LG Chocolate

My phone was a Nextel from about 2003. It wasn’t really bad–I used it for calling people, which wasn’t very often. It was pretty low-maintenance. Lately, though, I found the battery life was dying within minutes of charging, giving me an unpleasant surprise when I tried to call someone and discovered the phone had shut itself off. My worst fears had been realized: My phone was going kaput.

Well, battery problems no more. I’ve gotten an LG Chocolate.

The phone itself was pretty easy to buy, though I was a bit worried by the high price of the individual plan (the rest of my family is on Sprint). But not all hope was lost: it turns out that if you bundle your Verizon DSL and Wireless bills, you can get $10 off, bringing the price down to what I was paying on Sprint.

I do have a few problems with the phone that I’m not too fond of:

1. The phone sports a 2.5mm headphone jack. I have no headphones of this size!
2. There is no memory card included. The memory is expandable up to 4GB, but until I actually buy the card (which will cost a lot), I can play no music. Or add no pictures. Or…do any interaction with my computer at all. This sucks.
3. The USB connector for the phone is sold separately. Seriously, Verizon, what is this? Do you just hate me?

So maybe it isn’t all that good. But at least the faults can be made up for, and once they are, I should be set.

~ by Michael on December 22, 2007.