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Pros: Good feature set for non-smartphone with email, Facebook, Twitter, Opera Mini, and has touchscreen; touchscreen is pretty accurate; 3G is definite plus; bubble-style texting interface is handy; includes predictive text feature for a decent keyboard. Cons: Touchscreen can be a pain when scrolling through menus; Hello UI hard to get to, therefore kind of useless; keyboard layout not great; game selection sucks unless you are willing to pay; data plan priced like smartphone; Sprint's network; camcorder Summary: Verizon has its Envs and Sprint has its Rumors. LG and Verizon obviously have a decent partnership, because the Rumor Touch is not the Env Touch. However, the Env Touch was an editor's choice, so it's pretty hard to be as great. That being said, the Rumor Touch is pretty decent in its own right. User Interface (Touchscreen): The touchscreen is not bad for a resistive one, but it is still resistive. Scrolling through menus often results in the accidental selecting of an icon, and keep your fingernails long. All in all, though, it is responsive enough for all but those who have been using capacitive screens since 2007. And let's face it, if you have been using capacitive screens since '07, you're probably not going to buy this phone anyway. Overall, the UI is simple enough to understand and navigate, and the menus are easily customizable in an intuitive and simple way. The Hello UI is cool, but it's really hard to get to, and so I, for one, never use it, which is a real shame because it is a great concept, just poorly executed. Still, BREW (Qualcomm's OS, used on the phone) is simple and straightforward and will appeal to the heavy texter, and even the average one. Features The Rumor Touch has a great feature set for the most part, with dedicated Google Maps, email, Twitter, and Facebook apps. It also has both a default browser and the excellent Opera Mini, which is speedy and easy to use and great over a 3G connection. The email app is far from spectacular, and only works with Yahoo! and Gmail (so I couldn't hook up my Verizon account), but hey, it's there, and most people I know use Yahoo! and Gmail anyway. Still, it's really not a Blackberry. The Twitter and Facebook apps are similar to the email in that they are far for great, but they're there and that's a bonus any day on a feature phone (P.S.--I don't use Facebook and Twitter, so I really haven't used them except to see what they were--you should get a second opinion on them.). Google Maps is an awesome app that works as a GPS; it's kind of slow, but it will help if you are completely lost and need help, which is really what it's supposed to do. Media There is a microSD slot on the phone that can support up to 32gb microSD cards, so if you use it, you can put all the music on it you want, provided you buy the card. The multimedia is not bad. Sound quality is good, and videos are pretty much what you would expect from a 240x400 screen--kind of watchable. Wrap-up There was really nothing about this phone that really blew me away, but there was nothing that made me cringe either. The good things about this phone definitely outweigh the bad, and the few bad things are really mostly minor and hardly deal-breakers. For everyone except heavy smartphone users, this phone will be great.Read full review
The phone works great for voice calls and text messaging. I dont do much else with the phone, so I cant speak for any other features it has. The QWERTY keyboard works great, and it's easy to use. One thing that's missing - if you have a missed call, message, etc - the phone doesn't have any blinking lights to let you know. (several of my previous phones have had that feature) It has a message reminder feature, which causes the phone to beep periodically if you have a new message, but that can be disruptive (i.e. - if the phone is on my desk at work, and I'm away from my desk for a while) Just a simple blinking LED light would do the trick. But overall, I'm real happy with the phone. The main reason I purchased it is because I lost my old phone, and needed a new one ASAP. Someone was selling this phone on ebay, and they were local to where I live, and that's the main reason I decided to give it a shot.Read full review
I like the full keyboard option on this cell phone makes texting easier. I have always used a flip phone and this is not but it still is nice. There is a key lock almost instantly so you can put this in your pocket while you are at work and not worry about pushing any buttons. The phone is easy to hear on which is a big deal for me since I am hard of hearing with background noise. The ringer is easy to hear as well. It has standard features of any other brand. I have always been really partial to a Samsung phone and this is the first LG seems to be great. Battery life is really long as well. I would recommend this if you text a lot.
This phone is way out of date. But Its great for my mother. Not to hard to use but full of extra features she will never use. Under "Normal" usage by a 50+ year old woman the battery will last 3-4 days. She loves the slide out keyboard and the memory card. Great for keeping pictures of the grandchildren easily on hand. The camera sucks but you get what you pay for. Other than that its a tough old phone and simple to use.
The Lg Rumor touch is great phone. The touch screen is pretty good and responsive. the camera is OK but lacks flash and doesn't really take good pictures. The video quality is ok to and only records 320x240. The Battery life is good, call quality is good but the keyboard of the phone is not really spacey and might take awhile to get used to. Music player sucks though because its really slow changing songs. In general it's a good phone. It's one of the phone that you can get if you are trying to avoid data plans on smartphones.
