Samsung Intensity II (deep gray, Verizon Wireless)

Pros: Cute; reasonably convenient to use.

Cons: Battery life is randomly pathetic. When lucky, we can get a day and a half on a charge with the phone in use; other times, it can be less than a half day. The worst case: fully-charged, just taken off the charger and left unused on the kitchen table, the

Summary: This is my wife's phone. In recent years, I have had 2 LG phones that have had great battery life, and almost always connect without a hitch, even in weak signal areas. This is her third Samsung phone during the same time period, all of which have had usability issues; in terms of useful performance, the Intensity has been the worst.

Updated on Apr 29, 2011

(continuation of Con:) phone shut itself off in under 5 hours.