"Wally" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My son continually either loses his phone or somehow manages to damage
> the charging ports on EVERY phone I've ever gotten him. This is why I
> never buy him a new phone (at least not from Verizon) and get new, or
> mostly new, from Ebay.
>
> Anyone recommend a good, durable vzw phone that I can get him
> (again...) that won't be too bad as far as any texting he does? He
> has said that for some reason the phones that have charging ports with
> internal contact pins are the ones he invariably ends up breaking and
> hence cannot be reliably charged.
>
> I'm initially thinking of the LG VX8300 as I know it has always been
> one of LG's better, more reliable phones - more so than their follow-
> on models of the phone.
>
> Thanks,
> Walt

I don't know how texting is with a VX8300, but I've used one for 3 years and
find it extremely reliable in every respect. I got a gel skin for mine,
which gives it a little protection and makes it easy to grip. I have always
charged mine in my truck, in a pretty awkward position, and the contact
never lets go. I bought one for my dad, who broke his, on Ebay for less than
$100 shipped