Cigular or verizon???PLEASE ANSWER!!?

Question

i'm getting my first phone so shold i get cingular or verizon.
also can you tell me what i get like mins. or other stuff that you get.

oh and what phone should i get i'm thinking about light pink razr

i'm live around in ohio and don't plan to travel any where.

i'm 13 by the way

Answer 1

Well Verizon you can call people for free...if they have Verizon. But Cingular doesn't drop calls as often as Verizon does, so they say. You should do the research in your own area and see which one has the better turn out. Congrats on the first phone!

Answer 2

i had a nokia with cingular and i found that with my current verizon razr, and found both r sufficient although with cingular i had a cpl of dropped calls. the razr with cingular is better the v3i bcuz they give u a mem card and with the v3m they dont u hav to buy it and a 1 gig costs 80 bux

Answer 3

Verizon is great. Consumer reports periodically does special cell phone issues. Verizon as far as remember always wins with best reception and best customer service.

When I have gone places wtih people who have Cingular, and I had my verizon phone, I had better and sometimes the only one to get service.

Answer 4

Verizon. 900 mins. Motorola Razr V3m

Answer 5

Ah, I have Verizon and apparently the network isn't following me. My calls are dropped constantly and I can barely make a phone call from home, although my home is "in the network". I'm trapped in a loveless 2 year agreement...save yourself...get cingular.....

Answer 6

Depends on where you live and roam. Will you travel to Europe? Do you want a local phone or a world phone?
Check out the minutes packages for both.

It's the Provider NOT the phone that counts!

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7817-0.html?forumID=74&threadID=100183&messageID=1150443
I am in my trial period with Verizon after leaving AT&T and there are some big differences:

With Verizon Tri Mode phones you don't get a SIM card. So if your phone stops working for any reason and no battery life, all stored phone numbers are lost. GSM phones have a SIM card.

Next comes retrieving your Voicemail. With Verizon you have to press the pound key and then enter your passcode. With Cingular, you just enter your passcode or program phone to go straight to Voicemail without entering passcode. This is not as big an issue as the SIM card can be, but it does have a factor of making it easier and less time consuming with Cingular.

Finally, there is the greeting. With Verizon there seems to be no way to eliminate the recorded announcement that comes even when you select personal greeting. With Cingular/ATT you can cut out the system recording so that all that's heard is your personal greeting. Much better in my opinion to just have your personal greeting as it sounds more appropriate and saves time.

So, why am I still with Verizon? Don't know for sure But will have to make a decision by next week whether to stay with Verizon. Since I am going to change phones from Motorola 265 to LG 6100, perhaps that will help me to decide - the only phone I like with Cingular with price being a factor (although V180 is free) is the Motorola V180 - I am going to try out Cingular with V180 coming this week and compare signal strength.

The one thing I notice with Verizon is they seem to have better belt cases for their phones - a plus in my book

Any comments?
If try Cingular you will be pleased. I tried Verizon, because I was told they had better coverage. Well that was not true. My Cingular phone picked up just as well everywhere i went. I travel quite a bit with my job so the only plans i am interested in are the nationwide ones. The coverage map for verizons Americas Choice plan looked good at first, but if you travel very much you will run into roaming areas and get charged out the butt. Cingulars nationwide plan has absolutely no roaming as long as your in one fifty states and also Puerto Rico. Verizon advertises this IN calling(which is free mobile to mobile), but it dosent even work everywhere while your phone is not roaming. Cingular has free mobile to mobile that work as long as your phone has service.... Basically i went to Verizon with an open mind, trying to better myself but i was disapointed. So i am going to stick Cingular. oh and one other thing i have a Quad band GSM phone that even though it may be roaming it will work all over the world. I know i have used it in France and Italy
Cingular will tell you "No roaming fees" that's a half truth. Since Cingular is gsm network, it is DIGITAL only!! Meaning of course its no roaming, how can they charge the customer for something they can't do in first place. Verizon atleast while "if" you roam least to can make an emergency call if you need to be reached --gives the customer that flexability. With a digital only, drop off the Carrier's coverage your done! NO SERVICE = ownage
I was getting dropped calls and No Service at home with Verizon so I had to switch to Cingular which gives me no problem making calls from my house. But I have to say that Verizon personnel gives better customer support than Cingular.

Answer 7

Verizon is better. Along with their new Razr phone.

Answer 8

i have a silver razr and love it and I have had cingular for years. no complaint here.

Answer 9

both offer plans or pay as you go phones it's a matter of what works for you certain phones can cost in the hundreds

Answer 10

DEFINITLY verizon
i got the unlimited minutes which is 40 bucks each month
i got a lg model