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Registered for #2
 posted: 1/21/2008 at 1:02 PM
So my POS LG phone is going on 3 years old. The antenna is mostly busted off and has a wad of duct tape on it to keep the sharp bit of remaining metal from cutting me. I have long wanted to ditch this phone, since we qualify for the "new every 2" program, anyhow.

Does anyone have recommendations for phones that work well for running...clipped to the waist? I'm thinking an internal antenna would be less bothersome and not have the risk of breaking...but are there any with good reception? As it is we are nearly in cell phone Hell as far as coverage is concerned. I'd also like a flip or slider style phone (so that I don't have to lock/unlock the keypad and can easily call if I have a running emergency), but the flip would be nice if it didn't flop around on the run--which is one issue I have with my current phone.

Verizon currently has a good offer on the LG Chocolate phones...but I don't need that much phone, unless it would really suit my needs well (I don't NEED camera, mp3 player, etc...though it seems all phones are doing these things, now).

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Mississippi
posted: 1/21/2008 at 3:47 PM
I live in the cell phone dark ages. I have a Tracfone. Roll eyes It works, that's all I ask. Nothing fancy, it's not even a flip phone. No Internet, no camera. I buy units as I go along.
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Dustin
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 posted: 1/21/2008 at 4:47 PM
modified: 1/21/2008 at 4:48 PM
My wife and I both have sony-ericssons and we love them. I have the w810i, she has the newer w580i. They're mp3 capable with a pretty good camera, which we don't really use that much but it's nice to have. The reception is really good from our experiences with the phones. Her phone even has a fitness program on it, counts the number of steps and a few other things. I think it can estimate your speed and distance too.
holo
posted: 1/21/2008 at 9:05 PM
I have a pebble- I actually just carry it in a ziplock bag (it rains a lot here) when I am running. I got mine from ebay because I don't like getting my phones from the cell phone company- everytime you get a phone through them you have to renew your contract. I do not like being locked in a contract since it costs almost $200 per line to cancel to contract. I would look at ebay- you can get good phones for pretty cheap.
PWL
posted: 1/21/2008 at 9:14 PM
modified: 1/21/2008 at 9:14 PM
Quote from Mississippi on 1/21/2008 at 3:47 PM:
I have a Tracfone.


Wait...what? A Tracfone? I didn't know they still had those! Wink Just kidding--my mom had a bagphone until about 18 months ago.
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redrunner
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 posted: 1/21/2008 at 9:33 PM
I have a recently retired pebl. I don't run with a phone, but I can't imagine a phone that would work better than that. They're tiny.

You can have mine if you don't want to buy one, though mine is tmobile. I'm just going to recycle it.
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Mississippi
posted: 1/21/2008 at 9:50 PM
Quote from PWL on 1/21/2008 at 9:14 PM:
Wait...what? A Tracfone? I didn't know they still had those!


They don't make my version anymore...
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BadDawg
posted: 1/21/2008 at 10:04 PM
modified: 1/21/2008 at 10:07 PM
Quote from Mississippi on 1/21/2008 at 9:50 PM:
They don't make my version anymore...



Hey Michelle, that looks like my POS Nokia brick. If I stop in to a TMobile store, they laugh at me but it's not going anywhere.

Use it up,
wear it out,
make it do,
or do without.

Quote from PWL on 1/21/2008 at 9:14 PM:
my mom had a bagphone until about 18 months ago.


See quote above, THAT'S called getting your money's worth. A woman after my own heart, God bless her frugal Yankee heart.

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SimonR
posted: 1/21/2008 at 10:17 PM
I quite like Samsung products, the A436 is a basic model, though it does have a low resolution (useless) camera. It is a slim design and the numbers appear nice and large on the screen when you dial.
I am in the cellphone business, by the way, though I have no financial interest in Samsung.
Most phones these days are pretty good, though the Chocolate has not been the most reliable.
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Registered for #2
 posted: 1/21/2008 at 10:54 PM
Quote from SimonR on 1/21/2008 at 10:17 PM:
though the Chocolate has not been the most reliable.


Good to know. I should ask you, what would be most likely to survive repeated drops to asphalt...? Blush My little LG has been like a tank, aside from the antenna.
Kirsten
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'08: 1561 mi
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• Run 1750 miles
• 2 marathons (May - Bayshore, Fall - ?)
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k? ~ HM ~ 26.2
• 1st trail relay (North Country)
Teresadfp
posted: 1/21/2008 at 11:02 PM
I like our Tracphone, too. I can let DS take it and not have a coronary if he loses it or kills it.

Mississippi
posted: 1/21/2008 at 11:15 PM
modified: 1/21/2008 at 11:15 PM
Quote from PWL on 1/21/2008 at 9:14 PM:
Just kidding--my mom had a bagphone until about 18 months ago.


I had to look that one up! It's a phone- in a bag. Big grin Can't throw that in your back pocket.
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Bloody Nipple
 posted: 1/21/2008 at 11:17 PM
I would go for something simple perhaps a discontinued model.

My father has had good experiences with the Ericcson T28 and he is hard on phones.
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Bloody Nipple
 posted: 1/21/2008 at 11:20 PM
Quote from PWL on 1/21/2008 at 9:14 PM:
Wait...what? A Tracfone? I didn't know they still had those! Wink Just kidding--my mom had a bagphone until about 18 months ago.


Seriously? Did she have a reluctance to upgrade or what?
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PWL
posted: 1/21/2008 at 11:58 PM
modified: 1/21/2008 at 11:59 PM
Quote from Mississippi on 1/21/2008 at 11:15 PM:
I had to look that one up! It's a phone- in a bag. Big grin Can't throw that in your back pocket.


You don't remember bagphones?? Those were state-of-the art...umm...around the early 90s maybe? I don't remember now. I just remember sitting in a parking lot in my mom's car talking on my bagphone to my friend in the next car over who was on his mom's bagphone and thinking I was cool as sh*t. Cool

Quote from modal on 1/21/2008 at 11:20 PM:
Seriously? Did she have a reluctance to upgrade or what?


Yes---what tipped you off?
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