A point that needs to be made.

You get a cell phone to MAKE and GET CALLS.
Which requires a good SYSTEM to do the above.
General consensus is that Verizon has the best overall.
Sure YRMV, but generally this holds true.

People that make a decision based on the phone itself are
being extremely short sighted and stupid. Find the best SYSTEM for
your needs, THEN choose a phone.

Now, as to the phones. With very little effort, people are able
to restore whatever functionality they want to their phones. 815, V3C,
V3m - all are easily made to do whatever you want.

Sure, I also agree that the hobbling of phones is crap. But, again, I just
do a little research, then follow the instructions and I have the best system
AND a phone that does what I want.

"Ric" <no@way.com> wrote in message newsHfDh.23$IC1.4@newsfe12.lga...
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> Thanks to all for the informative posts. I have heard rumors of Verizon disabling some features that manufacturers
> build into their phones. Thanks for confirming that this practice is still going on. Makes me wonder why so many
> customers are so loyal. I'd be fuming.
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