is Cingular really worth it? Hi I've never used Cingular and was wandering how the coverage was in DC/NY/SF/LA. Does the drop calls depend on the type of phone you have? I'm intrigued by the samsung d807 phone but I hear that the volume is not that high. I'm also intrigued by the LG cu500. Is there anything that a phone that one recommends?thanks is Cingular really worth it? Hi I've never used Cingular and was wandering how the coverage was in DC/NY/SF/LA. Does the drop calls depend on the type of phone you have? I'm intrigued by... » Read More is Cingular really worth it? Hi I've never used Cingular and was wandering how the coverage was in DC/NY/SF/LA. Does the drop calls depend on the type of phone you have? I'm intrigued by the samsung d807 phone but I hear that the volume is not that high. I'm also intrigued by the LG cu500. Is there anything that a phone that one recommends?thanks « Show Less
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I live in NYC and have a Cingular mobile device and a T-Mobile phone. I have travelled to DC, LA, and Chicago with both my Cingular & T-Mobile devices, and to be honest, the coverage has been about the same: generally solid wherever I go.
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My Cingular service is the only one that gets service everywhere I've ever been. I've never been somewhere where I didn't get service. Its good.
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I honestly did not get that far with knowing the phone. I had a poor signal with this model. I do recall the features were incredibly small. Personally, I would seek a much better phone than the LG Rumor.
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This is another issue I just found out; the frequency range for this phone is 2100 mhz; so most carriers in America use the 1900 mhz range or below; so, this phone is not able to access 3G or 4G. I couldnt access 3G either; a friend of mine looked at it and found the frequency range. Another thing; yesterday the phone fall down from about a meter high; wasnt that high, the cristal screen totaly broke; since I live in Central America, theres no place to repair it. I owned before a Samsung Galaxy S3 and had some very hard falls and never happened to me. There went my 200 dollars. Take care of it, for the months that I had it, I mostly used it only with Wifi.
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I bought this phone used and it has never dropped a call. I believe that if people are dropping a lot of calls it might have something to do with the area they are in. I switched to this phone from the iphone 5 whiched dropped just about every phone call. And as far as freezing up..mine does very rarely, but no more than any other Android phone. Thats an issue most droids have, but the phone is great especially for the price.
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I've had my phone for 8 months and haven't had a dropped call yet (not that I use it terribly often, but certainly more than 16 times ...), and although the ringing tone is very quiet I have never had trouble with volume or quality of voice. Sounds like you either don't have good coverage where you are or you got a bad phone - have you tried a different phone under the same circumstances?
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Just came back from Italy with this phone. Any prepaid SIM card from TIM, Vodafone, Wind will do, but I read that TIM has good coverage, so I went with them. Basically you buy a prepaid SIM card which will give you a phone # in Italy for around 25 euros I think, but it gives you 15 euro of usage time. Incoming calls, even from US, are free. Talk is like 10-20 cents per min even overseas. Was told that texting to US is not worth it. As for texting, I received the text msgs from Trenitalia and TIM without any problems. Coverage from TIM and the phone's reception was great, no issues at all in Venice, Florence, and Rome. Battery life is good like the others have said. Just came back from Italy with this phone. Any prepaid SIM card from TIM, Vodafone, Wind will do, but I read that TIM has good coverage, so I went with them. Basically you buy a prepaid SIM card which will give you a phone # in Italy for around 25 euros I think, but it gives you 15 euro of usage time. Incoming calls, even from US, are free. Talk is like 10-20 cents per min even overseas. Was told that texting to US is not worth it. As for texting, I received the text msgs from Trenitalia and TIM without any problems. Coverage from TIM and the phone's reception was great, no issues at all in... » Read More Just came back from Italy with this phone. Any prepaid SIM card from TIM, Vodafone, Wind will do, but I read that TIM has good coverage, so I went with them. Basically you buy a prepaid SIM card which will give you a phone # in Italy for around 25 euros I think, but it gives you 15 euro of usage time. Incoming calls, even from US, are free. Talk is like 10-20 cents per min even overseas. Was told that texting to US is not worth it. As for texting, I received the text msgs from Trenitalia and TIM without any problems. Coverage from TIM and the phone's reception was great, no issues at all in Venice, Florence, and Rome. Battery life is good like the others have said. « Show Less
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Well, it all depends on the cellular operator, in my case, I'm in Venezuela and the operator I use is Movistar, and the amenities of voice and text are magnificent, have good coverage, with exception of some places away from the big city (very few), for the rest, the team works perfect .... I recommend it, good luck!
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It seems to be a good phone. So far, we are very pleased. Our primary provider is Verizon and we have traveled across this country and had great success with our tracfones. I have an old one that gives me great service but I don't have all the bells and whistles of the newer phones -- which I don't need. My husband likes to put them in the washing machine and until we got this LG 505C we were having a terrible time picking up signal on several phones we had tried. tracfone works for us as we don't use our phones very much. I would recommend this phone to you. Good luck. SC
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Yes, I bought it from Sears...but they don't actually sell cell phones so they couldn't help me, just sold me the phones. Then I was on my own. But CC CS is very good. I emailed them with a question and had an answer in 15 minutes, a tech question. I think I would have preferred now having bought what CC sells at the same price...it's more rugged and is called Rugby. When I turn the phone on it comes up with two CC screens.
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This phone worked so horribly for me that I never was able to make a successful call. It dropped in and out constantly and had to be replaced. In short, I never got far enough along with it to be able to answer. Sorry. If you are through Net 10 and have any problems, make sure you cancel, cancel and then cancel your service. They are STILL charging me for a one month service I bought back in September to sell a car and didn't want to give out my regular cell. I do not want to cancel my card, but they bill little charges, like a dollar, $ 3 etc every month or so, just enough to drive you crazy and not enough to justify cancelling a card you have auto draws etc set up on. UGG!!! Good Luck!!!! This phone worked so horribly for me that I never was able to make a successful call. It dropped in and out constantly and had to be replaced. In short, I never got far enough along with it to be able to answer. Sorry. If you are through Net 10 and have any problems, make sure you cancel, cancel and then cancel your service. They are STILL charging me for a one month service I bought back in September to sell a car and didn't want to give out my regular cell. I do not want to cancel my card, but they bill little charges, like a dollar, $ 3 etc every month or so, just enough to drive you... » Read More This phone worked so horribly for me that I never was able to make a successful call. It dropped in and out constantly and had to be replaced. In short, I never got far enough along with it to be able to answer. Sorry. If you are through Net 10 and have any problems, make sure you cancel, cancel and then cancel your service. They are STILL charging me for a one month service I bought back in September to sell a car and didn't want to give out my regular cell. I do not want to cancel my card, but they bill little charges, like a dollar, $ 3 etc every month or so, just enough to drive you crazy and not enough to justify cancelling a card you have auto draws etc set up on. UGG!!! Good Luck!!!! « Show Less
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Virgin's "Beyond Talk" plan starts at $35/month (although I'm grandfathered at $25 :) which includes 300 min of talk time (plenty for me but maybe not if you're a big talker) and has unlimited texting and data (that means INTERNET!) So the easy answer to your question is NO UPGRADES NECESSARY. However, they just started throttling data once you go past 2.5gig. But it resets each monthly pay period. And that's a fair amount of data IMHO. Anyway, if you're considering this phone/plan then you must be looking for a rock-bottom price for a good (not great) service. It delivers. But if you want truly HUGE amounts of data and a cutting edge phone then you'll have to look elsewhere . . . and pay at least 3 times as much!
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Tracfone is pretty good, depending on the area you live in. It is usually AT&T GSM but can be T-Mobile and rarely it can be Verizon. If you want a prepaid that is effortless, Tracfone isn't it. You can try T-Mobile-To-Go. When you accumulate $100 in airtime you automatically become a Gold Rewards member which means, even with the $25 cards, you get 1-year expiration. There is no drawback to this service unless T-Mobile service is not that good in your area. Give it a try. I must say, though, that in my area (Washington DC) that AT&T is the best service out there, and Tracfone uses AT&T service, so Tracfone is the most economical way to get reliable prepaid service in my area. Of course your area may be different.
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Hi there! I really appreciate your post. So I am wondering though, you did not have no problem buying this phone on Amazon and dealing with At&t;? It seems that everything went smooth for you! Is there anything else that I need to know. Thanks L.Beltran!
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I would love to know the answer as well? Has anyone purchased this phone or a phone that was not purhased through Straight talk and was able to use it on the straight talk plan? We pay 45.00 a month, with no contract, unlimited txt, email, etc..... If you could let us know that would be great! Thanks so much all, for taking the time out to write your reviews!
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Has anyone tried to port the number through cingular after they received the phone? My friend says that's what he did and it was no problem. He just had to go to a cingular location and they inserted a new chip.
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The deal is that you CANNOT port your phone number over as the phone is sent to you already activated. I didn't know that when I bought it. Neither did my friend, who called Cingular, ported the number, and now believes he will have to pay an additional $325 as a result. I see that one of the reviewers- Monkey Puppet- also learned this after the fact. If you don't need to port your number, it's the best deal around.
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Carlos - CL81201 has exceptional range potential; however, range can never be predicted, as it varies from one environment to another. Buy with confidence, as our phones feature unsurpassed range. Thanks!