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Posted by Tony Toews \[MVP\] on April 15, 2009, 6:19 pm
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>The battery on my existing cell phone gives only about 60-75 minutes
>of talk time (with very little standby time). I've learned I'm
>entitled to a new handset.
>I plan to get a free one, in the flip style. The only feature I'd
>like is a better built-in camera, though most seem to have that.
>(What is a "VGA" camera?)
VGA camera is almost certainly 640x480 which is 300k pixels. Go for the 1.2M
pixel
cameras.
Once I decided on my required feature set, such as 1.2M pixel camera, and rate
plan,
I decided on my phone based on various reviews found on websites such as
http://www.cellphones.ca. You're always going to have negative reviews so it
was a
matter of reviewing which had the most positive and fewest negative reviews. And
deciding if the negative reviews sounded like the person was ranting. <smile>
I prefer to not use my cell phone. Indeed I'm happy if I get less than one call
per
week. I decided to go with Virgin Mobile in Canada as, for $100 prepaid, I
don't
have to throw in money for another year. I will very likely have money left
over.
In addition the cell phone they had for $80 had the same features as competitors
cell
phones for $280.
A nice bonus is that the battery is a rectangular battery inside the plastic
case.
The back case was the battery on my previous six year old cell phone so those
batteries can be found on Ebay for $52. These batteries can be had for $10 or
$15.
Tony
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>of talk time (with very little standby time). I've learned I'm
>entitled to a new handset.
>I plan to get a free one, in the flip style. The only feature I'd
>like is a better built-in camera, though most seem to have that.
>(What is a "VGA" camera?)