The story of my phones, yes I have a new one
For those that know me, you know that I am a bit finicky when it comes to mobile phones. I have owned probably a dozen over the past several years. As of yesterday, I now have yet another new phone. The LG LX290, a regular dumb old feature phone and it might be my second favorite overall.
Yes, I’m crazy switching back to a simple feature phone with all this iPhone and Android hype, but I just want an easy phone to use and one that just works.
Here’s as complete as history as I can remember:
| Image | Phone | Rating | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | LG LX290 | too soon | A great feature phone, slim, stylish and does the basics great. The closest phone I could get to the Sony Erriccson on Sprint. I’m loving it so far! |
 | Samsung Moment (Android) | 3.5 stars | A pretty good phone, the keyboard is excellent, the Android OS is pretty good, lots of useless apps, great web browsing. The phone service was mediocre, randomly would switch to Airplane Mode, difficult answering calls, poor quality. The weak phone is the main reason I switched to the LG. |
 | iPhone 3G | 4.0 stars | Probably the best phone I owned, but not my favorite. iPhone has top quality OS, apps, usability and features. The AT&T service sucked, which is why I switched after dropping my iPhone and breaking the glass. |
 | Sony Ericcsson W580i | 4.5 stars | My favorite phone of all time, an advanced feature phone which just looked and worked beautifully. The one draw back was Sony’s proprietary connectors. Sadly, I lost the phone in a movie theatre. |
 | Blackberry 8830 World Edition | 2.0 stars | A beast of a phone, my work bought me this phone which I returned after a week. I didn’t want to carry around two phones, especially this tank. |
| iPhone 1st Gen | 4.0 stars | First generation iPhone, revolutionary. Lost the phone in the back of a cab. |
 | Blackberry Pearl | 4.0 stars | Great under-rated phone, the only blackberry device I’ve really liked. The phone did everything I needed in a nice bar size package, plus innovative fast keyboard input. Sadly, I abandoned the Pearl for the allure of the iPhone. Sold to a friend. |
 | Cingular 8525 (Windows Mobile) | 2.5 stars | A pretty good phone overall, the device and keyboard very much remind me of the Samsung Moment. The Windows Mobile OS was mediocre but this device had every feature the iPhone has with a 2 year headstart. What happened Microsoft? Sold to a shady online re-buyer which took 3+ months to pay me |
 | Sidekick 3 | 2.5 stars | One of the first full featured phones, the keyboard was awesome, I still haven’t used a mobile device with as good as keyboard. However, the phone was a beast! I returned it after 15 days or so, I just couldn’t carry it around. |
Prior to that it gets fuzzy on versions and models, I remember a Motorola Flip Phone, a Nextel Motorola push-to-talk phone from work, a gold Nokia bar phone and a black classic Nokia with the fixed antenna.