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Cheap Cingular Phone with Good Reception? Wife Mad!
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Posted by: Billy Hell

I left Sprint because they billed me an extra $170 every month. After six months of fighting that I went with Cingular. I have the a s710a. It has pretty good reception.
I got the wife a Motorolla V180. She tends to loose phones. This phone drops calls, she get voicemails a day later and it doesn't work in the house. She is really not happy. What would be a good alternative phone I could buy for her on Ebay that gets good reception?

Posted by: Serifan

One question: does your phone work well in places you wife is having trouble? I ask because then you would know if it's a phone or a network issue. I also ask because you mentioned that she was getting voicemails a day later, which usually indicates a network issue. If it's definitely a phone issue, get a Nokia, such as the 3120.

Posted by: Billy Hell

I know she drops calls constantly. She says it happens everywhere. I almost never drop a call.

Posted by: Serifan

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Originally Posted by Billy Hell

I know she drops calls constantly. She says it happens everywhere. I almost never drop a call.

I don't deny that; I just wanted to make sure that your phone works where hers doesn't. By the way, your location would help me (or anyone) to better answer your question.

Posted by: Billy Hell

Nashville, TN

Posted by: Serifan

Try switching phones (or rather SIM cards). If that makes a difference, then it's definitely a phone issue. Even so, does she have a preference: clamshell/flip, candybar, camera, no camera?

Posted by: ivwshane

A good cheap phone with good reception would be the nokia 6010.

But as iGambit pointed out, alot of your problems indicate the network and not the phone.

Posted by: Billy Hell

She really doesn't care about anything but having a phone that works. I'll try the sim card trick. I had not thought of that. Thanks for all the help so far.

Posted by: Copernicus325

Do keep us posted, I would like to see where this ends. In the meantime try also asking your local rep if there has been any reports of network problems locally and perhaps a little more detail from the wife on how often this really is happening. Good luck

Posted by: hominid7

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Originally Posted by Billy Hell

I left Sprint because they billed me an extra $170 every month. After six months of fighting that I went with Cingular. I have the a s710a. It has pretty good reception.
I got the wife a Motorolla V180. She tends to loose phones. This phone drops calls, she get voicemails a day later and it doesn't work in the house. She is really not happy. What would be a good alternative phone I could buy for her on Ebay that gets good reception?

Nokia 6010.

And tell her to keep her paws off the antenna

Posted by: physicsmazz

anything Nokia

Posted by: Shadowless127

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Originally Posted by physicsmazz

anything Nokia

QFT. Absolutely no doubt in my mind that nokias are hardcore.

Too bad im addicted to moto clamshells.

Posted by: ncvaco

If it is indeed a phone problem I would agree on the 6010 or if she wants a sturdy clamshell with good reception you can't beat the z500a.

Posted by: magicski

My sister was dropping calls left and right on her V551. I thought it was herr phone was acting up. Then she left herr hone somewhere so I left her use mine to call a friend. She kept dropping the call when I knew my phon e was fine. I then saw how she was holding it. She was holding it on the top and also blocking the antenna. That could cause dropped calls.

Posted by: Profet

just go to cingular.com and buy the c207 prepaid for $30 shipped. Throw away the cingular pre-paid sim and pop in your wife's sim.

Posted by: Billy Hell

Thanks for all of the great input. I'm going to get a 6010 off of Ebay. I'll report back.

Posted by: microchip13

hehe.

I ordered 3 V180s for my family, they were hacked the next day with a new flash, the reception now is very good. My sister gave me hers(she's sticking with her X426) and I'm using it till I get my replacement S710a, it's not as good as it should be.

I hope my next one's better.

The 6010 is great, also if she maybe wants a speakerphone then the 3120.