Thanks Dean. Very useful comments.

"Dean" <dean173@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have the Razr, and have been very happy with it for almost a year. You
>may see an occasional complaint about battery life posted--if all you do is
>phone calls, there's a keypad modification you can do to the phone which
>will give you a dramatic increase in battery life. You don't need any
>cables or software. I've done it to many friends and co-workers' phones.
>Google "disable Razr EVDO" for easy-to-follow instructions.
>
> Wife has the LG VX-8300, the predecessor to the 8350. Her phone has been
> excellent. From the reading I've done, the 8350 is very good also. LG
> apparently builds their phones for Verizon from scratch, where Moto phones
> have to be modified to meet VZW specs. This probably explains why I've
> rarely, if ever, seen LG software issues posted.
>
> Note: I've never been impressed with the RF performance of LG's cheaper
> (5000 series and down) phones, but from 6000 and up they appear to be
> excellent performers.
>
> Can't speak to the Sammies. I'm sure someone here will have a comment,
> though.
>
> Dean
>
>
> "Mellowed" <nospam@spam.com> wrote in message
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>> I'm considering changing my phone. The following seem to be the choices.
>> They seem to be equal.
>>
>> Samsung SCH u540
>> LG8350
>> Motorola RAZR V3M
>>
>> Anybody have experience with the above phones and have a comment to
>> share?
>>
>>
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