Phone home

Next week my current cell phone contract will be up, and I can renew it and get a new phone. My carrier is Verizon, and they’ve got their “New Every 2″ thingy. Basically, I can get a new phone for free … up to $100 … when I renew my contract for another 2 years. Pretty good deal. I was planning on sticking with Verizon anyways. They’ve got the best coverage of this area in my opinion. Unless Cellular One has improved.

Can anyone who is reading this who lives in the ND/SD/MN area give me any input on the other cell companies that service up here (Cellular One, Sprint, Nextel, Unicel)?

If I do stick with Verizon, this is my choice in phones (if you’re prompted for a zip code, enter 58102).

I was thinking about getting a flip phone, but a friend said that they don’t pick up as good a signal as the regular phones and they’re not as durable. I’m not really sure. I’m hoping someone out there reading this can give me their opinion on their phone … flip or regular. What brands are good? I currently have a Kyocera 2235. I don’t care if you’re exact phone isn’t available in my area, I’d still like to know what you think … maybe it’ll help me narrow things down.

I need to have a durable phone that is reliable. My cell phone is my ONLY phone. I don’t talk on the phone all that much … but I still need to have something that’ll be there and working for me in case of emergency or whatever. I don’t need a camera phone (and quite frankly don’t want one … I’ve got a digital camera). I do want something that can send text messages (but I think they all do that now anyways). I don’t care much about accessing the internet. If it costs me extra, then I probably won’t get it. I don’t need to check my email on my phone. It would be nice to check the weather though if I wasn’t near my computer.

So … if you have any opinions on the topic of cell phones (the phones themselves, the companies, the coverage, the plans, etc. ), please leave a comment. I’d really appreciate it. Thanks in advance for anyone who leaves a comment.

Mood: lazy