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also known as LG LX260 , LG Scoop , LG UX260
LG RUMOR ReviewsLG RUMOR Reviews
8 Nov 2007
LG Rumor Review
Sprint
For what it is, the LG Rumor can’t be beat. It is a small, cheap device that will play well to the teenage crowd. Integrated AIM, Facebook and a QWERTY keypad will play to this always-connected demographic, and we like that LG and Sprint are addressing this growing market that is catered to mostly by MVNO’s. While we liked many things about the Rumor, it would be nice to see a few more high-end features such as high speed data and a better camera. For the teen looking to stay connected the Rumor is the device for them, but we feel most users will want a device that is a bit more mature.
- Good
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11. Wow... Disappointment!
6 Nov 2008 by Scott Pontoni
56.7%5.7out of 10
I have the US Cellular version of this phone. I am not happy with it so far.
Problems:
1) Shuts off randomly. no warnings. no nothing. INCONVENIENT!
2) Freezes up and texting takes forever. (I don't even text much at all...)
3) Low battery warning is WAY too frequent. Annoying as hell when it vibrates (exactly like a new text) or beeps ALL the time.
4) Once I do get to the low battery state... my phone hardly lasts 30 mins.
5) When you set it to vibrate using the side button, it vibrates after a second or two on the setting. (This makes it very inconvenient to put it to vibrate without looking at it. Why not make it like Motorola and vibrate instantly when it is on vibrate to let you know it is on vibrate.
6) Does not allow different text message ID noises/vibrations. (I thought this phone was geared toward heavy texters!!??)
7) Texting a contact is not quite as streamlined as it could be.
I am very surprised that LG released a phone with the problems this phone has. Its not just me... search around, lots of people have these problems. Can someone say "firmware update"???
I would not recommend this phone to people.
* Keyboard!
* unblocked mp3 player (US Cellular)
* SD card slot
Lots... see the fat list above.
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12. still undecided about the LG UX260
3 Nov 2008 by ds
56.7%5.7out of 10
I have had my phone a little over a month now. Just a couple days ago I started having trouble with my backlight. It would come on, but only dimly. I called US Cellular and they tried to have me restore my setting back to the factory settings but this did nothing. The shipped me out a replacement that should arrive in a couple days. I dropped my phone today, and tahdah, the backlight works. I decided I will keep the phone I already have because I have images and applications I downloaded on the phone. All is good with it for now, however, I have also had some issue with texting, but only sporadically.
On a side not, my husband has the same phone, only in black, and has had it the same amount of time. It was working perfectly yesterday, then he goes to pull it out of his pocket and notices that the screen is completely white with a crack through the middle, only the crack is on the inside. Again, I consulted US Cellular and they said it sounded like something that wasn't covered by the manufacturer's warranty. Good thing we have insurance on it, hopefully they will replace the phone. I asked the rep. how this could have happened and he said probably because he kept it in his pocket. The screen is large and he thinks maybe he bent a certain way and it damaged the screen. I don't know about this, but I'm in a 2 year contract so I hope this phone is going to work out. I can't afford to pay a $50 deductable every month.
Compact and light weight.
Cool design and slide out keyboard.Slow texting some of the time, seems to still have some flaws in the software.
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13. I fell in love with this phone at first sight.....
2 Nov 2008 by Qui-Wi
56.7%5.7out of 10
I've had my phone for about 3 months now. The phone started out excellent. I had no complaints until about a month ago I started having problems with reception and dropped calls. Then I realized that I was recieving my picture mails as text messages. When I got that taken care of, I realized that my picture mails are not animated when they are supposed to be. They were in txt but not in pic mail. I talked to a represenitive and they told me that only the text messages can come animated. Now what sense does that make??? A picture is more likely to be animated than words. Then when I got a bluetooth for my phone, I couldn't hear the ringtone thru the earpiece...because the phone is not "stereo". My phone beeps alot for no reason while I'm on the phone and say "NOT AVAILABLE DURING AN ACTIVE CALL" when nothing is trying to be done. Then sometimes the phone just shuts off by it's self and makes no sound. Sometimes when I dial out it says "DATA CALL IN PROCESS, PLEASE WAIT". When I take a picture on this phone, it comes out fuzzy/blurred, as well as video's, and this phone has no flash so pic's are dark and not clear. I don't know what is up with this phone but just because it was sooooo cute, I ended up stuck with this phone with a 2 year contract.
Lovely looking, slide out keyboard, nice sound.Scratches easily, poor camera, not in "stereo", gets poor reception.
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14. Rumor shmumor...
1 Nov 2008 by Aaron P
60%6out of 10
I have now had three RUMORs. My first one was in my pocket and the LCD screen cracked causing bleedout, rendering the phone and all of my contacts scrap. My second RUMOR was just great! To rewind, the LX260 really is a phone to fall in love with. The texting capabilities are great, the media player is awesome when paired with a decent size memory card, and the phone looks and feels super cool. So I get my son a RUMOR. He loved it too. Until the screen started going fuzzy. It started doing it on occasion and opening and closing the phone would correct the screen static. It got worse fast, and now the screens content is illegible. Contacted LG and they gave me a return authorization with no problem, other than it will take three weeks to get the repaired phone or a replacement. No sooner than I got the RA my RUMOR started doing the same thing! I had a backup phone for my son to use while his was out for repair, but I had no backup phone for myself. So I take my phone and my son's which I had not yet returned to LG to the Sprint store. The customer service chic tells me that they have seen this problem alot with the RUMOR and they are authorized to replace it with a new phone for $35 each. My concern is, how many times will I need to spend $35 each before I get a phone without issues. I believe that, given the history of issues with these phones Sprint should offer a substitution rather than forcing customers to get the same phone again. The phone obviously has some built in defects and LG should support Sprint in satisfying the end user, me and you. I will most likely shy away from any LG phones in the future, I think it's time to give Samsung a try. Of course, 22 months is a long time to keep a problem phone, but that's a chance I took when I picked up an unproven phone because it looked so cool and had a sweet keyboard. I just hope that my $35 replacements do not develop the same issues I've already had, or any of the other issue I've read about from other users.
Cool feel and look. Great text keyboard. Nice big bright screen. Music player and memory capacity. Lots of phone cases and accessories available.Screen goes out/gets fuzzy. Phone gets scratched up real easy.
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15. I hate it!
31 Oct 2008 by Anonymous
56.7%5.7out of 10
Hmm so I hate this phone... I bought it cause i liked the keyboad for texting but low and behold i realized really fast that that part sucks... So I will explain... you know when your typing a really long important message and you go to erase one letter... yeah the back button on my phone likes to erase the whole message when i try to us it! When my phone battery dies... the phone doesn't shut off it freezes on a white screen... IF ITS DEAD IT SHOULDN'T STAY ON!.. so then you have to take the battery out. I've had this phone since it was released I liked it for the first month i had it then it started to lag and take forever and the service started getting worse and worse, the battery doesn't last as long, the keyboard starts getting scratched from sliding it open....and i never use the keyboard, and for some reason its hard to get any charger to actually charge the phone. I like how you can have your conversations in chat form though.
pretty good for textingdamn near everything you can think of
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16. Great phone!! At first...
30 Oct 2008 by Anonymous
50%5out of 10
I got this phone as it was the cheapest one they had with a qwerty keyboard, and as I do I lot of texting, I though it would be great. At first it was! The keyboard worked smoothly, phonebook was well organised, multiple contacts for a single person has really saved me alot of clutter, and I even thought it looked nice. About 3 months down the line, however, the screen is scratched to all hell from, as near as I can tell, pocket lint... Plus the ever persistant problem that, well, the qwerty keypad that I bought it for, DOESNT WORK!! Around month 2 of owning the phone I started noticing that I couldnt type full speed, or else it would start to lock up, pretty soon, it didnt matter how slow I typed, it could only register about 1 letter every 3-4 seconds. In the past month, I havent slid the keypad open at all, just ben texting with the num-pad, thereby making this phone about as useful as any other 99cent phone that gets thrown at you when you renew your contract...
Nice looking phone
On Alltel, I get service nearly everywhere.Phone constantly freezes up.
Camera takes thebtter part of 30seconds to load up
Cant play mp3 files as ringers
Keypad is useless after about 3 weeks of use
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17. LG RUMOR PIECE OF JUNK
17 Oct 2008 by Anonymous
43.3%4.3out of 10
I got my sprint Lg Rumor phone on December 31, 2007. I thought this was the coolest phone with the keyboard. I did not have any trouble with the phone until October 10th. The display screen is shorted out. I call sprint for a replacement and they told me that they would ship me another one. It is now October 17th and when I call them they cant find any tracking number as if the replacement phone was never shipped. They contact the warehouse to find out the status of my replacement. I finally get someone competent enough to actually follow thru and they report to me that the replacement is on back order indefinantly. So they tell me I have to wait with not having the use of a phone. Yeah, your right! I will have to wait for the indefinant replacement. Wonder how long that will take. So I speak with Customer Care and tell them that I need a phone! They try arguing with me about why I don't want to wait. Well, for one I am paying for a phone that I can't use and am paying for and why would any phone company leave their customers stranded. It took an act of God to find out that they never shipped my replacement in the first place. So buyer beware!!!!! I loved the phone while it worked but you can't get a replacement when it doesn't and you will have to wait on them to replace it!!!!! So, I take my phone to The Woodlands repair store. The guy was very helpful and told me YES THE RUMOR has MAJOR SOFTWARE ISSUES. No one can get the replacement cause the replacement is refurbished. And referred me back to Sprint Customer Care. I told them that I want a phone and will not settle for less. They looked up a comperable phone to the RUMOR but have none available at this time. I told the lady I would continue to hound them unless they replaced my phone and now! She is sending me the same phone (brand new) lol, that is in stock but would not replace my phone with a different one. If I have trouble with this next RUMOR, guess that means until they find an upgrade to the RUMOR you are SOL. So just be forwarned that you will have the same troubles as me when your phone goes bad. They are fully aware of the issues with the phone and don't care about their customers enough to inform you when you call for the replacement in the first place. They will just argue with you and send you on a wild goose chase as they did me. It wasn't until I threatened them that they decided that they'd better send me a brand new piece of junk. Also, when I ask the Customer Care Rep if they were aware of the issues with the LG RUMOR, she said oh no, we have never had any trouble like that with our phone and we are always happy to serve our customers. HAHAHAHA.
User friendlyIt is a pile of junk. And Sprint won't replace it for you. Not without a knock down drag out fight. And that is to only get a new one that we all know will fail too.
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18. Good phone, but bad quality
17 Oct 2008 by Someone
73.3%7.3out of 10
I've had the Rumor for about two months. My first rumor broke within a month. The screen got scratched and then the whole inside got messed up and the screen went shot. (I don't really get how a little scratch can cause all that.) We took it to the Sprint repair shop and said that they couldn't fix it, and that we should just buy a new phone. I got a new phone, and now I'm super careful with it. I haven't had any problems with the new one, yet, but it was quite annoying. It is a great phone for texting, though.
Good for texting
Cool Features
Not the best quality
Blurry Camera
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19. I want to kill this phone!
13 Oct 2008 by Scott Brewer
43.3%4.3out of 10
I bought the Rumor when it first came out and Life was Good. The phone looks cool and the qwerty keyboard is sweet. My friends all fell in love with it too and got their own Rumors. Then the problems started. The phone freezes up and/or just shuts off for no reason at all. Checking email, reading/writing text messages and simply checking the time are all too much for this phone to handle. My friends all have the same problems. LG sent me a replacement and the new phone started doing the same thing within 24 hours of activation. The new one is actually worse then the first phone! Firmware updates, cleaning the battery contacts and frequently turning the phone off then on again have not solved the problems...this is just a poorly build phone.
Qwerty KeyboardThe phone can not successfully operate without freezing up and shutting down for no reason.
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20. Pretty good
10 Oct 2008 by A_User
93.3%9.3out of 10
I've had this phone for three monthes. I'm a teen and i text constantly. I have heard and seen the other reviews for this phone, and i think everyone is being too harsh. I have had NO troubles with this phone, and i have even dropped it three times on tile, and it works perfectly. Of course the internet costs money, that's not the phone, that's the company you have. If you charge it for five hours, it usually lasts me more than half the day.it's very easy for texting, with the QWERTY keyboard too. ALthough, i was disapointed with the camera quality, i got over it. This phone is great(if u treat it well). And it seems to be pretty reliable.
quick for texting
reliable
turns on easilycamera is a little blurry
doesn't have a very large memory without memory card
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