What is a good Cell phone, Suggestions?

I use a Nokia 5190 PCS(digital) phone. the durability, features, and sound quality are among the best I've found in its price range. My service is through Pacific Bell Wireless, and I pay $75 a month, which includes 600 minutes anytime, 1000 weekend minutes, 1st incoming minute free, caller ID, voice mail, paging, call forwarding, etc. etc. etc. Additional airtime on this plan is around 20 cents a minute.
 
for those of you who might want the extra range of an analog "bag" phone but don't want to carry a bulky thing around, you can get booster kits for your car that have a plug that goes into your normal cellphone which runs the signal thru an 3W amplifier and out thru an outside mount antenna. Motorola makes one, I assume the others do also.

I have one of the plain Motorola phones (not a StarTac) and its working fine so far. fairly nice design, ergonomics, and user interface (takes "hi-cap" batteries also).
 
CDMA is your best bet for North America. Better than TDMA. I recommend CDMA phones from Qualcomm who pioneered the standard. I bought my wife one 3 years ago and I would still buy the same one today.

Be careful getting those micro-sized ones. They may look cool, but can be difficult to hold and use in one hand and the covers can be easily broken by too much pressure.

My $.02
 
As far as Nokia phones go, the last 2 digits of the model number designate the type of techonolgy it uses. A 5190 is a GSM phone, whereas a 5120 and a 5160 are TDMA phones, and a 5180 is a CDMA phone. GSM is the leading wireless digital technology in the world. www.gsm-pcs.org is a website about GSM technology, and will tell you anything you want to know about GSM. Another note about Nokia phones is this: Nokia is from Finland, where they have the number one per capita wireless phone usage in the world. As far as buying the phone from thw web, it's not your best bet. Retailers lose money on the phones they sell, the money they make is from the activation, not in the equipment. So if you were to buy a phone without activation, they will make you pay actual cost of the phone plus some profit. Nokia phones are the most popular and you will be able to purchase accesries for them just about anywhere. A couple of websites to check out for Nokia Accesories are www.cellularfactory.com and www.Phoneart.com
-Georgia Boy

[This message has been edited by Georgia Boy (edited March 14, 2000).]
 
OK I give up. I have service from both ATT and Sprint. I've been wanting to cancel ATT wor a while now, but have not found a non anti RKBA provider in TX. I was considering consolidating my services to Sprint and taking advantage of their add aphone service and saving myself some $$. Sprint also donates to the anti crowd so I'm not much better off. Any words of wisdom??? Also what gives with GSM. I thought that was only overseas. For those who know why is it the premier service??

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Go to http://www.point.com . It's a free service that covers the whole country and lets you select plans and phones based upon your input. You can compare everything in one place without talking to a salesperson. Personally, I have a Star-tac 7797 with a hands free kit and permanent antenna and it works great. My wife has a Qualcomm that is acceptable at best.
 
Sprint is good CDMA digital if they offer service in your area and where you travel. I had a Nokia 6185 and hated it, I did not like the StarTac and the Qualcomm Q-phone was a total POS. I had always liked the Touchpoint and when they came out with a dual band TP I jumped on it. This way the phone works on digital most of the time, but if I happen to be out of a digital area I can still use the phone as analog. I get a few days standby and 2-3 hours talk time. The plans vary, I have 700 mins for $70. I can use the phone from anywhere there is PCS service to anywhere in the US and long distance is included. If you don't have a long distance included plan, like my son, he has 800 mins for $38 per month, you can still call another Sprint PCS phone anywhere in the country with no long distance charges and usually any phone within your local calling area, like the whole state of Texas.
 
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