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Reviewed by Tasha from England on
21st Aug 2010
I had this phone on contract in october 2009. first of all it was
really great. But then the battery kept running out, had to charge
it twice a day also the phone was very hot. Orange then sent me
another battery and it was the same still running out quickly. so
i had to send my phone to them and they replaced it with another
one. i was really annoyed as this one had scratches on it and a
few contacts already in the phonebook, so wasnt new. i complained
and they sent me a new phone. the new phone worked for a while but
now starting to have problems. the phone is getting very hot on
the back. not very good signal and the screen froze and went black
and couldnt get it to for for 30 mins.
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Reviewed by Kate from Glasgow on
17th Aug 2010
Without a doubt the worst mobile phone I have ever had and I would
not recommend this to anyone!!!! It keeps unlocking itself whilst
the phone is in my handbag and dials numbers in my phonebook! How
on earth it does that I have no idea. I absolutely HATE this phone,
its awful!
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Reviewed by Ben from Nottingham on
16th Aug 2010
Worst mobile phone I have ever owned. Had to return the handset
to ORANGE with 48 hours of getting my upgrade. From day one the
WIFI hasn't worked properly. a few months down the line the phone
began to have serious signal issues. (calls and messages not going
through: in or out). Shortcut menu has recently stopped working.
handset will not let me save or delete images, videos etc. handset
internal memory constantly being displayed as full (even though
it was completely empty) meaning that i could not send or receive
emails, recieve bluetooth file, etc. Would seriously recommend avoiding
the gt505 at all costs. Not worth the aggravation of owning one.
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Reviewed by David from England on
21st Jul 2010
I have recently had this phone as an Orange upgrade because I liked
the idea of the UMA technology (automatic call routing via a domestic
broadband hub when cell recption is poor). Essentially, the service
is not robust or reliable. Couple this to a five hour standby battery
life on UMA and it simply isn't fit for purpose. As mentioned in
previous reviews Orange UMA also stops you using standard Wi-Fi
for data access. If you are buying this phone locked to Orange you
are wasting your time. The basic phone is decent, and in its standard
non-Orange form is probably OK
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Reviewed by Matt Sm from England on
13th Jul 2010
All the apps cost £5 or more. GPS costs a lot. I keep making accidental
calls. Poor 3g. Not very good battery life. I take it off charge
for a day and don't use it at all and it'll be out of battery...
And its not the best touch screen. But saying that, the screen responds
well when tapped. Easy to unlock - a little too easy. Quick navigation.
Easyish to use. Good camera. Alright call quality. So, if you have
a lot of money to spend on apps and GPS, or want an over priced
device to make calls and texts, then go ahead and buy this phone.
Personally I'm looking for a new phone.
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Reviewed by Aron from sHABIR on
6th Jul 2010
WIFI DOESENT WORK
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Reviewed by sheldon from tortola (b.v.i)
on 2nd Jul 2010
wow wow wow and wow
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Reviewed by Aron Shabir from uk on
29th Jun 2010
Rang up orange for the WIFI they told me to access wifi i need to
TOP up its a joke
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Reviewed by colin from uk on
11th Jun 2010
got my phone dec 09 had to send it back for upgrade on software
as did not hold battery charge for more than 6 hours and getting
hot on back above battery,just before i sent it back i deleted all
memory including pics, you guessed it held its charge for 4 days,
I told lg when I posted it back okay at moment wonder if its going
to be same when lots of info stored on it?????.
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Reviewed by timi from Romania on
24th May 2010
hy,i have also a LG GT505 and it is very good,i bought it from Spain,and
i made a good choise buying this phone,i am not interested for gprs(if
i want one,i-ll buy a gprs not a telephone sincerely:),and wi-fi
is working good,i have no problems with it...kiss you:*:*:*
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Reviewed by Aron from from shabir on
24th May 2010
good phone wifi orange doesent do wifi
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Reviewed by Mike from UK on 21st
Apr 2010
I just upgraded with Orange to a GT505 [my choice]. On the whole
I like the phone the camera is good and I like the other features.
The main problem I have is the call and end button easily caught
when taking out of pocket and can accidentally end call before I
answer it not good as I use it for business. I has an LG KF600 before
and I really wish I had chosen another slide phone ,ah well in 18
months time I will and It will probably be another LG.
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Reviewed by Karen from UK on
20th Apr 2010
We have 3 of these phones for the last 3 months and are now finally,
fingers crossed sorted. My husband is on his 5th, son on his 3rd
and i am on my 2nd! Have had varying trouble with them from turning
themselves off, wifi not hooking up with the home hub, connecting
but showing not, no signal,bluetooth trouble and no internet connection.
Orange have been very helpful but LG are poor with customer service.
Hopefully all 3 are working internet, bluetooth and wifi all working
and no turning off mid conversation despite being fully charged.
It is a nice little mid range phone when it works and nice features.
Just watch out in case you get a lemon or 7 in our case.
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Reviewed by tony from belfast on
23rd Mar 2010
i got this phone about 2mnths ago and find it quite good.the camera
is excellent quality with good pictures taken with it.only a couple
a slight probs such as the touch keypad being a bit dodgy but thats
probably more to do with my fingers than anything and anyway you
get a stylus with the phone.also the screen lock at the side is
in a awkward position.as for the wifi i have no probs at all.i just
downloaded opera mini so i can use it at home and its been good.i
cant get a signal in my house so the uma technology is good as it
allows my wifi to be used as a signal booster.when taking this out
in contract i would recommend trying to wrangle some sort of free
mobile internet from your provider.i got mine from orange with 200mins
and unl texts for £20 p/m.overall a decent midrange phone that i
would recommend.
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Reviewed by nicole from england on
28th Feb 2010
i love this phone it is one of the best phones i have ever had and
it has a 5 mp camera and bluetooth and loads of features it is brilliant
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Reviewed by Aron from Shabir on
22nd Jan 2010
DO NOT GET ON ORANGE WIFI SOMEHOW DOSENT WORK CONNECTS TO ORANGE
WORLD
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Reviewed by jim from uk on 21st
Dec 2009
I have had this phone now for a few months ive had no problems except
a random reset every now and again which is strange nice phone could
do with more support eg apps like iphone has and don't like the
way it uses orange gps using the wifi function as it charges you
for using your free home wifi that real bad on their part. Jim.
www.thegadgetsgalore.com
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Reviewed by Cho from Hong Kong on
21st Dec 2009
Just got a LG GT505 and its been working fine. I've had it for 3
weeks with no problem (cross your fingers) though I know some friends
who have problems all the time with LG phones(which is known to
break down)... other than that though... I LOVE this phone :) It's
not heavy, it has the most important features I want (wi-fi, 5 megapixel
cam, good media player... except for the video portion which can't
play much on it of quality) and I really enjoy the design... I suggest
get one!
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Reviewed by rachel from united kingdom
on 19th Dec 2009
after having my upgrade from orange 4 months ago i have already
had 2 handsets from them both with the same fault it just stops
working for now reason and have been told i can't change to a different
phone so when this one does the same as i believe it will they wont
change it as my 6 months garentee will have expired i am not impressed
with it at all even tho the phone itself is a great phone( when
working)
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Reviewed by David from United Kingdom
on 12th Dec 2009
I am currently awaiting a courier to bring me my second replacement
of this model since my supposed "upgrade" from Orange. The first
few weeks proved very impressive indeed until the phone completely
stopped. Not a hint of warning, just stopped. I contacted my supplier
who advised me that there was a fault with the handset. Thank you,
I already knew that!!! I had an exchange about 4 weeks ago and the
same thing has happened again. The phone just stopped without warning.
Orange tell me I cannot change it although it fails in its most
basic function. Other than that, a great phone when it is not just
stopping. I am self employed and cannot run the risk that the thing
will not go faulty. Interesting facts of the way we live today:-
LG made a faulty item. Orange have recommended it to me (and replaced
it twice in 4 months). Obviously it is my fault for Chosing to accep
it in the first place. What a wonderful world it is
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Reviewed by B Nagy from Hungary on
1st Dec 2009
Bought in Belgium (170 euros, network-free!), use it in Hungary,
Excellent. Light (less than 100 grams - compare to hero or Iphone-one
third less), clear, 3 days without re-charging. Very logical menu,
easy but safe use (no unintentional actions). The only problem is
that it really wants to go online on the telephone network instead
of using the wifi. I will have to resolve that.
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Reviewed by Zoe from Australia on
23rd Nov 2009
Bought this phone while in Thailand for work. loved it for the first
10 days! thought it was amazing. BUT THEN the inner screen broke.
I had not dropped the phone once or anything. I was not using it
when it broke. Because I bought the phone in Thailand (from a legit
phone shop - not some crappy market or anything) LG have been unhelpful
about getting it repaired. NOT happy - will not be chosing LG in
the future.
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Reviewed by Jessica from Singapore on
22nd Nov 2009
The LG GT505 is a great phone and i've not encountered any problems
with it yet. Though the Samsung Jet has battery problems and mine
had to be repaired 3 times before the battery was fine.
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Reviewed by Tim from Vietnam on
20th Nov 2009
Just bought this phone a couple of days ago, it's loaded with lots
of extra's that make it appear great. GPS, 5MP camera, wifi the
rest. But unfortunately the LG PC suite that comes with the phone
is not compatible with some contact and E-mail programs, such as
Morzilla Thunderbird making it pretty difficult to get all your
contacts into unless you use microsoft office. Also it seems no
support is currently available to help you install new java applications.
Overall pretty disappointing
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Reviewed by Feliz from Viet Nam on
14th Nov 2009
This phone is amazing! For its price and value for moeny, I would
say this phone is an excellent choice. It has all the features that
I want in a phone: wifi, gprs, bluetooth, 5mp camera with flash,
sensitive touch screen, loud speaker, can work with office document,
pdf, pictures, audio, and video. And what I love most is the jogging
companion tool where you can monitor the distance and time. I've
used iPhone 2G & 3G, Lg Cookie, Nokia 5800 music Express, HTC touch,
and non of them can make me happy as my LG GT505. I's so happy to
have it and I recommend it to others too..I'm not working with LG
company ha?! hehehe
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Reviewed by Kate from UK on 8th
Nov 2009
First LG phone. It was offered as an upgrade and at first I wasnt
exactly impressed by it. However, Im beginning to love it and would
def be interested in having another LG phone. Unlike others, I have
no problem using my wifi?? and it remembers if I have used predictive
text. All in all, I love it and my friends seem to feel the same
too =)
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Reviewed by jacqui from england on
16th Oct 2009
really worried after reading reviews as it was being sent as a free
upgrade with orange,at first it drove me insane, but after a few
hours playing with it,i like it,i have no problem with the wi fi
access i connects to the home hub instantly,you just select wi fi
and not uma and pair in wi fi options, 3g+ is also good, and i have
tried the sat nav out indoors!!!, impressed how fast it found me
,and used 8 satellites,its my first all touch phone and it takes
a little while to adjust,but persevere if you dont want to pay a
lot extra to upgrade,the camera is good , and i to have no problems
remembering text input, you can customise wallpaper and text colours,
and it has a great feature if you scroll side ways you can put all
your fav numbers in to 3 different boxs for quick access,so after
intial frustration i quite like the phone early days but i think
i will be keeping it.
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Reviewed by Jessica from Scotland on
15th Oct 2009
I just can't understand it. How can this phone, which is not reasonably
priced, cause so much havoc in my life? 5 breakdowns and repaired
three times. Note to self: need new phone. get LG Cookie!
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Reviewed by Rob from UK on 29th
Sep 2009
Agree with Mike - Orange have ruined the phone by disbling the wifi
access. Do not buy if you want to access the internet free via your
home WIFI broadband - you can only access via UMA.
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Reviewed by Mike from London on
21st Sep 2009
Exclusive Orange phone in the UK. Orange have completely ruined
the phone by effectively disabling wifi access. You can only access
wifi as a UMA, which means Orange will charge you for using you
own wifi access point.
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Reviewed by phillipa from cheltenham
on 16th Sep 2009
please dont buy it buy a jet and if you cant afford that a tocco
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Reviewed by andrew from ENGLAND on
16th Sep 2009
Great fone, fantastic camera, i also took it out my pocket and the
inner screen was broken...
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Reviewed by James from England on
10th Sep 2009
I was really happy with this phone and was finally starting to get
used to the touch screen which took some getting used to especially
texting! however i took it out of my pocket and the screen inside
has cracked and leaked :( and i don't know what to do with it now
:i shall have to put the rating down now due to it breaking for
no real apparent reason :(
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Reviewed by Jamie from London on
8th Sep 2009
This was my first LG phone and I was a bit hesitant having disliked
my girlfriends secret in the past. This handset was suggested to
me by an Orange assistant as a free alternative to the Samsung Jet
(which I would have had to pay for on an upgrade) and I have to
say that although I don't have any major gripes with the phone or
it's features it doesn't particularly inspire. I have to disagree
with Matthew's comments about the phone not remembering the last
text input for messaging, and when unlocking I always use the touch
screen to unlock which is fine. Probably the biggest disappointment
is with the styling of the screens. The options are very functional
but with only 2 themes (black or white) and the inability to customise
the menus (as you can with basic Nokias) the phone is a bit rigid
and boring. There is no option to view contacts in a list and view
contact photos which I've had with my last 2 phones and the whole
uniformity which may not bother many does frustrate me. As mentioned
by Matthew the internet is very quick but to zoom in explorer sessions
is nowhere near as seamless and easy as on an iphone. Whilst I will
be sticking with my GT505, I would advise those looking for a more
fun, interactive phone to get a tocco
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Reviewed by Matthew from UK on
1st Sep 2009
I chose this phone for my upgrade because I have owned a viewty
in the past and thought with them both being LG touch screens I
could expect the same (or maybe a few minor improvements), but unfortunately
I was wrong. Many small problems with the phone amount to it really
being quite frustrating. Here’s just a few: The “hold
key” on the side now needs to be held for roughly five seconds
to unlock the handset; when creating a new message, the phone doesn’t
remember that your previous text was sent using predictive text
(you must turn it on every time – although it does seem to
remember it in the last place I’d want it to, the phone book);
you cannot change the name of the preset profiles; the ‘c’
button on the viewty has been changed to a completely pointless
menu button, and the c is now in an awkward place on the touch screen
keypad. There really aren’t any major problems with the phone,
and the internet is quick, but I’ve found my signal strength
to be poorer than the viewty (and I don’t always receive texts
until I unlock the touch screen - very annoying!). I cannot give
it an average rating when it gets so many small things you take
for granted, wrong. It will be getting returned.
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