After 4 years, I finally got a new phone! My dad and I both had ancient Nokia phones with Cingular and since Ross will be driving more and going to UVA in the fall, it was the perfect time to upgrade phones and switch to Verizon — I wasn’t even expecting yesterday to be the day, but it was!

Now I have all these features (i.e., camera, tip calculator, calendar, notes, hands-free headset, GPS) that I need to learn and get used to. The volume is also the complete opposite of my old phone: I used to have to press the phone to my ear to hear, now I have to hold it like a quarter-inch away. But, as they say, every rose has its thorn … here’s what I don’t like so far:

• I wish the front LCD would stay on all the time (so I could see the clock, date, etc. without opening it)
• the groups feature only allows like 10 contacts per group (hello, I have more than 10 friends, family, etc.)
• there are no games
• the reception/voice quality is crackly sometimes

Anyone else have this phone?