I am on the AT&T side of the Cingular house mostly because to switch m
4 phones over will cause me to lose my AT&T plan in favor of a Cingula
plan that will cost $35+ more a month and take away 250 minutes...no
that we have that out of the way.....

My LG4015 phone died...they said it got wet and would not be covere
under warranty.  It said it never got wet and the little red dot was
liar!  Over the phone they basically 'felt bad' for me I guess (seem
that the LG phone is known for problems) and they offered me a fre
Nokia 3120 or a Motorolla V180 for $45.  After some research I chos
the Nokia 3120....comments on the Motorolla ranged from the fact tha
their were screen issues to it appeared someone else made the phone an
just slapped Motorollas name on it---who knows, one thing was certain
everone  thought the Nokia phone was the way to go.

I got my phone. As soon as I make a call (the volume is all the way up
I hear a hissing noise.  Also the volume, though at its max setting i
hard to hear...especially with that darn hiss masking it.  I trie
another 3120 in the Cingular store it had a slight hiss but the volum
of the person speaking was about 50% louder.  The dude also said h
though something sounded wrong woth my phone.

I called ATT and they had me manually switch the network and other jun
but to no avail.  They are sending a new phone.

I have read many posts since and a lot of people complain about thi
hissing noise and volume issues on the Nokia 3120.  My new phone shoul
be here soon but I wonder if the AT&T 'older' 3120s had software issu
or something that made them more suceptable to the hiss and lowe
volume I experienced?  Why else would  the same phone work better i
the store right alongside mine.  I guess it is possible mine i
defective but there appears to be a bunch of folks out there with th
same complaint.  I doubt these phones are being made 'new' for AT&
anymore so I'll likey get a refurb (may have been one anyway) so if
the bugs are indeed worked out in newer 3120s, I'll likely never ge
one.  Any engineers out there want to take a stab at this one.  Will
be better off with the Motorolla V180