Customer Reviews

LG KG800 Chocolate Unlocked Cell Phone with Camera, MP3/Video Player--International Version with No Warranty (White)

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4 star:		(1)
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I have had this phone in NYC area for about 3 months now. My wife has
Cingular (RAZR) and I was going to get that phone as well, but then
saw this one available at the Cingular store and figured I would get it for the looks, and
Cingular said they support the phone so I thought all would be good.
After using it for 3 months, I lose service in A LOT of areas around
here, and my wife's phone works fine. I guess it is b/c of all this
1900, 850, 900 band issues. If I knew about
this problem before purchasing the phone with a 2 year contract, I
would definitely have gotten a different model instead. Also, I just
went on a trip up to northern Vermont, and my wife's phone never
dropped a call or lost service (Cingular), and I had no service for the whole
trip (Cingular), which was very frustrating trying to do business from the road.
I was thinking of getting the battery signal increaser metal strip,
but after reading more about the phone, I do not think they will help any?? If
anyone has any suggestions for me to get a better signal, I would
appreciate it, as I have paid a lot for this phone that loses a lot
of calls daily.

I have this phone now.I recently purchased it off on ebay.I bought it for the looks and the sleek design.It was working well for a while,then it kept on dropping my calls and it would freeze up on me.I realized that it was the software causing all this trouble.Now I have a purchase a new phone.I am not satisfied with this phone.I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone.

First off, this is a great phone. I love the sleek style, the touch sensitive buttons on the front, the great camera with flash, and the beautiful screen. It's not a perfect phone (which is why I rate it 4 out of 5 stars), but it's definitely worth a look.

Secondly, I must warn you that Amazon's Product Description is wrong, something that really annoys me considering that I just spent $40 on a 1GB microSD flash card that this phone cannot use. There is NO expandable memory slot on this version (Verizon's Chocolate has it) and I suspect that the "GSM 850/1800/1900" bands that Amazon claims it uses is incorrect as well (the description further down the page quotes it as using 900 instead of the 850 band here in the US). And just so you know, there's no speakerphone on this version either (which disappointed me).

I'm otherwise happy with it. It has great reception (regardless of whether it supports the 850 band) from what I can tell so far and the packaging was also impressive.