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LG "Chocolate" phone Reviewed |
amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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From: Doha, London, Tokyo, Shanghai
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Alright, here's what I've noticed I hate so far.
You have preset sms message ringtones.
The preset sms tones are barely audible. (The vibrator is louder than them).
Phone goes onto keypad lock when speaking and there is no option to switch it off. (obviously because the buttons are touch sensitive.)
The charger is up top which I don't particularly like.
fairly low speaker.
Keypad backlight is a bit too faint, but still clear.
Here's what I like.
So far the battery is going strong.
Great screen.
Loud ringtones.
strong vibrator.
Feels perfect.
Today I had 4 girls come up to me and say that the phone was great.
(either it's a woman's phone or it's a puller  , I prefer the latter)
Lovely red glow.
Bluetooth has a long distance.
More as I notice it. It's the SMS issue that pisses me off. I never hear the texts arriving.
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smilerthe cheshirecat
Joined: Oct 22, 2003
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From: Cheshire, UK
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Hiya...
Is it possible to change the SMS alerts to MP3s?
And if so....are they any louder than the presets?
My young lady says she thinks its cute... hehehe  )
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amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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no it's not.
Only 4 presets available.
I have come to the conclusion that it's my phone that is faulty.
It has restarted, screen flickering and signal dropping.
I exchanged it once because the first one made a cackling noise from the receivers end.
Going to try to replace it tomorrow and then I give up.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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Oh dear...not so sweet like Chocolate then.
Hopefully third time lucky when you exchange it. |
pow1990
Joined: Aug 29, 2005
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From: Maidstone, Kent England
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and when u do could u post some video clips from the choccy i wana see quality. tnx
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JiggyJaggy
Joined: May 21, 2002
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From: London, UK
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I have had mine for a few hours now, and Im impressed with it. Definately stands out from the crowd! 
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amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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well I replaced mine. According to CPW, it was due to a bad batch.
they guaranteed mine is fine now but somehow I doubt it.
The SMS tone is still low. I remember the first being loud.
Oh well, I'll just keep replacing it until I get a perfect one.
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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that could take a while Amnesia....
i remember someone that had a LG 7110 that was replaced 8 times by LG and it still wasnt perfect!! 
says a lot about LG if you ask me.
fatreg
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o44wen
Joined: Dec 11, 2002
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From: Coleraine (NI) and Dundee
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oh gosh, dont like to see the problem you have been having, i got one for my mother yesterday but she hasnt had much of a chance to work with it yet cause i have been fiddling round with it. Seems a great wee phone but just has a few less things than i would like to have on mine, a little restrictive in parts.
mp3's camt simply be set as ringtones, they are stored in different folders, there are 2 folders for pictures, one for the TINY contact photo and one for all other photos, why cant they just have all photos in the same main folder and then split it up.
I totally agree that the sms sounds are crap and TOO low, i spent a few years with this problem on SE until they got it fixed with the k700, but the vibrate is very strong so no sms should go unmissed hopefully.
This is quite a big jump for my mum now, she had the SE Z520, just hope she likes it.
The phone itself it beautiful, when i saw it in the shop yesterday, a bad thing for me going in and looking i just had to make a purchase even if I only have two more weeks left of the contract and o2 probably would be getting it anytime soon so i started up a new contract with carphone warehouse. Better not have any problems! but then there's nearly always something that can go wrong.
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amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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"mp3's camt simply be set as ringtones"
Yes they can, you do it either by playing the song then setting as ring tone, going to options on the song then set as ringtone or in the profiles section.
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vorl13
Joined: Apr 13, 2006
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From: London, UK
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i agree with amnesia- a truly great and stylish phone- no wonder its won loads of awards around the world!! |
SCORPIONKING1982
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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From: Leeswood
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Can you put up some pics taken with the phone please?
Also does it have an email client for pop3?
Thanks!
Ps nice place you got there amnesia, is that in Qatar or the UK?
myspace.com/scorpionking1982 |
djsaad1
Joined: Nov 25, 2003
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how is the UI on this phone? I want to use this instead of my k750 at night and then use the p990 durring the day when it comes out. But I have had sony phones for years is the UI easy to get used to? |
amnesia
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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the UI is fairly easy to get used to.
A day of learning which keys do what at most.
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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I played with a friends yesterday, its pretty decent but still a bit finicky IMO... |
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Posted: 2006-05-04 20:15
