LG Rumor 2

All in all, the LG Rumor 2 Is a decent phone, nice camera, full QWERTY keyboard and a reasonably large screen make it a solid base, but it has a few issue in what would make it a great phone, for one, there's no flash for the camera, try to take a photo in the dark? Not happening. Second, it has the minor annoyance of having about 5 permanent contacts in the contacts, one of them being 911, now personally I know I'm not always dead accurate when selecting a contact and I just feel it would be far too easy to accidentally call the "emergency contact' trying to talk to anyone who has a name starting with E. My last issue is just that the messaging system is not very fluid, it will often tell you that there are unread messages when in fact there are none. Like I said, all in all a decent phone, but not a great one by any means.

Great phone and big features at a small price

We purchased two of these phones to help us text better. We currently both have Motorola flip razors and it's not very fast for US to text. I know lots of people can do this even in their sleep but we can. So, this new phone has tons of features that are very cool. We love the slide out keyboard. I am rather large, 6'3" @ 275 so it's still a little touch for me to hit the keys without pressing about 4-5 at the same time. However, I have nails and it sure makes that easy. The numbers on the slide out keyboard are at the very top and you can't reach them very well. This is a design issue for sure. So far, the phone has been mostly error free. Had a couple issues but don't know if it was operator or phone.

We love the price at Virgin Mobile, $ 25 and $ 40. I get 300 min with unlimited everything else including Internet. My wife gets all the same but with 1200 min. There are two things I don't like though. First, you can't download free ring tones with Virgin Mobile (there is a way around that though). Second thing is it still lakes signal strength at locations other phones work well at.

Other than those two items, we love the phones. I"m already considering upgrading to the new Rumor Touch only because it has an on-screen keyboard.

I would highly recommend this phone for the texter or surfer.

Rumor Has It (Virgin Mobile)

I was very happy with the phone right out of the package. The battery came pre-charged, so it was ready to go in under an hour. The fit and finish on the phone are outstanding, very slick like other LG products. The keys on the QWERTY keyboard are very solid and evenly spaced, although small. All of the other keys are very solid as well. The best feature of the phone in my opinion is the web browser. After downloading Opera Mini, you get almost instant access to the web. The phone can be set up for e-mail notifications from Yahoo, MSN, G-mail, AOL and POP3 as well as social networking on Facebook, Myspace and Flickr. Pictures can be uploaded to Facebook and Myspace, but the phone's camera, despite its adequate 1.3 megapixels, does not take great pictures unless you are outside in the daylight. No flash, but there is a 'nighttime mode' on the camera. The only thing I did not like is having to press the menu/OK button 5 times in order to see an incoming text message. Once to get the phone out of standby mode then twice to go from screensaver to main screen, three times to get to the menu page, four to click on 'messages' and then finally a fifth time to see the message preview and then a total of six times to see the whole message and have the 'T' text message icon removed from the top of the screen. That's a lot of presses just to see one incoming message. The media player is adequate although organization of your music can be a little sketchy depending on how your files are labeled. It supports up to a 16gb micro sd card. The headphone jack is a smaller 2.5mm size as opposed to a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Battery life is severely compromised when the music player is used. The phone comes with only 3 ringtones and 3 text tones, and the speaker on the phone is located on the back, so that when the phone is placed on a flat surface, the ringtones and text notifications are barely audible, even with the volume all the way up. It's a little quirky for my taste, but then most phones from higher end makers are. I used to have the Super Slice by UTStarcom and was very happy with that. Then I lost it and could not find it anywhere. Since I bought the Rumor 2, Virgin Mobile has re-introduced it into their lineup. I only wish I had waited a month and saved myself $100 bucks.

LG Rumor 2, great phone but could be better

We all remember the LG Rumor, now Sprint/Nextel has released the LG Rumor 2. Let's review it.

The Good:
If you were a fan of the LG Rumor than switching to the Rumor 2 should be a nice experience. Not much has changed between the two models. The appearance of the phone is one of the difference. It now comes in 2 colors black and blue. I personally like the Blue. The phone comes with 2 back plates which are interchangeable. One which is a plain solid color the other one with a design on the back. It still features the bluetooth and 1.3 megapixel camera which seems to take much sharper pictures from the original Rumor. The main difference that many Rumor users will notice is the addition of a row of numbers on the QWERTY keypad and a new layout of some keys. The redesign on the keypad makes it much easier to type, but does take a little getting used to especially if you just switched from the original. It only took me about 1 week to get used to the keyboard.

The Bad:
The big disappointment on the Rumor 2 is the lack of video recording. It was nice to be able to record video on the Rumor, but with the Rumor 2 there is no more video function on the camera. I guess it can be seen as a good or bad thing, the Rumor's video function was very basic and poor. If you are looking for a slider type phone with video the Samsung Rant is much better and actually takes pretty good video for a phone. The other thing that I have noticed is the weaker speak on the phone. It seems that with the Rumor the speaker was actually pretty loud, but with the Rumor 2 it seems to have a weaker speaker. The phone actually feels a little more flimsy than its predecessor. This phone is not a 3g, so the internet is a little slow, but if you wanted an internet phone then a smartphone/pda would be the way to go anyways, this phone is for hardcore texters, not someone who needs a computer.

Conclusion:
Overall the Rumor 2's pros far weighs its cons. As long as you can look past the lack of video recording than this phone is definitely worth the money. It is extremely texter friendly. If you loved the Rumor, you will love the Rumor 2.

worth the money

Good price for model I got & very fast service..but, the letters are very small even set on large and the volume is not as loud as I'd like it to be. However the side keyboard is ez to use, acsess to web and emails are very good. Holds a charge for long time, even using online texting. Wish there was a way to limit the times it alerts me to emails cause I get alot of spam. If the type were bigger and the sound louder I'd give it a glowing report. But, as an older person, it could be better. Camera is very good, much better that what I had. Considering the cost is 1/3 of buying it retail its a very good purchase. This phone is brand new and came with car charger. All things considered I am happy wih my purchase.