Two weeks with an LG Xenon - Part ONE

This is fabulous! I love it! That they actually paid you to leave with the phone. I always wonder if somebody in process failed high school math when this ends up happening.

Of course, there is a commitment... and I agree that is the only way to get anywhere with these providers these days. You had been paying them anyways for years even without the commitment, so it would be nuts not to reap the benefits of the contract.

Now, maybe you can crack the OS (if it is blocked) and tether your laptop to benefit from that unlimited data.

You forgot the option for unlimited calling to Krakow. ;-)

"You had been paying them anyways for years even without the commitment, so it would be nuts not to reap the benefits of the contract."

WOW, it feels like both of you have been brainwashed by the big 3 !! Here's the way i see it :

Since you've been with them for 3 years already on no contract and have been paying the same $$ every month, they should give you a free phone as a thank you for being such a good loyal customer ! That's how Fido used to be back in the pre Robbers days.

It doesn't make sense that they only give you a free phone only if you sign an additional contract. What about the past 3 years you have been paying your monthly fee, which as Schultzer mentioned, is the SAME whether you're on a contract or not.

Adi

Yeah, I assumed my "rebate" would max out at the price of the phone but at the cash they just took off $200 from the final bill!

Since this is a phone - not a smartphone - I think the term "OS" is a bit generous. This will be in the review, but Bell's 3G network still has it's weak spots, especially when you're on the move, so I'm not sure tethering is really worth it yet. I don't know how those internet access USB sticks work but hopefully they get a more consistent connection.

During a conference call with the Bell Mobility Wireless Technology group I was privy to some interesting information about the LG Xenon. In an excel sheet that spot graded voice quality for each device (where any device that gets approved by Bell falls either on or above the threshold) the Xenon was subsequently the highest rated HSPA phone for voice quality.

The way a phone efficiently decodes, translates the digital information and transmits it to the amplifier in the phone is no small task and it appears the Xenon does it better then all the others.

Sure, I'll give you that much. It sounds good, but that's where the good points end.

Adi

I'll go over this when I actually review the phone but I have to agree - the sound quality is very good whether I'm on a phone call or watching live TV.

I have to say I read the articles read the comments and I am now ready for a drink. Here are couple of observations
1) 3 years is too long, no contract too short. Why not compare on a 2 year contract, more realistic for those of us in the real world
2) Can we stop using the various names for companies and just use there names. I find your (commentator and authors) comments hard enough to read with out manipulating the phone companies names 100 different ways. Or at least everyone use the same derogatory term - just easier for the lay person
3) 102.80 seems a little high however I don't have unlimited internet. Once they new I was on a smart phone they turned it off.
I guess I was interested in another post as well where there was some question about direct comparsion and how you would or would not want to do this. Personally I want to do this but the companies make it as hard as possible to do. Are they worried their product won't stand up to comparsion I don't know.

Directly to Schultzer some sort of on going update would be nice. I now know what you can afford as a monthly cell bill. I know you have 51$ to spend at costco and your wife has 81$ (she can visit the liquor section) However after two weeks are you spending your 50$ on kleenex to cry OR on steaks to celebrate? Also are you aware that the rep at Sans fil was not giving you free stuff with out asking he was giving it to your MILF wife. Johnny Canuck of Sports something fame can explain how the retail mind works. Did he call for a code 99 while dealing with your wife and oh yes you. Again Johnny Canuck of sportssomething retail store fame can explain. Don't think you were getting anything free, your wife on the other hand. ;-)

Nice to learn about the LG look forward to hearing more

We spent the money on diapers. Although Costco has some very good steaks, and Kleenex was on sale last week (but I didn't buy any).

If you are visiting the liquor section at Costco I have to say the Julia Cellars wines are pretty good. I just wish they'd name their varieties instead of using numbers.

LMAO

Your comment made my day !

Adi

I didn't want to wade in on this one just yet, but 20 years of being a lifeguard are hard to shake off. In a minute your gonna be drowning in a torrent of flames. So here goes:

First of all? Can you even still get this Costco plan? It looks like a Xmas promo. If not why are we touting it as the end all be all of plans when it's clearly $10 more a month the Public Mobile Deal, that's $360 for the life of the contract. Which is probably the full price of your LG Xenon. I'm gonna pass on any judgment of the phone itself until I read your third installment.

Second, in the article and in the comments, your bashing both new entrants and upholding El Trio de Crapo Telco Canucko! If you're getting a Bull kickback for this most obvious Coscto and Bull commercial, you had better be sharing it with the rest of us Dads!

For once I totally agree with Adi here, you have got give these new players a chance, their aggressively going after the biggest Canadian market first (TO) and it looks like their hitting it pretty hard too. Let them clear a few checks and I'm sure the network will grow in due time. Besides why are you so worried for them, you just signed your Soul to Bull for another 3 years on a phone that might actually last that long, but I'm sure we'll learn more about this in your actual review of the device.