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I bought this phone because it had everything I needed and a lot of the things I wanted. This phone is super easy to use. I pair a bluetooth headset to it easily. In fact I had to turn my phone off to pair my wifes motorola because every time I turned on the bluetooth headset, my phone picked it up immediately and tried to paid. The sound quality on the media player is great and has lots of extra's including call reject which gets rid of those harrassing calls. If I want to bluetooth somthing to someone...super easy plus I can fully custimize my phone with ringer and photo id. Plus along with my data cable, I can make my own ringtones and bluetooth them to other people. With all this great stuff, this phone is far from perfect. First off, the phones shows prints and smudges like you wouldn't believe. The speakerphone is not that great. For some reason, even though it uses the same speakers, it is not as loud as the mp3 player. Plus you have to leave the phone open to talk on the speaker which is a little annoying. The reception is so so but the battary life is aweful. I only use my phone an average of 2-3 times daily and for only 3-5 minutes. With this usage, I still have to charge my phone every 3 days. I even leave it off over night. Next, the micro sd slot is a pain. Its super hard to get out. Not only is it under the battary but its tucked in a crevise that is not reachable by human hands without nails. The card slot is great for memory expansion, but put it in and leave it in. Lastly, the picture quality is good but the pictures always have a bit of a yellowish tint to it when indoors. Now even though I had a lot to complain about, i am still pleased with my phone. I'm happy with the deal I got on it. But concidering it retails less than the razr, it should be eligible for insuranceRead full review
The LG CU500 is the first carrier-offered HSDPA phone in North America. It's a quad-band world phone with a great slim design, external music buttons, and a camera with a rotating lens. Features include a 1.3-megapixel camera, an audio player, a Micro SD memory card slot, a speakerphone, and access to exclusive content, courtesy of At&t Video and At&t Music. The LG CU500 has two superskinny function buttons on the side that are difficult to press; I also didn't like that you have to remove the battery in order to get to the Micro SD card slot.. The LG CU500 is one of the fastest phones I've ever tried, with swift downloads and impressive video streaming speeds. The feature set is impressive; the picture and audio quality are great; and the slim, attractive design is a bonus.
I've owned my cu500v for about a month now. Its a great phone. Its a little bit bigger then my old razr v3. Both screens are very bright and clear. The main selling feature for me was mp3 playback. It plays mp3's off either internal memory or a micro sd card. The placement of the card is kind of a pain, having to remove the battery to access it. Though with a data tranfer cable it acts as an external memory drive. LG uses a small, wide interface at the bottom of the phone. A usb adapter would have been a better choice here as Motorola and a few others are using now. The built in camera takes great pics and with a expansion card you can take a ton. Everything about this phone is great, I just have a few complaints though. The camera swives to do self pictures, but you have to choose to flip image. Should do that on its own. You can't change the button configuration on the 4 way like you can on the Razr. Battery can be a little flaky. It has gone from having 4 bars of battery to dead while sitting on my desk at work(this is where having a usb adapter for power and download would of been helpfull). The battery lasts longer if blue tooth isnt turned on though. Other then that so far its a great phone, and a good upgrade from a Razr v3.Read full review
Pros: Music player is great. It plays the music very loudly, and has nice speakers. The rotating camera is also pretty cool. You can take a picture of yourself, while seeing exactly what you're doing. Kind of like the razor, but this phone is better. Cons: Battery life is a pain! Seriously, I have to bring my charger around with me everywhere because of how fast it dies out. The memory card is also in a very inconvenient place. Overall, the phone is good, but not exactly the best phone ever. It's pretty thick, which is annoying, especially since in the pictures, it looks relatively thin. I would, however, recommend it to people who want decent features in a phone, without spending a whole lot.
Gets good signal in "fringe" areas. Lots of features for an inexpensive cell phone. For me Bluetooth is important. Look at the specs on one listed in eBay and they are good. The battery holds a charge for about three days and I use Bluetooth always. I wish it had "voice" dialing, I miss that. Overall I give it a pretty good rating. I chose this phone as in the past my family has had several LG model phones and all were good, and to be honest I don't care for all the "goodies" that the newer phones have (touch dial, radio etc) although all that is ok but just not for me. The LG is simple fast to use, I just like it.
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