LG GD510 Unlocked GSM Quad-Band Cell Phone with 3MP Camera, Touch Screen, MP3 Player, and Bluetooth - Unlocked Phone - No Warranty - Silver

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 0.4 x 2 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002TOK4B0
• Item model number: GD510EUSLV
• Batteries 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,593 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

The new LG GD510 POP isn't just the smallest full touch screen phone. It delivers a huge hit with an easy-to-use interface, 3MP camera, web browser and access to your favourite social networks. All beneath a sleek 3" screen. LG POP's 3-way homescreen allows you quick and convenient access to your contacts and multimedia functions. LG POP's 3 inch screen extends from edge to edge of the phone, cradling a virtually frameless full touchscreen.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars LG GD510 September 10, 2010

By bahtgunner

Amazon Verified Purchase

The phone a iPhone type phone. Once I got use to navigating the phone it was a breeze. A quality product that my girlfriend even dropped and it still works. I took it to Thailand and popped in a local SIM and all worked as advertised. Only thing I didn't like is it doesn't list incoming calls by name even though they're stored in my contact list; like my other LG phone. All in all, I recommend this phone.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T PURCHASE THIS PHONE!!! There's a lot of better options for the price! September 27, 2010

By Rolando F. Mocan Quan

Amazon Verified Purchase

Nowadays with cell-phones, the best phone you'll find depends on what you value the most.

I was looking for a basic phone but was attracted by the "green" side of this one: it's made of recycled materials, including the box, and I also ordered the solar panel battery door separately to reduce my carbon footprint by charging the battery via solar power.
Having said that, I strongly encourage you to look elsewhere for a phone and avoid LG altogether. My reasons follow:

HARDWARE: SO-SO
- The first unit I got didn't work. The speaker was broken and emmited no sound whatsoever. I searched the web, and have found several simmilar cases, so this is not an isolated problem.

- The tactile screen is not responsive. As others stated you either have to use a lot of force to register a "click" or otherwise the thing starts jumping around.

- Other common problems I read about was that the other party has difficulty hearing what the user of this phone is saying, and I can confirm that. It's not that you can't hear the caller, but it's quite low volume.

- All the phone exterior is plastic, except for the touch screen. I purchased the solar cell battery cover, which makes the whole phone all the more fragile, having glass on both sides. The solar cell adds about 2mm to the waistline too.

- Camera is so-so, because it has no autofocus. Fixed focus means that you can't shoot close-ups of anything (because the pic ends up blurry), including business cards.

SOFTWARE: ANGERING
- The second phone I received fre-e-e-e-ezes every other day. It starts lagging and responds 3-10 seconds after the input. Battery pull does the trick, but only for a little while.

- I tried to update the phone's firmware or operating system and found the software experience on the PC very frustrating. I didn't get anything to work, but even if I had, the programs are slow, half-baked and poorly translated into english. I even got an error screen with half the text in Korean! Running Win7, the best way to make them work is go run with "Troubleshoot compatibility" and let Win7 choose which previous op. system to emulate.

- The company's web pages are also very slow to load, if they do at all, and getting support is nearly impossible. Good luck trying to download LG's programs from their websites, because I had to resort to 3d party sites to find what I wanted.

ECO-FRIENDLY: REALLY?
The prospect of eco-friendliness is what made me purchase this phone (being made with recycled materials, soy-ink printed box, etc), but sending a phone back and forth surely beats any benefits to the environment that the phone will produce in it's lifetime.
According to the green-tree calculator, it'd require like 5,000 hours charging with the solar cell charger to produce the equivalent of one tree... and to be honest, I doubt the phone will make it that far.
Instead, I'll just take my family out and plant a tree.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
This is my third experience with an LG phone (had a Shine and a useless GD510 before this one), and software and hardware have not yet improved enough. LG Mobile still has some road to go to be on-par with other established companies, even Korean Samsung. And having so many other options out there, why bother? Really!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars it is a good phone April 1, 2011

By px

Amazon Verified Purchase

Generally, LG GD510 is a good phone. Something not good enough is that the touch screen is not that sensitive, especially the slide bar. I thought the sensitivity could be adjusted by some setting, but I did not find it. Anyway, I like it.