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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DethStryke" data-source="post: 3258570" data-attributes="member: 1309">I also concur with the Nokia line. They are one of the few available in America that did not slaughter their phone designs for the American cell companies.SE is a lot better now that the original Ericsson models are gone (Sony purchased the company a few years back, and finished out the last of their horrible designs).<a href="http://www.mobileburn.com" target="_blank">www.mobileburn.com</a> is a good resource for reviews on cell phones and companies world-wide. Be warned, most of the newest and coolest phones are released overseas... America mostly gets third-generation hand-me-downs! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Be very specific when talking about model numbers and such - the phone may look the same, but small changes for the market they are in can make a huge flaw in the phone's performance. For instance, say a model 647 in Japan is a model 647i in America. Looks the same, and is marketed the same but the one small change between them made reception horrible where the Japan model is the best reception phone available. Just be cautious and precise when doing research.Also be aware that many companies have "Authorized Agents" that are basically franchise owners. I suggest dealing with the store that is owned and operated by the service provider if you can at all help it. Some of the most shifty screw-jobs I've ever seen were from AA's saying and doing whatever they could to sell you into the worst contracts possible. The Customer Service is set up to resolve everything through the "branch stores" (company owned, in other words), which means they simply say "oh, well if you have a problem, you have to go across town to this other store to fix it. Bye." All of the sales, none of the CS.Things can become a he-said/she-said deal from there. In those cases, I hope to god you keep all of the contracts, paperwork and anything else you sign your name to (receipts and all)... not trying to scare you, but you'd be surprised how many people I saw get the shaft from salespeople who were having their jobs be threatened if they didn't sell X number of whatever the heck the company wanted to sell that month. All because the customer didn't read anything or ask questions - just signed their name to everything in front of them and cooed at the new phone.Yea, I was in the Cingular sales / IT trech for two years for a branch store. Great benefits, but I will never do that, ever again.</blockquote>

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