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Reviewed by amit from fiji on 23rd Feb 2012
my phone does read the memory card but it cant play any files same problem
with phone memory. plz can u help me with that
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Reviewed by annlu from Malaysia on 22nd Feb 2012
the worst phone i ever had!
1. the lock button become not sensitive and i have to pressed hard to
unlock my phone the first 3 month i used
2. i think that all the button are eventually losing their flexibility,
i have to press so hard to get it function
3. touchscreen suddenly not respond and i am totally in blank now~
4. not support most of the video format as it mention
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Reviewed by Rafiah from england on 11th Jan 2012
Doesn't support flash player
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Reviewed by Blair Gallacher from Scotland on 19th
Dec 2011
its an ok phone, i got this only 3 months before android really came
big so it is obviously nowhere near as good but it has suited its purpose,
if u want a phone for what it is meant to do, phone and text, its great
and the audio is ok. I bought an Sd card for it and it works fine with
it so not the best phone in the world but far from the worst.
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Reviewed by Mary Connolly from Northern Irleand on
4th Dec 2011
i bought this phone last year the picture is awesome, the texts are
easy to use but its really hard to upload photos. Its great overall
but i wouldn't buy tis phone. Its hard to use with the fiddley buttons
but theres a pen at the top right but its really hard to find. And you
have to have rally thin fingers to use it. The internet is soooooo slow!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by MG from Greece on 14th Oct 2011
I bought LG GT505 2 years ago because the price was low and it seemed
to me that it was a good opportunity. BUT I WAS WRONG!!!!!!! The phone
is extremely slow, the battery does not attach well so the phone turns
off every time I move it. I fixxed that problem by placing a little
piece of paper in the gap between the battery and the slot... After
that a bigger problem occured... The interanl memory is full.I have
no idea why this thing has happened, since I have never saved a damn
thing in the phone memory, but still the memory is full and I can't
erase it...I cannot play any games, many messages are not even delivered
because of thos stupid phone, it even mixxes my messages and send something
different... Oh and I shouldn't forget to mention that the buttons have
stopped working sing a long time... This phone is a horrible choice...
You should buy something more reliable and plz don't be influenced by
the low price...
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Reviewed by gree from romania on 11th Sep 2011
I love this phone! great wifi, nice loud audio, lovely camera, This
fone has fallen from my hands a couple of times but it is still great.
I hate the design of this phone (only 2 themes)
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Reviewed by The Lulzinator from Philippines on
20th Aug 2011
Agreed by the many, loved by the few. One of the worst phones I ever
used. Slow memory and WiFi, instability, limited activities (And it
doesn't play games except the ones loaded!) LG made fun out of users
with the Cookie Ultima. Boycott them for good.
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Reviewed by ken from UK on 11th Aug 2011
Had this phone for a year now - once I got used to it - it has been
brilliant. Fantastic camera. Tough as it can be. (Buy a silicon cover).
has been dropped, splashed kicked and it still works. No battery problems
at all. To those that do have them can i suggest you simply put it on
charge every night. It does not get a battery memory but works fine.
i use mine for business and private use all day every day without break
and its the best phone I have ever had.
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Reviewed by armando from uk on 26th Jul 2011
good easy to use phone feels like quality in your hands handy tool for
using the internet
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Reviewed by Thomas from Greece on 6th Jul 2011
The phone is one of the worst phones I have ever paid for. Alright,
you pay for what you get. It's cheap and look like it offered enough
features like most mobiles that where in more expensive. But if a manufacturer
settles on that then shame on them. You design something to work flawless!!!
I have encountered the phone having trouble with the suite, the wifi,
the camera oddly delays, reproduction of video most often can't support
the format, the screen has frozen on me 4 times. I had suspected the
battery also because it ran out quickly and the phone was so hot I thought
it would explode. I am very frustrated with the product.
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Reviewed by Peter from UK on 20th Jun 2011
biggest piece of junk in history of the mobile phone,i have had 3 in
8 months all suffered battery failure, doesnt work with the pc suite
so u cant take anything off the phone, battery life reduces to 2 hours
if you use the uma, texting too difficult as you need fingers like a
fairy to hit the letters because the key pad is too small, the list
goes on and on, take my word for it its total rubbish. . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
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Reviewed by alin from India on 18th Jun 2011
this is a good phone...but there is two major problems 1st is that it
does not play full screen video and 2nd one is that its gps dosent works
for which it is known....
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Reviewed by Julie from England on 30th May 2011
love mine, the camera is brilliant 5mp, flash and you can switch the
camera screeen from front and back. In my opinion Its more a camera
with a phone that you can send texts on, it has mp3 player & radio but
i dont use it but its there if i want it. Ps I dont like the orange
network its rubbish
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Reviewed by Aron from England on 5th May 2011
The phone is rubbish dont buy it becuz Ahil is cute and the phone isnt
and the WIFI dosent work on orange
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Reviewed by Sarah from USA on 2nd May 2011
This phone was amazing. I bought it about a year ago but had it stolen
last November. I would have used it for a very long time had it not
been taken!!! The camera is amazing. My WiFi worked perfectly. I didn't
have any issues on it, other than I wish it would let you lock your
screen with a passcode every time the phone went into locked mode. But
it's a very good phone for the price!
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Reviewed by lolli from wales on 27th Apr 2011
my friens has one and they are one of the best phones ive ever used
!!!
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Reviewed by zaid ikram from england on 14th Mar
2011
probably the best phone ive ever had, can do everything its just a masterclass
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Reviewed by ferdie from Philippines on 1st Feb
2011
Better to buy another phone...useless wifi connection and the LG website
mentioned that its a WM6 OS then to find out that it only runs on Java
OS what a misleading website!
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Reviewed by Alex from New Zealand on 31st Jan
2011
Bought a 505 and basically rubbish ! screen locks on incoming call and
wont take calls. Also screen goes blank on checking messages so you
cant see the key pad - will never buy LG again.
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Reviewed by Megan from United Kingdom on 9th Jan
2011
Piece of junk! it freezes all the time and now the touch screen and
buttons wont respond to anything! stay away!:L
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Reviewed by Mary from Northern Ireland on 30th
Dec 2010
This is an awesome phone if your buying a phone buy this one!!!
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Reviewed by Hamza from United Kingdom on 29th
Dec 2010
1. WIFI does not work 2. Video Camera is rubbish 3. Does not play a
ot of video types 4. Locked to Orange 5. Not a lot of internal memory
6. Supports on 8GB 7. Only 2 themes 8. Lacks a pleasing interface 9.
PC SUITE is slow and does not work
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Reviewed by Peter from UK on 23rd Dec 2010
LG GT 405 from 3. SCreen broke after 2 months, 3 want £50 to replace
- I hadn't dropped it or anything, just broke! Only an average phone
til then. Steer clear
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Reviewed by Marty from UK on 2nd Dec 2010
Nice to look at, but wifi won't connect to internet, orange said its
not for that so whats it for, it keeps ringing people when the phones
locked, and i work nights, losing friends when i call them at 4am. Battery
fast to run out, will have 2 bars of life next minute none at all, can't
even turn it on for a second to get numbers out, all in all not the
best!
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Reviewed by kal from england on 4th Oct 2010
poor phone on my 3rd one of orange phone unlocks rings people all time
battery dont last neva have lg again!!
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Reviewed by ked from Vietnam on 17th Sep 2010
generally I'm very happy with the phone and didn't encounter any problems
with it. it's cheap, it's beautiful and working great (I mean the basic
stuff. I'm not using a lot of features). I just want to warn about something.
the camera is generally good and advanced for a phone this cheap, but
it has 2 annoyances: 1. after pressing the shutter key the camera takes
about 1 second until the picture is actually taken. so the subject has
to stand real still in the same position. this is not a camera for more
spontaneous shots. 2. you have to hold the camera very still so that
shots will not get blurry. when you follow these rules shots can be
quite impressive
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Reviewed by Tasha from England on 21st Aug 2010
I had this phone on contract in october 2009. first of all it was really
great. But then the battery kept running out, had to charge it twice
a day also the phone was very hot. Orange then sent me another battery
and it was the same still running out quickly. so i had to send my phone
to them and they replaced it with another one. i was really annoyed
as this one had scratches on it and a few contacts already in the phonebook,
so wasnt new. i complained and they sent me a new phone. the new phone
worked for a while but now starting to have problems. the phone is getting
very hot on the back. not very good signal and the screen froze and
went black and couldnt get it to for for 30 mins.
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Reviewed by Kate from Glasgow on 17th Aug 2010
Without a doubt the worst mobile phone I have ever had and I would not
recommend this to anyone!!!! It keeps unlocking itself whilst the phone
is in my handbag and dials numbers in my phonebook! How on earth it
does that I have no idea. I absolutely HATE this phone, its awful!
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Reviewed by Ben from Nottingham on 16th Aug 2010
Worst mobile phone I have ever owned. Had to return the handset to ORANGE
with 48 hours of getting my upgrade. From day one the WIFI hasn't worked
properly. a few months down the line the phone began to have serious
signal issues. (calls and messages not going through: in or out). Shortcut
menu has recently stopped working. handset will not let me save or delete
images, videos etc. handset internal memory constantly being displayed
as full (even though it was completely empty) meaning that i could not
send or receive emails, recieve bluetooth file, etc. Would seriously
recommend avoiding the gt505 at all costs. Not worth the aggravation
of owning one.
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Reviewed by David from England on 21st Jul 2010
I have recently had this phone as an Orange upgrade because I liked
the idea of the UMA technology (automatic call routing via a domestic
broadband hub when cell recption is poor). Essentially, the service
is not robust or reliable. Couple this to a five hour standby battery
life on UMA and it simply isn't fit for purpose. As mentioned in previous
reviews Orange UMA also stops you using standard Wi-Fi for data access.
If you are buying this phone locked to Orange you are wasting your time.
The basic phone is decent, and in its standard non-Orange form is probably
OK
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Reviewed by Matt Sm from England on 13th Jul 2010
All the apps cost £5 or more. GPS costs a lot. I keep making accidental
calls. Poor 3g. Not very good battery life. I take it off charge for
a day and don't use it at all and it'll be out of battery... And its
not the best touch screen. But saying that, the screen responds well
when tapped. Easy to unlock - a little too easy. Quick navigation. Easyish
to use. Good camera. Alright call quality. So, if you have a lot of
money to spend on apps and GPS, or want an over priced device to make
calls and texts, then go ahead and buy this phone. Personally I'm looking
for a new phone.
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Reviewed by Aron from sHABIR on 6th Jul 2010
WIFI DOESENT WORK
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Reviewed by sheldon from tortola (b.v.i) on 2nd
Jul 2010
wow wow wow and wow
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Reviewed by Aron Shabir from uk on 29th Jun 2010
Rang up orange for the WIFI they told me to access wifi i need to TOP
up its a joke
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Reviewed by colin from uk on 11th Jun 2010
got my phone dec 09 had to send it back for upgrade on software as did
not hold battery charge for more than 6 hours and getting hot on back
above battery,just before i sent it back i deleted all memory including
pics, you guessed it held its charge for 4 days, I told lg when I posted
it back okay at moment wonder if its going to be same when lots of info
stored on it?????.
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Reviewed by timi from Romania on 24th May 2010
hy,i have also a LG GT505 and it is very good,i bought it from Spain,and
i made a good choise buying this phone,i am not interested for gprs(if
i want one,i-ll buy a gprs not a telephone sincerely:),and wi-fi is
working good,i have no problems with it...kiss you:*:*:*
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Reviewed by Aron from from shabir on 24th May
2010
good phone wifi orange doesent do wifi
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Reviewed by Mike from UK on 21st Apr 2010
I just upgraded with Orange to a GT505 [my choice]. On the whole I like
the phone the camera is good and I like the other features. The main
problem I have is the call and end button easily caught when taking
out of pocket and can accidentally end call before I answer it not good
as I use it for business. I has an LG KF600 before and I really wish
I had chosen another slide phone ,ah well in 18 months time I will and
It will probably be another LG.
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Reviewed by Karen from UK on 20th Apr 2010
We have 3 of these phones for the last 3 months and are now finally,
fingers crossed sorted. My husband is on his 5th, son on his 3rd and
i am on my 2nd! Have had varying trouble with them from turning themselves
off, wifi not hooking up with the home hub, connecting but showing not,
no signal,bluetooth trouble and no internet connection. Orange have
been very helpful but LG are poor with customer service. Hopefully all
3 are working internet, bluetooth and wifi all working and no turning
off mid conversation despite being fully charged. It is a nice little
mid range phone when it works and nice features. Just watch out in case
you get a lemon or 7 in our case.
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Reviewed by tony from belfast on 23rd Mar 2010
i got this phone about 2mnths ago and find it quite good.the camera
is excellent quality with good pictures taken with it.only a couple
a slight probs such as the touch keypad being a bit dodgy but thats
probably more to do with my fingers than anything and anyway you get
a stylus with the phone.also the screen lock at the side is in a awkward
position.as for the wifi i have no probs at all.i just downloaded opera
mini so i can use it at home and its been good.i cant get a signal in
my house so the uma technology is good as it allows my wifi to be used
as a signal booster.when taking this out in contract i would recommend
trying to wrangle some sort of free mobile internet from your provider.i
got mine from orange with 200mins and unl texts for £20 p/m.overall
a decent midrange phone that i would recommend.
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Reviewed by nicole from england on 28th Feb 2010
i love this phone it is one of the best phones i have ever had and it
has a 5 mp camera and bluetooth and loads of features it is brilliant
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Reviewed by Aron from Shabir on 22nd Jan 2010
DO NOT GET ON ORANGE WIFI SOMEHOW DOSENT WORK CONNECTS TO ORANGE WORLD
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Reviewed by jim from uk on 21st Dec 2009
I have had this phone now for a few months ive had no problems except
a random reset every now and again which is strange nice phone could
do with more support eg apps like iphone has and don't like the way
it uses orange gps using the wifi function as it charges you for using
your free home wifi that real bad on their part. Jim. www.thegadgetsgalore.com
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Reviewed by Cho from Hong Kong on 21st Dec 2009
Just got a LG GT505 and its been working fine. I've had it for 3 weeks
with no problem (cross your fingers) though I know some friends who
have problems all the time with LG phones(which is known to break down)...
other than that though... I LOVE this phone :) It's not heavy, it has
the most important features I want (wi-fi, 5 megapixel cam, good media
player... except for the video portion which can't play much on it of
quality) and I really enjoy the design... I suggest get one!
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Reviewed by rachel from united kingdom on 19th
Dec 2009
after having my upgrade from orange 4 months ago i have already had
2 handsets from them both with the same fault it just stops working
for now reason and have been told i can't change to a different phone
so when this one does the same as i believe it will they wont change
it as my 6 months garentee will have expired i am not impressed with
it at all even tho the phone itself is a great phone( when working)
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Reviewed by David from United Kingdom on 12th
Dec 2009
I am currently awaiting a courier to bring me my second replacement
of this model since my supposed "upgrade" from Orange. The first few
weeks proved very impressive indeed until the phone completely stopped.
Not a hint of warning, just stopped. I contacted my supplier who advised
me that there was a fault with the handset. Thank you, I already knew
that!!! I had an exchange about 4 weeks ago and the same thing has happened
again. The phone just stopped without warning. Orange tell me I cannot
change it although it fails in its most basic function. Other than that,
a great phone when it is not just stopping. I am self employed and cannot
run the risk that the thing will not go faulty. Interesting facts of
the way we live today:- LG made a faulty item. Orange have recommended
it to me (and replaced it twice in 4 months). Obviously it is my fault
for Chosing to accep it in the first place. What a wonderful world it
is
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Reviewed by B Nagy from Hungary on 1st Dec 2009
Bought in Belgium (170 euros, network-free!), use it in Hungary, Excellent.
Light (less than 100 grams - compare to hero or Iphone-one third less),
clear, 3 days without re-charging. Very logical menu, easy but safe
use (no unintentional actions). The only problem is that it really wants
to go online on the telephone network instead of using the wifi. I will
have to resolve that.
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Reviewed by Zoe from Australia on 23rd Nov 2009
Bought this phone while in Thailand for work. loved it for the first
10 days! thought it was amazing. BUT THEN the inner screen broke. I
had not dropped the phone once or anything. I was not using it when
it broke. Because I bought the phone in Thailand (from a legit phone
shop - not some crappy market or anything) LG have been unhelpful about
getting it repaired. NOT happy - will not be chosing LG in the future.
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Reviewed by Jessica from Singapore on 22nd Nov
2009
The LG GT505 is a great phone and i've not encountered any problems
with it yet. Though the Samsung Jet has battery problems and mine had
to be repaired 3 times before the battery was fine.
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Reviewed by Tim from Vietnam on 20th Nov 2009
Just bought this phone a couple of days ago, it's loaded with lots of
extra's that make it appear great. GPS, 5MP camera, wifi the rest. But
unfortunately the LG PC suite that comes with the phone is not compatible
with some contact and E-mail programs, such as Morzilla Thunderbird
making it pretty difficult to get all your contacts into unless you
use microsoft office. Also it seems no support is currently available
to help you install new java applications. Overall pretty disappointing
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Reviewed by Feliz from Viet Nam on 14th Nov 2009
This phone is amazing! For its price and value for moeny, I would say
this phone is an excellent choice. It has all the features that I want
in a phone: wifi, gprs, bluetooth, 5mp camera with flash, sensitive
touch screen, loud speaker, can work with office document, pdf, pictures,
audio, and video. And what I love most is the jogging companion tool
where you can monitor the distance and time. I've used iPhone 2G & 3G,
Lg Cookie, Nokia 5800 music Express, HTC touch, and non of them can
make me happy as my LG GT505. I's so happy to have it and I recommend
it to others too..I'm not working with LG company ha?! hehehe
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Reviewed by Kate from UK on 8th Nov 2009
First LG phone. It was offered as an upgrade and at first I wasnt exactly
impressed by it. However, Im beginning to love it and would def be interested
in having another LG phone. Unlike others, I have no problem using my
wifi?? and it remembers if I have used predictive text. All in all,
I love it and my friends seem to feel the same too =)
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Reviewed by jacqui from england on 16th Oct 2009
really worried after reading reviews as it was being sent as a free
upgrade with orange,at first it drove me insane, but after a few hours
playing with it,i like it,i have no problem with the wi fi access i
connects to the home hub instantly,you just select wi fi and not uma
and pair in wi fi options, 3g+ is also good, and i have tried the sat
nav out indoors!!!, impressed how fast it found me ,and used 8 satellites,its
my first all touch phone and it takes a little while to adjust,but persevere
if you dont want to pay a lot extra to upgrade,the camera is good ,
and i to have no problems remembering text input, you can customise
wallpaper and text colours, and it has a great feature if you scroll
side ways you can put all your fav numbers in to 3 different boxs for
quick access,so after intial frustration i quite like the phone early
days but i think i will be keeping it.
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Reviewed by Jessica from Scotland on 15th Oct
2009
I just can't understand it. How can this phone, which is not reasonably
priced, cause so much havoc in my life? 5 breakdowns and repaired three
times. Note to self: need new phone. get LG Cookie!
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Reviewed by Rob from UK on 29th Sep 2009
Agree with Mike - Orange have ruined the phone by disbling the wifi
access. Do not buy if you want to access the internet free via your
home WIFI broadband - you can only access via UMA.
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Reviewed by Mike from London on 21st Sep 2009
Exclusive Orange phone in the UK. Orange have completely ruined the
phone by effectively disabling wifi access. You can only access wifi
as a UMA, which means Orange will charge you for using you own wifi
access point.
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Reviewed by phillipa from cheltenham on 16th Sep
2009
please dont buy it buy a jet and if you cant afford that a tocco
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Reviewed by andrew from ENGLAND on 16th Sep 2009
Great fone, fantastic camera, i also took it out my pocket and the inner
screen was broken...
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Reviewed by James from England on 10th Sep 2009
I was really happy with this phone and was finally starting to get used
to the touch screen which took some getting used to especially texting!
however i took it out of my pocket and the screen inside has cracked
and leaked :( and i don't know what to do with it now :i shall have
to put the rating down now due to it breaking for no real apparent reason
:(
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Reviewed by Jamie from London on 8th Sep 2009
This was my first LG phone and I was a bit hesitant having disliked
my girlfriends secret in the past. This handset was suggested to me
by an Orange assistant as a free alternative to the Samsung Jet (which
I would have had to pay for on an upgrade) and I have to say that although
I don't have any major gripes with the phone or it's features it doesn't
particularly inspire. I have to disagree with Matthew's comments about
the phone not remembering the last text input for messaging, and when
unlocking I always use the touch screen to unlock which is fine. Probably
the biggest disappointment is with the styling of the screens. The options
are very functional but with only 2 themes (black or white) and the
inability to customise the menus (as you can with basic Nokias) the
phone is a bit rigid and boring. There is no option to view contacts
in a list and view contact photos which I've had with my last 2 phones
and the whole uniformity which may not bother many does frustrate me.
As mentioned by Matthew the internet is very quick but to zoom in explorer
sessions is nowhere near as seamless and easy as on an iphone. Whilst
I will be sticking with my GT505, I would advise those looking for a
more fun, interactive phone to get a tocco
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Reviewed by Matthew from UK on 1st Sep 2009
I chose this phone for my upgrade because I have owned a viewty in the
past and thought with them both being LG touch screens I could expect
the same (or maybe a few minor improvements), but unfortunately I was
wrong. Many small problems with the phone amount to it really being
quite frustrating. Here’s just a few: The “hold key”
on the side now needs to be held for roughly five seconds to unlock
the handset; when creating a new message, the phone doesn’t remember
that your previous text was sent using predictive text (you must turn
it on every time – although it does seem to remember it in the
last place I’d want it to, the phone book); you cannot change
the name of the preset profiles; the ‘c’ button on the viewty
has been changed to a completely pointless menu button, and the c is
now in an awkward place on the touch screen keypad. There really aren’t
any major problems with the phone, and the internet is quick, but I’ve
found my signal strength to be poorer than the viewty (and I don’t
always receive texts until I unlock the touch screen - very annoying!).
I cannot give it an average rating when it gets so many small things
you take for granted, wrong. It will be getting returned.
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