Cell Phone Purgatory
Writen by: Hank WethingtonPosted on 10 January 2011
You’d think this would be simple.
I have a phone.
My wife has a phone.
I want to upgrade. I want a phone with a keyboard. I don’t want a data plan. We’re Verizon customers and a switch doesn’t appear to make for a better deal. All the phones available (12 under $50) are basic phones like the one I have, and are pretty much crap. I’ve been offered a Blackberry, but even though I wouldn’t need a contract, I would have to add a data plan. I’m even willing to consider adding some phones for the kiddos, but with the crap phones available, and anything decent requiring data plans, what options are there?
Do I wait? Do I take my business else where? If so, AT&T? They suck even worse…
3 responses to Cell Phone Purgatory
I know Verizon phones don’t have SIM cards, but is there a way to maybe buy a used phone off of eBay and “reprogram” it? Also, (Assuming you have a separate work phone) you can use Google Voice to forward your home number to your work phone.
Does Verizon still have the LG2? That was my last phone before a Droid and I loved it.
To add more phone fun, I’m at a verizon store experiencing a wait with 3 sales people standing around. Lame. #verizonfail