Forgive me Steve for I have sinned-LG Dare
So I decided to purchase a new cellphone today. In California the new law requiring hands-free has been in effect for a few days and since I needed one I wandered into the Verizon store. My current cellphone, a Motorola V3m has been very good and not given me any problems however the battery in it is 2 years old and was starting to have issues. I was having to charge it daily.
So I've been with Verizon since 2000 and really don't have the option of leaving them. They have perfect coverage where I live and all the other carriers have crap coverage. My friend had purchased an iPhone, brought it home, made a call from his living room and I asked him to roll up his window so I could hear him. He said he wasn't in the car and instead was in his living room so needless to say, it went back after several more attempts at calls which all yielded similar results. Over the years pretty much everyone I know has moved to Verizon where I live since they like being able to make and receive phone calls on their phones.
So Verizon has attempted to take on the iPhone several times already. They had the LG Voyager, and the Samsung Glyde both which had failed pretty miserably. This LG Dare is pretty darn close in my opinion. The screen is clearly not multi-touch but it is very sensitive and does a good job. The pluses are the camera and video which are 3.2 mp and 640x480 respectively. The included email client is pretty crappy. The browser is tolerable. Unlimited data is $15 a month which doesn't suck.
I wouldn't have minded the iPhone but the only phone I keep is cell and that means no questionable service. The option of being able to change out a battery, memory card and so forth probably isn't a terrible thing. I know it has stereo bluetooth ability and can take standard headphones as well.
So anyway... I have sinned... I bought a non-Apple phone. It may be less cool but how cool could I really be standing in the driveway to take or make a call anyway thanks to reception issues?
So I've been with Verizon since 2000 and really don't have the option of leaving them. They have perfect coverage where I live and all the other carriers have crap coverage. My friend had purchased an iPhone, brought it home, made a call from his living room and I asked him to roll up his window so I could hear him. He said he wasn't in the car and instead was in his living room so needless to say, it went back after several more attempts at calls which all yielded similar results. Over the years pretty much everyone I know has moved to Verizon where I live since they like being able to make and receive phone calls on their phones.
So Verizon has attempted to take on the iPhone several times already. They had the LG Voyager, and the Samsung Glyde both which had failed pretty miserably. This LG Dare is pretty darn close in my opinion. The screen is clearly not multi-touch but it is very sensitive and does a good job. The pluses are the camera and video which are 3.2 mp and 640x480 respectively. The included email client is pretty crappy. The browser is tolerable. Unlimited data is $15 a month which doesn't suck.
I wouldn't have minded the iPhone but the only phone I keep is cell and that means no questionable service. The option of being able to change out a battery, memory card and so forth probably isn't a terrible thing. I know it has stereo bluetooth ability and can take standard headphones as well.
So anyway... I have sinned... I bought a non-Apple phone. It may be less cool but how cool could I really be standing in the driveway to take or make a call anyway thanks to reception issues?
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I'm on my third charge and will probably plug it in tonight. That means I have been going 3-4 days between charges which I consider absolutely awesome. The area we were camping in has very low coverage and the phone typically eats the battery profoundly fast since it has one bar and clearly is using full power to get that. I leave bluetooth on all the time as well. There is no wi-fi but I get unlimited access to data on the Verizon network with a full HTML browser for $15 a month.
I've very happy and if you try to burn me alive but I'll just go to an area with no coveerage by AT&T (almost everywhere out where I live) and leave you totally helpless.
"Forgive me Steve for I have sinned-LG Dare"
Wizard, come now!!!!