current best reception phone - recommendations, please

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This is not a scientific study of couse, but on a recent trip from Seattle
to Whitefish, MT, I had no problems with my Samsung SCH-a650. It went
analog in parts of Mt. Rainer NP, and worked fine. Coverage thru Washington
state, Idaho and Montana seemed very good (indicator was mostly "1X" digital
did not see "A" too often)

I had to have a tri-mode phone and 1xRTT laptop data capability, and the
a650 was the lowest cost tri-mode phone VZW had that supported the Mobile
Office Kit. ($129 for the phone IIRC).

I found there was quite a bit of confusion between VZW website
specifications, in-store display placards, and salesperson knowledge
regarding tri-mode. The VZW salesguy thought I was some kind of luddite
weirdo that I insisted on analog capability -- now I'm very glad I did
insist on it. Make sure you triple check at third party web sites regarding
any specific model's capabilities.

Good luck,
-- Paul



"zwerl1" <zwerl1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Currently have V60i, but hinge is starting to break after being
> dropped too often. This phone has the best reception of all the
> phones in my family (wife has VX4400, kids have VX6000 and VX3200, and
> to me, V60i is better by a wide margin. None of these newer phones
> work as well (for talking!) as my V60i. Only phone I ever heard that
> was as good was my very old startac (talking was excellent on that
> one, too).
>
> I am going to need a new phone, unfortunately. I would GREATLY
> appreciate recommendations as to which current Verizon phone is
> considered to have the best (talking!!) capabililities. Thanks alot!!
> PS - never heard a Samsung - how do they compare with the others? I
> prefer a trimode phone, if possible.

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Check out the A650 from Samsung. I say it's the same in holding or starting
a call, with better clarity than my 7868W

Al


"Todd B" <tbaskett@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> Yea, I'll tell you what...nothing beats my old startac. These new phones
> (V60S, LG 4400 & 4500) are not worth a damn.
>
>
> "zwerl1" <zwerl1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1a3ee742.0407140533.673c48b2@posting.google.com...
> > Currently have V60i, but hinge is starting to break after being
> > dropped too often. This phone has the best reception of all the
> > phones in my family (wife has VX4400, kids have VX6000 and VX3200, and
> > to me, V60i is better by a wide margin. None of these newer phones
> > work as well (for talking!) as my V60i. Only phone I ever heard that
> > was as good was my very old startac (talking was excellent on that
> > one, too).
> >
> > I am going to need a new phone, unfortunately. I would GREATLY
> > appreciate recommendations as to which current Verizon phone is
> > considered to have the best (talking!!) capabililities. Thanks alot!!
> > PS - never heard a Samsung - how do they compare with the others? I
> > prefer a trimode phone, if possible.
>
>