i switched to cingular service recently and the service is pretty good, but the phones SUCK!! i first got the RAZR and hated it then i switched to the LG CG300. I went to the store and tried out all the phones they had and the one that came closest to the features I wanted was this LG CG300. But the more I use it the more I realize it's not all thats its cracked up to be. I was thinking of going through ebay and just purchasing an older phone or one that cingular just doesnt offer that has more of my preferences. but before i buy off of ebay I wanted to test the phone out by playing with the menu to see if its fits what i need. does anyone know of any place i can do this besides the cingular store which has the same crappy phones?? also if any of you have a particualr cingular phone you love could you please post and let me know why? im looking for these specifics, if this helps....
1. must have alarm AND snooze (believe it or not this CG300 doesn't have a snooze feature, weird huh)
2. phone must be able to ring and vibrate at the same time
3. when the phone is open and you hit the send button to see the trail of last calls I want to see the trail of ALL calls (made, recieved, missed) not just the ones sent out
4. I want to know the talk time on each of those calls
5. it doesnt have to be a blackberry and it doesnt have to have a camera or push to talk or mp3 or any of that crap but speaker phone would be nice
6. when i send a text a message i dont want it to ask me if i would like to save it, i want it to save automatically
7. it doesnt have to be a flip phone
8. must be tri or quad band
9. brand doesnt matter but i'd like to stick to Nokia, Motorola, LG since those are what I'm familiar with
10. i dont want to spend $500 on a phone either, maybe up to $250 if it has the above mentioned features
sorry to make this post so long. any help would be greatly appreciated. this is so frustrating that you get locked into these phones and go home to use it and find out you dont like it. Thanks very much!
1. must have alarm AND snooze (believe it or not this CG300 doesn't have a snooze feature, weird huh)
2. phone must be able to ring and vibrate at the same time
3. when the phone is open and you hit the send button to see the trail of last calls I want to see the trail of ALL calls (made, recieved, missed) not just the ones sent out
4. I want to know the talk time on each of those calls
5. it doesnt have to be a blackberry and it doesnt have to have a camera or push to talk or mp3 or any of that crap but speaker phone would be nice
6. when i send a text a message i dont want it to ask me if i would like to save it, i want it to save automatically
7. it doesnt have to be a flip phone
8. must be tri or quad band
9. brand doesnt matter but i'd like to stick to Nokia, Motorola, LG since those are what I'm familiar with
10. i dont want to spend $500 on a phone either, maybe up to $250 if it has the above mentioned features
sorry to make this post so long. any help would be greatly appreciated. this is so frustrating that you get locked into these phones and go home to use it and find out you dont like it. Thanks very much!