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tkidBOSTON said:
I actually purchased it through a reseller who bought it in Hong Kong. I like it okay, but its a bit annoying to tap out SMS as you have to use the stylus on the virtual keyboard (waaay too small for anyone's fingers, let alone mine). Other than missing the keyboard of my blackberry, I find pretty much everything else, esp call quality (the killer app) far superior.
Plus the "wow factor" when showing it off to friends is pretty nice. :cool:
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I particularly like the clear top shell and the way they integrate the speaker. Definitely nice looking!
 
tkidBOSTON said:
I actually purchased it through a reseller who bought it in Hong Kong. I like it okay, but its a bit annoying to tap out SMS as you have to use the stylus on the virtual keyboard (waaay too small for anyone's fingers, let alone mine). Other than missing the keyboard of my blackberry, I find pretty much everything else, esp call quality (the killer app) far superior.
Plus the "wow factor" when showing it off to friends is pretty nice. :cool:
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Who did you buy it from? I've been thinking about buying an unlocked phone from some of these import sites, but I'm not sure which one is the best to buy from.
 
These are a few I've found:

wirelessimports.com
cellularconcepts.com
puremobile.com

And a few others....I just don't know which one is the most trustworthy.
 
Yay! I got a new phone to replace Gigantor back there!

A Samsung A900:
 

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I'm thinking about getting the Moto KRZR, or the LG Chocolate, or the enV. Can anyone recomend me which one to get?
 
Zwhaler said:
I'm thinking about getting the Moto KRZR, or the LG Chocolate, or the enV. Can anyone recomend me which one to get?
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Well, if you HAVE to stay with the Verizon :(, then I'd say go wit the Chocolate or the enV- since the Krzr doesn't feature verizon's new interface.
 
Zwhaler said:
And the other 2 do? I like the enV more, so I'll go with it. Awesome!
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I'm very glad to hear you went with the enV. It is simply the best Verizon phone to date. The GUI is far better then any phone in Verizon's line-up. While the Chocolate has the new GUI, they click-wheel severely cripples it. The enV is a great phone, pair it with EV-DO/V-Cast and you've got a great multi-media phone, the only thing the SK3 has up on it is texting and instant messaging.

livingfortoday said:
Yay! I got a new phone to replace Gigantor back there!

A Samsung A900:
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The A900 makes the Razr look like crap! I think it's one of the best "normal" phones on the market- looks very much like the phones they use in Japan (which is a good thing) however it can't be used as a credit card, ticket-pass, key to your house, and it sure wont clean your car :(
 
Had my Samsung A970 for over a year or so, works great and has a nice 2 megapixel camera with a 2X zoom. Surprisingly the pics are pretty good quality. I can also capture up to 4 hours of video if I put my 256MB flash memory card in.

My only gripes about this phone are: the weight, it's a bit on the heavy and bulky side for me and the fact that Verizon forces you to use their ringtones and media crap.

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appleintelrock said:
The A900 makes the Razr look like crap! I think it's one of the best "normal" phones on the market- looks very much like the phones they use in Japan (which is a good thing) however it can't be used as a credit card, ticket-pass, key to your house, and it sure wont clean your car :(
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No, but it'll clean your wallet. Everything about it seems expensive. For all the common chargers Sprint uses, this phone doesn't use them because it has a special connector. Still, it's good hardware, though the software and battery life leave much to be desired.
 
appleintelrock said:
The A900 makes the Razr look like crap! I think it's one of the best "normal" phones on the market- looks very much like the phones they use in Japan (which is a good thing) however it can't be used as a credit card, ticket-pass, key to your house, and it sure wont clean your car :(
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Yeah, I love this thing so far. It's pretty sturdy considering how light it is, and it has a great little swivel cam that's pretty good quality, too. My only complaint is that battery life is pretty crummy, but it also charges really fast, so it kind of evens out.
 
I got a white KRZR (Verizon) on Monday. It was a needed upgrade. I waited a few extra months to learn what would be happening with the iPhone, and since I know that I won't be switching to Cingular, I decided I could finally upgrade.

The KRZR is super nice so far - very happy. I was debating between the Chocolate and KRZR, but went with the KRZR because I know four people with Chocolates and I'm the first with a KRZR.

I'll try to get pictures up in a day or so.
 
appleintelrock said:
I'm very glad to hear you went with the enV. It is simply the best Verizon phone to date. The GUI is far better then any phone in Verizon's line-up. While the Chocolate has the new GUI, they click-wheel severely cripples it. The enV is a great phone, pair it with EV-DO/V-Cast and you've got a great multi-media phone, the only thing the SK3 has up on it is texting and instant messaging.



The A900 makes the Razr look like crap! I think it's one of the best "normal" phones on the market- looks very much like the phones they use in Japan (which is a good thing) however it can't be used as a credit card, ticket-pass, key to your house, and it sure wont clean your car :(
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It's on order (they don't even have it in stores yet, they had a display model and thats it) and I will probably get a call this weekend! I am excited, it will be replacing my "craptastic" (as someone else in this forum said) Samsung A-670. Cheers!
 
falcon1 said:
What is Verizon's new interface? I wish they had the system like Cingular.
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The new Verizon GUI first appeared on the Chocolate and now it's on the enV. It isn't a brand new interface by any means, however it does slightly refine the menu system and seems to run fairly well (unfortunately, they haven't gotten rid of that awful color scheme.) Honestly, I don't think that having all of your phones running the same GUI is that bad of a thing (especially when you're providing streaming video- and soon live TV) however, if EVERY phone in your line-up is going to be running said GUI, you need to take the time to design a decent one. Granted, Sprint's GUI (used on some phones, I expect to see them pull a verizon soon) is better then Verizon's, but not perfect. The Motorola interface (not the new, fantastic Java Linux one, but the old one) which isn't very good, is far superior to Verizon's or Sprints'. If the good'ol'boys over at VZW would spend a solid year of R&D and make a good GUI, then I wouldn't care if they made their coffee cups run it. The feature restriction however, I am NOT for.

Zwhaler said:
It's on order (they don't even have it in stores yet, they had a display model and thats it) and I will probably get a call this weekend! I am excited, it will be replacing my "craptastic" (as someone else in this forum said) Samsung A-670. Cheers!
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You've chosen Verizon's best media phone! Way to go!
 
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