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... The verdict: I got lost on the way to the phone store, glad my truck has a really good transmission. Anyways. I got there about an hour before they closed. Guy took one look and told me it would be "just about impossible" to find new glass for a QUE 5.5.
So, saddened, I asked him if he had any used phones. I came out of there with some kind of a Samsung Galaxy S3 (since they have so many names once they get to the pre-paid carrier market) and I paid $75 for it. he wasn't able to get the service switched, for some weird reason.
I took it back to my main phone store and they told me that I should have come there first. They had the same phone for $40, though I did not ask to see it, and they switched over my service no problem. I went to the other store because when i first got my QUE 5.5, it did not work properly after leaving their store. Text and phone only. It is when I went to Court the next day, and popped in to a random local store, that I left with a working phone. Which then did the quadruple somersault, as mentioned.)
I am very tempted to get a QUE 6.0 since the Samsung is working wonderfully, but, dammit, it is so small. I also got a car vent phone holder so that this likely will not happen again (driving with phone on my lap since forever, much like the cupholder on a manual transmission car.. right there, between the legs.)
So.. I technically have my phone back, but I may get a QUE 6.0 this time. QUE 5.5 is good but I feel like I had it already now.
Another question: Why does the Samsung seem to be a smoother phone than the QUE? Not only do I get Called IDs I had not seen before, but it seems like a faster menu navigation. And the speech recognition works better. However. Even with my small hands, I have been spoiled by the screens 6" and up. (My previous phone was larger than 6" before the QUE 5.5. Got the 5.5 to save $40 over the 6.0. And liked it. Now it may be a 6.0.) ?
And why did the QUE have to be "programmed again" to work with data properly?