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To: LarsA who wrote (63705)	5/15/2007 7:14:00 PM
From: BDAZZ	Respond to of 196986

From Consumer reports 2007 by carrier >>Best choices for Verizon: Samsung SCH-a930 $165 LG VX8300 $75 LG VX5200 $50 The Samsung and LG VX8300 folding phones combine best overall phone performance with good-sounding MP3 players. Both allow access to VCast TV and music via Verizon’s high-speed EV-DO network and store music and pictures on Micro Secure Digital cards. The Samsung has better voice quality for listening. The LG VX8300 has a programmable jog dial. The LG VX5200 is lower-priced and has a relatively long battery life. All three units have voice command. None has a display that’s easy to read in bright light. Best choices for Sprint Nextel: Sprint PCS CDM-120 $0 Samsung A920 $150 Sanyo Katana $180 Samsung MM-A900 $53 The Sprint PCS is a solid, no-frills phone with readable keypad and display, except in bright light. Its voice quality for listening is only fair. The Samsungs have flexible voice-command capability and are compatible with Sprint Nextel’s fast Power Vision EV-DO network and Sprint’s Music Store. The Samsung A920 has good battery life, but the display is not as good as others we’ve seen and the music-player controls and phone functions aren’t well integrated. Though neither the Sanyo nor the Samsung MM-A900 delivered standout telephony performances, they’re notably thin and elegant, use Bluetooth to exchange contacts with other devices, and can serve as modems for connecting PCs or PDAs to the Internet. The Samsung MM-A900 has short battery life; the Sanyo runs on a slower network (Sprint’s PCS Vision) and lacks a standard headset connector but has analog backup. Displays are difficult to read in bright light. Best choices for Cingular: Motorola SLVR L7 $153 Pantech C300 $50 LG C2000 $0 Although thin, the Motorola is comfortable to use. Its keypad and display aren’t readable in bright light. It has excellent battery life, and it includes iTunes (limited to 100 songs). The smallest phone we’ve ever tested, the Pantech is less than 3 inches long when folded, yet has a very readable display and keypad. The LG has excellent battery life, although its keypad and display aren’t readable in bright light. Both models have a standard 2.5-mm wired headset connector. Best choices for T-Mobile: Motorola V195 $30 Motorola V360 $0 The Motorola V360 is a bargain-priced advanced phone. The Motorola V195, its basic cousin, lacks a camera and memory-card slot. Both folding phones have easy-to-use keypads and readable displays (except in bright light), and can receive on all available bands. Best choice for Alltel: The solid-performing Motorola E815, $80 (not in the Ratings), works on Alltel’s high-speed EV-DO data network. Its voice command and programmable jog dial provide convenient shortcuts. Its keypad is easier to read than most, though the display isn’t easy to read in bright light. It lacks analog backup.<<