Well... if you current phone is doing what you want, it's pretty hard to
beat a $1.99 battery replacement... even after $8.00 shipping - LOL!

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...55+GPX+Battery

-Frank

"Garden variety NG poster" <qwerty@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.com> wrote in
message news:45B184C8.57AF@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.com...
> The battery in my 4 year old Audiovox 9155-gpx is slowly dying and
> before I simply replace it I have a question on service changes up and
> coming. Is there anything planned (FCC or Verizon) that will make my
> current phone useless any time soon? Not sure if it could be
> reprogrammed to work on any ole system, it is almost 5 years old.
>
> I've looked at some of the newer CP's and since I have no need for
> music, video, camera, Internet, text msg, etc... it seems cheaper to buy
> the battery as little as I use CP's.
>
> If I'm going to be forced to buy new (big business always finds a way to
> make equipment obsolete = force comsumers to spend money on new toys
> <g>) any recommendations on one in the $100 range (if they offer one
> that low w/o a contract)? TIA.