It's a cheap phone. With that being said,... it's an excellent phone for the price. As with any net10, the internet is cumbersome to the point of being too frustrating to even bother with, but it is there. Even with it being a phone that runs apps, I wouldn't call it a smart phone because you can't download free apps from the market. You have to use their apps which costs you minutes. However, that's the thing to do with your leftover minutes on your last day of service because you are going to lose them anyhow. The menu is pretty straight forward and easy to get around in. The touch screen isn't as sensitive as I would like except when I'm putting it up I somehow hit the net and it goes online while I'm not paying attention and eats minutes. I went to this from the lg900 to get the touchpad, but texting was much easier from the 900 even with the small keyboard. Anyway, even with the little quirks, you can't beat the service and price of net10. No contracts and you can quit at any time. Their website is a bit lacking though. you can go in to make changes and it'll ask for you to select your phone and their is no where you can select it so you have to call customer service. Customer service has treated me well, but I read lots of complaints on them.
These phones f...ill the need for those of us who do not need or want a smart phone. I has a decent camera, directory features etc but is not long lived, I'm on my second unit and my most recent purchase is in reserve should this one begin to show signs of failure. There seems to be a developing void in choices for folks like me who do not want the expense of a full featured phone but like touch screen technology...
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I gave it a 3 for features, just because ...it's an older model. I gave it a three for ease of use because it didn't come with a instruction book. And the battery lasts and lasts, so gave it a 5 for that. And I think that for what it is, right now, it's an excellent value. I have this phone and love it. This phone has nice features. I like that it will go online, The touch screen makes it feel like one of the expensive phones, The phone book has the option of using handwriting, which is a feature that I really enjoyed, and it will allow multiple variations and unlimited phone numbers for each name. And it has a touch qwerty keyboard on some screens where you really need it. Sure, it won't use those apps that the new phones use, However, there are a few apps for it. One nice feature is that you do not HAVE to have Unlimited Minutes. A Net10 card for 60 days and 300 minutes is only $30. And Net10 has many plans that you can interchange each month. So, If you cannot afford those pricey unlimited services, then you can have a "look-alike" phone in this cute LG 800G. My friends thought that I had a "real" phone that I had paid $400 for. It's a really nice size too, I can use it with one hand.
I purchased this phone just to repla...ce an aging motorola flip phone I had been using for a long time. This LG 800 took some serious getting used to for me. The sleep feature puts the phone to sleep even when your using it,retriving voice-mail and the screen goes to sleep mode and the dial-pad disappears. Now I know you can disable the sleep mode but then when you put it in your pocket it goes online or makes a call or does whatever. So I finally got it and removed the icons from the home screen so it could'nt do that anymore. I have no complaints about reception or battery life ,thats all good so Now that I'm getting used to it I think its a good buy.
Not quite ...a "Smart Phone", this touch screen LG model IS a logical step up from their earlier versions. Touch navigation is fairly smooth and responsive, but sometimes a little too responsive especially if you have large fingers. So a stylus is recommended for some people. Especially when using the virtual qwerty keyboard. The mp3 player sounds fantastic (depending on your earphones, frankly) but the phone only supports up to 4gb external memory. This is overall a strong value for a $30/$40 touch screen phone. I have to say though, the camera on this model is awful. It's a lame 2mp with the shutter function accessed only on the touch screen. So you fumble to take the pic, and the shutter actually clicks a split sec. later. Very nostalgic of the earliest days of digital cameras. Anyway, over all.. not a bad phone, except for the camera. I'd give it about 3.5 outta 4 *'s
