Motorola Tundra VA76r - Cellular phone - 3G - WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM - folder (flip) - AT&T Review

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(More customer reviews)The Motorola Tundra is a great phone! It's been 4 months in my possession now and has seen some tough times, including putting me through the most embarrassing situation of my life. I work as an IT Manager and required a cell phone that would take a licking and keep on ticking. I brought the Tundra with a clip-on holder for the phone and my thinking at the time was quick access instead of a leather case that would wear down in no time.
The Tundra has fallen many times in the short 4 months and in one case while passing between two people, one was holding her door open with her elbow sticking out. The Antenna on the Tundra somehow managed to hook on her elbow and fall out of the holder. I should have simply let the phone fall to the ground instead of trying to prevent it from falling, to the ground. I honestly don't know how I managed to grab a hold of this woman's ass three, or four times in the process of trying to catch my phone mid-air. Clearly, I was red with embarrassment and I could see she felt sorry for me and now I don't have to be on that show, "I Shouldn't Be Alive!"
The Tundra's software, though basic is very well thought out and easily allows you to select the desired functions without needing to guess at the next step.
The Tundra is hard pressed to loose signal and I have never missed a call. In Network Settings, the Tundra allows you to turn on Service Tone which alerts you when the phone has either lost signal and regained signal.
The Tundra also allows you to set up to three different Alarms with very flexible parameters, including days of the week, weekends, etc.
The Tundra's contact address book is not at all disappointing and gives you the ability to enter a wealth of information on your contacts while integrating itself very well with both incoming, outgoing and missed calls.
Now, while my colleagues point, laugh, and joke about how I have to find a corner to answer my phone, I'm comfortable with the idea that the Tundra accepts and knows it's primary function is to be a Cell Phone and a tough one at that. I'm down with that.

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Samsung SGH T509 - Cellular phone - GSM - bar - plum - T-Mobile Review

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(More customer reviews)This phone is a somewhat old model, so I normally wouldn't bother writing a review on it, but after reading the other review, I feel compelled to stick up for this little phone. It seems the other reviewer got a bad unit, because my phone EXCEEDED every expectation I ever had for it. Dropped calls are just as often to blame on a network as on a phone, I've rarely had any...
I got it in the summer of '05, when I was in college. It survived the last 2 1/2 years of college with me, including me turning 21 and spending time in the local watering holes, which can be quite rough on handsets.
It's been dropped countless times from various heights (and I'm tall) onto often hard surfaces, such as concrete. It's been submerged no less than 2 times.
Basically, I beat the crap out of this phone, and it still worked like a charm. Sadly, in our last few months together, this little guy has been having some trouble. Despite his valiant efforts, things are starting to go, namely the battery doesn't hold a charge for more than a day, and even a replacement battery couldn't resolve that issue. Despite T-Mobile's numerous offers to upgrade my phone over the years, I declined. I honestly can say that I don't think I'll ever find a replacement for this phone that performs the way it did.
It's UI was intuitive, it's construction was rugged, it's quality unmatched. Last night I powered him down for the last time after browsing through years and years of pictures and the memories that comes with them, noting how bright and vibrant the display still was, not a single dead spot. I laughed as I saw my friend holding his girlfriend's purse, scowled at an ex-girlfriend, cringed at a picture of a snapping turtle, marveled at Mt. Rainier in Washington state, laughed at a puppy, and so on and so on. I pulled the SIM card out and closed the battery panel, and strangely felt a twinge of sadness. Strange, because I'm hardly a sentimental person, yet this phone had been with me for such a long time, and performed so admirably, I feel wrong just being done with it. Even it's primitive camera was still snapping pictures to the very end.
Some of our highlights:
- Finishing college and the general stupidity and shenanigans associated with that activity
- Trip to Vegas
- Two trips, spanning a total of 6 months, in the Alaskan wilderness
- Road trip covering much of the central and western United States
- One splashdown in the toilet at work
- One swim in a fish tank
- Numerous collisions with pavement, causing the back panel to fly off
- Surviving in my pocket during a softball game, including being slid on
- Surviving outside over night in freezing Minnesota winters
- Being sat on countless times
- Numerous breakups and new relationships
- Being hired for various jobs
- Spending time as a puppy chew toy
In short, if, for any reason, you might be looking at this phone... BUY IT. No question, no regrets. I will be mothballing mine, but not trashing it - maybe I am sentimental after all?

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