I thought that I would pose this question to the group.
I have been using AT&T TDMA for years (Motorola then Nokia, various
models, presently 8260) and am looking at moving to GSM/GPRS.
We have narrowed down the list to the SE T616 and the Samsung x426. The

A friend on ATTWS wants to switch to either T-Mobile or Verizon. But good
ol' ATTWS gave him a sweet deal and he's taking it. He says that his
contract will be void once the merger is complete so then he won't have to
pay ETF, the phone (NEC 525) will be his, so he can unlock and ...

Excuse the dumb question, but why don't the ATT flip phones have an external
screen that gives caller id when the phone is closed?  Most of the other
carriers that have flips *do* have the external screen that allows you to
see who is calling giving you the option to answer or not.  ...