patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| this is green
This will make used phones a hotter commodity, and less e-waste. 99% of cellphone users can use a 5-7 year old phone. There are friends of mine who never knew their phones have Vcast or Vcast Music capabilities on them, they just bought the phone for the looks.
Most of my family uses a 2001 released phone from VZ. It was the first color screened phone offered by VZ. It has 1X, WAP 1.0 minibrowser, text messaging, phone book, call history, loading ringtones (although in QCP format), voice dialing, Get-It-Now, Analog (useless now), speakerphone, earphone jack, data cable.
Easier to say what it doesn't have, camera, GPS navigation, QWERTY Keyboard, Vcast, Bluetooth, flash card, VZ GUI. What non-geek needs that anyways? |
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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
 ·ViaTalk
| said by patcat88  :This will make used phones a hotter commodity, and less e-waste. 99% of cellphone users can use a 5-7 year old phone. Other than old people, I know no one who uses a phone that's more than 2 years old. Sales figures from the manufacturers would indicate that a huge majority of people buy new phones every 2 years or less. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | From observation, I'd have to disagree. I see many phones that are 3-5 years old in operation all the time. |
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jferrante
join:2003-12-06
Ford City, PA | reply to jester121
I am an "old people" and just bought a new Motorola e815 because it has much better signal strength than most current phones. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by jferrante :I am an "old people" and just bought a new Motorola e815 because it has much better signal strength than most current phones. Same here. I've killed it accidentally and replaced it with same model. |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
clubs:
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Actually, the two phones I would prefer VZW no longer has available new: the original RAZR V3c, and it's cousin the ROKR. (VZW used to have both handsets; the latter was only available under contract, however.) The RAZR is basically the CDMA version of the longtime AT&T Mobility favorite, and mostly mirrored it in features; the ROKR has all the same features and throws in MP3 playback capabilities. The one feature both handsets have (and why I want it) is (or should be) rather obvious: Bluetooth. If you want hands-free capability with a handset, Bluetooth is what you want. Better yet, these two handsets are compatible with a wide range of Bluetooth headsets (not just Motorola's, but also Jabra and even Plantronics). Few modern cell handsets are compatible with Plantronics Bluetooth headsets; however, that *does* include every MOTO CDMA handset back to the V3c. (Having used Plantronics non-Bluetooth headsets makes clear that if you *don't* buy Plantronics for headsets, you're settling for less.) |
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