Need a good Verizon Tri-Mode phone

I usually don't spend too much time on Analog, just a quick call to the wife to check in while I'm at the cabin. Most of the time I'd be on the Digital network.

It looks like a great phone, but has a few more features than I need, (I.E. camera, web capability) or wish to pay for. I guess I should have mentioned I'm trying not to cough up too much money, just sign a new contract and get a Verizon-subsidized phone for, say, $30 + tax.

Hi!

U could go on EBay, and get an LG6000. They're old, and no longer sold by Verizon, so they're cheaper.

It is the best selling Verizon phone ever. Our company bought about 100 of them and they work great. The camera does come in handy!

Good luck!

The original poster is wanting a tri-mode phone, and the LG VX6000 is an all-digital phone. As for LG, their performance seems to be iffy. Some phones work well and others don't. The LG VX6100 is tri-mode, along with the LG VX4700. Out of the current phones that are tri-mode are: Motorola V276, Nokia 6256i, Motorola T300p, Kyocera KV1V, Kyocera KX444, LG VX3300, LG VX5200, & Motorola V325. Phones without cameras are:
Motorola T300p
Kyocera KX1V
Kyocera KX444
LG VX3300
LG VX4700

I don't expect the Kyocera KX1V to be available when I upgrade, and I haven't liked Motorola since my Motorola 120c and my brother, who has the Motorola V265; we both complain about reception on Motorola phones. I currently have the Samsung a650 and while it's ok, I'd like something better, but wish the camera could go, but I'm not crazy about LG phones either. 2 family members have LG VX6100's and both have reception problems on theirs, and my brother had an LG VX4400 and complained about reception, even after getting it exchanged 3 times before getting the Motorola V265. Other than that, tri-mode will be more difficult to find, especially if someone is loyal to a certain brand. Samsung phones are no longer tri-mode, and their last tri-mode phone was the Samsung a650. Nokia is slowly going all-digital as well as Motorola. I believe Kyocera will be the last carrier to make an all-digital phone as all of the phones I've seen from all carriers to have tri-mode.

I didn't want to purchase a new phone until I am going to our cabin so I can test it's analog reception while still under the return period. Thank goodness I'll be going up in April since it sounds like I better get that phone quick before they discontinue Tri-modes.

I agree, it sounds like the phone companies are about to screw everyone in remote areas for the sake of cutting the cost of mantaining the analog network.

That would just throw their whole coverage advantage out the window...

I don't think it makes any sense unless it has to do with all carriers deciding (for us)that most people want digital phones, so why keep up the cost of the analog system? All I know is that I asked Brian Cooley about a decent Tri-mode phone when he was on a local talk show. He said they were on the way out and that fewer and fewer models would be available. Why would phone manufacturers do that unless they were being told by carriers that the technology (analog) was going away? I don't know, and hope it's not true.

My family has 4 tri-mode phones with Verizon. We travel extensively to New England states (Vermont and New Hampshire). Most of these states do not have Digital, yet when in Analog areas the phones do not work well. Lots of static and dropped calls. We might as well not use the phones.
I have decided to change the phones to all digital as it serves no purpose for me in analog areas anyway.
My kids who are in school in NH only are able to use digital service when available, when it is in analog mode they turn off the phone because the service sucks. I think Verizon is doing this to have everyone buy all-digital phones so this way they can turn off the analog service all together.

On another note, I went to a Verizonwireless store yesterday and noticed that almost all of Vermont and NH are in ''Red'' now, indicating they have digital service. We will see, but I don't believe it.

I have the Samsung a650 and it rarely goes into analog, but when it does, it has allowed me to make calls when needed. Analog of course has static, but if you really need to make that emergency call; I'd rather have analog backup than no service at all. When I needed to make a call at home during a bad storm last November, the nearby 500' tower got knocked out of service, and the only tower that was able to make a call was a Verizon analog tower several miles away. If my phone would have been all-digital, the phone wouldn't have been able to make a call because the phone only showed 1 bar, and the phone couldn't connect to the tower that was picking up that weak signal. I'm in primary coverage of the 500' tower that Verizon Wireless is on. I plan to keep this phone as a backup as I know I won't find another tri-mode phone similar to what I have now. I have never had good experience with Motorola phone making digital calls, and my bother hasn't done well with Motorola & LG phones, and other family members have mixed results with LG, but non of my other family members like Motorola phones due to not handling fair signal areas that well. I wish Samsung still made tri-mode, but the a650 was the last tri-mode in their lineup for Verizon Wireless. Kyocera make the better phones for other carriers while we get stuck with phones that are too basic, and Verizon won't likely get a bluetooth Kyocera phone either. So I'm probably stuck getting an all-digital phone, which will do ok in places like Chicago & suburbs Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village, Hodgkins, and Calumet City in Illinois, but will be miserable in places like North Judson, Winimac, Rensselaer, Lowell, & Morocco in Indiana, where digital service lacks. In fact, cellphone towers overall lack in those communities with all carriers.