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Cell phones: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why?
- 7/3/07 3:41 PM
NOKIA
by knelson276 - 7/4/07 9:13 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've had many cell phones but in my experience the nokia's are very durable and have great battery life. Now I use my phone just for talking, no fancy features like built in camera or web browsing. So I can’t comment on the durability or battery life of high end phones with all the fancy displays and features. But I've dropped my simple nokia I don’t know how many times on a variety of hard surfaces including concrete. So far I’ve only managed to knock the back off and battery. Put back together and works fine. Battery life well over a week means I’ve never had to even get a car charger or worry about taking the charger with me on short trips. Had a Samsung phone once, first drop on kitchen floor and the display cracked. The Motorola I had drained the batter much too fast.
I stick to LG
by ghiscau - 7/4/07 9:34 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I purchase LG because I want a built in 2 way speakerphone. When I drive I want to be able to talk hands free. I do not spend the majority of my time talking on the phone so I do not want to have to keep up with little earsets or any other extras.
Hate Motorola, like Nokia
by Rob-Sedona - 7/4/07 9:46 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've had several Motorola phones that had that terrible 2-pin power connector, and I can't count the number of times I thought the phone was charging, but was not. I think they've abandoned that style connector, but it still bugs me. Then, on my E815 when I find the battery dead after failing to charge, I can't get the back off to switch to my backup battery.
I have a Nokia N800. It's not a phone, but has wifi and bluetooth, so it can use a cheap bluetooth phone for internet connectivity. I think that's the way I'll go. The N95 looks tempting, but US providers with their deceptive marketing and poor service just make me hesitant to buy an expensive phone and commit to a provider.
iPhone owners may love the product, but I bet they'll learn to hate AT&T with a passion.
Hate Motorola, like Nokia
by Rob-Sedona - 7/4/07 9:47 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've had several Motorola phones that had that terrible 2-pin power connector, and I can't count the number of times I thought the phone was charging, but was not. I think they've abandoned that style connector, but it still bugs me. Then, on my E815 when I find the battery dead after failing to charge, I can't get the back off to switch to my backup battery.
I have a Nokia N800. It's not a phone, but has wifi and bluetooth, so it can use a cheap bluetooth phone for internet connectivity. I think that's the way I'll go. The N95 looks tempting, but US providers with their deceptive marketing and poor service just make me hesitant to buy an expensive phone and commit to a provider.
iPhone owners may love the product, but I bet they'll learn to hate AT&T with a passion.
Fed up with Motorola, intrigued by Nokia
by Rob-Sedona - 7/4/07 9:54 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've had several Motorola phones that had that terrible 2-pin power connector, and I can't count the number of times I thought the phone was charging, but was not. I think they've abandoned that style connector, but it still bugs me. Then, on my E815 when I find the battery dead after failing to charge, I can't get the back off to switch to my backup battery.
I have a Nokia N800. It's not a phone, but has wifi and bluetooth, so it can use a cheap bluetooth phone for internet connectivity. I think that's the way I'll go. The N95 looks tempting, but US providers with their deceptive marketing and poor service just make me hesitant to buy an expensive phone and commit to a provider.
iPhone owners may love the product, but I bet they'll learn to hate AT&T with a passion.
What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to
by carlos434547 - 7/4/07 11:09 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Apple 46% how are people loyal to apple when they just have one cell phone and not even a week. Im not loyal to any body as long they make a cool phone but the iphone is not a cool phone for me.
I prefer Samsung
by john833 - 7/4/07 11:34 AM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I prefer them because for one their cell phones have easy to use short cuts to camera, video, music, and applications. I also like the designs but not as much as Motorola. I strongly love samsung because of their camera. I love the camera because it looks like a 6 mega pixel camera with so clean vision. But all of the other like lg and motorola have disgusting cameras. The pictures that you take and place in your PC look cheap.
I am a true samsung fan.
Dont care about reception but i do care about features.
P.S. Also A Rammstein Fan.
samsung phones are made by LG
by back_water_tech - 7/4/07 11:28 PM In reply to: I prefer Samsung by john833Samsung are LG metro only phones.
use that samsung phone out here in the sticks and you will probably not like them as much.
Selected Nokia, But...
by Ribbink - 7/4/07 12:37 PM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The 6102 that I'm currently using for calls and also an expensive time piece. I like the dual displays. My patience is currently being challenged with Nokia's availability to distribute the proper cable for the PC Suite interface. I initially received the wrong data cable that Tech Support determined. That DKU-5 Data Cable that was supplied instead of the correct CA-44 did have erroneous connectivity.
Lee and the CNET team: Keep up you good reviews.
Sorry, Lee forget about any Bar B Q for ya in North Texas. Too soggy and continued Flood alerts. rjr
For Motorola
by katznstn - 7/4/07 12:42 PM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had a big, clunky Motorola car phone in the 1990s that never gave me any problems. Since then I've had a number of sharp looking but mediocre phones from other manufactures. Samsung was particularly bad at dropping calls. My Palm lifedrive PDA crashes so often that I have no interest in a Treo. I've also had pretty good experience with two Audiovox phones. However both my kids have had Samsung problems and one of my grad students who works for T-Mobile hates Samsung so they're off my list. On the other hand my sister in law still uses her ancient Star Tac and my current Razr is doing beautifully after 7 months of use. I think Motorola's strength is in it's consistency but it has styling and features equal to any of its competitors.
This poll is a little off...
by bevansciw - 7/4/07 1:22 PM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Being that Apple just entered the market, it's pretty hard to say most people are loyal to this brand of phone. Those who voted in favor of Apple have barely had the device out of the bag.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Apple fan and would also like to give the iPhone a shot. However, Jobs' successfully screwed this one up by contracting (3-years no less) out with a single carrier. Basically committing product suicide before ever hitting the selves.
I strongly believe cell phone uses/owners are loyal to the provider, first and fore most. Second and still very important, they are loyal to the brand of phone. Just as easy as it is to switch carriers these days, it is equally as easy to switch brands of phone (every 2-years). Jobs' forgot to take this into consideration when deciding to side with a single carrier. Do you honest believe the iPod would have been so successful had it only been offered to Mac uses? Probably not.
Getting back to the original question, I'm loyal to my carrier (Verizon). Secondly, I'm loyal to the LG brand of cell phone. Out of the four brands of cell phones I've tried (LG, Samsung, Motorola, & Nokia - in that order from best to worst) the LG is the most consistent performer and offers the best features (easy to use).
The long and short of it, we all have had our own experiences and thus developed a favorite. This is just one person's take.
Audiovox 9600 via Auto Club of So. Cal. deal
by Bronzit - 7/4/07 1:47 PM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
We use these because they have always satisfied our needs for a PHONE, w/no expensive options. None of the other stuff. They have GPS capability built-in. No dropped calls, no roaming charges, never run out of minutes, extensive CDMA coverage (never had to drop down to analog connection). Auto Club of So. Cal. offered a 2-4-1 deal a little over 2 years ago. The phone has a direct dial button for the Auto Club (which we have used maybe once). 2 phones 4 $54 + wife's nursing discount w/Verizon for $49/mo., total (Family Plan). I bought 2 larger after-market batteries when ours started to get old. 2+ days w/o recharge. We aren't on the phone much, compared to younger people. No Internet, IM, Text, call-forwarding, call waiting for us!
We started with Pac Bell (Lucent phone?) CDMA in 1997 for wife's on-call, went to MCI, merged to Verizon. The Audiovox phone has never failed! I have also used an LG flip-phone which had a short charge life, under MCI.
Re: Audiovox 9600 via Auto Club of So. Cal. deal
by Bronzit - 7/4/07 2:50 PM In reply to: Audiovox 9600 via Auto Club of So. Cal. deal by BronzitI got the model # wrong: It's actually an Audiovox 9155-GPX. Sorry.
I have had cell phones from Motorola,Samsung,Sony Ericson,
by Gary Mickel - 7/4/07 2:28 PM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As well as having several Nokia phones out of all these phones I have had the least trouble with Nokia. All the cell phones I have had I have been with basicly the same phone service that being A,T&T or Cingular with very few problems if any the service is the best I have had with wide area's of coverage and easy access to customer service. I have had the at&t or cingular with very few problems since I got my first cell phone in the year 2000 and up to recently.
The New Jitterbug by Samsung for Great Phones
by softwarecritic - 7/4/07 2:29 PM In reply to: Poll: What cell phone manufacturer are you loyal to and why? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The Jitterbug is a great phone for people like myself who don't want to take pictures or otherwise play around. It features simple plans, a dialtone, large print for building one's call list, voice or keypad dialing and great customer service. For senior citizens like myself you just can't beat it.
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