In a nutshell: The GW520 is an enhanced version of the
popular KS360. It's a touchscreen phone with a slide out QWERTY
keyboard. Ideal for texters, the GW520 also benefits from 3G, making
it an excellent device for all kinds of mobile communication, including
web browsing. The camera is basic and it lacks video calling, but
for the price this phone offers a lot. Best buy: *Free* from Three
(Blue or Silver); or on Pay as you Go for £59.95 from
Dialaphone
(White) or £89.99 from Three
(Blue or Silver).
Review:
August 2009. Last updated January 2010.
The LG GW520 is an upgraded version of the very
popular KS360. The KS360 has been a big
seller in the first half of 2009, thanks to its QWERTY keyboard
and cheap price. This has made it an extremely popular phone for
texters - like a Cookie, but with the
bonus of a proper keyboard. The GW520 builds on the strengths of
the KS360 and looks to us like it's going to be another smash.
The GW520 looks like a Cookie, with a touchscreen
display, but turn it on its side and you can pull out a full QWERTY
keyboard. The keyboard is styled differently to the KS360, but it
works very well. The slide gives plenty of room for keys, and we
found the size and spacing of the keys excellent. The responsiveness
of the keys is top notch too, making this a step above virtual keypads
on touchscreen phones. The overall size of the GW520 is slightly
more than the KS360 and it's a heavier phone too, but it's not a
brick! This is a phone that's almost ideal for texting and messaging,
and it incorporates features like threaded SMS, which makes text
conversations flow more naturally. It can support email too. We
also like the brand new feature of avatars. This lets you set up
avatars for your closest friends on the home screen, and you can
then click an avatar to view messages, etc.
The touchscreen measures 2.8 inches across, which
is slightly less than a Cookie, but more than the KS360. Generally
the rule is that larger touchscreens are easier to use, but in this
case because the keyboard slides down, there's more screen space
available than you might expect. In terms of usability, we think
that this outperforms the Cookie and other budget touchscreen phones.
In addition to the QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen, there are conventional
buttons for making and ending calls, etc.
The GW520 costs more than the KS360, but it has
some significant enhancements too. The most important of these is
3G. While the KS360 was a triband 2G phone, the GW520 has 3G and
supports broadband internet access right up to 7.2 Mbps with HSDPA.
This moves it beyond a simple call and text mobile into the realms
of fast web browsing, facebook, youtube, etc, making it a thoroughly
modern phone.
Other features of the phone include a 3 megapixel
camera with video recording, music player, FM radio and Java games.
Connectivity is by Bluetooth. Memory is limited to 40 MB, but the
phone can accept microSD cards up to 8GB, providing enough storage
for 2,000 - 4,000 music tracks. Battery life is good.
We like the GW520 very much, and we think that
it offers a lot more than the entry level touchscreen phones that
have dominated the marketplace in the first half of 2009. Its key
benefits are the QWERTY keyboard and 3G. On the other hand, it has
a camera that's average at best, and is missing video calling. We
think that's a sacrifice that many people will be willing to make.
The only word of warning that we have about this phone is that users
of both the KS360 and the Cookie have reported software glitches
and occasional freezing of their phones. Whilst we have not experienced
any problems ourselves with the GW520, it is built on the same platform
as these other phones, so it's reasonable to expect that there may
be some problems here too.
Update: Many of our users have reported that the
GW520 will stop sending texts if the inbox becomes full. The solution
is to delete texts so that your inbox does not become full.
The new Samsung
Genio Slide offers the same features as the GW520, but we think
is a better phone. Check out our Samsung Genio Slide review before
you commit to the GW520.
Features
of the LG GW520 include:
Camera: 3 megapixels
Video camera
Display: TFT, 262,000 colours, 240 x 400 pixels
(2.8 inches)
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Reviewed by Brian from Brown on
17th Jan 2010
Good Phone, but it has many problems. 1. The texts on the phone
is rubbish, it wont let me the guy at the shop had to fix it. im
just waiting untill it happends agian. 2.The earphone are rubbish
and im having trouble finding good ones or an adapter. 3. You need
a pen for this phone, I find it hard on the internet and using the
phone at all, I see myself using my nails on the phone to use it
and i bite my nails wich makes it alot harder. The phone isnt very
good and i wish i just got the Nokia music express wich i planned
to get but got this enstead because of the keyboard. But thats the
way they drag you in to buying this phone. Its not average so ill
have to give it 1 star Rating:
Reviewed by steve17bf2 from Englend,
UK on 15th Jan 2010
I bought one, and its niiiiice :) 9.1/10 Rating:
Reviewed by pisswig from uk on
13th Jan 2010
Ive lived with this phone for five months now but am going to phone
orange tomorrow and ask them to change it. The query keypad is great
and by far away the best feature. The shell is pretty robust, battery
life is ok and it does not feel too cheap. These are good points.
Unfortunately it has far more bad points including; The operating
system is clumsy. Sound quality is moderate to poor. Screen freezes
(almost every time the phone is used) Screen blanks out (not good
when you need to call an ambulance). keys stop working (see above)
Whilst the screen is a good size you do need a stylus to make it
work properly (none supplied). i have used mobiles consistently
since the mid 90's and i can't recall having a phone as poor as
this one. It would i suspect make a great novelty phone your kids
but if you are are an adult who wants a tool that works then do
yourself a favour an avoid this thing. Rating:
Reviewed by Ryan from scotland on
13th Jan 2010
its a alright phone if you have nothing on it but as soon as you
put some games or music on the main memory its just run really slow.
and some times my screen just stops woring so i have take the battuary
out. and sometime it does not play music by say its not formatted
right but if i reset it works so its need a good updated OS or a
whole new OS Rating:
Reviewed by sophie from Uk on
11th Jan 2010
i recently bought the phone and i love the querty keypad and overall
think its a great phone but the one problem i have is it sometimes
crashes and when i click send to send a message it does nothing
and this isnt resolved until i turn the phone off and on a few times
which is very onnoying at times Rating:
Reviewed by Ash from Scotland on
10th Jan 2010
I Love It Nothing Rong With It Delete The Messages Then Your Txts
Will Send Again :) Rating:
Reviewed by billy rigby from uk (england)
on 8th Jan 2010
iv had this phone for 2 weeks adn i think that this is a outstanding
phone because of its livesqare and its brilliant qwerty keybourd/keypad
and its very easy to text fast.the camara its brilliant and vidio
to.the battary is great 500 hours on standby with is great.its great
for the internet and outstanding for you tube,facebook and google.the
sownd is great to. i highly recomend this phone to enyone (ecpesialy
is u text and use the internet alot) and is well worth its price
(£120 from phones4u) thank you for reading Rating:
Reviewed by Adam M from England on
8th Jan 2010
This phone is great ive had it for about four months and i just
love it, the internet is great if you download opera mini,the keyboard
is one of the best around, the phone looks good and it is very sturdy.
I've dropped it about 5 times by accident and all that it shows
are a few marks. Amazing phone, buy it now!!! The only bad thing
i can say about it is it dosent have downloadable Themes etc, but
its not a major think so buy it anyway!! Rating:
Reviewed by Sam from England on
7th Jan 2010
I don't know why people have been saying bad things about this phone
(can you change the review if something goes wrong?) I got this
phone for christmas and the only thing i can fault is the speed
and perhaps the battery. This phone is great for text addicts like
me. It could do with a few improvments but i believe the fantastic
price would be affected by these. Although the phone looks quite
chunky it doesn't feel heavy. I am glad i choose this phone and
it was a great christmas present. However i have found that i have
to delete my texts when i get up to about 50 messages to keep the
speed. The touchscreen is amazing and although the qwerty keypad
may be a little non responsive at times. It works on the whole and
is fantastic to text with. I am planning to get a sim only plan
for this phone because i can not handle 300 texts a month. SO if
you text alot already i would recommend getting this phone on a
contract. Apart from the few minor issues this is a great phone
and i would recommend it no matter what anyone else says. Rating:
Reviewed by Tasha from Scotland on
7th Jan 2010
I got this phone for Christmas and its THE BEST PHONE EVER!Mabye
you had problems but mine is great and i reccommend it through and
through and my friend has it too and she has NO problems with hers.
i sleep with it by my side and it is the best fone ever so u should
get it if ur sort of hesitent about it.IT ROX!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by sandra from uk on
5th Jan 2010
got this phone for xmas and its my first touchscreen phone overall
it seemed a good choice and had no problems with any of its features...until
yesterday when i was on facebook and all off a sudden it asked me
to sign in again then refused to let me back in !! after many painfull
hours resetting my pass word on my fb account it still wont let
me in yet on the pc it will, ive tried downloading new data from
lg but to no avail has anyone else had this problem and how did
you solve it, i bought this phone just for the facebook app and
am seriously considering changing it whats the point if it dont
do what it says on the box ...any help would be appreciated thanks
! Rating:
Reviewed by Jonathan from UK on
5th Jan 2010
It's an ok phone, if it worked. I understand that sometimes phones
can break down, but i know of 3 people who have had the similar
problem to me. Not being able to send Texts. You compose the message,
then when pressing send, nothing happens. Absolutely nothing. Also,
after having an IPhone, i find the touch screen unusable. But, you
get what you pay for, it's free with 3(Three) contracts. Rating:
Reviewed by whitey from england on
4th Jan 2010
if your used to the nokia - stay with it . not as good as i was
led to beleive battery life is zapped away while trying get internet
connection maybe just my provider (3) i would give no stars if i
could!!! no 3.5 jack for head phones ,no car charger ( you'll need
it) no flash for the camera. when gettin on the internet it starts
to zoom in and out but wont go to the site you want the it will
zoom in again . very very dissapionted its the last time i listen
to any kind of mobile phone sales person ( its as good as the nokia
sir) but it was no where near sorry! Rating:
Reviewed by Teeshha from England on
4th Jan 2010
I got This Phone For Christmas... Lovee Itt.. :) Nevva farr From
me x Rating:
Reviewed by rhys from america on
3rd Jan 2010
this fone is one of the good fone lg has released and i work for
them i got this and i like it alote we hav mad alote of improvement
deloping this fone and meets its standards and we hav sold load
so thanks for the people who bought it Rating:
Reviewed by ben from england on
2nd Jan 2010
loved the phone was fine for the first month but it started frezzing
and not letting me send texts i had the phone swapped and after
2 months and the next worked fine for two weeks then started again
i realy liked the phone but i think two phones breaking im gunna
swap phone Rating:
Reviewed by MJR from England on
1st Jan 2010
Had this phone for about 3 months now and am very pleased with it
- no problems whatsoever. Battery life is very considerably better
than the Tocco Ultra I had before. Only one issue - I've been trying
to get hold of a 3.5mm adapter so I can use my own headphones rather
than the cheap ones which come with the phone. It seems the mini-USB
connection on the GW520 is different to other LG phones so usual
sources eg eBay no good. Any ideas pls? Rating:
Reviewed by Victoriaa from UK on
1st Jan 2010
I just got this phone for Christmas and i lovee it. Its really good
for texting as the keyboard makes it really easy :) I have had a
few silly problems like it freezing or not letting me send a text
but its just the case of taking the battery out and putting it back
in :) but i would definitely recommend this phone especially to
a teenager :) Rating:
Reviewed by Paige from UK on
28th Dec 2009
I got this phone for christmas and it hasn't broke down or anything.
It is great and I recommend it to everyone 100%. Rating:
Reviewed by Neal from Britain on
28th Dec 2009
Now on our 3rd GW520 in 7 weeks!The buttons on the handset keep
freezing and phone is then virtually unusuable. I wouldn't recommend
this phone. Orange have been good about replacing it and haven't
quibbled. Rating:
Reviewed by sally from london on
28th Dec 2009
this phone is awesome got it a couple of months ago and havent had
any problems with it so far apart for the fact tht sometimes my
screen seen to black out ..but this problem is easily fixed by takin
battery out nd puttin it back in again i would advise people lookin
to by a good touchscreen phone to by the tocco lite because it lighter
and it jush better quality overall ...dont be fooled by the QWERTY
keyboard like was it seriously makes no differnce. Rating:
Reviewed by alison from wales on
26th Dec 2009
got it a few months ago and its all all round good phone,i have
had 1 already and when i slid it to the side the touch part wouldnt
work but 3 happly took it back and replaced it then last night it
wouldnt let me send texts all i did was took the battery out and
the sim and its fine now:D apart from that its a great phone :) Rating:
Reviewed by Ailsaahh from Scotland on
26th Dec 2009
Amaziing phone got it for my christmas yesterday and i LOVEEEEEEEE
it !! :D Rating:
Reviewed by Amber from england on
26th Dec 2009
its a very good phone speakers are very loud texing makes it much
easier eather ways the games are quite fun its a good phone for
teens Rating:
Reviewed by Kirstyn from Northern Ireland
on 25th Dec 2009
Amazing Phone!! I would definatley recommend it! I got it for Christmas
(today) and havent had a single programme :) Rating:
Reviewed by assia from UK on
24th Dec 2009
I have had many LG touch screen phones before (i'm just a sucker
for LG) but none of them was as amazing as this one! I travel long
distances and I need something to get me entertained. And this one
is just perfect! The best thing is the office document feature!
Its fantastic! especially the fact that i can download silly powerpoints
from silly websites and open them on my phone. It has many many
benefits and one of them is that all the games you can download
to it use the touch screen just perfectly! Don't go running to buy
it though. it has one downside... If you have about 300 messages
in your phone (in my case thats 1 month worth of texting) then you
won't be able to send any. You would have to delete them! also if
you change it from vertically to horizontally you might get a funny
screen disturbance. Im my case its worth it although the messaging
bit does bother me now and then... :) LG rocks! Rating:
Reviewed by LG GW520 Customer from Bed
on 23rd Dec 2009
It's me again. Don't even think about buying this phone. I've had
2 handsets which both had faults within them including crashes and
inbox problems. It's an awful phone and you'd be stupid to buy it. Rating:
Reviewed by LG GW520 Customer from Bed
on 20th Dec 2009
I bought his phone on O2 2 days ago and so far, I'm quite pleased
with it. You get used to the keyboard really quickly. If you're
someone who loves to text, this is the phone for you. It lags slightly
but it's not too much of a concern. I'll give this another review
next year and I'll know if this phone is long-lasting or not. Rating:
Reviewed by Dave Jones from UK on
20th Dec 2009
I have one of these and have had it replaced, twice, it freezes,
turns itself on in my pocket and now the latest software update
has tried to turn it from an Orange phone into an O2 phone, losing
my internet ability. The software on the PC is useless and refuses
to find the phone, I cannot upgrade/ correct faults online as the
support tool says my phone is not recognised as an LG phone!!! Back
to Orange a new model of phone I think. Rating:
Reviewed by Hayley from UK on
19th Dec 2009
This phone is useless. I'm on my second phone and this one has been
"repaired" once already. None of the buttons work and I can't send
a text message. So it can't even fulfill it's primary use. Don't
waste your time with it, I've spent more time in the phone shop
complaining about it than I have using it! Rating:
Reviewed by Josh from Play on
18th Dec 2009
I Love This Phone Its Really Good It Works Perfect Rating:
Reviewed by Kay from here on
18th Dec 2009
What use is that big keyboard if you can only open documents? It
would be great if you could actually creatze new worksheets on your
phone and not only transfer it and read it. Also opening documents
and reading them is a bit difficult, you need alot of adjusting
and it would be better if you could scroll down not only with touch,
but with those two up and down buttons at the left side. A bit dissapointing. Rating:
Reviewed by Anna from somewhere on
17th Dec 2009
I love this phone, and i have it. Just got it. You should really
buy it ! Rating:
Reviewed by Lisa from UK on 17th
Dec 2009
I ahve had this phone for 6 weeks and it was fantastic. Now it won't
let me send texts. I ahve tried deleting all my messages to no avail.
I am now out of guarantee. Ahhhhhhh!!! Any advice appreciated. Rating:
Reviewed by Nina from UK on 15th
Dec 2009
love the qwerty keyboard, but that's about it. Phone has slows down
every now and again, so the cookies, cache and history has to be
deleted regulary. Also, when the inbox gets too full, it doesn't
tell you, it just stops you from sending texts. Rating:
Reviewed by Mark from England on
13th Dec 2009
For all those saying it won't send, delete all text message in your
sent items and inbox, and it'll send them fine again. Rating:
Reviewed by person from unknown on
12th Dec 2009
it is great Rating:
Reviewed by Kirsty from Scotland on
7th Dec 2009
The phones rubbish end of. had it for less than a week and its had
to be taken back to the shop because my texts would not send, got
a brand new one.. and this ones doing exactly the same thing, do
not get it!!! Rating:
Reviewed by amjad from uk on
6th Dec 2009
I have experienced exactly the same problems as Keighley below.
Crashes prequently despite haveing used up no file space and texts
will not send. was good while it lasted..... Rating:
Reviewed
by J4Y from uk on 2nd Dec 2009
dude i love this phone... it is just a badass phone. it has a wide
range of features like the touch screen and QWERTY keyboard which
is just insane. :) i reconmend this phone to all technology lovers
will a liking of social networking and chatting alot :) brilliant
phone! ☺☺☺☺☺ Rating:
Reviewed by Adam from UK on 29th
Nov 2009
i think this phone is brilliant as a touchscreen phone and also
amazing for instant messaging or texting, the slide out QWERTY keyboard
is fantastic and i would highly recommend this phone to anyone. Rating:
Reviewed by jamie from ireland on
29th Nov 2009
great Rating:
Reviewed by mollie x from north yorkshire
on 29th Nov 2009
this is an amazing phone and so far i have nothing wrong with it
and its great avitar featcher realy steps it up a notch as well
as that wicked sliding key board loads of room for any one with
chubby fingers :) love u lots :) get the phone :) Rating:
Reviewed by Charlene Baird from Scotland
on 28th Nov 2009
I purchased this phone in August and i think it is amazing! There's
been a couple of daft issues that i've had with just about every
phone like the occasional freezing, but that only happens when i
have loads of things opened at the one time. I've had to take the
battery out once but that happens with a loooot of phones so it's
expected. There is no perfect phone, with every phone you get problems.
But what do you expect! I use mine for the internet too and it's
fast and reliable although i would suggest getting a little pen
for browsing if you have big thumbs lol. Overall the sound quality
is great, still is after all this time, the camera is great minus
the fact it doesn't have flash, but that's what cameras are for!
It's reliable, it looks good so i recommend you buy this phone lol.
you can't loose! Rating:
Reviewed by Jordan from Wales on
27th Nov 2009
Amazing phone until you get the same message 5 times and it wont
let you reply. Anyone know how to fix it without taking it back? Rating:
Reviewed by mark from england on
24th Nov 2009
i bought this phone 3 weeks ago and it is the best phone i ever
had would very very highly advise this phone to anybody looking
for a reallt uptodate phone thank you ................ Rating:
Reviewed by Keighley from UK on
24th Nov 2009
It was great for the first week or so, I loved it... then it began
freezing and the screen going blue, but a battery take out sorted
it out, so I could deal with that, but now it refuses to send text
messages, and i recieve the same text multiple times when it was
originally sent once by the sender... if I'd have know this before
I bought the phone, I wouldn't have bought it... but I do like this
phone, I guess I will just have to get a different one : Rating:
Reviewed by Captain Bravp from uk on
21st Nov 2009
thie phone is not worth it, mine has started with the texting issue
after 1 month, it will not send texts and i recieve the same one
about 5 times over about 2 hours, for the price youd expect a phone
tht worked. do not buy this phone. trust me just get a different
phone or spend a bit more chash n get a premium phone like iphone
or what not. i will take mine back tomorrow. Rating:
Reviewed by gregary from uk on
20th Nov 2009
i think the ks360 is much better the buttons are much nicer! Rating:
Reviewed by ollyy from UK on
19th Nov 2009
this phone is good but also very fragile. i found that after 3 months
of amazingness it started to freeze and wouldn't follow through
when i tocuhed the send button to text some one. also i dont know
why but it keep sending me the same text 5-10 times in a row, when
the person who sent it only sent it once. im not really sure why
this is happening but i would reckomend that if your an active person
you should not get this phone and get a sony erricson or a vodaphone
as my LG gw520 is starting to anoy me.. Rating:
Reviewed by ?!~@# from uk on
15th Nov 2009
this phone is amazing and i love it, i cant believe how good the
keypad is, also the touchscreen is good Rating:
Reviewed by alex from england on
15th Nov 2009
it is an amazing phone i love it the touchscreen is the best and
the keypad is the best thing i have ever seen, i love to text with
it the camra is ok and i can use the touchscreen well!!!! it is
amazing:D Rating:
Reviewed by Ciara from N ireland on
14th Nov 2009
I purchased a LG Gw520 in Aug 2009 it is now Nov 2009 and I am finding
that I am plagued with problems with the phone freezing. I dont
think this is acceptabe for a £279.00 phone. I am throughly disatisfied
and would reccomend against purchasing one of these phones. Rating:
Reviewed by Miss Malibu from England
on 11th Nov 2009
I seem to have exactly the same problems as everyone else. It freezes
all the time and it wont send txts, people in the shop tried telling
me the touchscreen wasnt working and I needed a basic reset...nope!
didnt work. I knew it wasnt the touchscreen that broke cause it
would work if I wanted to press anything else! Had it sent off for
full repair, got it back and none of the keys on the front of the
phone or the keyboard would work so took in back in the end. Using
my old phone SE K800i n dont know why I ever changed. Rating:
Reviewed by Ceri Johnson from Wales
on 10th Nov 2009
Bought this phone about 3 weeks ago and all I had is problems. It
has frozen loads on me and the send button wouldn't work so I took
it back to the shop and got a replacement and the same thing happened
again. Rating:
Reviewed by KH from Scotland on
8th Nov 2009
Just got the phone and have been playing about with it, I really
like it, but have to say the camera has frozen a couple of times
already. Hoping that's a temporary glitch tho Rating:
Reviewed by Bobby Bob Bobsen from UK
on 4th Nov 2009
Phone Is Amazing!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Leah from UK on 4th
Nov 2009
I got this as my first contract phone and I wish I'd not bothered!
I've been on contract for 2 months and I'm on my second handset
which has been sent to the repair warehouse today due to a fault.
The first handset lasted three weeks until the qwerty slide sensor
stopped working which meant that the screen was always the wrong
way round. Second handset lasted almost as long until it stopped
sending text messages for no apparent reason and started receiving
multiple texts which had only been sent to me once. I also found
that the lock wasn't great which meant that I occasionnaly phoned
people from inside my pocket. Not great. Although the design and
feel of the phone are amazing I would not recommend this phone to
anyone as it is completely unreliable. Rating:
Reviewed by Nic from UK on 4th
Nov 2009
great entry level smartphone for a teenager, not so great for anybody
in the real world! i had very high hopes for this phone but was
extremely dissapointed. the high speed internet is great and the
phone looks good but those are the only things going for it. the
camera is rubbish, the program is very slow, especially when a micro
sd is inserted. the applications are very poor and it has an awful
habbit of unlocking itself.... my poor brother has been inundated
with calls and texts from my pocket as hes the first person in my
phonebook. i sent the phone back on the 14 day money back garantee
to get a proper smartphone! Rating:
Reviewed by Flawlezz from England on
3rd Nov 2009
Brilliant phone just outstanding if u liek texting & th ente the
keyborad helpss alott and th touch screen is delightful to use !i
not only recomend i think it is the best phone in the market Rating:
Reviewed by Mimi from UK on 27th
Oct 2009
I've had the phone for a couple of months (It's best to have it
for a while before reviewing which is why I left it until now) Advantages:
*Lovely to text with! Which is why I bought the phone *Good looking
- but might be chunky for some *Camera is GOOD. It is 3mp but for
those who don't care much then its GOOD! *Loud ringing tone *Not
overloaded with applications Disadvantages: *Confusing to use at
the start (like the "livefeed" function - which I think is useless)
*No flash in the camera. *The INDICATOR for the battery is really
bad. You think you have a lot of battery life but then it switches
off...because you don't. The battery life itself ISN'T bad. Just
the indicator/battery bar. Hope this helps! Rating:
Reviewed by Andrew from UK on
26th Oct 2009
I've taken the plunge and bought one. I've owned a Cookie for 9
months and my son has a KS360, the GW520 is an impressive amalgamation
of both phones. although I've only had the GW520 for a few days
it is is comfortably copping with 5 email accounts and 8Gb of files
on the SD card. I learned with my Coookie, that the software needs
to be updated and to keep as little used space as possible on the
phone's memory. VERY GOOD MOBILE, DOES EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT IT
WOULD. REMEMBER TO UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE. Rating:
Reviewed by shelby from nottingham on
25th Oct 2009
the gw520 is a verygood phone and is brill for texting and for socolicing
networking its the lg cookie and ks360 all in 1 its amazing xx. Rating:
Reviewed by Brian from England on
24th Oct 2009
I own an LG GW520 but its too early for me to post much about it
but I do wish to correct one error in this review. The review says
the memory it is expandable up to 8 gig. I have a 16 gig card in
mine fitted and working. I'll give it an average score because i
am not ready to give it a proper rating yet. Will do later when
i know the phone better. So far i am impressed though. Rating:
Reviewed by . from uk on 23rd
Oct 2009
you have to be VERY careful when it is in your bag! - it unlocks
itself very easily and proceeds to ring your contacts without you
knowing about it, and also enjoys to put them on loudspeaker (especially
when in lessons / libraries). It also sends blank texts to people
when its unlocked itself - i'm constantly checking it to make sure
its behaving. when i first got it i had some issues with it refusing
to send texts, but i took the battery out & replaced it and that
seemed to sort things every time. the camera / music features are
okay, the qwerty keyboard is good but it doesnt like you switching
between that and the "normal" mode. Rating:
Reviewed by Dianne from UK on
22nd Oct 2009
I Have Had This Phone For Two Months And Two Days And I Love It
:-) The Only Problem Is That Messenger, Call And Playing Music Seems
To Drain The Battery Very Quickly. I Got It Really Soaked Yesterday
Cos I Dropped It In The Sink By Accident But All What Happened Was
The Writing Went Weird And The Screen Was A Bit Unre-active But
It Is Alright Now (: I Would Recomend It To Be Honest Just Don't
Go On Msn Much And Leaving My Bluetooth On Does Nothing To The Battery
:) x Rating:
Reviewed by Jann from UK on 21st
Oct 2009
Had the phone less than a week. Screen is freezing and it is now
refusing to send texts - yet has received a text 8 times (from someone
who only sent it once). It refuses to connect to the PC!!! It's
going back tomorrow... Rating:
Reviewed by Jake Shields from England
on 21st Oct 2009
this phone is rubbish to be honest i have had four in one week and
thats not good. the phone looks excellant and the camera is okay
:-S i found this phone very slow to respond and freezes and crashes
alot it also seems to empty the inbox, and then resend the message
12 times again i find this phone very annoyin and have opted to
change to and Nokia 5800 Rating:
Reviewed by Summer from Nottingham on
20th Oct 2009
this phone it is worst phone i have ever had it is stupid and wont
evan work.i hate it that much i think the samsung e250 is better
:@ i wouldnt recommend you buy this phone people :) Rating:
Reviewed by Kim from Scotland on
19th Oct 2009
I Got This Phone Just Over 3 Weeks Ago, And Unfortunatly I've Had
It Freezing On Me Already, I'll Be Taking It Back To The Shop And
Swaping It For A Different Phone, As Much As I Love It, If Other
People Are Complaining About It, There Is Obviously A Problem Rating:
Reviewed by Mel from UK on 18th
Oct 2009
I got this phone back in August online and I really love it! But
ive had the same problem 3 times already. when I go to send a message..it
registers that I press Send but does not send it. To send it I have
to take the battery out and turn it on again.My friend bought the
same phone and the same problem has happened with hers. My last
phone was an LG and that broke 6 times :( As much as I reallly love
this phone, I'll probably stay way from LG in future! Rating:
Reviewed by Breda from uk on
17th Oct 2009
i got the lg gw520 a month ago now. and i love it!! it is soo easy
to use, the battery will stay for a whole week even when u are texting,
listening to music. the kay board is so cool! but if you have big
fingers you might have a promble. i am a 14 year old girl who loves
it and all my friends love it too. so this fone is realy 4 a teenage
girl. and the games are good as well. Rating:
Reviewed by John Rothko from Belgium
on 4th Oct 2009
I bought the phone last week, so I'm not plagued with problems so
far(touch wood). I'm really amazed about the quality. It feels sturdy,
the extended keyboard is big enough to use comfortably. The camera
is indeed not that good, but to be honest, mobiles as a camera are
a joke anyway. I think the phone is dirt cheap compared to iPhone.
About freezing up, no experience so far, but this sort of problems
might be related to overloading the phone with files. If the phone
has not enough memory to operate properly, you get this sort of
problems. The same would happen with a computer, actually. So, if
you experience this problem, have a look and see how much memory
you have left. The ideal is to keep 40% free. Hope this helps? Rating:
Reviewed by Laura from England on
30th Sep 2009
its a good phone, but i've only had it 3 weeks and already its playing
up. it freezes every 10 seconds and wont work for hours untill the
battery runs out :( i really wouldnt recomend this phone at all,
not for the cost of it and how many problems i've had with it! Rating:
Reviewed by luck from uk on 29th
Sep 2009
this fone is the best in the world only the best can own this fone
i LOVE IT 10 stars Rating:
Reviewed by Natalie :) from England
on 27th Sep 2009
This is the worse phone ive ever exprienced. Within a day of getting
it, the screen mucks up when i use the qwerty keypad underneath.
Its frooze everyday ive had it, so i keep having to take out battery
to turn it off then turn it back on. Battery lasts a day, and i
hardly even use my phone with everything on power save to reduce
time? So would not want to no how long it lasts with high usage.
I spoke to lg staff who said "download software online." but none
even avalible. Phone looks good and qwerty keypad is a great idea.
But this is the worse phone ive ever spent my money on. Im planning
on taking it back asap. (And ive only had it for a week so far!) Rating:
Reviewed by Sandra Thomson from Scotland
on 25th Sep 2009
I think the LG GW520 iss amazing, it got everything that i want
plus with the big screen you can see more clearly with large writing
so you dont need to struggle. my favourite is you can have the option
with your text, you can touch screen or use the keyboard. Rating:
Reviewed by Jim from UK on 19th
Sep 2009
Hi, I bought this mobile the other day and its great! I can't stay
away from it. I love the QWERTY keyboard, it makes it really easy
to text. If anyone is looking for a reasonably priced touch screen/QWERTY
keyboard mobile then i definately recommend this one. It isn't easy
to stay away from so you won't be bored of it after 5 minutes. Rating:
Reviewed by william parker from suffolk
on 12th Sep 2009
hi,i bought this phone yesterday and i must say its a nice phone
for the money,its full touch screen a great keyboard comes with
games and a nice 3mp camera the only thing is the instruction book
is not very clear,and the slider tone is not very loud,but for the
money it a decent phone. Rating:
Reviewed by tom from uk on 11th
Sep 2009
i got this phone back in july. great phone, i got it for qwerty
keyboard and that works perfect. everythings great apart from the
occasional screen freeze.... Rating:
Reviewed by Ken from Scotland on
6th Sep 2009
Just got this for my daughter on o2 £15 per month unlimited text
and 100 mind bargin !!!!. She loves it so can't be too bad Rating:
Reviewed by Tyler James from London
on 28th Aug 2009
incredible phone had it for a couple had it for a day love it its
an awsome phone keyboard amazing 5 stars seriously GET THIS PHONE!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by ??????????? from ireland
on 27th Aug 2009
this phone looks unreal but i never trusted the lg cookie or the
lg ks360 but this looks like a very reliable phone, i currantly
have the nokia 6300, its an ok phone Rating:
Reviewed by Sarah Dempsey from Ireland
on 25th Aug 2009
Hey love the Phone Its Awesome:) But i got it 3 days ago and im
bringing it back tomoro for a replacement ! The Software glitch
is on this too. Im devastated :( X But Aweeesome Phone!!! Rating:
Reviewed by coco from u.k on
23rd Aug 2009
all i have 2 say is WOW!! this phone is ultra-cool. i've had it
for 2 days now and i keep discovering new things on it by the hour.
the games on it are fab and i was amazed that it is motion sensitive
too! i love how you can customize EVERYTHING!! AND THE QWERTY KEYBOARD
IS AMAZING! it's great for ppl who like to keep in touch and the
graphics are sensational. this phone is the one to buy and i'm sure
that whoever byrs it will be the envy of their friends/colleagues.
SUPER FAST! AMAZING! COOL! THE PERFECT PHONE! what more could you
ask for? Rating:
Reviewed by Marc from UK on 21st
Aug 2009
I got this phone yesterday and it is totally amazing! All my friends
want it, and there has been no problems, I RECOMMEND! Rating:
Reviewed by Kalun. Clayton from Britannia
on 19th Aug 2009
This phone is awesome it's so cool! I recomend this phone to any
one with a brain xD :) this phone is FIRST CHOICE! Complete thumbs
up! xD Rating:
Reviewed by kiran from england on
19th Aug 2009
i think this is the best affordable smart phone u can get for £100
to £200 Rating:
Reviewed by kiran from england on
18th Aug 2009
i got this phone 3days ago and so far its been really good.its a
relly sleek phone and the camera quality is brillant for 3megapixels.it
has a lot of functions like wigets and 3g for the internet.it also
comes at a resonalble price Rating:
Reviewed by rob joyce from england on
14th Aug 2009
im completely in love with this phone. The qualitties it posseses
are simply electrifying. ive had my lg gw520 for 2weeks now and
not once hav i aquired any problems with it. It combines the best
of the lg cookie and the lg ks360 and inproves everything from each
of the two. It has a home button so if for instance their was an
emergency it enables you to reach whatever you are searching for
quicker. the mp3 player is usefull to all those such as myself who
love to listen to music.All in all this has had a great effect on
me and i would recommend this phone to any1. Rating:
Reviewed by Ashton from england on
11th Aug 2009
I got this phone and it waz amazing for the first 2 days. on the
3rd day it wouldnt send messages and the screen kept going blue.
i took the phone back and it did exacly the same thing on the 4th
day. it is a really good phone,but i have had so many problems with
it, so i dont know weather it is worth getting it. Rating:
Reviewed by adele from nothern ireland
on 10th Aug 2009
i love dis fone, it do easy 2 use ad looks cool, so far its working
well, i had an lg cookie ad had so many problems with it. Rating:
Reviewed by Megan from UK on
9th Aug 2009
ITS AMAZING :) Rating:
Reviewed by Kieran from England on
8th Aug 2009
I have recently aquired ths phone from orange and it is fantastic.
The screen is more responsive than that of the cookie and the menu
system has been updated very slightly (but cookie users will be
familiar). The 3G works efficiently and effectively, plus the keyboard
is a blast to use. so easy, and capable. Much more so than the LG
KS360's. Altogether, a superb combination of the best bits of cookie
and KS360, and then made better still. Outstanding to the last. Rating:
Reviewed by Dan from England on
7th Aug 2009
One Word - AMAZING!!!!!!!! anyone needs to get this phone! fast,
good keyboard, responsive screen, good battery life. Where does
it go wrong? Rating:
Reviewed by ???????? from Scotland on
5th Aug 2009
This Phone looks very Cool with its Little keyboard that slides
out the side...But it is quite the opposite. This Phone is very
unreliable and is not worth getting. If you want an LG i would encourage
you to go for a LG Cookie or a LG renoir (KC910) Rating:
Reviewed by Alex from UK on 3rd
Aug 2009
Great little phone only orange have got it at the moment for £140
with £10 talk time. super prce for this phone full touch screen
with full qwertyy Rating:
Reviewed by Lottie from UK on
1st Aug 2009
Had this phone for a fortnight now on the orange network. It is
similar to both the lg KS360 which also has a pull out keyboard
underneath for writing emails and texting. The menu system is in
the same layout to the lg cookie. The phone is a bit more heavier
than the former two, but what I like about it is that you can configure
you email accounts to the phone, so you can download you emails
to the phone and reply either using the "touchscreen pad" or pull
out the proper keypad underneath. When on the internet, reading
email or texting, you can have the phone screen in standard portrait
mode or turn it to the landscape mode, which can be useful. When
I at work, I tend to have the phone on the silent mode, and the
phone vibration mechanism is loud which is good. Calls and speaker
phone has a good clear sound. It does have an camera and mp3 player,
so I would recommend buying a micro sd card if you intend to store
loads of photo or music on the phone. It has a lock button on the
right hand side, so you dont accidental press buttons when in your
pocket. Battery life is good but if you use it frequently for email/internet
access or as music player the battery will run down quicker. It
also comes with a choice of screen, such as orange grid square which
shows the frequently used contacts or by touching the screen to
left/right you get orange icon menu of the orange internet, orange
world, the alarm and the widget icon that opens a shortcut to music,
all types of messages,calendar, speed dials numbers etc. This phone
is not the sexiest phone in the lg range but it a good workhorse,
on par to nokia 5800, blackberry pearl, samsung tocco lite. Rating:
Reviewed by sindyK from UK on
30th Jul 2009
I like this phone :) Sadly it doesn't have wi-fi which is a shame.
Rating:
Reviewed by ibzy from uk on 30th
Jul 2009
looks like upgrade of lg ks360 . good phone with touchscreen Rating:
Reviewed by me from UK on 29th
Jul 2009
this is an amazing looking phone with amazing features Rating:
