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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
- out of 10
21.
6 Oct 2008 by Anonymous
33.3%3.3out of 10
I have this phone on US Cellular and it constantly freezes, the keypad will freeze up and stop working and you'll have to restart the phone about every hour. THIS IS ONLY ON US CELLULAR, I've spoken with other people I know who have this phone on US Cellular and they have this problem, if you're going to get it get it with sprint or verizon.
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22. good phone
6 Oct 2008 by abbie8084
90%9out of 10
So far no problems but the memory cards are giving us some trouble. not as many features as my old motorola. just an okay phone but wonderful to txt on i love that,
great for texting
great look
easy to usevery very very loud ring tones
bulky
clicky loud buttons
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23. LG scoop haha
5 Oct 2008 by Brad carson
73.3%7.3out of 10
Well everyone this phone is pretty good. I broke my lat 2 phones and fot this one for 50 dollars so this is not bad. Ive heard everyone talk about restarts and things but i have had my phone for about a month and i have had none of that. The texting is great, it turns on in about 10 seconds, and i has a large screen. overall a pretty good phone.
Great for texting, large screenseems like it would break easily
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24. LG Rumor with Sprint
2 Oct 2008 by Lori
56.7%5.7out of 10
Bad phone. My daughter liked it for texting and the keyboard is great, however, we've had two (2) phones that had the charger port break. We had "fix" insurance for $4/month. Both times, the tech said the charger port came off the motherboard and there is nothing they can do about it. We got a used phone from a friend and she charges on that phone and switches batteries all the time. The one we use as a charger just sits there for that purpose. Luckily that one hasn't broken yet. Very unhappy with this phone since two had same defect and Sprint won't fix.
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25. Not Great.
29 Sep 2008 by Anonymous
33.3%3.3out of 10
Well, I bought this phone in April, thinking it would be the greatest thing in the world. So I waltzed down to my local Alltel Store to pick up this lovely hunk of metal. I LOVED it for the first few.... mili-seconds. Then I realized that it was HUGE. Thick and tall. Next, while scrolling through the menus, I liked what I saw, but not what I heard. CLICK, CLACK, CLICK-CLICK! Every time I pushed a button, I would hear a cheap plastic-y clacking noise. Attractive..... hmmmph. Next I texted a friend of mine, to see if the texting was as great as it was said to be. Yes, actually, believe it or not, it was. Quick and easy. But when my friend replied to me, I about jumped three feet in the air. These ringtones are LOUD. Even on volume one, they could wake the dead. I decided (unwisely), that this phone would be acceptable, and for the next two months I just kind of lived with it. Until it broke. The screen started freaking out, with crazy lines in all directions. Now, I'm not saying that I treated that thing very well, because I didn't. I have a hard time with electronics, in the way that I tend to throw them around or drop them a lot. But I didn't do anything particularly harmful to it either. It had a few scratches on it, but nothing major. Just one day when I was a the pool downtown, the screen quit. I could reboot the phone and it would be fine again, so I didn't think much of it. Until it quit completely. Pathetic. In my opinion, if an electronic stops working, there should be a good reason. Not this time. With one of my previous phones, a Motorola V710, I'm pretty sure, it had a good reason for quitting- I snapped it in half on the bus to school one morning, after being fed up with the terrible battery life. Know what I'm saying?
I paid $59.99 for this phone, that was before it got down to like, the ten dollars it costs now, and I expected it to work fine, even though it was cheap. I guess I've learned my lesson now though, that if you want quality, you're going to have to pay extra. No more cheap phones for me!
-Quick and easy texting
-Nice menus-Loud CLICK-ing button noises
-HUGE
-Overly loud ringtones
-Broke within the first two months
-Cheesy
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26. piece of crap
25 Sep 2008 by tiff
40%4out of 10
i got this phone...im a teen and i loooove to txt, but this piece of crap broke on me within the first 2 mos..so i went back to the store and they jus looked at me like i was nuts, the damned keypad doesnt want to work no more. poor lil thing...and on top of all of that, it shuts off...and it will sign me into easyedge and all this other bull and i get charged to use the net so its sum BULL....i hate it.
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27. horrible
23 Sep 2008 by Anonymous
50%5out of 10
had it five months and had to send it off three times to get fixed.It freezes up and turns white and turns off by itself.I have had nothing but trouble w/ it. Finally traded it in today.
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28. do not buy this phone!
20 Sep 2008 by bri
30%3out of 10
this phone is absolutely HORRIBLE!!! at first sight it looks like a cool phone since it has a keyboard and is amazing to text. however...sometimes the back button erases the whole message and sometimes the keyboard stops working all together and you have to turn the phone off and back on for it to work again. it shuts off by itself sometimes. the battery is awful. my phone also makes random data calls...? which some people tell me is because of water damage but i know for sure that i dont have water damage because my white dot in the back is not red. so- i would not advise anyone to buy this phone. if u want a keyboard go all out and buy a smart phone. it is SO worth it! oh- and the quality of the camera is awful.
fast texting when it worksbattery
keyboard sometimes doesnt work
camera quality
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29. LG Scoop
20 Sep 2008 by 14Lines
63.3%6.3out of 10
Bought my first 2 Scoops 2 days after release for Alltel, and over the course of the next month bought 2 more for my teenagers. Have had to do several warranty replacements on one of them only to be told it is a software issue in the phone that is causing it to power itself off or keys not respond properly. Now, one of the others is acting the same way. Other 2 seem to be fine, although they aren't used nearly as much as the others. According to technical support, taking it to a company Alltel store and having flashed is the only way to fix the issue, but not always a convenient option as it does take a LONG time to flash it. My experience took nearly 2 hours to have the phone flashed. The design is awesome for text-a-holics. Did not care much for the camera as it doesn't do "self-portrait" pics. Sound quality can sometimes be distorted. If you can live with those issues, it is a great phone and certainly comes with plenty of applications available and color choices.
easy texting and easy to usepowers off, sound distortion.
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30. Really good.
12 Sep 2008 by KEITH
93.3%9.3out of 10
Well, the phone is really good, but i have had some problems with it. (MINOR) the two have to deal with the memory card. Within the first week of having it, my memory card slot broke (the spring mechanism) so i got the phone replaced. Also, when my phone dies, it wipes the memory card. (If you dont recharge soon)
Easy to use, fun, small.Like I said, the memory card details are faulty.
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