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Alright, opening this up to a larger audience. Opinions on these cel phones

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shmokes:
Check online, check wirefly.com, call AT&T, pit sales reps from one store against reps from another store.  You can get any phone you want, with the probable exception of the iPhone, for free.  With that said, check out the KRZR.  It's a much nicer form factor than the RAZR, and the battery life is unbelievable.  It works well enough as a media phone.  Sound quality is excellent.  My wife has one and she loves it.  And, seriously, she only charges it maybe once a week.  I swear, she could make a single 8-hour call and it wouldn't drain a full battery on that phone.  The original RAZR v3 had terrible battery life.  It's amazing how they managed to significantly shrink the phone, yet still give it phenomenal battery life.

For my part, I have a Blackberry Pearl, which I also got for free with my AT&T contract.  I absolutely love the phone.  It's a lovely combination between a full-on PDA and a phone.  It doesn't have a touch-screen, but it's also not gigantic -- it slips into my pocket completely unnoticed.  I have minor complaints about it -- the build-quality is definitely not as high as the KRZR, which is built like a tank.  But overall, I'm very pleased with it.  If you get the data plan so you can use push email and stuff, the BlackBerry Pearl is maybe the best phone on the planet, but even without the data plan you get excellent calendar functionality in a nice, small package.  Oh yeah, it has serviceable multimedia functionality as well.  Nothing great, but it would probably meet your needs.

DrewKaree:
I messed up a bit and can see I wasn't as clear as I should have been with my initial post.

The phone for the wife is of no concern to me or her.  Honestly, she's good with the Razr, and in reality, her phone is secondary.  She only wants a phone that will replace her current Moto i510, but get better reception, which is darn near any phone.  She's getting an increase in minutes (double), which is all she cared about.  The real need is my phone. 

I work for Pepsi now, and I'll be getting a discount for that.  We're set up so that I DO have to go into a store, but it's only to pick up whatever I order.  I don't have to pay for any phone except crazy-new phones and/or newer smart phones, and even then, it'll only be $50 or less. 

Battery life is turning out to be THE most important feature for me, since I'm now really set on eliminating my mp3 player from my pocket, and the bluetooth headset we get thrown in on our deals obviously eats up battery life far quicker.  I'm also good with the non-stereo earpiece thingamabob, since the majority of what I listen to is spoken-word (books and podcasts).

Shmokes, does your wife use a bluetooth headset with her phone, or is the battery life you're speaking about with the handset alone?  I like that the KRZR is a clamshell too.  Your Pearl would run me $50, but I'm thinking it might be overkill for me.  I also have to stick it in my pocket all the time (wearing it on my belt would just get it beat to hell and back, and quickly require replacement).  Does the keypad have to be locked all the time when used like that, and would you consider the process to lock/unlock the thing at least a dozen+ times a day to become tedious?

The package we're offered includes a car charger for free for every phone, some little throw-in bluetooth headset, every phone seems to be either free, $20, $35, or $50 unless we find it anywhere else for less (including online offers, and I'm believing I can find darn near any phone for free online), a few crappy cases (generic all-in-one slip-in cases I'll never EVER accept) as throw-ins, 50% off memory cards (if a phone can use one), and a discount on the primary phone of whatever plan I choose (I'll be getting a family plan, so I'll get a discount off the total plan price).

Thanks for all the responses so far.

tommy:
No one wants to talk to you Drew, so don't even bother with a phone.  ;D

That's your best bet anyway.  :laugh2:

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: tommy on October 29, 2007, 10:40:21 pm ---No one wants to talk to you Drew, so don't even bother with a phone.  ;D

That's your best bet anyway.  :laugh2:

--- End quote ---

Since my phone still ain't ringin', I'll assume it still ain't you ;D

Notice, I'm talking about the music capabilities of the phone.  I'm really looking for an mp3 player that also happens to be a phone.  That way if you ever DO call, when I don't answer I can always say I was listening to music at the time and couldn't be bothered

MikeQ:
Drew, don't you love your wife?   The Razr is 110% more likely to be involved in a rollover accident.   Get something more responsible.  The Razr does have an AMD Imageon Chip in though so you'll be helping me out. :)  Atually, pick any of these and you can think of me everytime you look at the display:

http://ati.amd.com/products/handheld/onboard.html


BTW, Bluetooth is awful for battery life. 

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