iijastronaut
New member
[I'm sure someone's asked this before, but I can't search the forums for some reason]
I live in New York City, and am totally torn on which of the above two phones to get. People on the forums have pretty much talked up both of these phones immensely, but I would like to gather opinions (especially from those who have seen both in action) on which phone is worth the money more?
For the most part, you can ignore cost (living near Chinatown and Flushing = amazing for phone-getting goodness), but I've got a couple of concerns.
(a) I've been using my pathetic little LG VX6000 for 3+ years now, so I had no idea what GSM even was until relatively recently. After doing a lot of research, all I've noticed was there are a number of different opinions in terms of service. What I mean is, the 810 has the 850mhz GSM range, while the 900 does not. Does that necessarily mean I'll have more dropped calls with the 900 living in the city, even if I choose T-Mobile over Cingular for service? I would hate to pay 500 bucks for a phone just to find out it doesn't work right.
(b) Has anyone had any problems with the 900's jack-knife opening thingy? It really does seem like it would snap and launch the screen off one day, but I've never actually seen one in action in person before.
On that note, if anyone has any reasons why I should choose one over the other, drop a message. Note that, after looking up prices for the last hour or so now, I've become shocked to note that they're going for almost the same price in a lotta places online now as well. Any info you guys can give would be most appreciated. Thanks guys.
I live in New York City, and am totally torn on which of the above two phones to get. People on the forums have pretty much talked up both of these phones immensely, but I would like to gather opinions (especially from those who have seen both in action) on which phone is worth the money more?
For the most part, you can ignore cost (living near Chinatown and Flushing = amazing for phone-getting goodness), but I've got a couple of concerns.
(a) I've been using my pathetic little LG VX6000 for 3+ years now, so I had no idea what GSM even was until relatively recently. After doing a lot of research, all I've noticed was there are a number of different opinions in terms of service. What I mean is, the 810 has the 850mhz GSM range, while the 900 does not. Does that necessarily mean I'll have more dropped calls with the 900 living in the city, even if I choose T-Mobile over Cingular for service? I would hate to pay 500 bucks for a phone just to find out it doesn't work right.
(b) Has anyone had any problems with the 900's jack-knife opening thingy? It really does seem like it would snap and launch the screen off one day, but I've never actually seen one in action in person before.
On that note, if anyone has any reasons why I should choose one over the other, drop a message. Note that, after looking up prices for the last hour or so now, I've become shocked to note that they're going for almost the same price in a lotta places online now as well. Any info you guys can give would be most appreciated. Thanks guys.