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- First reviewJuly 11, 2012
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GreggMears's Reviews
Overall
Top Performer, Top Value! Excellent In All Respects. (From a 2-year owner.)
PostedJuly 21, 2012
By GreggMears
Location:Bellevue, Washington
Gender:Male
Length of usage:More than a year
What type best describes me?Just the basics - I use my phone to make calls and not much else
Battery life
5
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5
Look & feel
5
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5
Media
4
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5
Performance
5
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5
Phone Features
5
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5
Value
5
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5
Best phone I've ever had, and I've had several great ones with Sprint over the years. I loved this phone SO MUCH after getting one in July 2010, that I got ANOTHER for my upgrade in July 2011, and ANOTHER as an upgrade in July 2012. In between, I got a refurb of this model from Sprint. Everything about it works perfectly, quickly, and in a cool look and feel.
GREAT job with this one, LG. I LOVE the Rumor Touch and recommend it to ALL who are comfortable with a touchscreen. (Yet, by the way, its physical QWERTY keyboard is one of the biggest and best at Sprint, with 5 rows of nicely-raised keys; it's the easiest keyboard of all of them for me, a grown man, to type on without hitting the wrong keys; and easily visible at night or daytime).
This phone is durable and dependable-- it works PERFECTLY every time, with 5 bars for signal strength all over my area home and business areas. This phone NEVER drops my calls or has a weak signal, and I make 10-15 calls a day, from home, work, on walks at lunchtime, and in my car. Phone calls are crystal-clear. Texting and emailing are easy and ultra-fast, particularly since the physical QWERTY keyboard has great touch and roomy key spacing. Including instantaneous switching between several email accounts, all being active simultaneously (not so on my PC!).
The battery life INDEED is 7 hours for phone calls, I've done it myself for 7 hours! BUT, when you ALSO text, email, take pics, and websurf, OF COURSE you won't get the stated 7 hours of battery life on your calls at that point; all those functions use up much more juice than does talking. The touch screen, which is VERY precise, never has broken or malfunctioned, nor has anything on this phone, and I've dropped it several times. Everyone who speaks with me on this phone says I sound crystal-clear (I ask them for critical feedback on sound quality!). They still say "crystal-clear" when I use the speaker phone (ESPECIALLY then), and the same with bluetooth or corded headset (I have both). Everyone else sounds crystal clear to me, whether via the ear piece, speaker phone, wired headset, or bluetooth.
I get 7 hours in talk time from one battery charge. All texts arrive IMMEDIATELY, as are those I send--they're immediately received. You can copy up to 40 recipients on one text message if so desired. Email on this phone works PERFECTLY every time, and FAST (I have 5 email accounts on it among Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail providers, which set up EASILY with the phone's email "Wizard"). Attachments open and are readable and pretty--though this varies-- and may be zoomed in on and magnified. As to the Internet, I have several news and weather websites bookmarked, and the phone gets me to each one immediately, every day.
My ONLY minor concern--not a complaint, as it's understandable-- is that, as this is a 3G phone, overall web surfing is slow. Despite email on it being lightning fast. Its web surfing IS faster than on most 3G phones, however. Listening to music on it, and setting your own ringtones, are simple, and great. Same with setting wall paper, including photos as wallpaper. (I don't take pics but have received many from others.)
On phone calls, not only is the speaker phone outstanding, but this phone works perfectly with corded headets (it has a 3.5mm jack; you can use a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter, as I do with my 2.5mm-pinned corded headset), and it works perfectly with any bluetooth I've tried. I have used both a corded headset and a bluetooth hundreds of times on this phone. The touch screen is excellent for making phone calls, for looking up Contacts, for reading emails, and for web surfing; and just touching ANYTHING gets quick responses. The touch screen can be made to vibrate or make specified beeps, or be silent, and/or not vibrate at all. I prefer no vibration and no sounds; this way, I just touch things quickly and they happen quickly, with no noise. Like a smoothly-oiled, fine machine.
The VALUE of this phone is off the charts! I can't imagine any improvements to it and I've tried to think of any to suggest to Sprint or LG. I just look at news and weather sites, so I prefer THIS phone, the LG Rumor Touch, over smart phones. I cannot speak about the camera on the Rumor Touch, which I don't use, nor about the social apps, which I don't use. But, they are installed already on the phone, that's for sure. It seems to have a lot of features that I don't use. Overall, I'd call this a perfect phone. Perfect for those of us wanting to talk a lot, read/send lots of emails, and to text a lot-- it's a great, dependable, fast phone for all of that. The best I've ever had or seen.
It is smaller and more compact than smartphones, which I like, yet with a very big screen for its size (videos look good when viewing them on it). This phone is probably not good for people not wanting a touch screen, as you have to be quick to touch the touch pad when you reach phone numbers (at large businesses) that require you to press more keys as you go through their menus.
I've gotten three of this model over 2 years and they are equally PERFECT in all respects. Enjoy!
ProsDurable, Great photos, Big buttons, Great sound, Stylish, large well-spaced physical qwerty keyboard, perfect fast texting, excellent smooth-working email, no text failures; great for power texters, crystal-clear sound both incoming and outgoing, long 7-hr battery life, terrific overall value, fine touchscreen
Yes, I recommend this product.
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Overall
Top Performer, Top Value! Excellent In All Respects. (From a 2-year owner.)
PostedJuly 19, 2012
By GreggMears
Location:Bellevue, Washington
Gender:Male
Length of usage:More than a year
What type best describes me?Just the basics - I use my phone to make calls and not much else
Battery life
5
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5
Look & feel
5
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5
Media
4
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5
Performance
5
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5
Phone Features
5
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5
Value
5
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5
Best phone I've ever had, and I've had several great ones with Sprint over the years. I loved this phone SO MUCH after getting one in July 2010, that I got ANOTHER for my upgrade in July 2011, and ANOTHER as an upgrade in July 2012. Everything about it works perfectly, quickly, and in a cool look and feel.
GREAT job with this one, LG. I LOVE the Rumor Touch and recommend it to ALL who are comfortable with a touchscreen. (Yet, by the way, its physical QWERTY keyboard is one of the biggest and best at Sprint, with 5 rows of nicely-raised keys; it's the easiest keyboard of all of them for me, a grown man, to type on without hitting the wrong keys; and easily visible at night or daytime).
This phone is durable and dependable-- it works PERFECTLY every time, with 5 bars for signal strength all over my area home and business areas. This phone NEVER drops my calls or has a weak signal, and I make 10-15 calls a day, from home, work, on walks at lunchtime, and in my car. Phone calls are crystal-clear. Texting and emailing are easy and ultra-fast, particularly since the physical QWERTY keyboard has great touch and roomy key spacing. Including instantaneous switching between several email accounts, all being active simultaneously (not so on my PC!).
The battery life INDEED is 7 hours for phone calls, I've done it myself for 7 hours! BUT, when you ALSO text, email, take pics, and websurf, OF COURSE you won't get the stated 7 hours of battery life on your calls at that point; all those functions use up much more juice than does talking. The touch screen, which is VERY precise, never has broken or malfunctioned, nor has anything on this phone, and I've dropped it several times. Everyone who speaks with me on this phone says I sound crystal-clear (I ask them for critical feedback on sound quality!). They still say "crystal-clear" when I use the speaker phone (ESPECIALLY then), and the same with bluetooth or corded headset (I have both). Everyone else sounds crystal clear to me, whether via the ear piece, speaker phone, wired headset, or bluetooth.
I get 7 hours in talk time from one battery charge. All texts arrive IMMEDIATELY, as are those I send--they're immediately received. You can copy up to 40 recipients on one text message if so desired. Email on this phone works PERFECTLY every time, and FAST (I have 5 email accounts on it among Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail providers, which set up EASILY with the phone's email "Wizard"). Attachments open and are readable and pretty--though this varies-- and may be zoomed in on and magnified. As to the Internet, I have several news and weather websites bookmarked, and the phone gets me to each one immediately, every day.
My ONLY minor concern--not a complaint, as it's understandable-- is that, as this is a 3G phone, overall web surfing is slow. Despite email on it being lightning fast. Its web surfing IS faster than on most 3G phones, however. Listening to music on it, and setting your own ringtones, are simple, and great. Same with setting wall paper, including photos as wallpaper. (I don't take pics but have received many from others.)
On phone calls, not only is the speaker phone outstanding, but this phone works perfectly with corded headets (it has a 3.5mm jack; you can use a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter, as I do with my 2.5mm-pinned corded headset), and it works perfectly with any bluetooth I've tried. I have used both a corded headset and a bluetooth hundreds of times on this phone. The touch screen is excellent for making phone calls, for looking up Contacts, for reading emails, and for web surfing; and just touching ANYTHING gets quick responses. The touch screen can be made to vibrate or make specified beeps, or be silent, and/or not vibrate at all. I prefer no vibration and no sounds; this way, I just touch things quickly and they happen quickly, with no noise. Like a smoothly-oiled, fine machine.
The VALUE of this phone is off the charts! I can't imagine any improvements to it and I've tried to think of any to suggest to Sprint or LG. I just look at news and weather sites, so I prefer THIS phone, the LG Rumor Touch, over smart phones. I cannot speak about the camera on the Rumor Touch, which I don't use, nor about the social apps, which I don't use. But, they are installed already on the phone, that's for sure. It seems to have a lot of features that I don't use. Overall, I'd call this a perfect phone. Perfect for those of us wanting to talk a lot, read/send lots of emails, and to text a lot-- it's a great, dependable, fast phone for all of that. The best I've ever had or seen.
It is smaller and more compact than smartphones, which I like, yet with a very big screen for its size (videos look good when viewing them on it). This phone is probably not good for people not wanting a touch screen, as you have to be quick to touch the touch pad when you reach phone numbers (at large businesses) that require you to press more keys as you go through their menus.
I've gotten three of this model over 2 years and they are equally PERFECT in all respects. Enjoy!
ProsDurable, Great photos, Big buttons, Great sound, Stylish, perfect for texting; quick efficient, long battery life!, excellent smooth-working email, best physical qwerty keyboard roomy keys!, rarely drops calls, solid-feeling well-made phone
Yes, I recommend this product.
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Overall
BAD phone; Rumor Reflex is a poor replacement for the previous GREAT LG Rumor Touch phone!
PostedJuly 11, 2012
By GreggMears
Location:Bellevue, Washington
Gender:Male
Length of usage:Less than a month
What type best describes me?Just the basics - I use my phone to make calls and not much else
Battery life
3
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5
Look & feel
3
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5
Media
5
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5
Performance
2
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5
Phone Features
3
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5
Value
3
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5
Overall comment: the LG Rumor Reflex looked like they took the preceding LG Rumor Touch, an excellent phone-- and tried to shave off cost. They removed much, made other things worse, and improved almost nothing. In 2010 when the Rumor Touch came out, it was magnificent; now, this type of feature (non-Smart) phone just doesn't seem to be a priority . . . On the Rumor Touch, they had furnished an SD card with the phone; with this Reflex, you get only an empty slot for it.
I had loved EVERYTHING about the LG Rumor Touch, and owned a couple of them for two years. It did EVERYTHING correctly, logically, and easily.
Then I got this LG Rumor Reflex as an upgrade on July 1, 2012, and it is plain TERRIBLE in comparison. I did notice two alleged improvements, which, however, don't work properly, and LOTS more that's bad in the Reflex. LG, please IMPROVE THIS PHONE!
My review will compare the phone with its predecessor, the LG Rumor Touch. In comparison to that wonderful device, the Rumor Reflex . . .
1) is COMPLETELY incapable of handling Sprint's Wireless Backup feature, to which I subscribe, so for that reason alone, I had to return it. I need my 500+ contacts backed up! (But there are many more reasons to dislike this phone, which was a model I had been looking forward to, since I'd loved the Rumor Touch so.) Worse than just the preceding reason, my merely activating the Rumor Reflex set in motion the AUTOMATIC CANCELLATION of my Sprint Wireless Backup feature, which I never would have known except that I went, on my computer, to the Sprint Wireless Backup website a few hours after activating the Rumor Reflex, and after attempting to remove a contact there, the next screen came up with a banner warning me of the impending, AUTOMATIC, CANCELLATION of this service for me in just 10 DAYS!! Whereby all my contacts would be lost. (I thus deactivated this phone and re-activated my old Rumor Touch so as to continue my Sprint Wireless Backup service. I returned the Rumor Reflex 5 days after getting it.)
2) the QWERTY keyboard is as unviewable in medium and dusk light as others here have complained about; in darkness it's fine (as the keys are backlit), and in bright indoor light it's fine; but at dusk, the letters simply cannot be read. Did anybody test this out at LG?? Also, they removed a full row of keys (the top row of only numerals) vs. the Rumor Touch and crammed them closer together, too. And as one reviewer noted, the space bar has two sweetspots, left of center and right of center. But pressing in the center of the space bar takes more effort, oddly. The Rumor Touch's QWERTY keyboard was one of the best QWERTY keyboards around, anywhere; it was such a great feature of that phone, with roomy key spacing for big fingers, was beautifully lighted, had 5 rows, good action to the keys, just wonderful. Not so with the Reflex's QWERTY keyboard.
3) Email-- is MUCH WORSE on this phone than on the Rumor Touch, in several ways. To begin with, when you are loading your email account(s) onto this phone, this one offers you the option of importing your email contacts into your phone's contacts. Well, I selected "No," since I didn't want to mix plain email addresses in with my Contacts, which are only phone numbers. SORRY! The phone nonetheless brought in about 80 odd email addresses into my Contacts, messing them up; I had to remove them from my Contacts one-by-one.
Email again-- on the Rumor Touch, only the Inbox folder reflected activity you may have done via your computer access to your email account. Sent Mail, Drafts, etc. on the phone only reflected what you did in email ON THE PHONE. In contrast, on the Reflex, this one's Inbox AND Sent Mail folders--2 folders now-- reflect anything you may do in your email via your computer, not just on this phone . . . oops, well that's SOME of your recent Sent mails are pulled from your computer. But which ones? Maybe just those sent in the last few days from your computer, but not all; the Sent mail folder on the phone is HAPHAZARD as to its contents. In fact, it showed 5 mails I'd sent at different times of day, over three days-- all of them 2 full weeks earlier-- as having been sent last night, ALL at the SAME exact time last night! A completely unreliable Sent box.
Email again-- Not a defect, but STRANGE: unlike the Rumor Touch, whose Inbox showed the most recent 100 or 50 emails (irrespective of how long ago they may have been received), the 50 or 100 figure depending on the email provider, the Reflex's Inbox shows only those emails received in the last 7 days, or 14 days, or 30 days max-- you select the number of days in "Settings." The phone's default setting was 7 days, so 2 of my email accounts showed nothing in the Inboxes, as I rarely use those accounts, so there were no emails from the last 7 days, thus no emails, period. WHY in heck they moved away from using the MOST RECENT 50 or 100 emails is beyond me, it seems illogical. I, for one, want to see my most recent emails, even if they are older, as opposed to seeing an empty Inbox.
Email again-- one of the worst things: refreshing the Reflex's Inbox takes a LONG Time, and now offers you the right to click "Ok" after "Check Mail"; but if you do click "Ok," it then STOPS refreshing! AND, on this model, you can't look at your Inbox FIRST to see if it needs refreshing, you must Refresh it from the List of your email accounts, BEFORE looking at the Inbox! How backwards! You actually need to go to the list of email accounts to get to your Inbox, and if you see it looks like it needs refreshing, you must then back out to get to the list of email accounts, so as to Refresh it from THERE! This takes FOREVER if dealing with multiple email accounts, as I do. And it's dumb.
4) The phone seemed to turn off and on by itself once a day, despite the battery being fully charged; my two old Rumor Touches never did this.
5) The Reflex's touch screen is considerably more sensitive than on the Rumor Touch, and this is a negative, as it never seems to respond to the selection I've touched, but in fact a selection above or below it. Also, you must touch this screen LIGHTLY to make anything happen; a medium or hard touch results in no response. And the touch screen offers no opportunity to calibrate it to your specific touch, as the Rumor Touch did upon activation.
AND, you may not know that anything is happening in response to your touch, as with reading the news on the Internet (selecting a headline), for example. On the Rumor Touch, the selection would light up in bold when selected; on this Rumor Reflex, sometimes that doesn't happen, and you have to watch the browser window to see if it's filling up with color (and thus about to go to another site).!
6) On the positive side, the Reflex has a faster processor and possibly (it appears but I didn't check) they've pre-loaded Opera Mini on this phone to make processing occur faster, such as the instant you click Send for a text, it's gone; this is slightly faster than on the Rumor Touch. If so, big deal. It doesn't make up for this phone's many shortcomings vs. the Rumor Touch, or even compared with any other good phone.
7) Call clarity/quality, both what you hear and how others hear you, is excellent, especially with the speaker phone, just as with the Rumor Touch. This is very important to me so as to sound professional on business calls!! The touch screen keypad for dialing calls is identical to the Rumor Touch's and is great.
8) Texting works well on the Rumor Reflex, and works identically to the Rumor Touch. And again, when you click "Send," it sends instantly, not waiting 1-4 seconds as with the Rumor Touch. Again, who cares, give me another Rumor Touch instead of this phone!
9) The camera, at 2.0 mp, is the same as on the Rumor Touch. Worked well enough for me, and took nice pictures outdoors.
10) I didn't try watching YouTube videos, which played pretty well on the Rumor Touch, so I can't comment on that for the Reflex. And I never use social networking, so no review of that, either. Surfing the net MIGHT be slightly faster on the Reflex than on the Rumor Touch, but both are 3G and not anything like 4G or a computer with hi-speed Internet. But for a quick Google search, this phone does the job, though not especially fast.
11) Ok, another negative: the stated battery life is almost two hours less than the Rumor Touch's. The battery is smaller and has less power.
12) This may mean nothing, but this phone is made in China; the Rumor Touch was made in Korea. In white, the Reflex looks cheap, but maybe it is only the use of turquoise paint on the top buttons; the gray version of the Reflex looks more rich in quality.
This Rumor Reflex phone is SUCH a DISAPPOINTMENT compared with the Rumor Touch, it's ridiculous.
LG, PLEASE make a MUCH better model next time for those of us needing a feature (basic) phone for our older calling plans! Thanks!
P.S. Some of the reviews here complain of untrue "problems," such as one person who doesn't know how to press and then slide to bring up the letter of the alphabet when trying to find a contact fast; no need to scroll through all contacts as she had complained of. She complained that sending texts took many steps, but just press "Send Message" and find a recipient, and you're all set. It's quick to text with this phone; it's a great texting phone.
Other folks, a few months ago, claimed there was no Call History log; untrue. It's there, just as in the Rumor Touch, it's the same exact icon when in the calling mode. Another complained there was no "Enter" (Return) key on the QWERTY keyboard; but it's assuredly there, just not with the word "Enter" on it, but now just showing the returning arrow symbol. That key isn't as wide, though, as on the Rumor Touch. Another inferior change. And there IS a Shift key, of course, but now not with the word "Shift," but instead, just an upward arrow.
ProsBig buttons, Great sound, Stylish, excellent call (sound) quality, excellent texting; & even faster than rumor touch
ConsDid not meet expectations, horrible email function for several reasons, doesn't support sprint wireless backup service, qwerty keyboard keys not visible in dusk light, cancels sprint wireless backup when activated!!, turns off by itself once a day, much shorter battery life than rumor touch
No, I do not recommend this product.
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