LG enV2 User Reviews

Paige posted on 14 Jun 2011, 23:07

Terrible 1

I HATE THIS PHONE!!!

Paige has owned it for more then one year before publishing this review

Okay so I have had this phone for 2 years now, and I have had to get it replaced 5 times!!! About a month after I would get the replacment the phone would either break in half(litterly i'm not kidding) or crack!! But mostly break in half and then when I would be in the middle of texting someone it would turn off and NOT turn back on!! And don't get me started on the battery, I had charged the whole intire night and the next day I turned it on and the battery died in less than 3 hours max. Then I would call someone(using the front of the phone, not the keyboard part) and the front buttons would not work anymore. This happend to me every time I got a replacement. Also the camera on here sucks! And I know this is probably my fault for putting the phone in my back pocket, but when I did I would accidently but dial random people. So save yourself the trouble and DO NOT get this phone. It is the worst phone I have ever had and everyone person I knew who had the LG env2 had the SAME EXACT PROBLEMS. So I recomened you to not buy this phone, if you do you will regret it. I do.

Build quality 1/10
It's a horrible phone, whoever built it I would like to have a talk with.

Reception 1/10

Call quality 1/10

Internet 1/10

Multimedia 1/10

Camera 1/10

UI speed 1/10

Everyday usage 1/10

Text input 1/10

Display 1/10

Battery 1/10

Pros

• There are no pros

Cons

• The whole thing sucks.
• Don't buy this phone

daTruth90210 posted on 27 Dec 2010, 20:34

Excellent 9

Reallyy The greatest cellular device ever!*

daTruth90210 has owned it for more then one year before publishing this review

I've had my enV 2 every since they came out. I have all of the enV's I use the old ones just in case there's a problem with mt current one (which has never happened). My enV 2 has been dropped torn & worn! I have had water damage and everything you can think of & all my enV's are up to par! the key is to take good care of your cell phones and they will take care of you, but the enV is just a great phone. if you expect your phone to act as a smartphone then that's exactly what you Should buy!

Build quality 10/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 8/10

Internet 5/10

Multimedia 6/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 9/10

Display 9/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

• -build & unique structure
• -Battery life
• -reception
• Camera
• Qwerty keyboard

Cons

• -Chips
• -(if not taken care of) external ok buttons stop working properly

Delilahhhh posted on 21 Nov 2010, 08:20

Average 5

Bad Phone

Delilahhhh has owned it for more then one year before publishing this review

I've had many problems with this phone. It constantly shuts off whenever i try to send messages. And just yesterday i dropped the Env2 and the inside screen is black. Also the send button, and OK button freezes alot. NOT IMPRESSED. This phone has many prombles. i wouldn't recommend it. No wonder why they came out with the Env3 so fast.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 7/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 1/10

Multimedia 5/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 1/10

Everyday usage 1/10

Text input 2/10

Display 10/10

Battery 4/10

Pros

• Cool look.

Cons

• EVERYTHING

Corpsemaker posted on 13 Nov 2010, 15:48

Good 8

Review

Corpsemaker has owned it for more then one year before publishing this review

Overall a good phone. I have great call reception and quality. Camera is normal for a feature phone. The build quality seems decent except for the chipping and easy scratching. Internet is slow of course. Don't get a feature phone if you want the internet. Battery life is amazing. If you need a good battery this is a great phone.

Build quality 8/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 5/10

Multimedia 8/10

Camera 7/10

UI speed 8/10

Everyday usage 8/10

Text input 9/10

Display 8/10

Battery 10/10

Pros

• Good Battery Life
• Good Call Quality
• Decent Camera

Cons

• Turns off randomly
• Calls people randomly
• When you type a letter it sometimes puts more than 1.
• Chips/Scratches easily

Anna posted on 01 Nov 2010, 22:30

Poor 3

Wish I picked a different phone

Anna has owned it for more then one year before publishing this review

It waited about 90 days before my 2 year contract is up to start crapping out. It had already been dropped once (3-4 foot drop). It looks like my dog tried to chew it up. Started to turn itself off whenever it wants. When texting, the keyboard thinks I want a dozen of the same letter when I only press once. "Theee textssssss loook like thiiiiss" This includes symbols, shift, and caps being difficult to use now. I could go on forever! I have many friends who are in the same boat!

I'M NOT BUYING AN LG PHONE AGAIN!!!!!!!! Rather try out other brands than risk this crap again!

Build quality 2/10

Reception 4/10

Call quality 4/10

Internet 1/10

Multimedia 1/10

Camera 4/10

UI speed 1/10

Everyday usage 3/10

Text input 2/10

Display 3/10

Battery 6/10

Pros

• Simple look
• Charge survives a good 3+ days

Cons

• Started declining after one year of use!!
• Shuts off whenever it wants to
• Hard to keep clean, if that makes sense
• Easily scuffed
• QWERTY messing up letters
• No camera zoom
• Vibrate option declined after 1 1/2 years, barely noticeable vibrate now

Shannon posted on 09 Mar 2010, 10:46

Average 4.7

Ok phone if it would stay working...

I will have to agree with previous reviews. I like the full keyboard, other than the speaker button is right next to the Clear button so I keep turning it off and on while texting. The camera takes pleasant pictures but no zoom.

Downsides- easily scuffed and marked; shuts off whenever it chooses; shuts off instead of sending a text; does lock up or freeze in Mobile Web mode. I've had mine a year and now the front keypad is useless due to loss of the OK button function.
I guess I miss one-handed texting, and a larger outside screen would be nice too. Can't wait to get a different phone. In a year.

Pros

• Full keyboard
• Battery life
• Decent pictures

Cons

• Shuts off
• Front keypad becomes useless
• Shows wear quickly
• Locks up in Mobile Web mode

JackieM. posted on 22 Feb 2010, 14:44

Poor 3

would not recommend this phone

I bought my first env2 last winter (2009) and was pleased at first. The camera seems decent compared to other 2.0 megapixel cams I've played with. The full keyboard is AWESOME, and makes texting a breeze. Call quality is decent, I have never had the phone drop a call on me. The battery life is also okay, although calls do drain it fairly quickly.

HOWEVER...

They are not good quality phones! I am on my second env2, which compared to some people, is good!

For my first env2, the front keyboard stopped working (the OK button quit. And since that unlocks the front, all other buttons were then useless on the front.) That made taking pics, answering calls, and quick texting a mega pain.
There was a trick I discovered from the net where when this happens you: 1.) open the phone, turn on camera. 2.) close phone 3.) repeatedly press the "OK" button until it starts working again
^ If that doesn't work, repeat till it does. Unfortunately, while this did work for a few months, the OK button stopped responding at all after a bit, and was once again dead.

Also, the phone's paint and metal sides chip and scratch VERY easily. Not cool.

The battery later stopped charging, so I was stuck with a dead phone.

My 2nd env2 still has a working OK button and front keyboard after being used for 3+ months, so I'm crossing my fingers there!

This phone does have a bad habit of randomly turning off a few times a day (5-8 times), which is insanely annoying!

It is also VERY easy to butt dial somebody,...  

I bought my first env2 last winter (2009) and was pleased at first. The camera seems decent compared to other 2.0 megapixel cams I've played with. The full keyboard is AWESOME, and makes texting a breeze. Call quality is decent, I have never had the phone drop a call on me. The battery life is also okay, although calls do drain it fairly quickly.

HOWEVER...

They are not good quality phones! I am on my second env2, which compared to some people, is good!

For my first env2, the front keyboard stopped working (the OK button quit. And since that unlocks the front, all other buttons were then useless on the front.) That made taking pics, answering calls, and quick texting a mega pain.
There was a trick I discovered from the net where when this happens you: 1.) open the phone, turn on camera. 2.) close phone 3.) repeatedly press the "OK" button until it starts working again
^ If that doesn't work, repeat till it does. Unfortunately, while this did work for a few months, the OK button stopped responding at all after a bit, and was once again dead.

Also, the phone's paint and metal sides chip and scratch VERY easily. Not cool.

The battery later stopped charging, so I was stuck with a dead phone.

My 2nd env2 still has a working OK button and front keyboard after being used for 3+ months, so I'm crossing my fingers there!

This phone does have a bad habit of randomly turning off a few times a day (5-8 times), which is insanely annoying!

It is also VERY easy to butt dial somebody, and this happpens a few times a week. Usually it dials a random number (like 45, or 2) but sometimes has the nasty habit of actually dialing a contact! Not good.

Lastly, and it has been doing this for about 1.5 months now, after texting somebody with the phone open, if I close the phone without waiting for it to tell me the message has been sent, the darn thing just turns off altogether! It doesn't happen every time, but does it often enough that it has become an extreme annoyance.

All in all I'd give this phone a 2/10.
Sure it looks cute and is cheap, but these env2's are well known to have multiple defects (just google env2 problems if you want to check it out!) so I would highly NOT recommend this phone to anyone!

Pros

• cute design
• decent camera
• full keyboard
• call quality
• battery life

Cons

• front OK button notorious for dying
• paint easily chips/scratches
• randomly turns off frequently
• easily pocket dials contacts
• phone sometimes turns off after texting a contact

Parker Anderson posted on 31 Jan 2010, 20:30

Average 5.7

I got my enV2 in november 2009, (should have gotten the voyager) loved the phone for 2 months until january 2009 when i had it replaced. in all i have had 5 enV2 replacments, and i have heard that if you have had 3 or more they will send you a refurbished enV3, But NOOOO! not for me. this phone is a piece of ***. plus my friends have this phone and they have had the same issue. 4 times the whole front keypad has gone out.1 time it would just shut off and would not charge. all in all.

Pros

• full keyboard

Cons

• battery life
• front keypad
• camera quality
• pocket dials

bianca posted on 15 Jan 2010, 02:57

Terrible 1

soooo many problems

mobile IM freezes the phone and you half to wait 10 minutes for the phone to just shutoff
alarms don't turn off when you clearly set it to on
there's not much you can do with the camera because it doesn't have zoom or flash
the whole front part completely stopsworking after a short period of time, and ive gone through 3 of these phones already
turns off frequently, which is very unhelpful

hate this phone

selena posted on 15 Jan 2010, 02:50

Terrible 1

i agree with the reviewer who said "this phone sucks hard"

WORST PHONE EVER  ... just look at how many people are giving it bad reviews. the people who give good reviews are just the lucky ones because studies have shown, that there is a 75% chance that you get the crappy phone, n the other 25% get the good phones. so don't get this phone it's a waste of time and money.

selena posted on 15 Jan 2010, 02:27

Terrible 1.3

THIS PHONE SUCKS HARD

okay so like after a month th ok button on the front stopped working, when i use aim it freezes my phone, the alarms on this phone have also been failing on me, and it turns off randomly a lot !! this fone sucks hard this is like the 3rd one ive gotten cus they wont give me an upgrade. i heard wen you take it in to show em n they give you a new one, they jus take another old fone that they fixed before n give it to us-__- its a ripoff. so i say DO NOT GET THIS PHONE. btw  a lotta ppl i know who had this fone had the same exact problems n switched to another network. this is a horrible horrible phone.

Pros

Cons

• ~ok button in the front fails on you
• ~this phone turns off randomly a lot
• ~the alarms don't work as well either
• ~aim freezes the phone and stops working

Anonymous posted on 10 Jan 2010, 16:56

Poor 4.3

WORST PHONE EVER

i really liked this phone the first couple of weeks but after a while it SUCKED!!!! ive had 2 get about 4 replacement phones of the EnV2.. and it still doesnt work.. like on the front the OK doesnt work.. and neither does 789 or *#0 and it randomly shuts off!...

Ro posted on 22 Dec 2009, 21:38

Excellent 8.7

Best Phone I've ever had!

I don' t know why everyone is giving this phone a bad review, I've gone through dozens of cell phones and had issues with all of them. This is the best phone I've ever owned period. It's a tank, it's taken such a beating over the year and a half I've owned it and no problems what so ever. The keyboard is solid, I've never seen a phone with a better keyboard. the keys are nicely spaced and have nice tactile response and are backlit for dim situations. My only complaints with the phone are that the battery life is beyond terrible if you do any kind of data activity like WAP browsing or mobile email and the power/usb connection is some kind of strange proprietary connector that I haven't been able to find easily or for cheap. Overall I love this phone though. If I didn't want to upgrade to a smart phone I would have no reason to get rid of it ever! 

Pros

• Solidly built
• Nice design
• Compact
• Very nice keyboard with backlit keys

Cons

• Low batter life when using data
• non-standard usb/power connector

fliphusker posted on 20 Nov 2009, 17:38

Terrible 2.3

what a piece of crap

I lost my old phone, they do not make the Hint anymore, so they sent this as the replacement.  I seriously had this phone for a day, and the external keypad quit working.  1 day!!!!  I did not drop it or anything like that.
Its going back, and will never get another LG phone. 

Pros

Cons

• Front keypad quit working after a day
• Front screen is basically useless.

kVANtheman posted on 15 Nov 2009, 18:52

Poor 4.3

SUCKS!

Liked it at first. It was an awesome basic phone for users looking for good calling and texting, but then one by one, it became the worst phone ever. First came the constant pocket dialing. Camera quality began to get worse. Buttons stopped making click sound and started feeling like they werent being pressed. My front screen broke when i dropped it (my fault on this con) and so i have to open it for EVERYTHING. and worst of all, it turns off when i shut it too fast (and remember that i have to constantly open and close it which makes this very annoying). Wish i had another phone.

Pros

• Good for Texting
• Calling isn't bad
• Music player is nice

Cons

• Breaks easily
• Turns off constantly
• Pocket dials constantly

schultz0327@yahoo.com posted on 27 Oct 2009, 23:18

Terrible 2

If I could get rid of it, I would

Someone else reviewed this phone by saying how much they liked their NV but hate the NV2. I would like to second that.

This thing is so irritating. It calls people for no reason. It locks and unlocks at random.

I didn't get the insurance on the thing, so I've been trying to baby it at all times, to keep it out of harm's way. It's the nicest I've ever had to be to something I hate.

Pros

• The keyboard is accessible, but comma should be its own key, rather than *symbol* *period*

Cons

• It calls people at random
• The speaker is inconsistent -- sometimes audible, sometimes not, never loud. Overall, you can't seem to get the volume you need out of it.
• The battery life is fading. It was 4-5 days at first; now it needs a full charge every night.
• The rectangular shape is difficult to pull out of your pocket when it is ringing
• You are never quite sure where you're aiming the camera..

Sambolina posted on 03 Oct 2009, 21:43

Average 6

Loved it at first. Hated it at last.

I got this phone last July and had it a few months. I dropped it once and the buttons stopped working in sets. A few months later, the ok button went out. Even when first purchased, it would cut off occasionally and I'd end up calling people with it locked in my pocket. I liked the keypad on the front [when it worked] and the fact you could read text messages on the front. It fit well in your pocket and it had an amazing battery life. I think I completely ran the battery down a few times the entire time I used it and I use the phone a ton each day.I think the phone is great for a temporary phone but I wouldn't suggest it as a permanent phone.

djsho2k2 posted on 20 Sep 2009, 13:42

Excellent 8.7

Pretty Good Phone

I've owned this phone for over a year and I must say it is a great overall phone. The display on the front is ok, does what it needs to do. The inside display is pretty good for the size. QWERTY keypad is great! not as spaced out as the Voyager but still big enough. Size of the phone I think is good. Battery life of this phone is UNBELEIVEABLE! The best battert of any phone I've ever owned. I make a enough calls and texts every day just like everyone else, and I still inly have to charge this thing like 2 times a week. Not to shabby. I'm going to get a new phone soon with a touchscreen so this env2 will be a great backup phone in the even I need one. The music player is something that Verizon needs to work on. Navigating through and loading time of the menus for the music is not that great. Plus the music tagging down right is aweful. For some reason it catagorizes artists "too indepth" when u goto search. Ohwell, maybe Verizon will get tht fixed in the future. Other than that this phone is rock solid!

lola posted on 03 Sep 2009, 09:48

Average 5

Not recommended

Turns itself off for no apparent reason.
The "OK" button stopped working.
Locks up when trying to send text messages.
THIS PHONE IS JUNK...DON'T BUY IT.

Jayla posted on 30 Aug 2009, 13:57

Good 7.7

my lgnv2 had probloms!

Hello i am a 13 year old girl, i purchesed my phone last year. And really liked it. But abotu 4 months after buying it my * # ok 0 and 1 button on the outside buttons on the phone randomly stopped working one day. I had never dropped it spilt water on it or aything it simply just stopped working. Alot of my friends also got the lgnv2 around the same time aas i did and also said there same buttons broke as well. So a couple months later we took it into verizon and they were happy to give me a new free one. And its been about 5 months now and iv had no mroe probloms with any of the buttons. because im preety sure they came out with new software and so now the buttons dont break anymore. But yes the lgnv2 is a great phone for txters and people looking for a phone with great internet! I really like this phone but am really hopign to get a new one being that iv had it  so long and it isnt exactly"exiting" anymore. haha.
THANKS FOR READING HOPE THIS HELPED :)
~JAYLA~

hater posted on 28 Aug 2009, 14:06

Average 6

ehh kinda sucks

this phone worked pretty good for the first month but then it started turning off randomly and each button on the front started to stop working one by one

Pros

• good for messaging if willing to open up the phone every single time

Cons

• buttons breaking
• turning off randomly

bobop70 posted on 27 Aug 2009, 07:33

Good 8.3

Get the Env2 Prepaid!!!

Alright, I went to a Verizon store, and had in mind getting the Blitz. Then, I saw they had an env2 in prepaid. It's really new also. The lady there said the fixed the front keypad and didn't give the phone a silver trim, but a blue trim. (it is a black env2 btw)

Alyssa posted on 26 Aug 2009, 20:45

Average 5.3

grrrrr

do not get this phone! only 3 months after i got it, the front screen stopped working. Now, my phone randomly turns off, sometimes 30 times a day. the battery lasts long...but it doesnt matter when the phone cant even stay on for 10 minutes.

Josh reviews posted on 24 Aug 2009, 08:52

Good 8

Env2 Good Phone

The Env2 is one of my favorite phones. definatly not one of te most high tech phones, but definatly an nice phone to have.

Pros

• Great Feel
• Good For Heavy Texters
• QWERTY Keyboard
• Decent Camera
• Nice Features

Cons

• Easy To Touch Lens
• I've Heard Stories Of The Front Breaking
• Sometimes Shuts Off If Left Too Long.
• Not That Many Features.

luke posted on 20 Aug 2009, 17:23

Excellent 10

button fix

Alright i have already posted a review buuuut evry1 who is having trouble with the buttons on thhe front here is how to fix them.First open the phone then hold the ok button on the outside off the phone.At the same time hold the left soft key on the inside off the phone then close the phone quickly.Iff it does not work the first time keep on tryin.This is an awsome phone once u figure out how 2 fix the buttons .PS this is only temporary.Every day or so u may have to reapeat the process