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LG Rumor Black Phone (Sprint)
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Our Price: $47.81
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Average Customer Rating:   
Manufacturer: Sprint
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Binding: Wireless Phone
Brand: LG
Color: Black
Feature: Candybar-style phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard in black/blue
Label: Sprint
Manufacturer: Sprint
Model: Rumor
Publisher: Sprint
Release Date: 2007-10-28
Studio: Sprint
Variation Description: Black
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Features
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Candybar-style phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard in black/blue
Easy access to text/IM messaging, email (web and POP3/IMAP), and social networking sites like Facebook
1.3-megapixel camera with video capture; MicroSD expansion; Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity for communication headsets
Up to 4.5 hours of talk time; measures 4.49 x 2.60 x 0.55 inches (WxHxD)
Includes: Battery, Charger
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Sprint Customer Service is the WORST
Comment: A word about Sprint: They used to be the best, and they are now the worst. The absolute worst.
If you call them today, July 15'th 2008, you will get through the prompts until you are given a wait-time and then the systems tells you to call back later and hangs up on you. I'm not surprised at all. They got rid of 80 % of their customer service workforce.
Things have appeared on my bill for a year that shouldn't be there. I have made 5 attempts to fix this and finally gave up. Plan on a two-hour call to get something accomplished and then prepare yourself to be utterly crazed with anger when you see that nothing was actually done several times. A lady from Sprint called me trying to sell something and extend my contract, I laughed so hard, that she actually tried to fix my problems. She said she did and of course, it's still on my bill.
I'm turning off my phone today...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Green LG Rumor - love the color!
Comment: I think the favorite thing I like about my phone is the cool green color( yes I'm female). I get lots of compliments. I definitely can tell my phone apart from the kids or husband when their phones are all on the counter togther! The bright color also helps me to find the phone when I drop it in the bottom of my purse (as opposed to the cell phone pocket in my purse). My old grey/black phone was much harder to spot in the black hole that is my purse!
I love the qwerty keyboard, but also dont like having to hit shift to get a period. I havent had any problems with the auto-lock turning off by the keyboard sliding out accidentally- but I carry it in a purse as opposed to my pants pocket. This may be helpful to know for women buyers.
The camera is so-so quality. I hate that it doesnt zoom.
My biggest complaint though is the sound is not very loud when I am talking to people. I have the earpiece volume turned all the way up, and often have to tell people to speak up. This gets very annoying. I am young and have great hearing so that is the not the problem. But I would imagine elderly people would have a very hard time hearing with this phone.
Overall, I would buy again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Greatest Phone Offered By Sprint
Comment: Eventhough this phone lacks the EvDo highspeed data functions, the quick menus and slide out qwerty keypad make up for it. This is a great phone for someone who likes to text, taking quick photos, and grab their email on the go. I was a previous iPhone user since it's day one release, and after handling a friend's rumor, I decided to get my own. For the price, its a steal, and this is quite a sturdy phone as it fell out of my pocket walking up the stairs to my apartment---THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS IT FELL, LANDING ON CONCRETE--one minor snick on the battery door. By the way, it wasn't a lucky fall...it landed face down and bounced. By far the best cellphone I've seen in years.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't Buy Sprint
Comment: I'd love to be able to review this phone, but Sprint cancelled my order (for no apparent reason -- they couldn't even come up with one to give me) after I paid for it and the deposit. They said that I would receive the refund on my credit card in 7 to 10 days. After this time had passed, I called them back and they are now mailing it to me (14 days). It took 5 seconds for them to charge my credit card and an entire month (hopefully) to get a refund for THEIR mistake.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I love this phone, I hate this phone...
Comment: I concur with the gripes (and raves as well) expressed by other reviewers of this phone. What I also like about the phone is that there's about 3 dozen different, very cool ringers, tones, and melodies if you're a cheapskate like me and decide not to purchase ringtones. What I don't like is that not every alert on the phone can be set to a ringer or volume of your choosing. Other things I love and hate about this phone:
- The qwerty keyboard renders the keyguard lock option completely useless
- I still haven't figured out how to use my pics as slideshow screensaver (another reviewer had a similar complaint, so this may not even be an available function)
- Why do I have to pay for Voice Command when my PREPAID phone has that utility for free??
- I'm more of a texter, so the qwerty keyboard was the dealmaker for me and far as I'm concerned its very easy to use, loads of fun, and ultra convenient. Someone complained about switching between symbols and letters, I say its no problem if you do a lot of texting bcuz you eventually get used to the switch; its certainly better than thumbing thru 1 until you get to a symbol.
- Having a camera without a flash option is a problem in dark settings, otherwise, the resolution and quality works out great- you just have to be very still to take a decent picture.
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Editorial Reviews:
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If you need to stay on top of your text, email and instant messaging as well as your social networks, LG's affordable Rumor for Sprint makes it easy to quickly communicate thanks to its slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Rumor is also a great choice for a cellular audio player, with wide multiformat support, a 2.5mm headphone jack, and up to 4 GB of storage via optional MicroSD memory cards. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets and dial-up networking, a 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder, real music ringtone support, speakerphone capability, and a GPS receiver and access to Sprint's optional turn-by-turn navigation services. 
Catch up on gossip when you're on the go with the LG Rumor, which offers a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and easy connectivity to popular IM networks and even Facebook. |  | Sprint Service
Sprint PCS Vision gives you instant access to amazing things you will really use, every day. You'll enjoy advanced wireless services, like web access, email and text messaging that is easy to learn and use anytime. Sprint Mobile Email enables access to email from popular providers simply by entering username and password with no downloads required. Plus, with the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network you get the nationwide coverage and voice clarity you've come to expect from Sprint. Sprint offers a variety of messaging options beyond text including Voice SMS, which allows you to record a voice message and send it to any mobile phone, email address, or landline phone just like a text message, and Text to Landline, which allows Sprint subscribers to send a text message to a landline phone where it is automatically converted to a voice message. Preloaded with Sprint Navigation, this phone provides full-feature GPS navigation including voice and on screen turn-by-turn driving directions and more than 10 million business listings. And with the optional Wireless Backup service from Sprint, you can automatically store your phonebook contacts on the Sprint network, allowing them to be instantly updated in the event your phone is lost, stolen, or replaced. It also allows you to manage your phonebook contacts through a Sprint web page. Phone Features
The Rumor offers one touch access to messaging through a softkey from the idle screen and it automatically populates the messaging menu when the slider is opened. You'll enjoy easy access to Sprint Mobile eMail to check and send mail from multiple accounts through familiar providers including Yahoo! AOL, Gmail and Microsoft Live. It also provides quick access to instant messaging services including AIM, MSN and Yahoo! as well as several popular social networking communities, including Facebook and Xanga. To personalize the text messaging experience, the Rumor offers the ability to assign "text tones" to address book entries for audible identification of text message senders. The Rumor's face has a 176 x 220-pixel LCD (262K colors), five-way navigation toggle, soft keys, and numeric keypad, and it smoothly slides open to the left to reveal the QWERTY keyboard (which automatically switches the screen to landscape mode). The internal phonebook has a 500 contact capacity, each with space for five phone numbers, email and Web addresses, and a memo. You can also assign a photo ID to a contact entry, as well as assign it to a group as well as to a specific ringtone. The 1.3-megapixel camera provides three resolution options (1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 pixels), and features up to a 15x digital zoom, brightness and white balance controls, self-timer, and in-phone image enhancement. It also provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC (either using USB or Bluetooth). You can record video at two resolutions--176 x 144 and 128 x 96 pixels--at up to 2 hours for saving to memory card or in 10- or 20-second lengths for sending via messaging or email. Videos can be used as ringers and screen savers Because the Rumor is Bluetooth enabled (version 2.0), wireless communication headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands-free operation. It also provides profiles for hands-free (v1.5), dial-up networking, object push, basic printing, file transfer, and phone book access. You can save up to 20 Bluetooth pairings. Other features include: - Media player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, M4A, MID, AMR, QCP, 3GPP, MP4, 3G2, 3GPP, M4V, and PMD formats
- Speed dial (98 entries + 1 voicemail default)
- Tools: Alarm clock, calculator, scheduler, notepad, world clock, EZ tip calculator, D-Day counter, unit converter
- USB wired connectivity to your PC, with mass storage capability
- One-touch speakerphone
- Voice Memos (up to 10 minutes; can be set as ringers)
- 34 unique ringtones plus vibrate and silent modes
- TTY/TDD support; M3/T3 hearing aid rating
- Web browser: Infraware Polaris 5.01
- Flight mode enables you to listen to music with cell radio turned off
- T9 predictive text entry
Vital Statistics
The LG Rumor weighs 4.1 ounces and measures 4.3 x 2 x 0.7 inches. Its 950 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time. It runs on the 850/1900 CDMA frequencies.
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