Its amazing that im 15 and i know more about cell phones than all of the employees that work at retail stores
Heres the story
My moms phone died on her last week(sharp tm150)
so i told her my advice on which one to get and which ones to stay away from. She really didnt want to take my opinion,she probably thought, why should i listen to him, hes only 15 and im sure the workers at the wireless stores will know more about phones than he does.
BOY WAS SHE WRONG
First stop: Cingular wirlesss authorized retailer.
First off, the employee didnt even get the correct manufactures name on the phones. He showed my mom the rzr v3 and said " this high quality megapixel camera phone from nokia is awesome"
so i told him
"Thats actually the motorola razr v3, and its a VGA canera phone."
then he just said " really?"
then he was trying to say the phones retailed for more than they actually do. and he was cutting us a "deal" yeah i know there just trying to make money, but come on, anyone with a brain knows that you can look online and find the msrp. So i told him the actuall msrp gor the phones he showed us. After he coudlnt take being outsmarted by a teenager. he had his boss take over. he wasnt much smarter.lol
second stop: T-Mobile authorized retailer.
Ok, when i first went in the store the guy seemed pretty inteligent. he knew which phones came out when, and who made them. he was doing good untill i started to be a smartass and ask rigorous questions about the features of the phones..lol
First my mom looked at the rzr and he right away told her to stay away from the rzr and motorola alltogether. Any cell phone freak like me knows that motorola puts out poor quality overpriced phones.
Then he showed my mom the nokia 6101. He talked about the design, and how its nokias first candy bar phone. but he failed to mention any features at all. I find it suprising that none of the salesman anywhere talked about the phones camera resolution. so thats when i started with the questioning. I asked him qustions like " i think the 6101 has a 262,000 colour display? does it?" of course he had to go look at a information sheet to find out. i also find it funny how not a single salesman mentions bluetooth, and if they do, they dont know how capable the device is with bluetooth.
So next he showed my mom the fairly new Blackberry 7100T. to be a smart ass again, i told my mom all the specs on it before he could(and by the look on his face, i could tell he was shocked that i knew so much about the phone). I was like" yeah its got a 262k color vga lcd display, speakerphone. i even said the screen resolution and all the fancy stuff.
i just thought i would share that with you guys
ALSO, IF U NEED HELP CHOOSING A CELLULAR PROVIDER,IF U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT A DEVICE OR ANYTHING CELLULAR RELATED. JUST ASK ME
.I WITHER AWAY ABOUT 2 HRS A DAY RESEARCHIGN NEW PHONES AND SPECS A DAY.lol
Thanks for reading.
Replys would be awesome! ![]()
im 16 and i love phones too but geez, 2 hours a day? don't you have homework and stuff? haha just kidding. i catch myself being a smart ass to the t mobile and cingular people who stop me at the mall, so i can't say anything. =)
Haha yeah i have homework and stuff, but i usually just wait till im in bed to do it. at least if dont do good in school, ill have some kind of future cuz im such a tech nerd.lol. well i really dont act like it and i still act cool . haha.
Cell phone stores wrote the book on poor service. The carrier-owned stores are no better. Under-staffed, Long lines, absolutely no training, and higher prices. It's not a formula for success. Eventually the buying public will become more comfortable with buying phones online and it will shake things up for these retail stores.
You said it
>>>>This is why I'll never buy from a store again
Cell phone stores wrote the book on poor service. The carrier-owned stores are no better. Under-staffed, Long lines, absolutely no training, and higher prices. It's not a formula for success. Eventually the buying public will become more comfortable with buying phones online and it will shake things up for these retail stores.
Looks like you've got a bright future in mall kiosk cell phone sales when you grow up. Congrats.
Haha thx i guess.lol.
i would rather be designing the phones or become the ceo of samsung wirless or something, but a mall kiosk would be pretty cool if it paid well. lol
so go ahead and spend two hours a day, go to my site even www.cellulartraders.com , and just so you know most average people don't care about how good the camera is just as long as the phone has it
these guys don't even know anything about the product
With your attitude I don't think you'd ever be hired, no matter how many specs you can rattle off. You can forget about a $80k a year sales job - you need to be likable and from this thread I don't think you're succeeding. . I wouldn't want to be your customer, much less your employer.
Since you offered help with any questions, I'd like to know if it's common to have difficulty charging Motorola phones, which I agree are not good. Placing the charger into the bottom of the phone sometimes works and sometimes doesn't - the charging gets interrupted somehow and flickers on and off. Don't know if I'm explaining it clearly, but we've found it to be true on two different Motorola phones from T-Mobile.
Thanks for the question.
I have had a few motorola phones in the past from different carriers and ive had the same problem. Most motorola phones are built cheaply and the charging ports come loose easily.With mine. it started to happen about 3 months after i got i. I just called up tmobile and got a new phone. For numorous reasons i always stay away from motorola.
Theres really no way to fix the problem. I just taped the power cord on mine in place so i wouldnt have that problem anymore.lol.
But if its in your budget, i would look into getting a new phone (different model) i would suggest a samsung phone. Ive had three or four samsungs and all of them have been great to me. If you just looking for a basic flip phone, i would get the samsung x-475. There are quite a few options if you looking into a camera phone. Theres the Samsung e335, the Samsung t309, Or theres the more expensive slider and swivel cam phones (Samsung e635, and the Samsung p735). I myself am waiting to get nokias new first flip phone. the 6101.
well i hope u get things sorted out and maybe youll get a cool new phone thanks to motorolas horrible phones..lol. motorolas good for some things, but there phones just dont last.
i hope this helps.
thanks for the question,
if you have any questions about the models i suggested, just write back and ill be happy to answer them for you.
thx
-JM
I used to use the Motorola 120c from Verizon Wireless and I remember having problems getting the charger to connect and touch the probes so it would charge. I agree that Motorola makes crappy phones. My brother went against my advice when he decided to replace his LG VX4400 for charging and reception problems for a Motorola V265 flip phone. I own the Samsung a650, and for what I use it for, it's a great phone. I don't use the internet and it has worked in more areas that Motorola phones wouldn't. I tried my Samsung at his place in Knox Indiana, where reception is spotty at times, and he was pissed that my phone worked at his place, and his didn't. I told him what phone to get for a basic tri-mode flip phone, and he decided not to get it. Since you're the expert wmf1489; what do you think of the Samsung a950 with an internal antenna? I usually prefer external antennas that retract, and not sure where not to hold the phone at, in order to keep the phone from losing reception. That is one of the phones I'm considering along with a flip phone from Nokia that will be coming out soon for Verizon Wireless. I forgot the model number for the Nokia phone, but I like some of the features that it has, including full bluetooth, retractable antenna, tri-mode (still prefer tri-mode phones over all digital phones), and a memory card slot for expandable memory, plus a card with classic Atari games. I'm waiting for actual reviews from the experts, plus personal experiences on the phones before I decide to get the Nokia phone. I have 'til July 1st, 2006 to make up my mind. That's the earliest I'm eligible for an upgrade with Verizon Wireless.
Thanks for the info. It's good to know we aren't the only ones experiencing the problem. My husband had the Motorola phone, and it started giving him trouble after about 6 months. TMobile replaced it (same phone) and the trouble started again. Got a Samsung. I don't like flip phones, but I thought the Motorola V276 from Verizon was really sharp looking, so I ordered it when I wanted to update my phone. Had the charging problem right off the bat and sent it right back. No more Motorola for us! Got another Kyocera phone instead and really like their products.
Thanks for replying to my post and others posts.
At first when i had this problem with my Motorola, i just thought it was just my phone, because i tend to get the bad batch of products. But its motorola alotogether. I will never purchase a motorola phone again.
I also love Kyoceras phones.
There very simplistic, they have the best menus and navigation of any phone ive ever owned,Every last one of there phones are incredibly durable,They are very inovative, And well priced.
I am actually a Kyocera Afillitate because i apreciate there place in the Wireless Industry so much.
Thx
-JM
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