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Published:: 24 Aug 2007
Market Status:: Released
US carrier availability:: Sprint - Discontinued as LG RUMOR; Alltel - Discontinued; U.S. Cellular - Discontinued as LG UX260
Links:: LG Rumor Official Page; LG Rumor Manual; LG Rumor Review
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Description:

The LG RUMOR is simple phone, targeted to the heavy-texting crowd. The QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the side is its key feature, but it also includes 1.3MP camera, microSD slot and multimedia player.

User rating: Average; 6.1; out of 10; based on 184 reviews

Editor's rating: Good; 6.5; out of 10; How do we rate?

LG Scoop specifications

Announced
- Date
  - 11 Oct 2007
Network
- Type
  - CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz)
- Data
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    CDMA2000 1xRTT
Size
- Dimensions
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    4.30 x 2.00 x 0.70 inches (109 x 51 x 18 mm) Size Compare
- Weight
  - 4.13 oz (117 g)
Battery
- Type
  - Li - Polymer, 950 mAh
- Talk
  - 4.5 hours (270 mins) of Talk time
Main Display
- Resolution
  - 176 x 220 pixels
- Type
  - 262 144 colors, TFT
Camera
- Resolution
  - 1.3 megapixels Resolution
- Video
  - QCIF (176x144), 15fps
- Features
  - Digital zoom
Multimedia
- Video Playback
  - MPEG4, 3GPP, 3GPP2 , Video player
- Music Player
  - MP3
Memory
- Memory Slot
  - microSD
- Built-in
  - 16 MB
Input
- Predictive Text Input
  - Yes
- Full Keyboard
  - QWERTY
Connectivity
- Internet
  - WAP
- USB
  - Yes
- Bluetooth
  - 2.0
- Connectors
  - HeadSet Jack (2.5mm)
Other Features
- PhoneBook
  - Caller groups supported, 500 -names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
- PIM
  - Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Notes, EZ Tip Calculator
- Voice
  - Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone
- Email
  - IMAP/POP3/SMTP
- GPS
  - Yes
- FCC Approved
  - Yes

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An Excellent Cheap Phone for Long Term Use

Yesterday Veie

8.7 out 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.

Pros

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

Cons

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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LG Trash

3 Nov 2009 Maddy

3 out 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.

Pros

Nice keyboard

Cons

Breaks easily
Charging port not securely placed in
Low battery life
Sensitive keys

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charging port died after 16 months

25 Oct 2009 amy lynn

5.7 out 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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