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It is amazing. You can read but you cannot understand. Let me talk a
little slower for your benefit. Maybe if I talk slower, you can listen a
little harder. Look back on my posts and this is exactly what I said. " I
have had a lot of phones sine the 1970s." I went on to say that as the
networks, ATT, CellOne, Sprint, and now Verizon matured throughout the
years, the service areas improved dramatically. Of course there still are
areas of very poor coverage, but the Verizon Network is currently the best
overall network in the nation. Remember, I said that there are specific
areas which are exceptions. I also said that with each on the new phones
that I purchased, I found new features and better sound quality. Yes, every
now and then one of the phones was a dog, but in general, each generation of
phone was an improvement over the last. I have a LG VX4500 and my wife has
a LG VX6000 and I personally think they are great. Remember, that is my
opinion.
You came back with a nonsense reply saying, "Are you saying that cars made
in the mid 1970s were better quality than that is made today? That the
televisions made on the 1970s performed better than the ones made today?
The answer is no. That is not what I was saying. Now, I hope you
understood what I said.
I think I have spent way too much of my time answering your replies.
Have a good day.
Bruce D. Brown
"Alice" <AL@sdrrt.com> wrote in message
news:wSeMc.1949$q9.3042772@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>I also had a cellphone in the 1970s too. Are you saying that cars made in
> the mid 1970s were better quality than that is made today? That the
> televisions made on the 1970s performed better than the ones made today?
> Have another
>
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> "Bruce D. Brown" <bdbrown@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:9qdMc.2244$GB1.1702@twister.socal.rr.com...
>> You really made an intelligent statement there. One that makes no sense.
>> Yes, I had a cell phone back in the 1970s and have had new phones once or
>> twice a year since. I have had Motorola phones, Samsung, Sony, Erickson,
>> Nokia, and now have two LG phones. I have had car phones, bag phones,
>> bricks, and small pocket sized phones. And I will repeat, in my opinion,
>> I
>> find the LG phone to be better than any other phone that I have had. It
> has
>> more features and the sound quality is great.
>>
>> Bruce D. Brown
>>
>>
>> "Alice" <AL@sdrrt.com> wrote in message
>> news:Q4bMc.1749$q9.2315315@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> >I would imagine that they are the best phoes that you ever had. So are
>> >cars
>> > that were made this year compared to cars made in 1988
>> >
>> > Bicycles, appliance....its all the same
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Bruce D. Brown" <bdbrown@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:kT9Mc.52650$ju5.41493@twister.socal.rr.com...
>> >> I have the VX4500 and think it is great. I travel about 20 days a
> month
>> >> throughout the entire United States and have relatively strong signals
>> >> almost everywhere I go. That is the primary reason that I switched
> from
>> >> Sprint, availability of a strong signal.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, I checked on my firmware and I do have the upgrade you
> mentioned.
>> > I
>> >> also upgrade the PRL on a regular basis because of my traveling. I
> have
>> > had
>> >> a "cellular" phone since they first came out in Chicago back in the
> 1970s
>> >> and find the LG phones, I have the V4500 and my wife has the V6000 to
> be
>> > the
>> >> best phones that either of us have ever had. That is not to say we
>> >> sometimes don't lose a call, but with current technology that still is
> to
>> > be
>> >> expected.
>> >>
>> >> Bruce D. Brown
>> >>
>> >> "No Reply" <noreply@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>> >> news:4s9Mc.1251$q9.2020649@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> >> > BZ wrote:
>> >> >> My father recently purchased a VX4500 and has trouble with dropped
>> > calls
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> a weak signal in areas where there the signal strength is low, but
> my
>> >> >> Samsung 530 is fine.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Is this typical of the VX4500 or might his phone be defective. He
>> > bought
>> >> >> that phone because it has a speakerphone and voice recognition and
>> >> >> does
>> >> >> not
>> >> >> want to switch. Is there another phone with these features that has
>> >> >> better
>> >> >> reception?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks in adavance for your help.
>> >> >
>> >> > The LG-VX4500 has had a number of complaints about its RF. It's not
>> >> > terrible RF, but it seems to be weaker than other VZW phones and it
>> >> > does
>> >> > drop calls when some other phones don't. (I had a Motorola V60p/s
>> > before,
>> >> > and had better RF -- except when it dropped into analog.)
>> >> >
>> >> > RF is improved if you have upgraded the 4500's firmware version to
>> >> > T45VZV02, which can be done for free at most larger Verizon stores
>> >> > (usually not at kiosks or smaller stores). To see if you still have
>> >> > the
>> >> > older version of the firmware, you can check Menu(left
> softkey)-9-8-2.
>> >> > I
>> >> > have noticed that Verizon does not always update the firmware even
>> >> > on
>> > new
>> >> > phones. (If you don't know to check, they sometimes don't bother to
>> > tell
>> >> > you that your new phone has outdated firmware. I have seen this
>> >> > with
>> >> > several friends who purchased the 4500 at my recommendation
> recently.)
>> >> >
>> >> > One other trick that can help to improve RF a little is to set Voice
>> >> > Privacy to "Standard" instead of "Enhanced" using Menu(left
>> >> > softkey)-9-5-5. CDMA splits a signal and is inherently secure
> without
>> >> > enhancement (except from very sophisticated monitoring equipment,
> like
>> >> > that used by law enforcement), so you really don't lose anything by
>> > using
>> >> > "standard" privacy. Since it does not have to encrypt/decrypt
>> >> > transmissions in standard mode, this setting seems to help RF on the
>> > 4500.
>> >> > At least that is my experience.
>> >> >
>> >> > The VX4500 is a good little phone with lots of great features, and
> the
>> > RF
>> >> > issue is my only complaint. Since I live in a strong digital
>> >> > network
>> >> > area, it's not much of a problem for me, but I still drop a call now
>> >> > and
>> >> > again.
>> >> >
>> >> > Reply to Group
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