Two Birds with one Phone
Feb. 27th, 2007 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zesty_pintoMy attempt to find a new phone with my ailing E815 and its inability to be charged properly has made me consider looking into a new model since I've got a plan expiring by July. It turns out that there's a whole bunch of cool phones with better camera parts. There's, of course, the catches that come with it.
-There's apparently a Powershot version of a cellphone out there that's receiving a lot of good remarks. At 3.2 megapixels and all the other good things that come with a camera made into a phone, I know it'll be at least decent. Unfortunately, it means switching to T-Mobile and, worse, I have to find and buy it from overseas, meaning I get no discount on the model.
-The issue I have with T-Mobile is not their service. If anything, I would *love* to use them for calling based on how their service doesn't grab you by the balls and shakes them down for every cent you own. The catch, however, is that their service isn't that far reaching in the US. Sure, in NYC I'll probably get pristine calling, but my concern is when I go far off into the wilderness I won't have any access. This isn't too big of a deal, but the catch is that it can be. Verizon's got AT&T's old lines, and it shows; I can use the internet on a Treo as far as the boonies in a scout reservation with only some interference. With that said, I can rely on the Treo instead for my calling needs while I use T-Mobile otherwise, but I'm worried about how well it'll work if I run it on a 1 year contract, especially since I plan on quitting by next year.
-The Powershot models, from what I'm told, are also based on a bandstream that not a lot of providers will have much access to within the US. Great if I'm traveling, but I can't help but feel like I'm going to limit my calling capability in the process, perhaps severely.
If this is the case, then I'll go for a G'zOne, since I need something that can handle being banged around and will probably handle the outdoors decently enough and then keep saving up for a Nokia. If not, though, then I might save some money by going with the Powershot phone.
[Poll #936397]
-There's apparently a Powershot version of a cellphone out there that's receiving a lot of good remarks. At 3.2 megapixels and all the other good things that come with a camera made into a phone, I know it'll be at least decent. Unfortunately, it means switching to T-Mobile and, worse, I have to find and buy it from overseas, meaning I get no discount on the model.
-The issue I have with T-Mobile is not their service. If anything, I would *love* to use them for calling based on how their service doesn't grab you by the balls and shakes them down for every cent you own. The catch, however, is that their service isn't that far reaching in the US. Sure, in NYC I'll probably get pristine calling, but my concern is when I go far off into the wilderness I won't have any access. This isn't too big of a deal, but the catch is that it can be. Verizon's got AT&T's old lines, and it shows; I can use the internet on a Treo as far as the boonies in a scout reservation with only some interference. With that said, I can rely on the Treo instead for my calling needs while I use T-Mobile otherwise, but I'm worried about how well it'll work if I run it on a 1 year contract, especially since I plan on quitting by next year.
-The Powershot models, from what I'm told, are also based on a bandstream that not a lot of providers will have much access to within the US. Great if I'm traveling, but I can't help but feel like I'm going to limit my calling capability in the process, perhaps severely.
If this is the case, then I'll go for a G'zOne, since I need something that can handle being banged around and will probably handle the outdoors decently enough and then keep saving up for a Nokia. If not, though, then I might save some money by going with the Powershot phone.
[Poll #936397]
