hardware suggestions

I guess for now I am going to stick with Verizon until the Cingular/AT&T merger is complete and I can compare networks at that point. For now though, I need a new phone that I will have to buy outright as I am not due on my present contract and I don't want to sign another.

I need tri band. Around here in NYC & vacinity all digital is fine but if you look on the map, Vermont and New Hampshire are almost entirely analog and I did travel there not too long ago where my phone went into analog.

My broken dead phone is the LG4400B. I was pretty happy with it until it broke. I am using my old v60i which is ok except for its habit of cutting off my voice whenever it feels like (even though the connection seems otherwise ok).

My choices then are few. The A670 is all digital. The A650 is triband but has no outside display. I don't really want another v60. My choices then seem to be the V710 - new, expensive, maybe buggy, the CDM8600 - how good is this phone and how loud is the ringer, or buy another 4400B.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

Looking at Verizon's coverage map, most of Vermont and the entire western half of New Hampshire are only analog. I don't know how up to date the maps are though but when I went to Vermont, my phone was on analog all the time.

That is why I am looking tri mode at this point.

I see the CDM8900 is also tri mode. How good is this phone rf wise and how loud is the ringer?