LG VX8600

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LG AX8600(Alltel)

4 Nov 2008 Houston Hagaman

6 out of 10

I have gone through 3 of these phones. Call me crazy, but it was my only option at the time. I now own a Moto Rokr z6m, and it's ok so far. My ax8600's were all crappy. I had my first one for 2 weeks and it started shutting down and doing other unnecessary things. Alltel ripped me off anyways by giving me my second one, which was a refurbished one and was warped on the front and the Bluetooth didn't even work. On all three of these, the screens starts going out whenever it vibrated or someone called. The external keys would stay on until I restarted the phone, and the cameras on all of them went blurry and had green lines running through them. Alltel informed me that they were discontinued and they could not furnish me with another one, so out of my pocket, I had to pay for my current phone. On my third one, it accidently was run over by a truck, but that didn't cause much damage besides cracking the chrome. Other than that, it was a stylish phone and I really liked it.

Pros

Good Design
Camera
T9 Word
Chrome
Rugged
MP3 Player

Cons

Cheaply Manufactured
Crappy Parts
Too Long
External Keys Malfunction
Short Battery Life

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9 Oct 2008 Anonymous

4.7 out of 10

Jus ran out of my one year warranty and now when ever I open the phone - the screen goes blank. They won't repair it even though the Alltel Rep said the wires are bad inside where it flips open.

I can't text with one hand because it is so long.

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Great phone, but leaves me wanting more.

2 Oct 2008 redstu36

7.7 out of 10

I just recenlty purchased a blue lg ax8600 off of ebay and I am very pleased with the performance so far. I got it to replace a crappy alltel motorola razr v3a(don't ever get a razr). I am happy to say that I am more impressed with lg's line of phones than with motorola. This phone is durable and attractive, I have never had a blue phone before and the color of it is impressive. The mp3 player is first rate for it being part of a cell phone. Though through earbuds the volume was not that loud, but the built in equalizer(if you want to call it that) was good enough to satisfy my ears. Texting with it has been a little difficult. I sometimes depress the wrong button along with the button I want to press and it gives me almost every letter I don't need. Otherwise if a person with average sized fingers were to use it they would have a better time than I did. The call quality is good in my area, I have good signal most of the time at my work and at home(thanks alltel). The sound is crisp and the volume is just right. The phone is a tad long but I have a large head so it is just right for me. The camera is nice but has problems with low light. It makes me wonder why they did away with flashes on camera phones? The dual color displays give you just enough eye candy, but make sure your wallpapers are the correct size. This phone won't stretch images to fit the screen. It will just put a white bar at the sides to make it fit. I like the fact it will work with any micro sd card and will hold a lot of music and ringtones. I managed to get ahold of one that will let you use third party ringtones, thanks darcom1. The design is cool overall, but the hinge is loose when the phone is closed and I just found out that is why lg did away with them. The one thing about the phone is that it leaves me wanting another lg phone(chocolate3 or cu515), I like flip phones and I want to see what some of the newer phones are now capable of. With a music player, decent camera and a very sleek design I would recommend the lg ax8600 if you are looking for a cheap(under $100) phone to replace a broken or crap phone. Thanks and good luck.

Pros

Design
MP3 player
Sound
Camera

Cons

Loose hinge
Rather long
Discontinued by LG

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