Best Cell Phones for Calls,Texting,And Battery Life

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Motorola V197

$48.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
setting up the web sessions was a bit of a problem but with a few website visits and phone calls i got it all working.
from www.amazon.com
also it has a voice call feature that's easy to access and actually recognizes my voice and calls the number that i intended (unlike my razr which always seems to have problems with this feature).
from www.amazon.com
wouldn't have minded having a camera on it, but i only needed something for calls and texting.
from www.amazon.com
i needed a small phone that i could make emergency calls or receive text messages from my friends, and this served the purpose very well.
from www.amazon.com
this is a good basic phone for calls & text messages.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Long Battery Life, Easy To Use, Battery Life: 8 Hours

2 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for CALLS,TEXTING,AND BATTERY LIFE

Nokia E71 Cell Phone

$393.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
good clear call quality; ultimately this is a phone and it needs to make calls and keep calls.
from www.amazon.com
with this phone you need unlimited net access.i'm a serious texting manic so i really needed it.
from www.amazon.com
all i did was get the phone, put my ten year old sim card in it and i was making calls.
from www.amazon.com
call quality is great - very rarely i had dropped calls, but they were due to "network busy" errors on at&t's part and happened after 2 hours of talk - so i can't really blame the phone for it.
from www.amazon.com
the thing i love most about this phone is that it is excellent for email and texting.

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Positives: Nice Functionality, Compact, Long Battery Life, Battery Life: 10.5 Hours

3 RECOMMENDED by 22 people for CALLS,TEXTING,AND BATTERY LIFE

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Smartphone

$383.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i use it for phone calls, texting & quick photos where i'm too lazy to get my camera out of the box.
from www.amazon.com
i really like the n95, but since i have started texting so much, really got annoying texting on the n95 (it just has a numberpad, no qwerty).
from www.amazon.com
the stylus is a little bit awkward to hold and putting it in and taking it out is a little rough you can use it to write your text and it becomes printed text, this can be used online, or texting.
from www.amazon.com
i've never had the i-phone but i work w/ someone who has one and she can't make video calls with hers(hee-hee)!!
from Matt B, www.newegg.com
when texting or typing with it's "mini-qwerty" layout, its almost impossible to type with just a single hand, made more for a stylus.

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Positives: Excellent Connectivity, Compact, Nice Functionality, Battery Life: 8.8 Hours

4 RECOMMENDED by 16 people for CALLS,TEXTING,AND BATTERY LIFE

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone

$350.00 Est. at Amazon

from gyozaman, www.shopping.com
its a great phone for voice and texting, excellent as a mp3/video player, and a decent web browser.
from www.amazon.com
great product but sometimes it drops my calls.
from www.amazon.com
i received this for christmas i love it i had the moterola and liked it but i love this phone its easy to use and since i am a big fan of texting is so much nicer.
from www.amazon.com
for example if you want to still receive calls but mute the notifications of text and emails you can set it to do so.
from www.amazon.com
the blackberry bold also has a very loud and good quality speaker for phone calls and also for media funcitons like listening to music or watching videos.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Good Connectivity, Compact, Battery Life: 5 Hours

5 RECOMMENDED by 18 people for CALLS,TEXTING,AND BATTERY LIFE

Nokia E63 Cell Phone

$268.00 Est. at Amazon

from Agnes, www.newegg.com
it is unlock version, and right now we are using it in europe with orange the reception is great clear calls.
from www.amazon.com
this a wonderful phone......strength of nokias and very verasitile....calls sound great and software works almost flawlesly....
from www.amazon.com
by using a standard headset, you still can make calls or receive calls, but you will have to speak to the microphone in the phone.
from www.amazon.com
the only two issues i have with this smart phone is dropped calls (which is not often) and the other is adjusting the volume.
from www.amazon.com
reception: my old phone had 0-3 bars throughout my house with frequent dropped calls.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Great Connectivity, Compact, Display Size: 320 x 240

Nokia N85 Cell Phone

$455.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you are going to use it a lot from home, you can make very cheap calls by connecting to skype through your home wi-fi (you will have to use an application called nimbuzz).
from www.amazon.com
i use this phone for both business and personal and have had no problem sending or receiving calls or text messages.
from www.amazon.com
you can make video calls but only if the person you are calling has it too.
from www.amazon.com
do feel that if you do alot of texting, the n85 might not be for you, you may be happier with a full keyboard.
from www.amazon.com
sound on calls (both sides of the conversation)is excellent using the device and also using the included hands-free.

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Positives: Compact, Nice Functionality, Long Battery Life, Display Size: 320 x 240

LG Dare VX9700 8 GB Cell Phone

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
phone connectivity has been better than with at&t, it has never dropped calls at the places where at&t dropped them 100% of the time, as an example there was a railway bridge (just north of 84 on
from www.amazon.com
great call quality, both, in terms of reception and speaker quality - for several days prior i owned lg chocolate 3, and ended up returning it due to horrible speaker...all incoming calls sounded
from www.amazon.com
i have only two problems with it: one, when texting in the qwerty mode, you have to be precise in typing, its very easy to miss the letter and hit the one next to it.
from www.amazon.com
it sits nicely in the hand while on calls.
from www.amazon.com
give it some time and you to will be back to texting the old way instead of using the full keyboard.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Nice Functionality, Display Size: 240 x 400

RIM Research In Motion BB8900CURVE Curve 8900

$230.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
you can also make calls or browse on the wi-fi network and once you install google maps you have a great map system (since the phone includes gps) the keyboard is very nice and easy to get used to.
from www.amazon.com
not to mention it can get annoying when you are texting or typing emails because you have to keeping hitting alt before you type a number.
from www.amazon.com
the best kept secret in cellular is uma on t-mobile which let's your phone make calls via wifi.
from www.amazon.com
1) making phone calls over wifi for free once you add the $9.99 unlimited hot spot calling to your plan.
from www.amazon.com
i was going to purchase a laptop to bring to our summerhouse in maine on the wknds, but this is far less bulky, and i can make calls on it to boot!!

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Positives: Compact, Great Functionality, Nice Connectivity, Battery Life: 5.5 Hours

Nokia N79 Cell Phone

$372.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i have only had this phone for a week but i love everything about it, including physical appearance and battery life!!
from www.amazon.com
the buttons are also really nice and the number keys are god for texting.
from solomon, www.newegg.com
cons: s60 is a little hard to get used to.skype calls are a bit of a hassle (hopefully that'll change soon though)gps works alright, best i can get is 10m+/- accuracy.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Long Battery Life, Nice Connectivity, Display Size: 320 x 240

HTC G1 Smartphone

$425.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's definitely for any cell phone crowd that's heavy into texting and emailing.
from www.amazon.com
dialing: i find dialing easy enough especially since it logs in/out/missed calls.
from www.amazon.com
there is also a service named voxofon call router which lets you make long distance international calls by dialing the number directly and it does the rest.
from www.amazon.com
it's cheap quality and battery life.
from www.amazon.com
best phone in its class for texting, internet, free market software, and features.

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Positives: Excellent Functionality, Long Battery Life, Excellent Connectivity, Battery Life: 6.77 Hours

HTC Touch Pro Smartphone

$400.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
for anyone looking for a pda that has internet 3g and even makes phone calls, i highly recommend it.
from www.amazon.com
htc's rich, touch-responsive interface, touchflo(tm) 3d, provides a stunningly intuitive way to zip through common tasks like messaging, calendar checks or making calls.
from www.amazon.com
calls don't happen that fast.
from www.amazon.com
email, texting no worries, the htc touch flo interface offers elegant ways for you to read and send messages on the device.
from heritage02ride, www.shopping.com
it constantly calls people.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Excellent Connectivity, Attractive Design, Battery Life: 8.08 Hours

Palm Treo Pro Smartphone

$405.00 Est. at Amazon

from lt.dell.com
about the only feature it lacks is the ability to make video calls (like the nokia e71).things i would change:i would make the phone a bit wider in order to have a larger screen.
from A Customer from Houston, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
if you are looking for a device that is great for phone calls, texting, and email and that can do pretty much anything, the treo pro is for you.
from Shanny from Huntsville, AL, clickfrom.buy.com
i wish the keys were bigger to that texting and sending email was easier but it's not too bad.
from www.amazon.com
another example is you can optionally respond to ignored calls with an automated text message, something that spb phone suite has if you buy it and install it, but the device comes with this feature
from www.amazon.com
there is a nice screen saver when the phone is off, showing you the time and if you have any messages or missed calls.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Nice Functionality, Battery Life: 5 Hours

HTC Touch HD Smartphone

$316.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it's no big deal because i don't make that many calls and i use data apps only where i have access to wifi.
from www.amazon.com
my main usage of the phone is to make calls (of course), messaging, calendar, reading e-book, word and excel for inputting data, surfing the net when traveling.

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Positives: Compact, Attractive Design, Long Battery Life, Display Size: 480 X 864

LG Lotus LX600 Cell Phone

$3.00 Est. at Amazon

from jesterrace, www.shopping.com
i don't care for texting and i have no use for mobile i-net.?
from www.amazon.com
gps, email, texting, internet, phone - it gives my wife's blackberry curve some serious competition.
from www.amazon.com
i used to have sprint back in 2001, and i hated the constant dropped calls and having no signal in certain areas.) i'd say it could rival at&t, even verizon, in terms of call quality and 3g speeds.
from www.amazon.com
it's great for texting and the small size is great for travel.
from www.amazon.com
everytime i took a picture (flip) texting (flip)search on web or music search (flip) the one sided lotus cured that whith just being a flip phone.

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Positives: Attractive Design, Good Connectivity, Compact, Display Size: 240 x 320

Samsung Instinct Cell Phone

$60.00 Est. at Amazon

from GLC, www.newegg.com
it sounds just as good as my home phone and no dropped calls.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
landscape keyboard works well for texting.
from 89tles, www.newegg.com
voice calls came in pretty clear.
from Casey, www.newegg.com
so now i'm carring two phones so i don't miss any important calls.
from kebodz_42, www.shopping.com
pros: easy to use texting via touch keypad

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Positives: Nice Connectivity, Compact, Attractive Design, Battery Life: 5.75 Hours

Nokia N97 32 GB Cell Phone

$747.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it tends to drop calls easily but overall is pretty good.
from www.amazon.com
i had the fm transmitter on all day, along with normal phone calls, browsing the internet and excessive text messaging i still had 4 bars before i went to bed.
from www.amazon.com
this is kinda serious: texting is not working properly at all.
from www.amazon.com
signal strength was no different than my e71, but i did run into a situation with the first few calls i made on the device.
from www.amazon.com
i don't know if it's not vibrating or just so week i can't tell but i miss 100% of the calls i get when i'm not looking directly at it.

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Positives: Good Functionality, Good Reliability, Display Size: 640 x 320, Multimedia Features: Video Capture

Nokia E75 Cell Phone

$463.00 Est. at Amazon

from Fire_Ice, www.newegg.com
i'm not looking for an alternative...- battery life could use an improvement (though i get 3-4 days with moderate use - occasional wifi/email/net, phone calls ~1-2hrs).
from www.amazon.com
the scroll key blinks slowly when you get missed calls and messages.
from www.amazon.com
battery life= i can usually go 2-3 days between charges with a few voice calls, tons of texts, and browsing the web.
from www.amazon.com
i had this phone for about a week, and during that time i experienced more than a few dropped calls.
from Mize, www.newegg.com
cons: this thing on a full charge lasted less than half a day with about four phone calls and a few downloads to install apps.

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Positives: Great Functionality, Long Battery Life, Compact, Display Size: 320 x 240

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330

$133.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
:) what's not so great:?not so great internet "i loved my blackberry for use just as a phone for talk and texting.
from www.bestbuy.com
it restarts a couple times a day, everything is delayed (texts, voicemails come in hours later-sometimes 24 hours later or not at all), it doesn't ring over half the time so calls don't register as
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?email workhorse, clear sharp screen, nicely done keyboard what's not so great:?sms is not true threaded texting "i've owned or used almost the full line of palm, including

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Positives: Excellent Connectivity, Excellent Functionality, Long Battery Life, Weight: 4.2 oz.

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Best Cell Phones for Calls,Texting,And Battery Life

Motorola V197

Nokia E71 Cell Phone

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Smartphone

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone

Nokia E63 Cell Phone

Nokia N85 Cell Phone

LG Dare VX9700 8 GB Cell Phone

RIM Research In Motion BB8900CURVE Curve 8900

Nokia N79 Cell Phone

HTC G1 Smartphone

HTC Touch Pro Smartphone

Palm Treo Pro Smartphone

HTC Touch HD Smartphone

LG Lotus LX600 Cell Phone

Samsung Instinct Cell Phone

Nokia N97 32 GB Cell Phone

Nokia E75 Cell Phone

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330

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