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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / August 2004Best Verizon Tri-Mode Phone
I recently had a bad experience not being able to pick-up reception in a fringe area w/ my LG4500. So, my representative said they'd trade me straight across for a tri-mode phone. The only 2 they've mentioned are the Audiovox CDM8900 and the LG 3200. Which would you recommend. Are there other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ this. Samsung A650..30 dollars for 2 at Verizon store (with rebates) Everything except a camera Love it Watson > I recently had a bad experience not being able to pick-up reception in a > fringe area w/ my LG4500. So, my representative said they'd trade me > straight across for a tri-mode phone. The only 2 they've mentioned are the > Audiovox CDM8900 and the LG 3200. Which would you recommend. Are there > other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ > this. samsung 650 is only good in a good reception area. if the reception is bad, the quality of the phone calls will suffer; calls wont be clear, will go into analog mode, with plenty of missed and dropped calls. i havent tried samsung 670 myself, but people say its is a great phone with great reception. the hotshot > Samsung A650..30 dollars for 2 at Verizon store (with rebates) > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ > > this. Thanks for the idea about the Samsung 670, but it's a "dual-mode" phone, not a tri-mode. I'm thinking about just keeping my LG 4500 for now, and then maybe seeing what comes out down the road. Seems like the only contenders currently are the: LG 3200 (No external - Caller ID/Time), Samsung 650 (lots of lackluster reviews on phonescoop.com) and the Audiovox 8900. If the audiovox were superior to the LG4500, I'd love to get it, but that doesn't seem to be the case. If anyone has any other ideas, I'd love hear them. Thanks again. > samsung 650 is only good in a good reception area. if the reception is > bad, the quality of the phone calls will suffer; calls wont be clear, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ > > > this. My a650 goes into analog mode withoutdropped calls in a remote area. In fact, my friends 7868w seems to have the same reception, in the same area, only both parties said my phone was clearer I agree with the 2 phones or $30 program at Verizon. What a steal > samsung 650 is only good in a good reception area. if the reception is > bad, the quality of the phone calls will suffer; calls wont be clear, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > > other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ > > > this. > I recently had a bad experience not being able to pick-up reception in a > fringe area w/ my LG4500. So, my representative said they'd trade me > straight across for a tri-mode phone. The only 2 they've mentioned are the > Audiovox CDM8900 and the LG 3200. Which would you recommend. Are there > other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ > this. Analog will only help if there is good analog coverage from another carrier in the fringe area. Have been hearing nothing but praise for the Nokia 3589i. No flip, but a great display. I took the v60s for the speakerphone. Nice phone, but a lousy display and poor analog. If I had to do it over, I'd go for the Nokia. HTH, Dean Just replace the antenna with the extendable type from the V60i -- significant improvemnt in reception. > Have been hearing nothing but praise for the Nokia 3589i. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > HTH, > Dean I got the VX4500 when I signed up with VZW. It was not giving me reception at all when I go to Target stores, and other department stores. But I had good reception in my house. I complained with VZW. The rep said that I should exchange it with a Trimode. He suggested the CDM8900. Okay, I had the CDM8900. I hate the phone because the keys are flat and are close to each other. I always press the wrong key. PLUS, here this, still no signal at the stores where the VX4500 failed. So I took the CDM8900 back and got another VX4500 which I'll probably keep for a long time. > I recently had a bad experience not being able to pick-up reception in a > fringe area w/ my LG4500. So, my representative said they'd trade me > straight across for a tri-mode phone. The only 2 they've mentioned are the > Audiovox CDM8900 and the LG 3200. Which would you recommend. Are there > other Verizon tri-modes worthy of consideration. Thanks for any help w/ > this. > I hate the phone because the keys are flat and are close to > each other. That's why I got a Moto T730. Works great, and the keys are made for fat fingers! You can find some on eBay at reasonable prices. Is the Motorola T730 for VZW? This phone is not even at the VZW website! > > I hate the phone because the keys are flat and are close to > > each other. > > That's why I got a Moto T730. Works great, and the keys are made for fat > fingers! You can find some on eBay at reasonable prices. > Is the Motorola T730 for VZW? This phone is not even at the VZW website! Yep. The T730c was sold by VZW until few months ago when they started pushing the fancy phones. Some Radio Shack and P C Richard stores are still selling the LG VX4400. willie So does this mean that Verizon doesn't have this phone anymore, or can you request that they try and locate this phone? A friend did something like that back 18 months ago with a LG VX4400. He got them to find him one, set him up with a local chip (or chip setting), and now he loves the phone. It would be the phone I would want to get - external display, tri-mode, color screen, ring tones, vbrate, etc. Their new phones either seem to be very bare bones or loaded up with too much stuff, or all digital - not quite me cup of tea! Chris >>Is the Motorola T730 for VZW? This phone is not even at the VZW website! > > Yep. The T730c was sold by VZW until few months ago when they started > pushing the fancy phones. > So does this mean that Verizon doesn't have this phone anymore, or can > you request that they try and locate this phone? A friend did something [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> Yep. The T730c was sold by VZW until few months ago when they started >> pushing the fancy phones. The T730c is still available at some dealers like Radio Shack. eBay has some listed as well. > I got the VX4500 when I signed up with VZW. It was not giving me reception > at all when I go to Target stores, and other department stores. But I had [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > at the stores where the VX4500 failed. So I took the CDM8900 back and got > another VX4500 which I'll probably keep for a long time. Thats why I question the idea that analog is suddenly a fix for weak signal areas. In most cases it will be exactly as you found. The analog and digital signals are coming from the same tower. So if there is no or poor digital signal there will probably be no or poor analog. > Thats why I question the idea that analog is suddenly a fix for weak signal > areas. In most cases it will be exactly as you found. The analog and digital > signals are coming from the same tower. So if there is no or poor digital > signal there will probably be no or poor analog. Except that analog signals have greater coverage and you may be able to pick up an analog signal from a more distant tower.  SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. > > Thats why I question the idea that analog is suddenly a fix for weak signal > > areas. In most cases it will be exactly as you found. The analog and digital [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Except that analog signals have greater coverage and you may be able to pick > up an analog signal from a more distant tower. My experience is that in that case your phone may be able to "hear" the site but doesn't have enough power to sucessfully make a call. > My experience is that in that case your phone may be able to "hear" the site > but doesn't have enough power to sucessfully make a call. Ahh, good point! I forgot that the CDMA/AMPS multi-mode phones don't do 3W like the old AMPS-only phones. SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. > > My experience is that in that case your phone may be able to "hear" the site > > but doesn't have enough power to sucessfully make a call. > > Ahh, good point! I forgot that the CDMA/AMPS multi-mode phones don't do 3W > like the old AMPS-only phones. The hand-held "old AMPS-only phones" did *not* have a 3-Watt output. SignatureD.J., N8DO; FMCA 147762 dj[underscore]osborn at yahoo dot com >> Ahh, good point! I forgot that the CDMA/AMPS multi-mode phones don't do 3W >> like the old AMPS-only phones. > > The hand-held "old AMPS-only phones" did *not* have a 3-Watt output. Eh? I thought it was 3 watts. I know it's more than the approximately half a watt the current phones use. SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. All handheld cellular devices were and are limited to .6W by the FCC. > >> Ahh, good point! I forgot that the CDMA/AMPS multi-mode phones don't do 3W > >> like the old AMPS-only phones. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Eh? I thought it was 3 watts. I know it's more than the approximately half > a watt the current phones use. > All handheld cellular devices were and are limited to .6W by the FCC. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Eh? I thought it was 3 watts. I know it's more than the approximately half > > a watt the current phones use. -->Exactly. It's an FCC limitation and safety issue as well. There are a lot of phones now though, that will only do 200 mW , mostly the all digital ( cdma ) models. Scotty > >> Ahh, good point! I forgot that the CDMA/AMPS multi-mode phones don't do 3W > >> like the old AMPS-only phones. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Eh? I thought it was 3 watts. I know it's more than the approximately half > a watt the current phones use. The only 3 watt transmitters were on "car phones" and the "ultraportable" version with the car phone stuck in a carrying bag with a battery. > > > Thats why I question the idea that analog is suddenly a fix for weak > signal [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) > > Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. My experience is that the call sounds noisy and muddy, but both parties are intelligible to each other. And sometimes, when a very low digital signal moves to analog, I find it is more likely to be able to hold onto a call. Louise > > I got the VX4500 when I signed up with VZW. It was not giving me > reception [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > signals are coming from the same tower. So if there is no or poor digital > signal there will probably be no or poor analog. Well, the VZW rep who suggested the CDM8900 to me said that the analog signal penetrates better into buildings than digital! C C wrote: >>> I got the VX4500 when I signed up with VZW. It was not giving me >>> reception at all when I go to Target stores, and other department [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Well, the VZW rep who suggested the CDM8900 to me said > that the analog signal penetrates better into buildings than digital! Bzzzzt! given the same signal strength, penetration is dependent on wavelength. 850 will have better penetration than 1900. It has nothing to do whether it is digital or analog. -Quick |
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