Which cell phone should I get?

[VanillaGorilla]

Samsung Impression: http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones...-a877/4505-6454_7-33573210.html?tag=mncol;lst

LG Xenon: http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/lg-xenon-black-at/4505-6454_7-33573213.html?tag=mncol;lst

Motorola Karma: http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/motorola-karma-qa1-at/4505-6454_7-33699287.html?tag=mncol;lst

Nokia Surge: http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/nokia-surge-6790-at/4505-6452_7-33720950.html?tag=box4505


I'm leaning towards the Samsung, with the Nokia in second.

I'm open to other suggestions as well, it basically just needs a QWERTY keyboard and not too bulky.

Thanks.

 

[Denny Crane]

iPhone. Everything else is weak in comparison.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Out of those four, definitely the Impression.

 

[Shooter]

Don't get a cell phone. They're a menace.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

iPhone. Everything else is weak in comparison.

I agree!

 

[BenDavis503]

Nokia is usually pretty good. I have been out of the cell phone game for a while though. I don't know.

 

[andalusian]

iPhone. Everything else is weak in comparison.

My wife has one of the new 3G iPhones. It is nice - but if I am going to be bothered with a phone that is not tiny - it has to have a real, honest keyboard.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

iPhone. Everything else is weak in comparison.

I had an iPhone before, and I rarely used the internet or anything that comes with the data plan, so now I don't buy the data plan, or else I would get an iPhone.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I absolutely love my Blackberry Curve.

 

[Anima]

I'm thinking about getting a Blackberry Pearl. I've heard they are great little phones but they don't have the full keyboard you're looking for.

 

[THE HCP]

This is what I'm rockin right now, just picked it up!

 

[Denny Crane]

This is what I'm rockin right now, just picked it up!

Kind of hard to hide that you're talking on that thing while driving your car.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Kind of hard to hide that you're talking on that thing while driving your car.

Will that thing even fit inside his car?

 

[dpc]

Will that thing even fit inside his car?

He's mexican, he can fit 32 people in his car.

Actually only half Mexican, so 16 people

 

[dpc]

Btw I also have a Curve and have no complaints about it

 

[Haakzilla]

The BlackBerry BOLD is the best "phone", hands down...while the iPhone wins for the best "gadget"!!!

 

[Masbee]

Blackberry Tour.

Kind of a blend between the Bold and the Curve.

If e-mail is important, Blackberry handles it better than anyone on phones. The Tour is a world phone, has a beautiful hi-res screen, a fantastic keyboard, and Verizon service - which is far superior to AT&T, which is the biggest problem of the Bold and the iPhone.

The biggest drawback of the Tour is no wi-fi.

 

[andalusian]

Kind of hard to hide that you're talking on that thing while driving your car.

It's a freaking underground mug. Cars and subways are not mutually exclusive. It's not like the thugs on the Studebaker payroll will go smash his knee because he has an underground mug.

 

[44Thrilla]

HTC Touch Pro 2 and Palm Pre >> iPhone

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I have a motarola now and it's a flimsy piece of junk.

 

[drexlersdad]

I had an htc before my iPhone and I was nice

 

[andalusian]

I had an htc before my iPhone and I was nice

So, you blame the iPhone for become an a-hole?

Not that I am saying that you are... I am just trying to work logically through your statement (don't shoot the interpreter).

 

[Colonel Ronan]

I have a motarola now and it's a flimsy piece of junk.

I didn't even know they were around anymore...

 

[Ed O]

iPhone. Everything else is weak in comparison.

I won't be getting an iPhone because I really enjoy having a qwerty keyboard. I don't want to rely only on a touchscreen.

Ed O.

 

[MIXUM]

i have the iphone but agree with ed.... i hate the touchscreen for texting and dialing. miss a real keypad

with that said...

iphone is the best phone out there and its not close

 

[andalusian]

iphone is the best phone out there and its not close

That is not true. The Palm Pre is the best phone out there - it just does not have anywhere near the amount of applications the iPhone has- and as such, will probably be a case of too little too late and will die. I know my wife was oohinh and aahing over the Pre and to this day wishes she could get one - but she decided to get the iPhone because it did a better job of getting into her job's corporate site/mail.

 

[Masbee]

i have the iphone but agree with ed.... i hate the touchscreen for texting and dialing. miss a real keypad

with that said...

iphone is the best phone out there and its not close

Not so. Not even close.

As a PHONE, the iPhone is pretty fucking crappy.

Lame service provider (AT&T)

Mediocre call quality.

Can't run apps and handle calls at the same time.

And other problems that make it lame purely looked at as a phone.

What the iPhone really is, is the best touchscreen based portable computer / media player / web browser / "app" device.

Excellent media player, especially if you already had iTunes.

Excellent web browser (though sabatoged by poor coverage and speed and quality of AT&T) service.

As I said before, if you want a good PHONE (you know for making and taking calls), paired with the best service, paired with the best e-mail service / device combination, then you get a Blackberry on Verizon.

If all those things are not important there are other good phones. There is no one perfect phone or "best" phone. Never will be. You have to choose what services are important and get the device and service that do those things well.

I saw too many friends and family get the iPhone just because everybody else was. And they were "happy" with the phone because it was cool and kinda fun to use. But they all had issues with service and it not being a great phone calling device.