also known as LG LX260 , LG Scoop , LG UX260
LG RUMOR ReviewsLG RUMOR Reviews
1. An Excellent Cheap Phone for Long Term Use
Yesterday by Veie
86.7%8.7out of 10
I have had this phone for about 1 and 1/4 of a year, so I have alot to say about this phone. About its form: the Scoop is not necessarily the slimmest phone you'll find, but it's nice and small and compact. It is very comfortable to hold if your typing on the QWERTY keyboard. For a phone like it, it has a very nice display size. When you slide it up to reveal the keyboard, it works on some type of spring. For the long time I've had mine, I haven't felt weakening of the spring. It still jumps up when you slide it. A text conversation is made easy using the chat feature. It's very well organized so you could get to your functions easy. It has the usual multimedia capabilities: Audio recorder, video, camera and a good music player. The Scoop has Bluetooth support, can hold up to 500 contacts, 300 inbox messages, 300 calendar entries and 100 memo entries. It also has a myriad of tools including: voice command, my menu, alarm clock, calendar, ez tip calculator, a notepad, a calculator, world clock, stopwatch and a unit converter. Of course with the good comes the bad. It doesn't have a large internal memory. Just 20MB. When texting and you need to backspace with the keyboard, it may delete the whole text. Also, another issue, sometimes, when you text, the typing is slow and the character you pressed appears about 1 sec. later. I just circumvent the problem using the keypad to text using T9Word. Also, I don't know why, it may just be my phone, but sometimes if left alone for long periods of time, it will power off as if the battery was taken straight off the contacts. On this phone, you can assign special ringtones to specific people. Well, when I use my software to add my own ringtones, it mixes up those special ringtones. So I have to go back and reassign those. Overall, I love my phone, it gives me what I need, when I need it.
Small size (for some people)
Comfortable to hold
Nice display size
Text conversation chat feature
Usual multimedia capabilities
Supports 500 contacts
Up to 300 inbox messages
Small size (for other people)
Small keypad keys (for some people)
Only 20MB internal memory
Sometimes the QWERTY keyboard acts up
Ringtones assigned to people sometimes screw after adding a ringtone to your phone
May power off as if the battery was taken off its contact
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2. LG Trash
3 Nov 2009 by Maddy
30%3out of 10
My sister and I got the 'Buy one get one free' deal from Sprint. She got a black one and I got a white one. We have had these phones for almost two years. First few months (almost to a year) the phone is perfectly fine. It runs fast, the battery charge is long, etc., etc.
Several months ago, her charging port stopped working, entirely. We took apart her phone to find the charging port is VERY poorly placed in, her and I were surprised that it hadn't broken sooner. Recently, mine has done the same.
I DO NOT recommend this phone to anyone.
Nice keyboardBreaks easily
Charging port not securely placed in
Low battery life
Sensitive keys
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3. charging port died after 16 months
25 Oct 2009 by amy lynn
56.7%5.7out of 10
charging port died after 16 months. phone won't charge using car charger or wall charger. definitely the charging port is loose. can't find any position to hold the charger that will sustain charging the phone. phone is now useless and sprint wants another 2 year contract for me (or to break this contract) to get another phone... cell phone companies suck. contracts suck. LG RUMOR CHARGING PORT sucks. now i have 2 chargers and no phone....
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4.
22 Oct 2009 by dimetri
26.7%2.7out of 10
Worse phone ever!!!
I have had this phone for 2 years and i will never buu another LG. the key board started having problems about 3 months after i bought it, the internet browser would freeze up on smple websites and the phone would restart without warning. now the keyboard does not wotk at all the camera takes below average pictures compared to other phones in the same class. Over all it is the oworse phone i have ever owned!!!
designextremily buggy, keyboard stopped functioning
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5. phone is not up to expectations
6 Sep 2009 by dsp12
46.7%4.7out of 10
this phone is ok. Its battery life is horrible. When you text for a while it gets slow and you have to type with the regular keypad instead of the qwerty keyboard. only things you can do is call, text, pictures, and little videos, and music. nothing big really. it freezes up and starts over alot.
picture message
design
soundtexing on qwerty
videos
picture quality
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6. Never wil buy an LG again
6 Sep 2009 by dimetri
40%4out of 10
I have been living with the LG Rumor for about 2 years now (waiting to upgrad the entire time almost). For the first 6 months the phone worked beautifully yeah it wasn't the iPhone or some semblance of it but a good phone for when it came out with GPS and a good media player and the web capabilities were above par with the ability to load html web sites (choppy as though they were). For almnost the last year and a half it has been plagued with issues. The web browser freezes alot, the key board doesn't even respond any more nor does the volume control I have to use the copntrols on the settings page to silence my phone. Add to that that it spontaniously turns it self off.
It is the worse phone I have ever owned! Will be getting the HTC Hero next, and like my title says i will never buy another LG.
Full Qwerty key board, stylishBroke down fast, freezes, did not meat expectations
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7. dont get it
11 Aug 2009 by tex
53.3%5.3out of 10
this phone was great at first but it gets very boring very quick.also this phone gets very slow & the key board stops working! ive had it for not even a year and im already frusterated and disapointed with this phone. look into another texting phone because im sure you can do better
nice key pad
cuteslow.
stops working quick.
bad pics.
poor sound.
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8. great phone
1 Aug 2009 by slicendice
63.3%6.3out of 10
I've had this phone for about a year and a half and have only had one problem with it the keyboard is sometimes slow and all i do is simply restart the device by taking the batery out and putting it back in and the keyboard works perfectly the rest of the day! i love it awsome phone.
qwerty keyboard
camera
design
applications
featureskeyboard is sometimes slow
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9.
17 Jul 2009 by Anonymous
60%6out of 10
I've had my lg rumor for about a year now and just recently had a problem with it. The charger port on the lg rumor is horrible!!! For my phone to charge i had to tie it around the phone and even have it propped up on something just for it to charge. Took it to the sprint store and they said that alot of people have had problems with the charger port and that they are sometimes defective. So i got a replacement phone and im my happy self now. until i have a problem with the replacement!!
love the qwerty keyboard, love the signal i get on the phonehate the camera resolution
Charger port
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10. almost 2 years
16 Jul 2009 by Anonymous
43.3%4.3out of 10
I have had my rumor for almost 2 years i have mixed feelings at times it does shut down, the charging port is loose and have to prop something under it to charge it I have brought it to a Sprint repair center and they tell me nothing is wrong with the phone. The other bad thing is the signal how is it 2 of the same phones have a different signal strength???
I think its an ok phone but don't recommend it to anyone.
cant view real web pages with graphics
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