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  • Holy crap dude, wake up! Didn't have your coffee that day? I could only get one minute into the video before stopping it. How on earth do you expect people to watch this??? Wake up and perk up!

  • You made this soo fucking boring

  • @Sammyminur the env 3 is gay

  • I have this but I wanna get a chocolate touch :D

  • I have it but i would like to put a song as a ringtone on it...

  • ijust bought this phone today its says its activated but its not i paid 10 to have it ugraded from my old phone when i dial 123 to top it says the line is busy it wont call anything the phone says it has 10 on it prepaid but it wont work help plz?????

  • thats my phone i love it!!

  • Could you make this review more boring?

  • env3!!!!!!!

  • i want to get this phone, is it worth getting it?

  • Why would you get this phone? It's an older phone and sometimes drops calls. If I were you i'd get a newer phone, like a moto rival or something that's cheap

  • @omgitzz123 yeah!

  • I have this phone.

    And its my first, its very stable.

    Its strong, if it drops.

    I recommend this phone, if you are registering for the first time for a phone.

    Yes there are picture, video, text, mobile web features, very neat and organized, there is also a calender, and everything else you need!, I recommend this now!. I love this phone.

  • I'm just wondering but can someone tell me if this phone has a video camcorder? And about how long is the battery life when used heavily or mildly?? I love to text a lot, and I'm also wondering if this phone is good and easy to text on or not?? Does it break easily? Thanks!

  • I have this phone from Alltell but its the same thing. I have threw it, droped it, steped on it and its still oing strong i love it :D

  • CONS:

    1. it doesn't let you drag and drop pictures from your computer to your cell so you have no choice to either use queer default telus pictures, actually shop images off the net through your cell which are shit quality, or take pictures with the 1.3 mega pixel camera and set that as your main display wallpaper.

    2. you can't just directly plug earphones to cell, you have to use this extra wire that connects your earphones to your cell which looks like shit.

    3. no customized .mp3 ringtones

  • I've also had this one for about 3 years. I've dropped it I don't know how many times on concrete. still works great. Best durable phone I've ever owned.

  • Had this phone for 3 years without a single problem. The data/charging port finally is dead (not fully connecting) and it is forcing me to get a new phone. If I could I would just buy another one but it isn't offered. If you have the chance, and want something a little more than basic (if you are looking for a phone that will scratch your balls for you look elsewhere) this is the phone for you.

  • Hi, I really wanna get this phone and I know where to get it ( at best buy ) but the problem is, I don't know if its still sold in prepaid by Telus, can someone please tell me?

  • @QualifiedKid i got it today on telus prepaid :) i got mine at future shop

  • this phone is shit

  • not cool dude hahaha

  • I have this phone, everything is great, the only major thing about the phone is that it doesnt have flash.

    Im switching my phone to blackberry tour though, not because of this phone, just because the bb tour is sick and i want a smartphone haha.

  • hey i just got that phone i was wondering does it record for at least 10 minuts thank's man???

  • by its own internal memory yes but can record way longer depending on external memory you put in.

  • is it prepaid?

  • yes you get a $50 prepaid card with new activations, meaning you can't have an account with telus already to get the card to work.

  • i've had lg decoy and ITS VERY GOOD but it got wet so im getting this phone couse they dont make the decoy anymore :(

  • witch one is better?

    flip or slider??

  • the flip. just got. very good

  • good phone

  • contracts are for idiots and suckers...this was good review, i now see how this phone is a piece of shit, i preffer the shine

  • the shine is much better. the lg 8600 is a lot easier to break, so i went with the samsung u510. i broke it by falling of a bike going 10 km/h. lame.

  • the shine sucks

  • I've had this phone for the past 2 years and have had NO problems. LG really went all out with this phone; durable, stylish, sleek, simple to use and everything is just great

    10/10

    My contract is now up and I'm going with the LG Decoy.

  • the screen color is blue?

  • your so boring explaining this lol

  • I've had this phone for 2 years now, and I have not one complaint about it. It has been one of the best phones I have had and it has held up for the whole time. :]

    For those of you asking about getting music on the phone, it is posable. Aslong as you have a MicroSD card, and have the adapting piece for your computer... just copy files onto the card in the proper folders and put it in your phone (MP3 format). Your phone should automatically read the files and have them in your library.

  • idk if anyone has seen pineapple express but he sounds like red. lol great review!

  • i had the 8600 for 2 years now...dont have a problem with it but im getting the lg dare

  • haha he sounds sick

  • Is it possible to download mp3s from my computer to my lg vx8600??

  • this guy doesnt now what hes talkign about. you can change the pixles

  • how?

  • iv got the asme one but mine isnt from verison its from telus and my version is better

  • same here, telus is terrible but at least they offer better support and a range of products

  • same here but on mine the buttons on the front light up

  • ya so do mine but telus is hella expensive

  • not that expensive, I have the telus version and I got it free on a three year contract

  • i got the phone free to but the plan is expensive. im payin $50 a month for 1 phone. and i have to bay for every incoming and uotgoing text witch is gay. im never gettin telus again. and nobody ever should. m getting rodgers next

  • do buy any phone with LG on it.. my 8500 chocolate is a piece of garbage... shittiest phone i've EVER owned

  • I am black and i have a black cellphone.. but i am not racist... i prefer black over white, and im not talking about people

  • i love black phones too! There just legit hands down!

  • I like Telus better :)

  • Yeah, telus has a way better model telus' 8600 is way better

  • Great phone, until the shitty hinge breaks and the phone will stop working

  • how to put personal ringtones on this phone?

  • same as most others download them and it comes with some to

  • Well obviously you can browse the web and download ringtones, but i think Lazymofo6969 was wondering if you can put "Custom Ringtones" on the phone. Which is a pretty good question, how do you put Custom Ringtones on the LG 8600 (flip)? Or is it even possible?

  • It's impossible to put custom ringtones on the LG 8600. I own one, and trust me, I've tried. lol. The only way you can get them is to voice record them (*decent quality depending on volume*), or download them from RealTone Jukebox (*or something similar*).

  • No no no, it is posiable. It is just a pain... you have to go to websites (on your computer) like phonezoo. c om *remove space* and make one out of an MP3 file you have on your computer. This website will send the finished file directly to your phone, or you can download it too your computer and E-mail it or transfur it too an SD card. It's not the BEST quality but it is not bad at all. There are other websites that do this with better quality but it tends to take longer. :] hope this helped

  • can you put a 4gb SD in it? or is it just 2gb

  • I have this phone, just got it today. Its kind of hard to get my Ipod Files on it, but it is slowly going.

  • nvm, i got my music on this phone a while ago, but i DO NOT reccommend you buy it. you cannot get custom ringtones on it, and if your with telus, you will definately not be able to do anything ringtone related. I only have the pre-installed ringtones, and its KILLING ME!!!!anyone know how to get past the telus barrier? msg me please!!!

  • on a scale of 1-10 how strong,or good is it

  • id give it a 9 still

    cuz its a badmans phone

  • i'd give it a 10 on strenght like me and my friend have it and she got pissed and like through it at cement one day and it didnt break but on over all good probebly a 9 cause like most phones it can/will have technical dificulties

  • like 4 or 5 lol

  • also...my camera and video dont work anymore, its just a black screen?? can i fix this somehow?????

  • I had this phone for about a year or 1 1/2 years..

    since about 2-3 months ago ive been having problems with the lights on the front of this phone turning on and not turning off unless you turn it off and back on.

    also, when i get calls or text messages both the front and the inside screens turn white and i have to close and open my phone several times..its really annoying, is there any way to fix this?

  • omg the same thing happened to my old phone im going to phone telus(that;s my network phone who ever ur network is) in telus they will ship u a new phone( that's what they did for me) hope it helps

  • i used to have the 8600 and snapped it now i have the lg scoop

  • can u use your own songs as ringtones for this phone?

  • i have that and my battery sux

  • BORING!!

  • holy crap. speak quicker PLZ...this review could easily be 1/2 the time

  • both displays look very dark

  • can u take video on that kind of phone....????

  • yes you can

  • can u recode song and if u can recode songs can u make it ur ringtone can someone send me the answer to my question plz

  • I love this phone!! I've had it for about a year and I jsut love being able to listen to my music on it.

  • any problems seem to be with phones from alltel. mine is from verizon and i love it. the speaker for mp3s is more than enough. it sounds really good for a phone.

  • I have the same phone with telus can i still get that arch theme

  • i have this phone.. its incredible.. but me and a few friends that have the same phone have had really bad problems with the charger

  • i have that problem

  • how?

  • Dont get this phone i got it and it mess up alot.. the charge doesnt last more than 2hours when u talk and forget about using it as ur mp3 the batteries drain really fast

  • i love this phone, i have it, and i love it!

    It works fine!

  • same here, I love mine

  • I effin hate this phone for alltel. Ive gone through 3 of them. And I only dropped it once or twice. The screen looks like your looking at it in the mirror cause it reverses on me for sum reason. It takes 15 min 2 send a text with 5 bars. It has no water damage or a scratch on it but it still messes up on me. And when you are on a call the earpiece sounds dimmed. I hate this phone so much. The thing that sucks is i have to exchange it 4 times to get a different kind of phone. DONT GET THIS PHONE

  • well maybe you should be more carefull with it! smart one!

  • God this phone is such a pos i bought one brand new from alltel and the service sucks ass the camera is so shitty it shows up scratchs soo bad and not to mention is sooo hard to text with the ONLY this i like is the mp3..wish i would have never got rid of my Razr for this phone

  • i got this phone before it was discontinued, its amazing.

  • I was discontinued? Wow, I'm lucky, i found one of these and and activated it =D

  • I use Telus for thins phone workes amazing

  • I'm really disappointed Verizon discontinued this phone, it looks great :(

  • phone***** my bad

  • ''willida11'' you are so right i saw this in iron man and i was like ohhhh lol...and he does sound like the guy off ''Ferris Bueler''..and i have had this phone for like 2 years and its a great pgone the batt. life is good its a good phone

  • Man. This guy sounds like the teacher on Ferris Bueler's day off, the movie. Bueler.....? Bueler......? Bueler......?

  • haha

  • I bought the LG VX-8600 last april of 2007 and it still works like a charm and no chipped paint or anything major and my battery is pretty good, but I make sure to run it down completely from time to time, charge it and then let it sit for 15 minutes while it's off. I can listen to music on it's loudest volume nonstop for about 2 1/2 hours. I have the motorola bluetooth stereo head set for my phone and it's the bomb! If anyone checks out the Movie IRON MAN,look at the phone Terrance Howard use.

  • i have that phone and i love it

  • anyone have this mosquito buzz on their LCD?

  • I cant listen to this review, you have absolutley no expresion for anything in your voice, your completley monotone all of the time.

  • IF ANYONE HAS AN ALLTEL PHONE THAT THEY WANNA SELL

    CONTACT ME&& LET ME KNOW! PLZ.& THANKyou!

  • i have this phone its very very durable. it has proven to me that it is WATERPROOF yes you heard me right. it has been in a 4 foot river and still works to this day

  • this is a good phone. i dont care if its discontinued. it owns.

  • where do you put the memory card?

  • thank god its discontinued.

    the 8600 was shit.

    it had a fantastic camera and sound system. but--- the phone auto-powered on and off.

    the charging wouldnt work finally i got sick of it after the charger in the phone actually came out. i didnt drop the phone once. until i threw it away. so im getting the new "glimmer" from alltel once they run out of the 8600's.

  • Flip has better ratings than the slide.

    go for the flip.

  • I thought chocolate phone is awesome but

    after I saw the buttons.. I hate it!!

    slide rocks!!

  • The flip one stinks! i've had five of them and i dont break phones easily! I dont recomend it!

  • i need ur help . i really like the lg vx 8700 and the 8600 but i really like the stainless steel factor yet you pointed out alot of flaws. everyone. i need ur help!!!

  • I have one. Any questions regarding the LG 8700?

  • ya... just wonderin', um now im thinking of getting the slide cuz i hate how the screen half of it folds over the keypad half. just wondering would there b an advantage to getting the slide even though i like flips cuz they protect the screen. im also condsidering a blackberry pearl.

  • Truly, I have no right to tell you what is best, but I purchased a flip phone because it reduces the scratches on the screen, etc. Again, as far as I know, Blackberries are front screen only. The only difference between a flip LG 8700 and a slide LG 8700 is that the flip one has a front LCD time and date display, even if you did not flip the phone open. The slide phone does not. In addition, you may consider also purchasing a protective case for the slide phone, if you purchase one.

  • yeah, im finding cince i m in canada i have to go to a place called Rogers, so they only have the slide and personally, i don't care for nokias, samsungs, or motorolas. i think i will get a case for the slide because it really will bug me if it gets scratched. and i've decided not to get a blackberry because of the price and within 2 weeks the buttons get flimsy. so i think the slide is the way to go.

  • I live in Canada as well, but I purchased my LG 8700 flip phone at Bell. Rogers did not have it for sale, nor does it have the LG 8700 flip version now. Congratulations and enjoy your new phone.

  • i have the 8600 but my dad said i can get a voyager or a blackberry

  • disconnected now

    sucks anyway mine broke twice

  • LG VX8600 A+

  • this looks like the alltel lg ax 8600

  • its the same thing only they have it in different colors verizon only has it in black

  • i have a verizon chocolate

    and it's white

  • is this phone worth getting?

  • yea it really is i have the 8600 but its discontinued at the moment =[

  • this handset is def not a guys handset. The small keypad sucks and I find myself misdialing often due to the small numbers. Another thing I dont like is there is no message waiting indicator/call indicator on the outside. This handset is a fingerprint nightmare. Every little smudge shows up and youll find yourself constantly wiping it off

  • vx 8600 ftw, i have one also.

  • HEY I NEED SOME HELP! Ive had this phone for a year now, I find it aggravating because I can Take photos upto 1280X res but my videos are limited to 176x144!!! I cannot find the settings anywhere to change this video resolution!

  • i like these reviews, they've helped me out quite a bit on phones i've thought about choosing.

  • do you have to use a USB cable to hook the micro SD card to ur computer of can you just put it in the same slot that my XD(digital camera) card goes into. (not all computers have this feature i dont think lol) plz help!

  • can you get a usb cable and hook it up to a computer???????

  • use bluetooth

  • can you get a usb cable and hook it up to a computer???????

  • I have this phone its really cool good service nad nice looking but its really fragile already broke one

    \

  • I love mine too

    its awesome isnt it???

    yeaaa

  • love my vx8600!

  • I got mine 4 $79.99!!

  • i have this fone and it is KICK ASS!

    get it

  • I have this phone and the hinge is getting a little loose. I think that snapping noise it was making is making the hinge that way. My brother even has a friend who has this phone and the top screen won't stay up unless you hold it like that.

    Also, the side buttons are getting rusty. No idea why.

    It's a good phone, but not as good as it was.

  • i like the chocolate phone better.

  • i dont like it because the PAINT KEEPS CHIPPING.. anyone else agree? its actually more fragile than the chocolate because its less "brick-like"... ive gone through 2 already in 8 months.

  • Hey, The paint in the inside panel is chipping for me. I have had mine for since last December. I like it better than the chocolate

  • I've been trying to get this phone and I've wanted it for a long time. But since it has discontinued from verizon I can't. Does anyone know how I can get one?

  • You can get one at Telus.

  • you cant get it anymore.. but they do have a new phone that replaced it.. there are some differences in the new one.. but i is by far way more sleek looking and more durable looking.. its the lgvx8700

  • for anybody dat has dis phone hows the battery life

  • 16 days on standby, thats what it says. Music for a couple hours

  • the chocolate flip is so pretty BUT expensive... and if u think the flip is ugly, u must be retarded

  • Yeah. Now I have it (well I've had it for almost a month). And there's this little 'snapping' noise when I open and close it (that's the best way I can describe it). But other than that, it's a great phone. No regrets. =]

  • i really don't understand why the AX/VX8600 is called the "Flip Chocolate" Shouldn't it be the Fusic?

  • I just got this phone. I love it so far. It does have it's pros and cons... mostly pros. I think the only cons I have with it so far are with the speakerphone not being very loud, the flat keypad, the small and slippery side buttons(unavoidable on a phone this thin), and the microSD slot which can easily get the memory card stuck in there(don't push it in too much). The phone doesn't come with miscroSD card but they aren't too expensive if you don't buy from Verizon.

  • UGllYYYYYYYY

  • are the LG phones any good???

    cuz im about to get the LG U400 in a couple of days...

    and is that phone any good??

  • I'm getting this in a couple of days or so. =D

  • Isn't this phone with Alltel now? LOL.

  • yeh, the AX8600

  • i got that phone the first time it came out and i love it. it is really nice and i love watching tv on it

  • i like that phone i might get it or a moto kazr dont know witch one yet

  • this phone looks crap....they seems to downngrade the mp3 player interface back to VERIZON crappy mp3 interface compare to the chocolate

  • i love the choclate

  • does it come with the microSD card?

  • I got the 8600 ^.^

    i love it people always look at it in amazement cause its so cool and smaller then the stinky razor =p

  • Yeah, REALLY boring. And I couldn't see anything on the screen! Consider getting a new reviewer cause you're really boring esecially with that boring, high school teacher type of tone! Gosh!

  • hhaha i must agree. even the phone arena guy [who you cannot understand for shit] is more entertaining.

  • If you take verizon earbuds (which sound terrible) cut them off and solder a 3.5 female adapter to them you can use whatever headphones you like. Can't download free java games and put them on this phone with Gthing... yet (same with chocolate i think). I use this phone as my mp3 player which saves me like 300 bucks and it looks great. Modification of headphones is a must but not hard.

  • Most boring review EVER. I got one, only paid like 20 bucks for it after term was up. Display is great looking, camera is better than most i've seen, and it has features like inverting colors, sepia, b&w. At first i was very dissapointed with music. Actually sounds pretty good from mono speaker but wont accept varying bitrate mp3... some mp3 it just don't like. NO HEADPHONE JACK, just like all phones. Have to buy memory, (will take 2 gig) have to buy music kit seperate (30 bucks).

  • I have a question for you...how do you make the external screen stay lit for as much time as you want? I have the VX8600 but it annoys me when I have to press a button or open the phone to see the time because the external screen shuts off after 5 seconds.

  • does the phone have good camera quality?? && do you need to buy a memory card when u buy one?

    because i might be getting one a LG VX8600 when my contract ends..but over alll i like this one better than the 8500..

  • I hate verizon's firmware, but thanks for the tips on this phone, I was having trouble deciding but now I'm pretty sure I'm getting a KRZR or Chocolate

  • thnx ill keep that in mind :D

  • 8600 the chocolate has trouble connecting to the computer you get a fail message the 8600 is so easy to use and it's cool

  • grr im trying to decide...well i like the 8600 because you can use videos as a wallpaper, and the chocolate cant...mannn....which one is better the 8500 or 8600?? please help

  • I have the 8600 and I like it a lot. I have played with the Chocolate 8300 and the touch controls on the front are very annoying and don't keep up with you. I really like the 8600, especially because of design and practicality/ease of use.