decent phone for the $
Written: Apr 11 '04
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Pros: Reasonable price, practical features, compact size and external display
Cons: sprint coverage, sprint sms, sprint service, and no camera
The Bottom Line: For the cash this has a lot of practical internet features and fun color polyphonic features without sacrificing portability
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| cinnamngrl's Full Review: LG LX5350 |
I have had this phone for a year now. I bought it without much research, because I lost my previous phone. I have to say that for the price ($150) I would say it has all the features I could want. The color is great. I love being able to go to yahoo and msn. I can download applications, pictures and ringtones (3gupload.com for free) I'm not interested much in camera phones because the resolution is so low. All of my negatives have been issues with sprintpcs really. The only thing that concerns me is that it seems to freeze up and shut itself down for no reason occasionally. SMS is cumbersome because you have to be online to use it. When you upload a polyphonic ringtone, then the high volume + vibrate won't vibrate. This is a negative because ( and maybe I'm just deaf) I find that most of your uploaded ringtones won't cut through conversation. The ringtones installed with the 5350 are lame-- but that's to be expected. Sprint wants you to buy uploads. Maybe this problem only applies to free ring tones, I don't know because I can't be bothered to pay for a ring tone or a screen saver. There is a calender organizer feature but there is no easy way to sync this calender with your standard programs like outlook. Although maybe this is possible with a data cable PC/phone setup. The size is about perfect. The battery lasts pretty long if you just make phone calls. If you play games or go online a lot it gets hot and the battery runs down. This is a negative, but it is fairly easy to plan ahead for this. Mine came with this microscopic karate fighter game. It is way too hard to control the action with your phone. I can only last for 15 seconds before my character goes into a coma and dies. I play egg drop constantly on the subway, it is a mindless jewel drop knock off. It is very easy to read news stories on the openwave mobile web. My point is that I am pretty satisfied with my purchase. I just bought an extended battery, car charger, and mobile charger for cheap on ebay, so I feel that the accessories are very available.
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Amount Paid (US$): 150
Recommended for: Professionals On-the-Go - Internet and Email is a Must!
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