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。s weight, size and styling. Here, the differences are fuzzier, the choices more emotional. Pick up the phone and get the feel of it. Are the buttons easy to push? Is the keypad confusing? Are the letters so small that you have to squint to read them? The LG VX6000 from Verizon Wireless, and several models from Samsung and Sony Ericsson, get high marks for their screens.Then there is the question of how you use your phone. If you work in an office, carry your phone in a case and are a light to moderate user, you have many options: most phones should last a few years under those conditions, without major problems. But if you work outside say, at a construction site you may want to consider a model sold by Nextel, whose Motorola lineup includes some of the most durable phones on the market.Nextel is also the leader in pushtotalk, a service that turns cellphones into walkietalkies. Like a lot of workers in the field, Alan Sheinwald chose Nextel for this service. Mr. Sheinwald, who owns a gutterandleader business in Central Islip, ., tried several phones and service plans for his eight teams of workers who install, clean and repair gutters.With the Nextel service, his workers can municate with one another instantly, and because pushtotalk calls travel entirely over Nextel39。s fickleness would correct itself over time. I kept thinking it39。s monthly charges than on the phone itself. Choosing a plan using the usual criteria, like the number of free minutes and the coverage in your area also makes it easier to choose a phone, by automatically narrowing the possibilities. A carrier may