Verizon Wireless Mobile Phone Choices

Verizon Wireless recently updated their cell phone lineup, and since I've been on the lookout for a new phone from them for the past several months, I just reviewed the choices. While there is a lot more to choose from, I still didn't find anything I liked. What do I want? Good battery time, OBEX transfers, lens cap on the camera, and that's about it. Why can't anyone figure it out?Verizon Wireless CDM 8945

• Get It Now - I never use this, so it means nothing to me.
• Mobile Web 2.0 - ditto
• Removable Memory - This feature is a must have for me, since I require the ability to transfer media files (music, movies, etc.) to and from my phones (especially if bluetooth OBEX is disabled, VZW!).
• V CAST Music - no thanks, too expensive and inconvenient for me.
• Video Messaging - ditto, not worth it to me.
• Battery: 210 minutes of talk time - not nearly enough!
• Price - free with 2 year contract.

Nokia 6215i

• Email - this might be nice, but Verizon Wireless probably charges extra for it. Checking now... its able to do so via "Wireless Sync" - which requires a data plan, adding another $20-$50 to your monthly bill. No thanks.
• Battery life: 235 minutes of talk time.
Price: free with 2 year contract.

LG VX3400

• Speakerphone - pretty good feature, nice to have, not required for me though.
• Free
• Battery - 180 minutes of talk time. Ouch!

Verizon Wireless CDM 7075

• In my humble opinion, this is one boring looking phone.
• Price: free with 2 year contract
• Battery - 207 minutes of talk time

Nokia 2366i

• Bluetooth - "Phone does not support Bluetooth Object Transfer (OBEX) Profiles." Forget it!
• Battery: ~230 minutes of talk time.
• Price: $9.99 with 2 year contract

Verizon Wireless PN-300

• This phone is even more boring than the other Verizon Wireless phone! I won't even consider this one.

LG VX5300

• Price: $29.99 with 2 year contract

Kyocera K323

• Price: $29.99 with 2 year contract

Motorola W315

• Price: $29.99 with 2 year contract

LG VX3450 – Silver

• Price: $29.99 with 2 year contract
• I think this is one ugly phone... sorry LG.
• Battery: 150 minutes of talk time. Boooo!

Samsung SCH-u340

• Price: $29.99 with 2 year contract
• Looks cool but no real useful features.

LG VX8300

• Price: $49.99 with 2 year contract - why the high price?
• Yawn....

Motorola RAZR V3m

• Now we're starting to get somewhere.
• Battery: 200 minutes of talk time.... not that great.
• Bluetooth - yes, BUT: "The Silver RAZR V3m supports the following Bluetooth Profiles: headset, hands–free, serial port and dial up networking. It does not support Bluetooth object transfer (OBEX) profiles. See Bluetooth for details." Not cool Verizon Wireless!
• Price: $49 for 2 year contract

Samsung SCH-a870

• Price: $49 with 2 year contract

Nokia 6315i

• Price: $49 with 2 year contract

Motorola V325i

• Price: $69 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

Samsung SCH-u540

• Price: $69 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

Motorola MOTOSLVR L7c

• Nice looking simple phone, doesn't have iTunes though, like the one that Cingular/AT&T Wireless has
• Price: $69 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

Verizon Wireless G'zOne Type-V

• This phone is ultra-cheesy, no thanks!
• Price: $99 for 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

LG Chocolate™

• Overpriced for a non-functional media phone (it probably works if you buy your media from Verizon Wireless's vCast service, which I'm convinced is less convenient that the DIY method)
• Price: $99 for 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

Motorola MOTOKRZR K1m

• This is a nice phone, supposedly you can modify the seem to enable OBEX, but my e815 is already done, and still works like a champ.
• Not worth the $99 for me, which would rope me into another two years of restricted service.

LG VX8600

• Price: $129 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

Samsung SCH-u740

• Price: $129 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

Samsung SCH-u740 Black

• Price: $129 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

LG enV™

• Cool concept, but you'd need to pay a lot more in monthly fees to take advantage of advanced features, like the QWERTY keyboard.
• Price: $149 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me.

LG VX8700

• Looks like a quality phone, 2 megapixel camera, but still no lens cap!
• Price: $149 with 2 year contract - not worth it to me. What good are the extra megapixels if the lens is covered in lint?
• Battery: 200 minutes of talk time

LG VX9400

• Wow LG makes some wierd looking phones...
• $199 with two year contract. Are you kidding me?

Motorola MOTORAZR maxx Ve

• Like the regular razr, only not as good, because it looks FATTER!
• $199 with two year contract. Are you kidding me?

Samsung SCH-a990

• $299 with two year contract. Are you kidding me?