Dead Phone
Last night my phone was acting up worse than ever before. Every attempt to dial it would hangup, and when the battery died, it would simply refuse to charge, I plugged it in for hours, it never charged. At about 2:30 I tried to open the phone to try it once again and I heard a snap sound, I saw a piece fly up and the phone fell in half, it’s horrible.
Today I went down to the Verizon Wireless store where I found out that I have apparently been paying for an insurance policy on my telephone along with my phone service. I went to the bank and transferred enough money between accounts to cover the $50 deductible, then I came home and called the claims number. They apparently did not have a T720 in stock so they decided to set me up with a different “comparable” phone.
They are setting me up with an LG VX-4400. I went to PhoneSnoop and compared the LG-4400 to a T720 to see what I was getting.
It seems that the insurance policy also covers my car charger (that has been broken ever since I visited Tennessee back in September) so not only am I getting a new cell phone but a new car charger as well, which is good, since this is a different brand of phone and even if the charger wasn’t broken, it wouldn’t work with this phone anyway.
Unfortunately I of course have to wait for overnight shipping. Since it is Sunday and they cannot ship on Sunday, they will ship it overnight tomorrow which means I will receive my phone on Tuesday, so tomorrow I’m without a phone, as I was today. Below you will find a table comparing my current phone (T720) with the new one (LG-4400).
| Phone | LG VX-4400 | Motorola T720 (CDMA) |
|---|---|---|
| Current U.S. Carriers |
U.S. Cellular Verizon Wireless |
Alltel |
| Global Availability | Released | Released |
| Avg. User Rating |
3.98 User Reviews |
3.14 User Reviews |
| Specifications | ||
| Modes |
AMPS 800 CDMA 800 CDMA 1900 |
AMPS 800 CDMA 800 CDMA 1900 |
| Weight |
4.00 oz (113g) |
3.95 oz (112g) |
| Dimensions |
3.46" x 1.89" x 1.07" (88mm x 48mm x 27mm) |
3.50" x 1.87" x 0.91" (89mm x 47mm x 23mm) |
| Form Factor | Clamshell | Clamshell |
| Battery Life |
Talk: 3.00 hours Standby: 110 hours (4.6 days) |
Talk: 2.25 hours Standby: 225 hours (9.4 days) |
| Display |
LCD (Color) Size: 120x133 65,000 colors / STN / 2 font sizes & 5 font colors |
LCD (Color) Size: 120x160 4,096 colors |
| Antenna Type | Stub / Extendable | Stub / Extendable |
| Phone Book Capacity | 199 | 500 |
| Features | ||
| 2nd Display | Yes | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes | No |
| BREW | Yes | Yes |
| Calculator | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Faceplates / Covers | No | Yes |
| Custom Graphics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Ringtones | Yes | Yes |
| Data-Capable | Yes | Yes |
| Digital TTY/TDD | Yes | Yes |
| E-Mail Client | Yes | Yes |
| EMS / Picture Messaging | No | Yes |
| Games | Yes | Yes |
| GPS / Location | Yes | Yes |
| Headset Jack | Yes | Yes |
| High-Speed Data | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Languages | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Numbers per Name | Yes | Yes |
| PC Sync | No | Yes |
| Polyphonic Ringtones | Yes | Yes |
| Predictive Text Entry | Yes | Yes |
| Ringer ID | Yes | Yes |
| Side Keys | Yes | Yes |
| Soft Keys | Yes | Yes |
| Text Messaging | Yes | Yes |
| Text Messaging Templates | No | Yes |
| USB | Yes | Yes |
| Vibrate | Yes | Yes |
| Voice Dialing | Yes | Yes |
| Voice Memo | Yes | Yes |
| Wireless Internet | Yes | Yes |
There will be a few concessions of course, but overall I think the new phone will be better then my old one. I spent some time scrolling through the first 4 pages of reviews on the 4400 and in all that there was only one bad review, the rest were all extremely positive, and most specifically said it was better then the T720, so I’m looking forward to receiving it Tuesday.
Tomorrow I’ll be going back to the District Office to finish up a few tasks involved in stabilizing their new server.