needing new phone, expect to own it 2-3 years, more inside

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Gustavo Reis

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i'm planning on working out of the USA for about two years starting next spring. right now, i'm at the end of my year long contract with T-Mobile, so i'm not opposed to finding a new carrier.

here are my requirements:

GSM (tri or quad band)
candy-bar form factor
bluetooth
email
small
long battery life
durable

i've had a SE T610 for the last 18 months, and it's worked fairly well for me, but the signal strength was always a bit of an annoyance for me. also, some of SE's customization has been a little annoying (won't list them here) and i've been missing the motorola phones i've had.

this has led me to only one phone i've really liked: the Motorola SLVR L7.

what i don't much like is that it's only available on cingular. i had cingular for 6 months in 2003 (granted, that was before they switched to GSM) and the service area was so terrible, that i quit and switched to Nextel (which i also quit one year later, since i needed a GSM phone).

so, i'm looking for suggestions for other phones that meet my requirements, or even comments on current service with cingular.

thanks a ton!
 
My suggestion would be to stick with T-Mobile if they've been good for you and just buy an unlocked SLVR L7 either from HoFo or various online services. An unlocked GSM phone will work just fine on T-Mobile.

Tango Uniform
 
Not really a candy-bar phone, but almost, and it suits all your other needs also

http://www.t-mobile.com/products/overview.asp?phoneid=611994&class=phone

check it out, its an awesome phone
 
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