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Write a review of the LG KC550 Orsay! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by Brin T on 17/08/2011
I have had this phone for over 2 years and I am very pleased with it even though it is qite a heavy phone. It hasn't froze up or done anything unusual.The camera is brilliant and the pictures are brighr and clear. Apart from the weight I would recommend it to anyone.
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Reviewed by rikku on 13/04/2011
I have had this phone for 3 years now, and it recently malfunctioned due to water damage (me being careless!) Who knows how much longer this would have lasted, the camera is really good, so is the video. Although you can't really take pictures in the dark. Some people here are saying that they sent their KC550 back after a few weeks, the first one I got, I returned within 2weeks as it kept hanging up, however the second one I got has had NO PROBLEMS whatsoever! Great buy. give it a second try.
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Reviewed by Gary from England on 06/02/2011
I have had my phone for the best part of 2 years. This phone has never let me down. It is on 24/7 and has also been used abroad a few times. You do need to extend the internal memory as it is not very big but that is probably the most negative thing i can say about this phone. My son bought one the week before me and has only changed it recently because he wanted an i phone. Worth the money and i am looking to keep mine for some time yet.
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Reviewed by Abbijade on 21/11/2010
I loved this phone and it used too work perfectly, but then i dropped it and the slidy bit on the camera fell of and so i cant take pictures, so i bought i new phone, which i have jsut broke, so m using this phone again, and it keeps turning itself off :/
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Reviewed by Billy B. on 30/10/2010
Spends most of its time saying service detached or off, no good as a phone, but not a bad camera, My mate told LG was half good stuff,don't think he had owned an LG phone.
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Reviewed by Birman on 22/08/2010
Amazing phone!! :D only con is the memory.
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Reviewed by Andy on 26/07/2010
Had to have 3 replacements within half a year... first one display went .. second one i had for a month and now it keeps turning off randomly.. turn it on it will stay on for a minute. Third one is in transit... fingers crossed 3rd time lucky.
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Reviewed by helene from wales on 24/07/2010
i have had this phone for 2yrs and have to say that i have had no trouble with it freezing or anything else, it is a good sturdy phone which i have dropped on numerous occasions and there is not a mark on it. i have had a few different make phones over the years and i find Lg to be one of the best quality. the navigation joystick still works perfectly, i had this phone on a contract originally and liked it so much that when the contract ended i had a sim only deal and kept the phone,
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Reviewed by Eviee on 17/07/2010
I have had this phone for more than 18 months now and I love it. I have never had any problems with it at all. Everyone has commented saying how sleek and stylish it looks and I am so proud to own this phone. I would recommend getting a memory card as the pictures and videos take up a lot of space. I seriously recommend this phone. I love it soo much :D
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Reviewed by katie from wales on 16/06/2010
latest update with the LG KC550. I have had this phone for around a year. I would not recommend anyone to buy this phone. it began to crash on me the first 6months of using it. Lately the screen has gone a bit blue plus my pictures are all like water paint. And today..!!! it crashed on me completely, the screen wont even come on. I must say, it's been the worse phone i have ever had!!
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Reviewed by ixxy on 30/03/2010
the phone is overall pretty good. however sometimes when i turn it on the screen goes blank and i have to restart it also sometimes freezes. over all good phone with good camera but it could do so much more.
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Reviewed by Emma on 23/02/2010
I agree it's a bit too large and heavy but it actually has a really good memory!!! The normal memory only holds a few files, but all you have to do is press file to external memory! I have about 90 videos in external memory (and i can still hold loads more) and NEARLY 200 PICTURES (which i can also still hold loads more)! The camera is excellent. If you want a LG touchscreen, buy the cookie but don't moan when you are unhappy with your rubbish 3.2 megapixel camera!!
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Reviewed by Alex on 15/12/2009
I have the same problem with this phone as some of you do. When i answer a call/make a call i cant hear what there saying.The loudspeaker is driving me mad. Does this problem ever go? I'm going back to Nokia phones. They are trustworthy!
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Reviewed by SeLLmaa on 02/12/2009
The phone's absolutely amazing! I have had it for 3 months now, hasn't let me down!! It did freeze like 2-3 times, but I am very satisfied. I am very happy with this phone. The games are cool, wii-like, really good speakers, the camera is outstanding!! If you ask me- I recommend it. 5 stars!
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Reviewed by Will Millard on 25/11/2009
This phone was A. The first 5 mega pixel camera under �200 and B. The first phone with an accelerometer that incorporated user interaction e.g. Games & Wallpaper I pre ordered this phone, before it was realised. I paid �165 fro it which didn�t seem that bad for a 5 mega pixel camera (at the time was the best mobile quality). It took a week for me to get annoyed with the phone; the camera is frustratingly slow and also very poor picture quality. The phone itself is ridiculously slow and takes about 5 minuets for it to warm up, the keypad is very small and hard to use. The slide over camera protector is constantly being opened in my pocket, which then scratches the camera. The phone also lacks themes, 3g, and many other things. There is only one thing good about this phone; its document viewer/sharer is good and is useful for work. But otherwise avoid this phone. I am about to purchase the Nokia 5530 and will review that.
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Reviewed by Nathanael on 20/11/2009
Got this phone 14 months ago. About a month ago the screen started going negative (whites turned purple). By now the screen is black most of the time despite the phone being on. Apart from this huge problem it has been a good phone. It's nice and chunky, feels sturdy and has an alright camera. The flash could do with being turned off though. The screen problem does exist however. If you intend to hold this phone for a long time bear in mind this problem might happen. It renders the phone virtually unusable and unreliable.
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Reviewed by russell on 04/11/2009
never ever write reviews but felt compelled to with this dire mobile absolute rubbish,bought from argos a few months ago fo �79 it does not hold a 4 gig memorey card very well,everytime you try to play mp3's it re starts itself every phone call i recieve has a bad echo,poor reception the video is in "gp format " not avi or mpeg 4,therefore poor quality vids, over all,a very poor mobile,be warned russell,manchester
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Reviewed by Tom on 25/10/2009
Had this phone about a month and a bit. I'd rate it ... 3 and a half out of 5. Construction feels a bit flimsy especially the back of the phone and the camera shutter. The keypad and buttons aren't very good either as they are a bit awkward to press - not great as I do a lot of texting. It also picks up fingerprints like nobodys business! For me it freezes for about a minute when I try and read my texts and then starts working again. However thats only in the first month so I don't know how well its going to hold up for the next 17 of them! Its a good phone but not for people who really use their phone a lot, if you are a keen texter buy something better!
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Reviewed by Dave on 23/10/2009
Got this about 10 months ago, was great at first, nice looking keypad, nice sized screen ect ect. about 1-2 months later, the screen stops working..just went black. i can still make a call (if i know the number and type it properly) so i take it back to phones 4 u (bought it from them but i came with my orange contract), they take it away and come back 5 days later telling me fone is fixed, it was a software issue.. we updated it all and its all good. well after that it stopped charging properly.. doesnt work on mains at all.. ive tried several chargers. had to use usb to pc in the end. about a month later i turned it on one morning.. kc550 pops up correctly.. then lg simble comes up in negative, it loads and all the colours are negative.. eventualy it went fuzzy, froze and i had to turn it off.. kept doing it for 10 mins. so i boxed it up took to work, lunch time i march into phones 4 u and tell them its messed up again, so i turn it on and its fine :S so i leave slighly happy with my fone working 3 months later it does it again but after 10 mins with no battery its fine.. 3 month later (today) the it does it again and now its permanent.. its been like it for 7 hours ive taken it to phones 4 u and asked for a new fone as its pissing me off the say i cant ive had it over a month so they wont give me a dif model.. they only offer to fix it. well screw them, im going to see what trading standards have to say. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE EVER, UNLESS YOU WANT COUNTLESS ARGURMENTS WITH YOUR PHONE PROVIDER my one star = -5 stars
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Reviewed by Grant Ross on 22/10/2009
I got this phone for chrismas from mu mum and dad but now I wish they didn't. In three months the phones contrast went all funny, then coloured lines appear on the cerren vwry randomly and then colours go dark and funny dots and dashes appear. I am never going to buy lg phone again!
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Reviewed by Seb on 10/10/2009
I bought this phone as it was half price but cheap price is all it realy had going for it, it is very big and unreliable, the battery life is not as good as you expect also the camera is no way near as good as other 5 mega pixel ones. The music playes isnt very special so apart from the good looks and decent screen i would no recomend it.
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Reviewed by mellow on 04/09/2009
all depends on your budget i just wanted a simple, elegant phone had it for a bit, the battery run out completely and it never come back on its just a blank screen it wont start up but hey wot do u expect from a cheap phone
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Reviewed by beckii.xx on 30/08/2009
This is a good phone i had mine for nearly as year you can drop on the road and still wont break, but takes ages switchin and it is weird cos people have no faults and some people have loads oh well bye .xxxx
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Reviewed by Jay on 29/08/2009
The first phone I purchased from Tesco had been used and was full of text messages. This phone was returned and replaced by Tesco. I have had this phone for several months now and not had any problems with it. Purchased with a free 2GB memory card. I registered for triple free time as per instructions supplied. I think for the price its an excellent phone. I also keep my receipts for the length of guarantee.
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Reviewed by jordan fairley on 26/08/2009
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE THE CAMERA IS AWFUL MERMORY IS DISGRACEFUL SYCHRONISATION FROM PHONE TO MEMORY CARD IS TERRIBLE THE COMPUTER SAYS THAT THE ALBUMS ARE ON YOUR FONE BUT THERE NOT ALSO THE PHONES SCREEN IS TERRIBLE IT TURNS FUZZY IT GOES NEGATIVE IT TURNS UPSIDE DOWN IF YOU WANT A GOOD PHONE GO FOR A SAMSUNG OR SONY ERICSSON THIS PHONE IS RUBBISH DO NOT BUY IT ONE OF MY FIRST PHONES HAD A BETTER MEMORY THAN THIS ONE
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Reviewed by sharon on 18/08/2009
i have had this phone almost a year now it is ok but there are things what could of been better the keypad on the phone broke in half 2 months after i got it but it still worked fine the games are really good but they get a bit boring after a bit the camera is ok it is 5 megapixles but the colour of the pictures are to bright i would go for a different phone next time would never chose it again lg is a good make so i would stick with lg .
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Reviewed by Jade on 04/08/2009
I like this phone when I got it out the box and I quite liked it. It came with wii-style games and the moving background was quite cool. But after a month things were different. It would'nt allow you to recieve anything via blutooth, it said battery full when recieving although I had stored EVERYTHING on the memory card. The battery life was poor and my 2.0 mega-pixel Sony Ericsson was has a better camera than this. I sincerely do not recommend this phone to ANYONE, if you want a similiar phone, try the Sony Ericsson W595, much more reliable and quite stylish to.
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Reviewed by Michael Hawthorne on 20/07/2009
Although I am pleased that many customers found their phone to be satisfactory, my experience was less so. Although certain functions performed admirably, I was disappointed to note that within weeks the screen began to fade out at the top leaving me without 33% of the screen. This developed quite quickly into a complete screen malfunction making my phone useless for texting and caller identification. I did check the review centre before purchasing the phone but found no review, it is with much regret that I have since found this website and the miced results which would have made me change my mind. It deserves no stars but I have given it one. Kind regards M. Hawthorne
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Reviewed by Jen on 17/07/2009
My boyfriend bought this phone for me, it is the pink one. I wish he hadn't as I have had nothing but trouble with it. The screen has gone, what is the point of texting when you cannot see the screen? I am really disapointed, so is my boyfriend. Avoid.
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Reviewed by kevin on 17/07/2009
cant believe people are still buying these phones they are rubbish camera useless and screen goes naff after a month it aint good
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Reviewed by Linda on 17/07/2009
Hope these guys who have rated their hone as good and come back and ensure they rate it as rubbish when it goes wrong which it invariably does. This phone is a pile of junk. Screen went really quickly, bought it of Tesco and lost receipt and they will not replace, I only bought it 6 weeks ago! DO NOT BUY - SCREEN MESSES UP AND CAMERA IS USELESS. Lin x
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Reviewed by Mark on 17/07/2009
I bought this phone from Tescos for my wife in May. I had to buy an extra �50 quids worth of shopping to get it for �20 cheaper, then I bought �20 worth of credit as when she topped it up she would get �60! A good deal I thought...well, I gave it to her at the end of April, she put the credit on but did not register so she missed out on the extra �40 credit...then it lasted about 8 weeks before the screen went dodgy and she had not used the phone since as she cannot see anything on the phone. At first I thought it was ok but now Tescos will not refund/replace without the receipt and I am left with a duff phone.
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Reviewed by Josh on 13/07/2009
I bought the phone in august 2008, and have had no problems with it whatsoever, dont mind the size 'cos i love having the big screen, the battery life is great and i dont mind carry an extra 50g around either. Its stylish and has done everything i want it to do. will be sad to let my little Orsay go at the end of its contract, great phone. Be wary if you get a faulty one, though ive been extremely lucky.
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Reviewed by Simon - UK on 09/07/2009
I brought this phone a few days ago. It is only for work so reseption and talk time were my main reasons for getting it. Its the only phone that gets reseption in my house for that its a massive plus and indeed it has a huge talk time also.. so for a dogs body phone its top notch. The music ( and radio) and phone reseption is fantastic quality but the negative you can only put 3 songs on before filling up the memory, so an SD card is a must if you wish to have songs on it. A negative is its big and heavy ( well compared to the new phones) but for me its perfect for a work phone as i dont lose it!!. The camera and function of this phone are fantastic also. For �75 im happy with it, its perfect for what i brought it for, great reseption and talk time... Now time will tell if it lasts the long term tests.. I would give it 5 stars but for the very small memory it has..but an SD card would make this a very good phone
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Reviewed by Cheeese on 09/07/2009
My lg kc550 has turned its self off randomly before and I didnt expect the camera to be that bad and also its so easy to get onto the internet making it annoyingly expensive when you find youve accedently been on the internet this month it cost me 25 pounds! Also when your talking to someone you can barley hear them and I dont know how to turn up the volume so I can hear people talking to me. If anyone knows how to lock the internet on it or turn up the volume post it so I can seee!!!! Other than that not a bad phone.
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Reviewed by Mark Adams on 06/07/2009
This phone sucks. Tesco had a deal so I spent over 50 quid to get 20 pounds off the phone, then I purchased 20 pounds worth of credit off tesco in the assumption that my wife would get 60 pounds as waa their offer at the time and the phone was for her. However, the wife didn't register first which was the deal and after two months the phone screen went blank. What makes it worse is that Tesco will not replace free as I do not have the receipt.
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Reviewed by george on 06/07/2009
In a nutshell, the phone is a pile of junk. The screen went on it after 56 days, and the shop refused to replace it. Absolute stress. Avoid like the plague
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Reviewed by bex on 21/06/2009
i have had mt LG Kc550 now since july 08 i think it is a good phone but really slow starting up, i suppose some phones already have a fault in and some dont dont. But like if you drop it down the stairs it will work fine so it is a great phone for clumsy people, but now i am getting a LG cookie which i hope is good, hope your LG KC55O's are cool!!!:):)
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Reviewed by mystery on 14/06/2009
I have recently bought this phone, great value at �80, it came with a free 2gb memory card and I am very impressed with the camera. So far though it has turned off twice randomly but that didn't really bother me.
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Reviewed by Rob Warrington on 12/06/2009
I am very, very, very dissapointed with my LG KC550. It turns its self off ramdomly and the screen comes up with "LOADING" until I take the battery off it. The microphone was very quiet and nobody could hear what I was saying so I took it to get repaired. The repair took over 3 months and now that I have it back the Camera does not work. The market trader said it was a problem with the mother board, likely story. Dont buy an LG KC550 what ever you do and dont go to "The Phone Box" in Warrington Market.
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Reviewed by Becki on 31/05/2009
Hello I am 13 and I have had this phone for 8 months and currently I havent experienced any problems. I regularly use my phone and I think it is really worth buying. Its stylish and with its large screen its very good to look at images. The pictures taken on the Schneider-Kreuznach lens are great and its just the right weight for me. Its a little chunky but I think thats its only downside, but at its low price it's totally worth having. Also you can access the internet easily and it is quite fast. Also I can use the joystick and the keypad at ease. So I recommend getting this phone as it's the best phone I have ever had and I love it!
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Reviewed by wayne on 28/05/2009
Purchased the phone 4 weeks ago on the plus side.. Video camera is excellent for recording(up there with my cam) ,play back of videos is great ,phone looks good,good mp3 ,texting is easy.Negative side ..Camera is rubbish, shutter delay of 2.5 secs no where near as good as my old 2 meg Nokia.Phone has frozen ,turned itself off only way around this is to take battery out.I am in process of sending phone back which is a pity as i do like the phone.I have noticed a few comments on the phone frezzing maybe LG SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUES.
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Reviewed by Kevin Cole on 19/05/2009
Had mine about a week now, we seem to be getting on very well me and my phone, yet it still early days, im glad i picked this phone from virgin, never had an LG phone before will have one again. GREAT CAMERA!! low on memory get a sdmicro card from argos about 7quid.
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Reviewed by Joel on 11/05/2009
I've had this phone for three weeks now and have had no problems with it. The camera is great but yes it is quite slow when loading up the menu and lags a little and will not respond to anything when about to change the song playing. However, even with people saying how bad it is I still think it is a good phone which is stylish with fun games and a decent price.
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Reviewed by Jessica on 10/05/2009
ok.... so a few months ago i did a review saying how amazing this ohone is... and in all honesty, i wish i hadnt. Its a terrible phone, it keeps freezing on me, have to press each button a few times for it to work then it freezes and moves as many times as i had pressed the button to get it to work. doesnt recieve calls and this isnt a network fault as i moved my sim to another phone and it recieved calls ok, lags alot, slider sounds dont work anymore for some reason. over all i multitude of faults occuring in 4 months... terrible phone, stay away from it!!
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Reviewed by Melanie on 06/05/2009
I cannot believe how many good reviews there are for this phone! I've had it about four months. It is a bit on the chunky side but great for the money paid. Camera - brilliant (if a little slow), memory easily upgraded (if you buy a card it recognises),functions are easy to use. HOWEVER, when this phone ages, it ages bad! I have the same complaints as fifty percent of the reviews on here.... * phone freezes a five times a minute, especially if it gets warm, you're charging it or you receive/ make a phone call. *the phone takes longer and longer to boot up/ acess memory. It now takes around ten minutes for me to turn my phone on. * the screen goes blue randomly * when turning on, ninety percent of the time it freezes on the LG screen and has to have the battery taken out * if you have more than 100 messages in your inbox, your phone freezes on the inbox screen. * I can no longer hear people when they ring, I have to have them on speaker phone... ..... the list can go on and on and on. It is a terrible phone. You get what you pay for. There's no wonder that dialaphone have stopped offering it... DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE.
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Reviewed by Randy Orton on 04/05/2009
I loved the phone at first but it has a habit of randomly switching itself off and as I can't prove the fault as it is random they wont refund my money.
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Reviewed by xMolinuex Monkeyx on 04/05/2009
This Phone Is Amazing ! ! I am just eleven years old but me and all my mates love it GOOD START AIN IT BUT THIS PHONE IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SMART GOOD LOOKING PHONE . . . 5 *'S deffo
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Reviewed by gg on 02/05/2009
I've just bought this phone after sending back my Samsung G600 5 times and having 5 replacements from Tesco's. Yet my friends have never had problems with there G600. Ultimately, any mobile will have faults. Even the most popular mobie's will have hundreds of people having problems. A lot can go wrong with them and it really is pot luck. If the phone you get breaks down a lot (like my old G600) then it feels like the worst phone of all time. Yet my old Motorola Pebble is still going strong. Best phone ever for me, yet a friend was always getting problems with hers and she always slags it off. The smaller they get and the cheaper they do them the more problems we will all get with our mobies. As for the LG phone. So far 4/5. It loses 1 star because of the poor internal memory although I do have a 2gb card.
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Reviewed by Shrina on 30/04/2009
Ive heard lots of reviews saying they loved it and more saying they h8 it,.,,.., im 13 and got this phone 4 xmas, first it wouldnt read my memory card,.,. but a simple brainwork fixed it.,..,,.,,. dont take too many pics in a row as this may course screen freeze, i dont no ehy people r saying their screens gone black n blue, nuthing like thts happpened. great fone for teens like me!!! 5 stars
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Reviewed by fran on 29/04/2009
had this phone now for 6 months. no promblems what so ever. totaly amazing phone best i've had in a long time. camera is fab. games great. txting and phone calls esay. can make it your own personl style un like other phones.looks great. no prombels. who ever says this phone is rubbish must have there head the wrong way or down a toilets is amazing. looks good easy to use and reliable all you need in a god phone nice one LG your best phone yet!!!
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Reviewed by XxmadamsharlixX on 23/04/2009
This phone is wickedcool very attractive and is the cheapest phone on the market that has such a good camara as this GREAT GAMES and music well... brill ! ! Should You buy This Very Phone ............ YES You Should
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Reviewed by Andy on 14/04/2009
its funy after reading alot of the reviews below how many people have had problems with the phone. iv had it since july last year and its only switched off once even though its been dopped quite a few times.i think the phones realy good and thinkin of getin a new one as this ones geting quite battered now, maybe ive jus been lucky but really would recommend, especially at the price its going at now!!!
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Reviewed by lol on 04/12/2008
the phone is ok, but the bad thing is that you can't turn off the camera-shutter tone!
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Reviewed by Rob on 27/08/2008
Okay, here is a very stylish phone for all of those fasion people. It's heavy, but good, it has no 3G, and you can't video call, it has a 5 MP flash camrea, which isnt bad at all! If I got one of these phones, I would use it, as LG are on a rise atm, with sales doubling, and orders tripling. My only issue is the battrey of 6 hours talk time, that could be better, but it's a good phone! I recommend it!
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