So after some deliberation I finally picked up a Nokia 6131/6126 as a replacement for my crappy RAZR a few months back. It's a beautiful phone that feels good in the hand and has a lovely screen that gets a lot of comments.
Unfortunately, some things about it are really starting to bug me, namely, the seriously crappy camera. I know some people really don't give a hoot about a cellphone's camera, but for me, it's pretty important; I take a lot of pics with it and send them to Flickr and am always sad to see how crappy my pictures turned out, especially in comparison to my friends' cameraphone photos. I'm also less than thrilled with the battery life - I have to plug the dang thing in about every 18 hours. Thirdly, that pretty, soft, rubbery backside that everyone loves is starting to PEEL OFF. That's right, that stuff will rub off eventually. I'm a girl who takes care of her nice toys, and yet this stuff is coming off on a phone I've had for only a few short months.
So, I'm thinking about a new phone, and I need some suggestions. I'm on Cingular, in the SF Bay Area. I like flip phones but it's not a requirement. I'd like a nice screen - I do love that about the 6131. I want to be able to use my own mp3 ringtones, but I don't care about walkman/mp3 player capabilities beyond that. A decent amount of memory or expandable memory would be nice since I am storing photos. Of course, above all, it MUST have a decent camera - probably 2mpx or above.
I like Nokias and Sony Ericssons. I would like to be able to play JAVA games... but I'm willing to consider other platforms. I'd like to spend about $200 or less.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Unfortunately, some things about it are really starting to bug me, namely, the seriously crappy camera. I know some people really don't give a hoot about a cellphone's camera, but for me, it's pretty important; I take a lot of pics with it and send them to Flickr and am always sad to see how crappy my pictures turned out, especially in comparison to my friends' cameraphone photos. I'm also less than thrilled with the battery life - I have to plug the dang thing in about every 18 hours. Thirdly, that pretty, soft, rubbery backside that everyone loves is starting to PEEL OFF. That's right, that stuff will rub off eventually. I'm a girl who takes care of her nice toys, and yet this stuff is coming off on a phone I've had for only a few short months.
So, I'm thinking about a new phone, and I need some suggestions. I'm on Cingular, in the SF Bay Area. I like flip phones but it's not a requirement. I'd like a nice screen - I do love that about the 6131. I want to be able to use my own mp3 ringtones, but I don't care about walkman/mp3 player capabilities beyond that. A decent amount of memory or expandable memory would be nice since I am storing photos. Of course, above all, it MUST have a decent camera - probably 2mpx or above.
I like Nokias and Sony Ericssons. I would like to be able to play JAVA games... but I'm willing to consider other platforms. I'd like to spend about $200 or less.
Any suggestions? Thanks!