Cell phones: Phone Advice: LG vx8600 vs. vx8300 vs. vx9900

Phone Advice: LG vx8600 vs. vx8300 vs. vx9900

I am up for New Every Two with Verizon on Friday and I have read literally hundreds of reviews for each of these phones. I read TOO much...because there are certainly imperfections with every phone, and I magnify these in my mind so I can't decide which to commit to. That is why I need to hear some intelligent advice about which I should get.

Here is what is important to me:

DURABILITY/ BUILD QUALITY- Absolutely most important. I know phones aren't built to be dropped, but I want mine to be able to take some hard hits. My 2-year-old Samsung A670 has been dropped tens of times, and has been submerged...and still works great.

CALL QUALITY- I want to use the phone as a phone...to talk on. It should be able to do this well.

RECEPTION- Goes hand in hand with the previous...I want a phone that I can talk on in the most places.

BATTERY LIFE- It doesn't have to be spectacular, but I REALLY don't want to have to charge mid-day. I talk maybe 2 hours a day and text a lot, so I'll probably put a moderate drain on the battery.

SIZE/COOLNESS- Not tremendously important, but I carry it in my jeans pocket and not look like a fool.

That's it, thanks for any advice you can provide.