Cell Phone Problems :(

Cell Phone Problems

Here's the deal, I have a magenta Motorola RAZR V3. It's been acting hinky for about 2 weeks, and not holding a charge for very long. So, of course I bought a new charger. This worked great for maybe 2 days. Then I noticed that even if I let it charge overnight (8 hrs.) it would only go to 2 bars, not a fully charged 3 bars. So today I broke down, and bought a battery at Radio Shack. I took out the old battery, pop in the new one, and voila! I have 3 battery bars and a good 6 hours of service before it dies during a call to Tex. So I hook it up to the new charger and it charges. After maybe 2 hours I check it...nothing just the red, low battery icon. It has now been charging for 5 hours and now it won't even turn on. It's just dead, when I flip it open. What do I do now? Did I buy a faulty battery?

 

The replacement RAZR V3 arrived Tuesday afternoon...without a battery. That's right, T-Mobile sent me what was either a new or refurbished cell phone with no doggone battery. I'd already replaced the battery in the old phone, I put the new battery into the new phone and it was dead as a doornail.

So Wednesday I went to the mall and got a new, phone. I wanted a QWERTY keyboard cause I text a lot. As much as I like the Blackberry I didn't want my monthly fee to be jacked up another $34.99, so I settled on the Samsung Gravity in white with aqua trim.

I'm still setting it up and assigning ringtones. But it seems okay.

 

I guess it's the operating system, but I'm really not sure.

I have a gripe with the Samsung Gravity and I don't know if it's all Samsung phones or just this one. I used to be able to send a text message to an e-mail and on this phone I can't do that. Now I have to exit the text area, open AOL, and then type the mesage again. That's the other thing there is no cut/copy and paste function. Kinda annoying but I guess I will get used to it.

I pay $5.99 a month for T-Zones which gives me pretty much full internet access anywhere I can get a cell signal. I switched to a 1,000 minute plan for $39.99, and dropped the My Faves which was $5.99 a month. Oh, and I have unlimited texting for $15 a month.

I have to admit I like the glitzy look of the Blackberry and I know they have a great rep, but I'm not in a position to pay $34.99 a month for what I currently get for $21, right now.