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MPX220, V3 Razr, SMT5600, or wait...
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Posted by: MrH42

As if you guys didn't have enough, which phone should I choose threads floating around, I made another in hopes of getting a little help.

I've been lurking these boards for quite sometime, and thought it was time to sign up and get a little advice.

I'm eligible for a phone upgrade finally after two years of waiting. I'm not too expierenced in the entire cell phone world as of yet, but have been reading up on them in the past 6 months or so.

I'm just a gadget freak, like many of you guys are, so I plan on spending a fair amount of money on this next cell phone. It's got to last me two years, so I better like it.

Here's the situation. No media plan, so EDGE is not important to me. The V3 is hauntingly sexy. The SMT5600 is jam packed full of features, some of which I'd probably use, and some I wouldn't. I'm intrigued with the idea of a PDA meets a phone, as I always was tossing around the idea of getting a PDA, but never went through with it, because I didn't want to carry both a PDA and a phone. The MPX220 has the clam shell design (which I prefer) and a better camera than the SMT5600, but had some quality problems, and is not currently being sold at Cingular (but will be soon again from what I hear).

So here are the questions. What are the chances the price of the SMT5600 and V3 Razr are going to drop in price soon? From what I've read, there's going to be a lot of new phones coming out here soon. Will this drop the price of these two phones further, or will they simply discontinue these two? Is this as low as they are going to get? Cingular seems to play the game of changing the prices on their phones on a weekly basis, and I don't want to end up paying $100 more for a phone that I could have gotten cheaper a week later.

Also, what do you guys suspect the price of the MPX220 will be if it does make a return to Cingular's line up? Do you think it will, and if so, when?

Any new phones suspected to come out within the next few months for around $200 that are better than the three I have mentioned?

I'm really stuck between these three phones. Not quite sure what features I will use and which I won't, as I don't really have any expierence with high end cell phones, so it makes this decision rather tough. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Posted by: hahnyc87

let me try and give you some help here... the razr is just that, looks- its feature are limited in todays society when it comes to upper end technology. have owned the smt5600 and can honestly say it is one of the best phones i have ever used. durable, good feel, small, light, FAST! even if you dont think you would use all of the features, the ability to get a multitude of programs is excellent. some people will argue that you can get all the same stuff on java, but they arent the same... your world is opened up by getting a smartphone, a lot!

the mpx220 is very nice, but it does have its issues and that is something you should read about because i cant get that in depth

Posted by: MrH42

Any word on if the price of the SMT5600 dropping soon?

I'm just worried I'm going to get a phone that's worse at being solely a phone than say a V3, and end up with a lot of features I don't use.

Posted by: ivwshane

It's all a matter of personal opinion but for me, I didn't like the mpx220 mostly because of the OS itself and the speaker and voice quality wasn't that great compared to other moto phones.

I like the smt form factor and screen but I've had too many issues with it freezing and being too slow UI wise but again I just don't like the ms smartphone OS.

I like the v3 and I think it's moto's only good phone, good voice quality, good battery life, great rf. The negatives would be the lack in features when compared to the other phones (which are in a similar price range) and the screen while large is hard to see from any angle other straight ahead (but how many people look at their phone from any other angle?) the outer display is also pretty useless as it is very dark and hard to read.

Of those phones I think the one that sounds best for you is the smt because of it's nice looks and functionality.

For me personally I wouldn't get any of them, I've used them all and I always go back to my nokia 6620. The only negative I see for you with the 6620 would be the lack of style, the phone isn't pretty and is a little bulkier than your other choices.

Posted by: Serifan

Depending on your patience threshold, you could just wait on the Nokia 6682.

Posted by: alde

Still, though, no clamshell with advanced features outta Nokia... Personally I'm waiting...