Customer Reviews:
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 love it.. August 10, 2007
Allison Cook (New England, USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I just go the new LG Chocolate VX8550 and it is a great phone. My biggest gripe is that it is not compatable with my new MacBook. I think that LG needs to retool it's music software so that it either used itunes as well as windows media player or becomes Mac friendly.
The design of the phones is slim and very light. It is very comfortable to talk on and the battery seems to last a long time in standby. Using other applications, however, drains it quickly.
I would encourage you to consider this phone, I think that you will be happy with it!
 Not as bad as some would have you think! November 11, 2007
D. J. Savage (Lowell, Mass)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
First off I like the VX8550 blue mint chocolate so lets get that out of the way. I read through some of the reviews and really people! It's a cell phone that plays music not an i-pod that you make calls on. Those are called i-phones. As cell phones go it's been pretty durable so far, and I'm not the most gentle with these things. Yes the touch controls are a little sensitive, but the learning curve isn't impossible. A blue tooth device or a hands free adapter keeps your face off the touch pad quite nicely. A 5 star is really a bit rich of a rating, it's more like 4 1/2, nothing in this world rates a 5 star, except my wife. She by the way has dropped this phone twice and it still works great.
Great phone stylish design August 9, 2007
John Low (Washington, DC)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is really great phone. I have had mine for about a month and it is working well. The camera takes decent pics for a camera phone. Call quality is great. Reception is excellent on Verizon- in the Washington DC area nothing else comes close!!
Only issue is keeping the screen clear of scratches- I bought a screen protector off of Ebay and it is working well.
 Nice Phone, MP3 Player could use some work August 4, 2007
J-Hog (San Francisco, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The phone is nice. Works well, good reception, have no issues with it.
The MP3 player could use some work. I primaraly use the MP3 player for a 4 hour morning show. The MP3 player has no book mark and a painfully slow fast forward (goes about 4 seconds ff for every 1 second of holding down the ff). The player also loses it's place in the MP3 very easily.
This caused me to have to break up the 4 hour mp3 into 15 minute segments, which also game me a new list of problems. The player does not keep a playlist in the order you uploaded it onto the phone. The only way I found to accomplish this is to go into the properties of each MP3 file and change the title. Changing the file name doesn't work cause the Chocolate reads the title name and sorts it that way.
 Less than 1 day old, and slide mechanism already jammed July 27, 2007
Erica Mcevoy
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
I very recently signed a new contract with Verizon, and received my LG Chocolate VX 8550 phone in the mail earlier today. After reading the online reviews for this phone, I've been very excited and even saved up the $150 to get it with a 2 yr. contract. I take great care and am very gentle with all my electronics (to make them last as long as possible), and was really upset when my phone jammed this evening. I only made 2 phone calls with this phone, and after my last call, I closed the phone like usual. A few minutes later, when trying to answer an incoming call, I was unable to slide open the phone. Up until that point, it had remained untouched, didn't fall on any surface, have anything spilled or dropped on it, or any other trauma happen to it. I've tried to see if something somehow got stuck in-between the phone layers, and have tried really hard to slide it open again without breaking it, all to no avail. I suspect that one (or both) of the hinges on the slide has jammed.
I find it very irritating that something that costs $500 can be this fragile.
As for the rest of the phone, I found the keypad to be a bit annoying to use (not ergonomic) and I didn't like that only PCs are compatible with this phone (for things like music downloads -- I'm a devout Mac and Linux user). The glossy finish on the phone ensures constant smudging all over, which I find annoying. However, the aesethics of this phone are amazing. Very sharp and bright screen, nice quality photo camera, and fairly easy to navigate. Sound quality was good, as was ease of getting around the menus. I've yet to test the mp3 and downloading speeds. It apparently also has a voice recorder, but I've yet to find it (not easy to find).
From the many positive reviews I've read for this phone, it's possible that mine was just a manufacturing glitch. But since it's a brand new model, I am now skeptical to exchange for another Chocolate VX 8550 until more, longer-term, reviews are available.
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