LG CU500 Vs Samsung SYNC Vs Nokia N75

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John Murdock

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Hello everyone, I am going to be upgrading my Cingular phone soon and I am having a hard time choosing between the phones I mentioned above. All of them look really good except they all have there drawbacks.

The LG CU500 is my first choice but I have heard people saying that the call quality was poor and that the SD card slot was in a horrible spot behind the battery.

The SYNC is my second choice but the only question had was that it felt really light and flimsy when I held it at the Cingular store, does it really feel that flimsy in real life once the battery and everything is in it? Also how is the GUI on it? I have heard many people saying it wasn't that good.

The N75 is my last choice just because it the newest one I have been considering. It looks really good and I have heard several people calling it a poor mans iPhone. It looks good but my only concerns are that people are saying it has horrible Battery life, this concerns me cause I often forget to plug it in and then go for long periods without chargers. Also many people say that the camera takes really poor pictures, is this true?

Alright so what I am asking is people to say what phone they think is the best and why. The features I value are listed below in order that I want them.

1. Call Reception, I live in a rural area so this is a must.
2. Camera, I use the camera in my phone alot and so I want a good one.
3. Durability, I live in a family that is always dropping things and abusing electronics so I really want one that will be sturdy.
4. The Music aspect, I plan on using this as my everyday MP3 player when I am away from my Dedicated MP3 player.
5. Call quality, this one isn't really one of my top priorities but it certainly is nice to have good call quality.

3G service and other online things don't really matter to me because I live in a rural area and I am never really gonna be in there coverage area.
 
1. Call Reception=N75
2. Camera= Samsung Sync
3. Durability= Doesn't matter.. All these phones are nice toys.. The sync's flip is durable though.
4. Music= Sync... Stereo bluetooth, sideload sd slot
5. Call Quality= N75.. Nokia is just the beast when it comes to reception.

Overall I like the N75 better but not for the reasons you want a phone for.. I like the symbian system that allows me to add 3rd party apps and customize it to my liking. The battery life is a trade off for all the features it holds..
 
Well how long is the N75's battery life? I do like that you can add 3rd party apps because I do do alot of that kinda of stuff. Another thing I heard about the N75 is that it uses a proprietary headphone jack and so you have to buy a Nokia Headset, is that true?
 
Actually, I like the N75's camera quality. it's not as good as my digicam, but for a phone cam it's in the upper tiers somewhere.

Music - Tie. The N75 can do everything the SYNC can do short of the bluetooth stereo, and it has a few extras to compensate for that. And if you can unlock it and then de-brand it (procedures are around here somewhere) then you DO get stereo BT.

Even without it it's still an amazing media device, especially with the addition of the (overseas only, so hit Ebay) AD-41 PopPort stereo headset adapter with integrated music and phone controls (oh and a mic, hehe). CingulAT&T should really start carrying them.

The battery life really isn't that bad at all on it, especially once you switch packet data to "as needed" and do a soft-reset on the phone (BACK IT UP FIRST!). It takes about a week of break-in, but after that it's just fine (most of those bad battery reports are during that first week...it IS really bad initially, until it breaks in).

Definitely go with the N75. Really great phone...actually, it's a smartphone comparable to the 3125 or Blackjack, but since AT&T considers it a regular phone, data is MUCH cheaper on it.
 
Hmm, this is making the N75 look better especially after learning more about the Symbian OS. How hard and risky is doing all those modifications on it that you mentioned? I am technically competent but I have never really modded phones before.

Also where is the MicroSD slot at on the N75? Also my mom has a Nokia phone(I don't remember which model) and it was really sluggish in responding as you tried to go through the menus, is the N75 the same on that?
 
The slot is on the left side under a plastic cover.

I haven't noticed any sluggishness, but I did that soft reset thing I described. That's pretty easy, especially if you back the phone up first. As for the thing to get the stereo bluetooth...that is a little risky, since it involves getting the unlock code and then re-flashing the firmware. I didn't bother.
 
Alright thanks, I will look around for those tutorials and see if I think I could do them. Anyone else is welcome though to input there thoughts.
 
I was looking around for those tutorials and I was noticing some threads about Bluetooth headsets and which ones worked. Does the N75 support Bluetooth headsets? I thought that the PopPort was only for wired headsets but is that for wireless ones also?
 
The N75 is probably the best non PDA 3G phone in AT&T's lineup, thanks to the Symbian S60 OS. I was thinking of getting one, but then the iPhone came along... =p
 
n75 get it you wont regret it battery life on mine has been nothing short of terrefic especially afetr you change the packet data setting, the mp3 player seems to be superior to the syncs and the overall phone feel just sings of quality that the samsung or lg just lack they feel like toys by comparison. and then theres s60once you get used to it theres no turning back.
 
Alright thanks again for the answers, I am pretty sure I want the N75 now. But could any point me to a good Noob friendly tutorial on how to soft reset it and also De-brand it?
 
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