New cell phone time
 

So my wife's cell phone took a shit on her and she finally decided to get a new one. Our account was eligible for an upgrade, but instead of letting our contract expire so we could go month to month, we had to renew so she could get a new phone. She got the LG shine since there's a sale on LG phones and seems to like it. My phone isn't dying or anything, but I figured since there's a sale and all I'll get a new one and keep it as a spare for when mine does eventually bite the dust.

I was looking at the LG Invision. Does anyone know anything about this phone? The reviews look pretty good, all I need to know is can you program ringtones for individual callers and does it charge off of mini-USB. Thanks guys.

what carrier? A lot of the phone's performance depends on the carrier...

ATT/Cingular. I'm not really interested in TV which that phone has, but I would like internet.

It uses a proprietary charging connection, so no mini-usb connection. From the looks of the connector, it's the same as the LG Shine's charger. If it's using a similar OS, then you should be able to assign individual ring tones, though I'm not 100% sure on that part. I used to have the Shine and had different ringtones assigned to different people, but I don't remember if I could assign the ringtones to individual numbers or if you had to move the contacts into groups and assign the ringtones to the group.

I just got an iphone a few weeks ago and I love the thing.

With ATT and internet, get the iphone.

if ATT, then the iPhone is da bomb. :)

I'm not sure about the iPhone. A couple of people who have them here get really bad reception, I hate trying to type on the goddamned touchscren, and it just seems like more hassle than the money's worth. Plus, the fucking thing is big, way bigger than the phone I have now. I just want something simple I can throw in a pocket and go with. Also, the iPhone doesn't support A2DP profile with bluetooth headphone, WTF?

If you don't mind me askin, what are you looking for in a phone? Are you just browsing the LG line because they're on sale or are you looking at everything? LG makes some nice phones, don't get me wrong, just wondering if you're open to other options. Being a Blackberry zealot, I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend the Pearl, Curve, or Bold to you. Since you've mentioned size being a negative against the iPhone, then the Pearl may be more in line with your tastes. The one hit against it and the Curve are the lack of 3G, though the internet speed on my Curve and Pearl were on par with my Shine, due mainly to the sucktasticly spotty 3G reception around here.

AT&T and Apple are getting sued about their 3G claims, btw. Apparently so many people bought iphones that it is causing serious 3G outages where people are having to use EDGE instead.