A little input please?

PerfectCreature
PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
edited July 2010 in The Clubhouse
So I am looking to buy a new cell phone. I have been wanting one of those smart phones for quite sometime now.
I am stuck between 4 phones.
My question is which of these phones have you had, what were they like and how long did they last...all that sorts of stuff. This is for Us cellular by the way.
Motorolla Crush
LG Bliss
LG Tritan
Samsung Caliber.

So what do you guys think? I plan on purchasing on Monday.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2010
    I can't answer your question but you should visit CHINA...everyone here, EVERYONE...lives, breathes, eats and sleeps with the CELL PHONE. It's LIKE A GOD! Every electronics store sells more CELLS than ANYTHING else. I've thought of renaming the PRC the CELL PHONE NATION! That and the fact that it probably has the greatest number of cell phone users in the world.

    Personally I find the whole thing "funny" because I don't really like 'Cells' much other than for Emergency purposes! Guess I'm old school. Text messages, SRS, internet, twitter...games.....Chinese EYES ARE GLUED to the CELL! lol

    Nontheless..happy phone hunting. I should also mention that the illegal CLONE market here is HUGE....did I say HUGE...what do you want...all of the phones listed above have clones here at half or a quarter or less of their actual price and that includes ALL other major phone manufacturers! Imagine a country where you can buy a cell phone in almost any store..and that's China!!

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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited July 2010
    Avoid the Crush!
    I had one for about a week, and returned to my old Razr.

    The touchscreen is not good at all. To call it an exercise in frustration would be an understatement. I really wanted to like that phone, just couldn't do it. The fact that USCC has taken to locking out the phones, (they never used to) so that you are forced to buy their ringtones, just pisses me off.

    I decided to bide my time until USCC comes out with something better.
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited July 2010
    call me old fasioned, but all I want my phone to do is voice mail when I can't answer. no twittering, texting, tweeting, internet, cameras and all that other nonsense
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited July 2010
    My last phone was a Motorola VE20....which was a great phone, but the speakers have blown and its just marred up, I have had it for almost 2 years I have 610 hours 18 minutes and 29 seconds. And for those who thought about doing it up in days, its about 26 days....of talk time...which is really...quite a lot ha.
    Anyway. So, we have a vote against the crush, any other votes for yes, or no?
    Thanks.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
    edited July 2010
    cnh wrote: »
    I can't answer your question but you should visit CHINA...everyone here, EVERYONE...lives, breathes, eats and sleeps with the CELL PHONE. It's LIKE A GOD! Every electronics store sells more CELLS than ANYTHING else. I've thought of renaming the PRC the CELL PHONE NATION! That and the fact that it probably has the greatest number of cell phone users in the world.

    Personally I find the whole thing "funny" because I don't really like 'Cells' much other than for Emergency purposes! Guess I'm old school. Text messages, SRS, internet, twitter...games.....Chinese EYES ARE GLUED to the CELL! lol

    Nontheless..happy phone hunting. I should also mention that the illegal CLONE market here is HUGE....did I say HUGE...what do you want...all of the phones listed above have clones here at half or a quarter or less of their actual price and that includes ALL other major phone manufacturers! Imagine a country where you can buy a cell phone in almost any store..and that's China!!

    cnh

    It's almost that way here as well.... You can by prepaid phones at the corner gas station...
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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited July 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    It's almost that way here as well.... You can by prepaid phones at the corner gas station...

    Sounds like there's a lot of illegal trade in your area...
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    I should also mention that the illegal CLONE market here is HUGE....did I say HUGE...what do you want...all of the phones listed above have clones here at half or a quarter or less of their actual price and that includes ALL other major phone manufacturers! Imagine a country where you can buy a cell phone in almost any store..and that's China!!
    I don't think such should be broadcasted and encouraged here in North America ;) China makes copies of just about anything to avoid doing the engeneering work or pay the rights to buse the technologies. I don't think China is a good business model for NA, we already have enough thiefs frauds in NA. Personally I avoid responding to any chinese offer which is voluminous nowadays on the internet. If you don't want the NA economy to get even worse than it is, stay away from chinese crap as much as possible (quite hard when so called American products uses crappy chinese manufacturing :eek:).

    Back to the OP ;), while I live in Canada I still believe motorolla products are still the best buy (quality and reliability wise) in North Americe.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, I would like to keep motorola going but I have heard some bad things about the crush.
    I don't really know, they all seem to do about the same thing...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited July 2010
    What the hell...if it rings and you can answer it or if you dial a number and someone answers......it's a good phone.
    'nuff said.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited July 2010
    CNET seems to like the Bliss best.
    I'm still using one of their flip phones.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2010
    I don't know what their current offerings are but, I have never had any complaints about the many Nokia phones that I've owned and they all excelled at capturing the strongest signal strength when they were compared with friend's phones.;)
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited July 2010
    They unfortunate do not carry Nokia anymore. It is a shame since they made some damn good phones.
    Ah well, I think I am going with the Tritan... I will have to pick it up on Friday though....
    Does anyone think that would be a mistake for a phone?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited July 2010
    From what my friends tell me the Bliss is the way to go.

    Heard the Crush sucks. Had a buddy bring his back three or four days after he got it.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited July 2010
    Looks like the Bliss is the way to go out of the models you listed. Why not look into one of the Droid phones though?
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited July 2010
    Well, the phones in this area are an extra 20 a month, the android phone which is coming out this Friday (when I will be getting my phone) will be 30 extra a month.
    I mean, on top of that the droid will most likely be super expensive.
    I have thought about it, but it has feature I may never even use...
    I do have Us Cellular by the way....if I didn't mention that.
    If you type in the area code for portland maine, you can see all the phones that are available to me...
    if anyone else has any other suggestions other than the bliss let me know.
    Thanks.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2010
    Get the Droid, you'll learn and love the extra features.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, but is it honestly worth that extra 10 a month over the premium phones?
    I dunno... hmmm....
    so thats 2 for the bliss and 2 for the droid....
    anyone else?
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