[Slyder27]

I have the 8300 which is a little larger and has an external antenna, other than that they are they same phone. It's nice, 2 years old and no problems. I can do the new every 2 upgrade and get another but I really have no need to.

You can go onto ebay or the verizon store (and pay more) and get the larger battery for it, mine came with an 1100 mah and I got the 1700 mah li-on. It didn't help it with service quality, but if you'll have the phone off the charger awhile it's definitely nice to have.

the website I was just looking at says you can get a 4gb micro-sd card for it. I know they make the 4gb card, but when I got my phone I saw many message board posts that said not to use anything over 1gb...so I went with the 1gb. Then get the USB adapter / SD adapter and it's pretty much a thumb drive and junk. slick

I like it. Haven't had a motorolla, but I know they're good too. I was considering an 8350 upgrade but gave up, mine is still going. I've never wanted to throw it at anything so that's a plus. My old audiovox, now that one lives in my shooting bag and is going to have a run in with a .17 HMR