Average User Rating

Design: 8.4; 84.32432%
Features: 7.5; 74.86486%
Performance: 4.7; 46.66667%

Good

7.6

out of 10

Based on 37 opinions

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14 Dec 2006
LG Chocolate VX8600 Review

The VX8600 is a combination of all the good the Chocolate had to bring, yet is in a slim flip phone that is the size of the RAZR. The body construction and looks of the phone are very stylish, the music player works well, camera is adequate, and call quality is good. However, the speaker that is located on the front flip is ...

Good

6.5

out of 10

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21. Great Upgrade

3 Jun 2007 by Kritan

76%7.6out of 10

I bought this phone as an upgrade to an VX5300. HUGE difference. The call sound quality is much better. The only problem I have with it is sometimes its too loud, despite the volume adjustment. The MP3 player works well. The touch buttons on the front screen are a pain though. Occassionally, I use my phone to check the time. If you push one of the side buttons and do not wait for the display to dissappear, the next thing you hear out of your pocket is the first song in your playlist. Loading the MP3s was simple. I have a card reader on my computer and I just drag and drop. I also purchased a 3rd party data-sync program that lets me modify/move all kinds of stuff. The camera picture quality is a little dissapointing. Shots seem pixelated more than the 5300. I was unable to get the phone to work with my previous bluetooth headset, which is unfortunate. I also purchased the wired headset with the special plug on it. Maybe there's a reason for it, but using the standard plug without an adapter would have been better in my opinion. All in all, a great phone with a few quirks I hope they improve on in the newer versions.

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22. Bluetooth sucks.

29 May 2007 by Jackson

64%6.4out of 10

The phone is great but you cant bluetooth songs to and from it. I called alltell and they said its LG that did it. How to they expect me to get songs. Yeah I know I can use the microSD card but my computer won't let me so I dont know if I'll ever be able to use the MP3 player. Oh well my next most certainly will not be an LG.

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23. Fantatstic Job by LG!! Just think Moto RAZR MAXX is slightly better

19 May 2007 by SFX III

78%7.8out of 10

I'm in the market for an upgrade from Verizon, and I'm getting one at the right time. Listen, to you who gave this lower than a 7...you ridiculous! Verizon will always lock down their features, so I'm not seeing the whole shock by that. There are places to go to get that unlocked, but other than this the LG VX8600 and Motorola RAZR Maxx Ve are very sophisticated in the fact that they have finally gotten it right for the thin phones. LG not only catches up with Motorola in Razor style phone, but they are now officially in competition. If you're in the market for a phone that is lightweight, flexible, portable, works well with many of your back-pack/storage cellphone pockets, then look no further. This phone gives you the samethings as the RAZR Maxx, but with less of a camera, and less of a price, and perhaps will not work well with your Moto HS820 headsets from what I gather. Beautiful, and great phone!

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24. This phone is awesome!

12 May 2007 by Matt

90%9out of 10

Got the Blue LG AX8600 a few days ago. Here is my review

Pro's-
Mp3
Screens are Great
Looks Great
Slim
Picks up great, way better than the piece of crap Moto W315 i used to have
Read Text's on the outside of the phone using the motion sensor mp3 buttons

Cons-
Get fingerprints on it easy
Camera a little fuzzy
battery life not that great

Overall, this is a great phone

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25. This Phone is Sexy

7 May 2007 by Emmanuel

100%10out of 10

Tis phone is sexy, and is worth all the money I spent. It is the best phone Verizon has made next to the Trio. I reccomend this phone to all.
This is a must buy for everyone.

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26. Chiara

7 Apr 2007 by Chiara

76%7.6out of 10

I bought this phone as the AX8600 version. After reading the reviews I have to agree if the few problems were fixed this would be a great phone. There is nothing in the manual for a few problems. You can easily end up erasing an entire text message, or miss a screen completely with this phone. I get a lot of compliments on the phone and I enjoy it.

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27. One of the best phones for the money

3 Apr 2007 by juan camaney

80%8out of 10

Overall, the phone is a strong contender for a good all around performer. The call quality in Raleigh NC is better than I ever had with Cingular. The camera is decent; not perfect but when was the last time you use your phone to take those long lasting family pictures. The music player is easy to use and works decent especially when you buy a decent pair of earphones eBay is the way to go. It also has a memory card slot; I bought my 1 gig card from an online retailer for ten bucks. Can’t beat that price. One other feature that I liked is that you can listen to your music through the speakers and it is pretty loud. Download Bitpim software to unlock the full potential of the phone. This free shareware will let you upload music, change calendar, photos, videos, and best of all download your pictures form the phone to your computer. The only drawbacks to this phone are when you are making a phone call and put the call through the external speakers the voice volume is very low which I really don't understand why cause when you play music they are loud and clear. But hopefully LG will fix this with a firmware update. The second gripe I have is that the phone even though is nice and slim it feels Flimsy and weak at the hinge. But I guess if you are careful, it will last a while.

OVERALL A GOOD BUY AND BEAIFULL LOOKING PHONE

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28. Thats the Good Stuff

2 Apr 2007 by Mountain Dew Man

86%8.6out of 10

So everyone agrees it is smudgy but the problem can be fixed with a form fitting leather case, thats what I did. The features are all good. Phone call recording comes in handy,voice dialing (button on right side bottom portion btw) Great pics/flix and music how can you go wrong? Speed dialing set up was a little different then my last phone (you have to select the option under contacts first rather then right from the contact)but I can live with it. Wondering how the signal is? GREAT! some people believe that internal intennas have lower reception but they all have pretty much the same signal out-put so I dont think it matter all that much. Over all it is a good buy, so stop debating wether or not to get the slider or this one and get this one:)

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29. Hot design but bad phone

2 Apr 2007 by E-man

24%2.4out of 10

The worst phone in thenkown phone world, i have seen better non camera phone then this piece of crap. It can hold only 4 songs with its crappy mb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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30. Not Bad

1 Apr 2007 by C.Doll

72%7.2out of 10

The VX8600 is actually my entry-level phone with Verizon. I love it, for the most part. I think the black shiny outercoat is quite chic, however, because of that fact, it captures fingerprints and smudges easily; so you're constantly wiping and cleaning the phone. This isn't ideal for an on-the-go person. It's quite a stylish phone though, I've had numerous compliments on it. I just wish the speakerphone were louder, it's almost impossible to hear when around crowds and stuff like that, you'd have to hold the phone up to your ear to hear the conversation from the opposite end, which defeats the purpose. The great part about having this phone, is while the megapixel on the camera is only 1.3, the pictures and videos come out fabulous! And while speakerphone may not be all that loud, when listening to music without headphones it is quite loud, I've had a few heads turn. You can do dual screen displays as well (a picture/video for your main screen & another picture/video for your front screen). All in all, it's a great phone for the right person.

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