Comments on: Verizon Wireless Casio Exilim C721 to launch for a hefty $279

By: t

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:47:16 +0000

Pricey but I’ll bet that comes down quickly. Finally a decent camera phone that doesn’t require the $30 a month data package. Internet on the phone blows. Its slow as a snail and trying to navigate around a web site on a little phone screen is tedious. Just over a month ago I switched to T-mobile because verizon was strongarming its customers into taking the $30 dollar data package with its better phones. Their service was horrible in the area where I live and they admitted it and let me out of my contract because they couldn’t provide me with a decent signal. I had more dropped calls in a month with them than I had in over four years with Verizon. I live on the Northwest side of Chicago, a major metropolitan area, if they can’t get it right here then I’d hate to see how their service is in rural areas. I’m back to Verizon and am glad to see they finally have a decent phone that doesn’t require their $30 internet service.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:34:56 +0000

Count me in, I don’t want or need a “smartphone” or some huge wallet-sized thing in my front pocket too. If I have to live with something for two years, it needs to last two years and not look like hell after 2 months. I do hope that they’ve improved on the call quality and reception of the G’Zone or whatever. It sounded terrible and got poor signal reception. You could win bets with a G’Zone throwing it in a pool and it still work. That to me is more impressive than “visual voice mail”. God, how may ways do people need to stay connected? Text, voicemail, email, social networking sites? Do we really have that much to report on a minute-by-minute basis? How many ways do we need to hit the “ignore” button!?!?!

By: hunter

hunter — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:50:20 +0000

@jeebus, yeah @daniel is right the only requirement for any phone is the $30 data for smartphones – they only tell you (in verizon) stores that you have to get the $15 v-cast pack bc “it’s a touch screen” only bc they make their money (commission) off of feature attachments and accessories. $0 for them if they just sell u the phone out the door…smh

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:31:49 +0000

Even on phones designed around their web capability (Dare, Versa, Glyde, Krave), VZW has never required the Vpack on their non-PDA feature phones. I strongly doubt they will start with this one, especially since the camera& durability are the main attractions on this one, not the HTML browsing.

By: gadgetandgamereviews

gadgetandgamereviews — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:41:31 +0000

ugly and pricey

By: jeebus

jeebus — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:38:01 +0000

Any word on whether verizon will require the $15/mo web 2.0 data plan for this phone?

By: FatMan

FatMan — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:38:31 +0000

man yall should get the samsung omnia…im in luv with my OMNIA…i named her OMNIA..lol

By: notHTCkid

notHTCkid — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:52:19 +0000

what ever do you mean?
do you mean that verizon has more than just ONE phone lineup?
you mean they multi level market to more than ONE tier of customer?

this comes as a shocker, as we all know that all att has is the iphone, and all sprint has is the pre.

how can Verizon continue to grow and have the largest network?

this is crazy talk, dump all the phones you have, and go get one MEGA phone, screw the 66% of your user base who uses non smart phones, screw anyone who doesn’t want a megaphone…GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!

so now that we have figured out the stupidity of BGR posters at it’s finest. this will sell well, it will come down in price soon, and with the military spec dirt, dust and shick resistance the contractors who get the phones for 50 bucks on discount, will be lining up at the door.

ignorance is bliss….it’s also what most of the posters here live in a coinstant state of…ignorance

By: because i said so

because i said so — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:57:44 +0000

Well, if VZW was after the iPhone crowds, this would suck, but tell me this isn’t far far sexier than anything Nextel has produced… ever?

Big Red has 80,000,000+ subscribers, so they really have to offer something for everyone. This, obviously, isn’t for the brats bitching above.

And why anyone would try and compete with the hundreds of millions of dollars the iPhone gets in free adversising/hype is beyond me.

Besides the iPhone, how is AT&T’s lineup any different/better? We still don’t get the really cool stuff Europe/Asia does…

(Rant over)

By: grrr

grrr — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:44:24 +0000

ok, let me say somthing about this phone just to stay on topic. i knew the screen wasn’t wvga. it’s too damn small. now, WE WANT THE TOUR. WE WANT THE TOUR. WE WANT THE TOUR.

By: WTFSpeeder

WTFSpeeder — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:34:27 +0000

Bryan – I second your thoughts. What good is VZW network coverage and service if there are no good phones to interface with it? They better get the iPhone or I am off to AT&T.

By: David Thande

David Thande — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:28:52 +0000

Blah

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:13:28 +0000

Just another exhibit in a long list of others that explains my departure to At&t or Sprint for an Iphone or Pre this June/July. Verizon’s service is strong, but their phone selection is straight out of T-mobile’s playbook from 4 years ago and their data/system is too handcuffed. So long soon.

By: joe cool

joe cool — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:37 +0000

u should be spending time on the pre reveiw

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:54:01 +0000

Meh. Give me the Calgary.

By: Laz

Laz — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:52:52 +0000

A bit pricey IMO…