Hey folks, I think its time I got with the normal peeps, and picked up a cell phone. Also, not to mention being bitched at by my friends for not having one. Even my mom has one and my 10 year old nephew . Anyways, I had a few questions to ask, so plz bare w/ this cell phone noob.

1) What is a good camera phone to get under verizon? I am leaning more towards something by motorola, or LG series. The price range I plan on spending is around 2-400ish, give or take.

2) Would it be good to pick up the LG 7000, or wait for the 8000 to come out? Has the 8000 come out yet, if not when? And also, whats the asking price...

3) Whats this analog, digital, and tri mode shit I keep on seeing throughout a few of the threads?

I "think" that covers the questions I have for now, I'll hopefully make a decision sometime in a week or 2 or 3. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask, as I'd be more then happy to find out more information, or have questions the people at the verizon store can answer for me. All opinions are welcomed.

 

Analog is the old (pre-digital) network going back to the 1980's. If you go to out of the way places a lot, you'll want a phone that can do analog because you might not find a digital signal. This is getting less and less common though. Verizon runs three types of signals: analog at 800Mhz, digital at 800Mhz, and digital at 1900Mhz. If a phone is listed as tri-mode, it can do all three. Newer ones may be all-digital and leave out the analog since most people will rarely if ever need it as long as they live in a big city and travel by interstate.

 

i wm waiting for the 8000 to come out. it should not be to long before it does. dont get motorola. even when the new ones come out they are still going to have the same charging ports the current ones do which is junk. as for service, mt6forlife could not of said it better

 

So no estimates can be said as to when the 8000 will become available then? I like the 7000 so far, but shit, if its within a few weeks, I'll hold out...

 

i would prob say in the fall sometime. who knows, could be sooner. i dont think lg is to pleased with the popularity of the 7000 so they might try and push the 8000 sooner. i believe its going to be the same size but it will have a play, stop, ff, and rw on the outside flip and will be evdo capable which will be a lot quicker then the 1xrr now

 

LG will have the first EVDO cellphone in America?

 

i just got the samsung a670 camera phone. i'm really happy with it, and for $150 with a 1 year contract, its not a bad price. I've had iffy experiences with motorolas. LGs are good, but i think the 7000 is fugly

 

i dont see the humor>??? care to share...

 

i'd go with the samsung a670 if i was gonna get a phone NOW

 

Camera phones are overrated, imo. They take shitty pics and are too damn expensive. I got my LG 4400b for free after rebate and it has been perfect for me. I suggest a flip phone due to them being easier to carry around. I have had 3 LG's so far and all have been very reliable, and I beat the crap out of them. Get the insurance too, its worth it if you use it just once.

 

im happy and surprised no one mentioned the stupid v710 yet

 

^^^it is not an option right now for phones to get....

 

so phone gurus why can't i find the specs for the vx 8000 at phonescoop.com

 

Not this year.

 

but berner said that it might get released early this year because of the initial success of the 7000

 

Perhaps. But a phone doesn't get launched based on the success of previous phones. There's something unique about the 8000 that Verizon has to have/do in order to launch it.

 

it MIGHT get released this year...but not def. and the only people to have info on that would be LG and the big dogs at vzw....

 

Not to take this thread off the topic or anything, but if you had a choice, what would be better, the moto v710, or the LG 8000? And would you say that can be a fair comparison or no? If not, plz explain the differences...

 

8000 is not out yet, and no one has played wit it...so you cant compare

 

my bad. Any idea when it'll be on store shelves?

 

It's there, but you just have to look for it. Just go to Phones > LG > vx8000. It shows all the Lg phones.

 

At phonescoop, it says the LG 8000 is 1xEV-DO. Protocol: MPEG-4 / QTV 2
supports streaming video playback at QCIF resolution and 15 fps / supports music-on-demand.

Can Verizon even support that today?

 

English please!!!!

 

It appears that the LG8000 is designed to work with Verizon services that are currently only deployed in Washington DC and San Diego....and maybe a few other cities. Officially Verizon says it will have this EVDO service rolled out nationwide at "x" date. I would assume that is the date in which the LG8000 would be available.

EVDO is a faster service than what is currently deployed (simply known as 1x or 3G). With these faster speeds, you should be able to transfer data much faster, which will allow the phone to support a variety of multimedia functions such as TV channels, video on demand, music on demand, downloading MP3 from a vending machine, live streaming video and news feeds, video camera monitoring, etc.

 

Allright, so its available in San Diego, I presume thats correct. Would someone be able to buy the phone from down there, and then take it back to their local verizon store and activate it?

 

I guess the point I was trying to make was until Verizon rolls out the network upgrade nationwide, I don't see any point why they would start selling the phone nationwide. Sprint doesn't sell phones by region, I don't think Verizon does either. A phone with those capabilities, it's doesn't gain Verizon anything by putting it on the market (or letting you use it) without those functions being available. That's why you haven't seen a video camera phone until late....not available on the Verizon network.