LG AX245 Reviews

1. Average phone at the time

29 Nov 2008 by Chubi Chan

56.7%5.7out of 10

As the "proud" owner of a AX245 (only difference being a different outside design, and alltel's firmware instead of verizons), I am rather apathetic towards the thing. It's a solid performing phone that does everthing an "average" phone will do.

I like it's design. It's "nub" antannea let's me know that it's there, and not just some random chip inside the phone. Kinda also gives me a way to dig it out of deep pants pockets, or plug up that annoying hole in my pocket. The solid design allows the phone to take a bit more of a beating then the average RAZR. It's thick design isn't really off putting, or pretty, but it serves a purpose. The buttons feel like buttons, and not just some arbitrary location marked with a number like some fancy phones. It's very rare you'll actually accidentally press one button for another, and the back button is close enough and easy enough to access that it doesn't really matter anyway.

Some people underestimate the outside screen. Placing the clock on the outside screen, and just hitting a side vol. button has saved me AMAZING amounts of battery life, because I no longer had to flip open the phone and make the whole numpad and bigger screen light up and turn off when I wanted to know the time.

It's camera, while not good by anyone's standards, is sufficient at taking pics. to use as contact images, or for spur-of-the-moment images of funny situations, interesting things, and etc. I haven't really "run out" of space for images, as I only really keep contact images on it.

Bluetooth is hit and miss. I experienced worse than normal quality compared to some of my friend's bluetooth phones. I don't use it, so I guess that's alright.

Pros

Solid Design
Colorful, useful, outside screen
Nice buttons
Cheap
Nice features

Cons

Camera quality lacking
Bluetooth quality lacking
Call quality lacking
Bland design

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2. It's a functioning phone.

25 Oct 2008 by Jordan

43.3%4.3out of 10

If you only need a phone for calling, this phone is definitely functional.  It has been very reliable for me, at least as far as being able to send and receive calls.

However, I do have some complaints (in no particular order):
The phone is hideous.
The default ring tones are loud, shrill sounds.  The tone that I found least obnoxious was a simple beep.  You cannot really do anything about this unless you purchase overpriced ring tones on Get It Now. What is the point of polyphonic ring tones when one cannot stand them?
The phone cannot tell that 150 kilobytes is less than 350 kilobytes.
The antenna is especially annoying and especially outdated.

On a side note, no, I cannot hear you now, Verizon.

Pros

Durable.
Functional.
Cheap.

Cons

Ugly.
Not really customizable.
Very bad ring tones.
Still does not pick up well at my home.

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3. AAAAARGH

28 Aug 2008 by xxmusicislifexx

20%2out of 10

this phone is a piece of CRAP. i've had it for two years. although i must say, it's alright for a first phone. And it has withstood about two years of me dropping it once or twice daily. I've only had the locking-up issue twice. But I've outgrown it. I'm getting an env2 saturday. I can't wait. I'm sick of this phone.

Pros

good for a first phone, durable, ok camera, flash, txt messaging

Cons

UGLY, too basic for me, slow web browser, locks up occasionally, only stores 50 messages in inbox/sent at a time, ppl make fun of me for owning it

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4. Great Simple Phone

12 Aug 2008 by Brandon

76%7.6out of 10

This is my first cell phone and I've had it for 2 years. It's got great, simple features and a compact design. The only thing I don't like is the camera. 0.3 megapixels? There's no memory card slot either. But it's lasted me this long and it was free with the contract anyway.

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5. UGH!!!

8 Jul 2008 by phoneadicct

10%1out of 10

i HATE this phone. it's not worth it.
it's very ugly. :(
it doesnt even have zoom on the camera!!!
worthless.
if your over the age of 40 then this phone is for you.

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6. Eh

8 Jul 2008 by lex

62%6.2out of 10

i've had this phone for 2 years and i'm sick of it!!!!
1st of all- it's very plain.
2nd- it has limites text space and limted things to do.
3rd- it easily scratches
4th- it needs to be chraged freqently
5th- it's boring

i recomend this for anyonw who just wants a phone. my parents are fine with it, but i'm ready for a change. get an envy2 instead.

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7. The Ugly Devil

29 May 2008 by What_Not_To_Buy

28%2.8out of 10

This phone looks horrible! Antennas have been taken off phones way before this one came out! It's old school! It looks like a curved piece of junk from the side, and the front looks bulgy and ugly. The features are really bad, and the texting is slow. Cmon, i type in M, and I need to wait like 5 seconds more to type in N. It's so stupid! Couldn't they just let you text faster? Plus my messages+ stuff I name can only go so far. I can only type in a certain amount. Camera sucks, and this phone is messed up. Never buy it, plus it was a gift so I never purchased it, but if I was there at the Verizon store, I would've chosen a normal device

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8. alright

17 May 2008 by josh

56%5.6out of 10

i hate the way it looks but love the functions

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9. Worst

30 Dec 2007 by JJ

50%5out of 10

This is the worst phone I have had as well. I replaced the $50 battery twice in 1 year! I am not even bothering anymore-- I am using my old phone. What a piece of junk.

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10. User

5 Nov 2007 by Diann Collins

62%6.2out of 10

This is my fourth cell phone. Not too impressed. Why does it go dead all the time? The cell phone company tech said to try removing the battery and putting it back in. How many times will I have to keep doing that during the life of the phone? You must charge the phone when it goes down to two bars or else you risk not having access to the phone for up to an hour while it is charging. One would think the technology would get better, not worse.

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