The
LG U8120 is a clamshell style 3G phone available on the 3 network.
It supports all of 3's video mobile services including video calling
from its built-in video camera. An integrated speakerphone helps
to make video calling easier. You can also record video clips to
send to another phone, and download video from 3, for example news,
music and sports clips. Apart from a slight external makeover, the
only real difference between the LG U8120 and the LG U8110 is the
increased memory size. The increased memory is a welcome addition,
and the new phone does look a tad nicer, but apart from that the
spec of the new phone is identical to the old, and they are the
same in terms of size, weight and battery life. All our comments
for the U8110 still apply.
The
camera is of VGA resolution, which is standard amongst current camera
phones. The high-resolution display is clear and sharp with 65k
colours - ideal for viewing videos and photos. It's one of the best
displays around.
Functionally,
the phone has a very similar spec to the other 3G phones currently
available. This includes features like an MP3 player, voice recorder,
Java applications, e-mail and MMS. The only features missing are
Bluetooth wireless connectivity and the advanced GPS
(Global Positioning System) features available in the NEC
e616 for example. It does have both infrared and USB connections
though, which are a welcome addition.
Physically
the phone is compact, very attractive, and is better styled than
most 3G phones. Being 3G it's larger than most clamshells, but no
heavier than other 3G phones. Battery life is good compared with
most other 3G phones, which is a key advantage, although most users
will find that they need to recharge every few days.
In
summary, the 8120 is a good all-round performer, although it has
now been superseded by the LG U8130 which
is essentially the same but with improved software to reduce the
frequency of calls dropped when moving between 3G and 2.5G regions.
Features
of the LG U8120 include:
Supports all 3's video mobile services: video
calling, video messaging & downloading video clips
Internal display: 65,536 colours, 220 x 176
pixels
Built-in VGA camera (640 x 480 resolution) with
2x digital zoom and light
MP3 player
Voice recorder
Speakerphone
Multimedia messaging
E-mail
Java games
Avatar address book – create cartoons of friends
and family that pop-up on screen every time they call
Infrared and USB connectivity
Calendar, To Do List, Memos, Clock, Alarm, Calculator,
Currency Converter
Memory: 32 Mbytes internal memory
Vibration alert
Weight: 126g
Size: 50 x 96 x 23 mm
Talktime: 2 hours
Battery standby: 5 days
LG U8120 Consumer
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Average
rating from 100 reviews:
Reviewed by Nick da man from England
on 26th Feb 2005
Not good the reception of calls on the 3 network is utter rubbish
and many txt messages have gone missing! also the 30 day validation
period for the top ups is a real downfall! the video is average
quality and i like the turning camera. but if u want a good phone
then get a K500i on orange or O2 that what i did it great unlimited
video time (of ecxellent quality)great fun 3D games and no network
problems on O2 or orange and all for £70-£90. Rating:
Reviewed by Anon from UK on 25th
Feb 2005
Similar problems to everyone else, rubbish signal, no international
coverage when in France & Belgium (4 friends phones with Orange,
Vodaphone had no problems), unbeleivably bad customer service including
having the phone put down on me by the Indian call centre operative,
because she couldn't make me understand what it was that she couldn't
explain!!! And now the serious stuff my phone requred a "reset"
regularly over the 3 months that I had it (removing battery cos
it had frozen up) and until yesteday that worked. But now it w ill
not wrk at all, after the battery removal and re-insertion (this
is actually in thier own litrature as a justifiable procedure) the
phone will not power back up. Now I have to send it away for 5 days
(because they dont count Sty & Sun in the 3 day turnaround pledge)
and when I do get it back all my data will be lost including the
last picture of my sttep dad tht I took a day befor3e he died of
cancer. If you have ANY sense at all you will avoid "three" at all
costs and avoid LG phones at all costs. I like a phrase that I saw
elsewhere 3hree words "do not buy". Rating:
Reviewed by Robert "The Man" from UK
on 25th Feb 2005
I see the LG U8120 has been getting some bad reviews....I've had
mine a while now and i can honestly say it's one of the best phones
i've ever had (and God i've had quite a number)...The problem most
people seem to be having seem to be ones to do with the 3 network
and not the actual phone. If you can find a way round that (ie.
UNLOCK IT) it really is a very smart phone. Excellent camera, video
and brilliant MP3 playback! I LOVE IT! Rating:
Reviewed by GRACE from UK on
23rd Feb 2005
rubbish phone...dont buy one Rating:
Reviewed by lg from england on
22nd Feb 2005
this is the best phone the only problem is i want more memory Rating:
Reviewed by 2angry2claim name from none
of ur buisness on 14th Feb 2005
to be honest i dnt even give this fone a tenth of a star. This is
not a phone. i could make a better one with my own hands- reasons
bcuz what kind of fone makes like 5second fone calls? what kind
of fone switches off and on itself? i was at mass rite- i switched
off my fone-it decided to switch itself on and even worse it started
playing ringtones-full volume wen no-one was even callin me!!. so
i knew i had to get a new one as soon as possible but in the mean
time i threw it outside and waited til mass was over!!!! dont buy
this scrap metal. how about saving like 150 quid and buy 2 paper
cups and tying a bit of string to both cuz u know wat it would work
better!! cut off my head and boil it with a hot roast if im wrong!!
i hate this fone and i flippin h8 the whole network. and remember
paper cups are on sale at a store near you!! do not buy it!! buy
cups!! love ya sensible people who use paper cups!! PAPER CUPS RULE!!
(even tho im only partly serious about the paper cups im still serious,
but if u want a real cool fone- buy a camera fone with a dependable
network like 02 or vodafone-now they're dependable) xxoo im still
angry after the whole like 15minutes writing this warnin 2 all da
cool people in this world we live in!! luv u all xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx Rating:
Reviewed by andy from england on
13th Feb 2005
How could it all go so wrong? Or should i say it all seemed to good
to be true! cheap price plan and a smart full of features phone.
At first it was all good, no real problems with the network coverage,
except it did at times unexplicably hang up or u would have to phone
people a 2nd time before it would connect. and then it all went
tits up! similar to other people.Messed up menus, and now cant do
anything cos its askin for a security code which i dont know or
have never changed, and which by rights should be '0000' trying
to sum up the customer support of '3' and 'carphone warehouse' would
be pointless! direct debit has been cancelled, and am awaiting to
see what response '3' have. any one else who has cancelled or is
thinin of cancelling let us know at awcunliffe@blueyonder.co.uk.....
3hree words for you! DO NOT BUY!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Jon from UK on 12th
Feb 2005
A Phones4U store manager admitted to me this morning that on average
20-30 customers a day come in to complain about one problem or another
with the LG U8120. Furthermore, he was certain, based on conversations
with his colleagues, that this pattern is reflected across the country.
The same manager said the phone is fundamentally flawed with common
problems being: dropped calls, failure to receive calls (my latest
problem), frequent crashes....the list goes on and on and on. Oh,
and if you're expecting the phone to work abroad, forget it. On
a recent trip to Paris, it completely failed to connect with the
local operator and a full week after logging this problem, 3's technical
support team have failed to come up with an explanation for this.
So, in short, this phone should come with a huge health warning
and most definitely deserves more bad press than it has been getting
to date. Rubbish. Rating:
Reviewed by P'd off customer from England
on 11th Feb 2005
Where should i start? At the moment my phone wont even switch on,
although even when it is switched on its still useless. When i phone
anyone WITHOUT A DOUBT my phone will hang up on them - even with
a full signal. Absolutely NOTHING works on my phone - thats right,
NOTHING! The only thing i can do with it is attempt to call someone
- and make it a quick call before the phone hangs up. How many times
have i complained? Far too many. I've just sent the fourth e-mail
in two weeks to customer services and they havent even bothered
to call back. I've phoned the call centers a few times and they
were useless. The first time i called was because of a problem with
my charging cable and guess what their answer was? 'If you have
a friend or relative with the same phone just borrow their cable'.
As far as 3 are concerned they can swivel on my middle finger, because
i'm not paying a bill for a phone i simply cant use. Why should
any of us have to pay them for services which is big joke. Their
rolling in our money and laughing their tits off at us. I've cancelled
all payments to them and i'm off now to write to watchdog - you
should too. Rating:
Reviewed by lottie lou from england
on 9th Feb 2005
i fink dis fone is brill but i fink it needz 2 b a bit betta in
sum wyz like ow du u get da mp3 player 2 work coz i cnt do it n
cn sum1 tell me plzzzzzzzzzz nyway evryfin elz iz top lol seyaaaaaazzzzzzzz!!
xxxxxx Rating:
Reviewed by Lee from England on
9th Feb 2005
After a few weeks I had to send the phone in for repair. The 3 customer
services were less than useful. I've since had my phone back and
it was working well (apart from the crashes which are commonplace)
but now it's gone again. I can't wait to finish my contract and
get a new phone. Absolutely rubbish. Rating:
Reviewed by Ian from UK on 4th
Feb 2005
The phone is not to bad had it for about 4 months when it would
not accept my pin code. Screen went into dutch i think! Phoned 3
Tried a few things but nothing, told to take it to my local Carphone
warehouse. After saying i live in the south west I was told Canterbury
was my nearest!! Finally got to one a bit nearer. A round trip off
80 miles then followed. Got to the store only to be told that the
engineer was not there until Friday! Phoned 3 again and was told
that I had been given the store number! I very politly said that
" calls may be recorded for training purposes" but I bet this one
wasnt. So got my phone collected from my work place and was returned
in 3 days. Fine so far, Rating:
Reviewed by Kirk Bevins from England
on 5th Feb 2005
This phone has caused me nothing but trouble since I first bought
it. 3 should take all these phones out of public service. I had
previous problems with this phone (Check out my previous review
from 7th December 2004!) and it was sent back to me from the factory.
1 and a half months on, and randomly, my screen (when I turned my
phone on) is totally white. It turns on (it vibrates so it's on)
but the screen is totally blank white, and I've tried ringing numbers
off it even though nothing appears, but that doesn't work. God help
me if I'm in an emergency! What a waste of time - I think I'll go
back to pay as you go with another operator after the contract is
up! And in reply to Andrew's post towards the end of January: A)
If a phone is for calling and not playing games and taking pictures,
why did you buy a special camera phone - and why do LG etc insist
on making them and... B) It would be good to actually CALL someone
on a phone, when it never turns on or functions well enough to even
make a call!!! Rating:
Reviewed by kel from uk on 2nd
Feb 2005
i got this phone and within three weeks the screen jumbled up, so
i got the same phone but a new one, again that phone broke two weeks
later. the phone in general i personally think was a load of rubbish
and a waste of money. the phone cannot store all the information
it is designed to. i strongly advise no one to get one. Rating:
Reviewed by Sheila from UK on
1st Feb 2005
I had nothing but trouble with this phone. I originally had the
LG U8110, which bit by bit gave me endless trouble. The screen changed
to strange colours and the screen was messed up and I could not
see anything to be able to call out. 3 customer services were so
unhelpful. I sent the phone 5 times and each time they returned
it with the same fault! (Of course I was without a phone for this
time that I finally bought an NEC e313 for temporary use - I put
it for sale on EBAY when I finished with it -and guess what?? 3
had my listing removed saying something about infringing their rights!!
I asked them to explain and they basically sent me the same email!
No explanation!!) Finally, I asked for a replacement phone - and
they sent me a second hand phone - even though they gave me a faulty
phone in the first place. I agree with some of these messages -
we should not have to pay for a service this bad - I have cancelled
my direct debit - and thanks to a message further down - I will
use the "Sale of Goods Rights" if they bother me - check out http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics1/facts/salegoodsact.htm
If anyone wants to discuss this - my email is smuraleetharan@hotmail.com Rating:
Reviewed by Jen from UK on 30th
Jan 2005
Ok, I've had this phone for just over 3 months and if you'd asked
me what I thought in November I would have had no problems with
it. However, since then there's been nothing but trouble. Ok, it's
still a phone, I can still call people but I could do that with
my old 3310. But no, I decided to go a bit better and agree to the
"wonderful" deal of this new phone with mp3 player, camera, video
calling, WAP, MMS etc etc. So far the connection to WAP doesn't
work which means that the MMS service also doesn't work. Video calling
doesn't work. Camera has stopped working and even when it did work
the only way I've found to get the pictures onto your computer is
by emailing them (unfortunately without WAP that's kinda difficult!)
The battery lasts less than a day, and every so often when I turn
the phone on everything will be orange, in Italian and whatever
button I press takes me to the message screen. I've rung the very
unhelpful customer service centre based somewhere in India to be
told that it needed a factory reset. so i did that....fine, no problem...until
it did it again...and again. I've phoned about the WAP and MMS problems,
they were meant to be sorted in 24 hours...that was on 28th December
and it's still not working. Ok, so like I said, you can still call
people and get phone calls, but what the hell am I paying so much
money a month for?????? This phone and 3 have caused me so much
trouble. They're very unorganised and never know what you're talking
about. As well as this they've also tried to take me to court for
not paying the bill on a phone I've never had. Only now is that
hopefully sorted out..and guess what? it was an internal administration
error. If there was any way to get out of this contract I would
but I can't see one other than paying the rest of the contract off
which I really don't fancy doing! Any ideas? Email me on jay_c_81@hotmail.com.
I could do with some help...in fact I may copy this email to Watchdog,
see if they could do something about it as it seems that this is
a pretty common problem Rating:
Reviewed by Charlotte xx from Uk on
30th Jan 2005
This phone is good ... Picture qualty is good, and video is ok but
i have had it for a bout 3 weeks, and then it started to turn its
self of, and desided to change the language to Dutch or sumin lol.
so i took the back n battery off, n then all my setting had reset,
and i sorted it all out, but now, when i call someone its al fuzzy
and cant really hear them, even wen i have full signal, and when
i txt, the screen disides 2 freeze somtimes. If all of this didnt
happen, then it would be an exelent fone!!!! Shame bout all the
faluts Rating:
Reviewed by Phillip from Australia on
29th Jan 2005
Everything about this phone worked pretty good for me - no faults,
no problems (at least not until just recently when I accidentally
dropped it into a lake) but before that I never had any problems
with it. It certainly had far superiour battery life to the phone
I had before it - a nec e606. Typically the battery would last about
3 days for me. Rating:
Reviewed by zachariah from Australia
on 28th Jan 2005
LG 8120 rules!!!!!!!!!!!!! nec e616 sux so much i want to throw
it off a building Rating:
Reviewed by andrew from australia on
27th Jan 2005
For all you ignorant people who said in thier reviews that this
phone sux, go have a cry! I have had this excellent 3G phone for
about 4 months and although there are problems forget about them!
have u ever tried reading the manual?? All those people who have
had it for just one week and given it back: If u got a new bed,
and it creaked a bit would you go all red in the face and give it
back in 1 week? or if u got a new tv and it had a little problem
would you give it back in one week? all those foolish ppl who gave
this fone back... this is the best 3G phone avaiable! what more
do u want? DO YOU NO WAT A PHONE IS FOR? ITS FOR CALLING!NOT FOR
TAKING PICTURES AND PLAYING GAMES! Rating:
Reviewed by Purdy from England on
25th Jan 2005
I had this phone about three months ago, since about two weeks ago
it was fine but then it froze whilst i was texting so i took the
battery out and restarted it, wen it came back on it stayed on the
white starting screen! this was very annoying and since i have had
it repaired every other day it freezes and i have to restart it!
Rating:
Reviewed by neilioP from UK on
24th Jan 2005
Great phone, up to now, but an u download pics from phone onto yer
pc? Explain please? Rating:
Reviewed by miickEe. from Australia
on 19th Jan 2005
I am writing my review and observations of other reviews on the
LG U8120 Handset. This phone proves to be a cutting-edge 3G phone,
and consistently, for my brother who owns such a phone, has been
nothing but a pleasure to own. There are many problems, and none
come from the actual handset itself. 1. Some handsets were released
after a significant software flaw, which in later sold handsets,
had been cleared up. Mostly all stuff-ups can be related to their
software inbalance. 2. 3G network - not a very good network to begin
with. They're a growing network, meaning coverage issues and whatnot
will be sorted out in the next year or so. Remember, this technology
is way ahead of its time, and will need a while to be perfected.
3. Considering this handset came from LG, it should be a top-of-the-range
mobile phone. If you are sending your phone into repairs, I should
recommend sending to LG repair centre, and not to 3. Many users
have been warned to stay away from 3, even if it means to switch
sims. Unless you have either dropped it on the ground or splashed
it with water, it should have no reason to screw up. If you don't
have a software update, and your problems are systematic, it won't
be the reapirer's job to fix it - they wouldn't have a clue on how
to fix it. Make sure you do have this ever-so important update before
you do anything. STAY AWAY FROM 3! miickEe. Rating:
Reviewed by very_angry from england
on 18th Jan 2005
This phone started off great! Ya know you've got all you need!!
Video, Camera, 'Free Downloads', mp3 player, infa red blah blah
blah you know the rest, but after about a month of getting this
phone the phone decided to turn off and then turn on by its self
right in the middle of texting (annoying enough) but when the phone
turned on it said 'write new name' and then i soon dicovered EVERYTHING
was in the wrong place. For exmaple the messages; inbox was now
called 'incoming international calls' and outbox was 'outgoing international
calls' and random words came up like when i phoned anybody up where
it should've said 'hold' said 'am'. The front display had stopped
working and all i could see was a faint time. I rang up 3 (at the
time it said i was phoning the netherlands :S) and it was something
about language (if you have this problem, press menu, 9, 9, then
1) this did work and put everything back in its place and rightful
name HOWEVER, the front display STILL did not work, any shortcut
i pressed lead to the messages ALWAYS, the video camera layout was
still distorted (the camera still worked it was just the layout).
I am very dissapointed that this had happened. Also Beware of 'FREE'
downloading, MOST of it is not free as i discovered with my £135
bill!!!! Most displeasing!!!! I would not recommend this phone at
all!!! PHONES 4 U SUCK!!! The assistant was talking complete gibberish
to me and i understood nothing!! Plus he was foreign which made
it even more difficult to understand!!! Anyway I'm starting to ramble...
Just DON'T get this phone or go with 3!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Gavin Allen from UK on
18th Jan 2005
We are having the same problems as everyone else. Suggest that you
all cancel the direct debit and when 3 comes on quote them Sale
of Goods Act. This is a legal defence which stands up in a court
of law. Check out the Act on the internet. Rating:
Reviewed by Vicki from England on
17th Jan 2005
tHIS IS A GOOD FONE BUT THE DESIGN IS TOO ORIGINAL AND ITS A BIT
ON THE PRICEY SIDE IT DOESNT DO ITSELF ANY JUSTICE Rating:
Reviewed by tom from america on
13th Jan 2005
This is the worst damn thing in the world. if there was a no star
rating it would get it. Go for a nec e616v not this poo. the soccer
is bad the ball seems to disapeer. Rating:
Reviewed by A from UK on 13th
Jan 2005
i had the phone for a month before it was stolen and it worked perfectly
well then..it's been replaced for the last 2 weeks n this one has
worked just as well. the menu is just as easy to use as on a nokia
n looks a lot snazzier. my friends signed up on to 3 with the nokia
7600 which has been a let down n difficult to hold when talking,
speakerphone is also awful on the nokia. in comparison the LG has
been great n im glad i picked it. i gave it 4 stars though because
the speakerphone echos for whoever im talking to n so they prefer
when i don't use it. all in all a great phone...fingers crossed
it stays that way! Rating:
Reviewed by Adam from australia on
13th Jan 2005
Peoples this fone is poor. why? well the first day i had got it
everything was fine till a week later when my fone started to freeze
up. and the only way i could get it workin again was by taking the
battery out and putting it back in ithught it would of been a minor
glich but no. now my fone has been stuffed up even more, the front
part of the fone which sgows u the date and time has completly disappeared
and when i ever tri to get on it i type in my password and then
some stupid thing saying i needed a security code. and apprantly
if u look in ur book it tells u that u can put a security setting
on. either when u turn it on or put it on stanby. but i had chosen
niether of them. and now i am stuffed i dont recommend this fone
to any one. Rating:
Reviewed by Dilma from Denmark on
12th Jan 2005
yep freezing is utterly bad constantly..i can never even get to
the point to change the wallpaper, opening screen before it freezes(100%
of the time without fail)! Rating:
Reviewed by Beasty from UK on
12th Jan 2005
I have had the same problem(s) as others here. I used to be on an
O2 contract £30 a month for 200mins and 200 texts. However
i changed to 3 in August since the deals from dialphone were just
literally incredible! - with cashback, 20 a month for 750 cross
net and texts was unbelievable. However, after a couple of months
i started to notice problems. Sometimes i would not receive texts
all day and then i had to reset the phone. The phone gradually got
worse and worse, and kept doing things like getting the external
and internal screens out of sync. In the last few weeks it kept
resetting and was getting to the stage where i had to remove the
battery and reset every few days! - but the calls and network would
still work. However, today as i was typing a long text it froze,
i reset it and it would turn on and just give a white screen and
would load the PIN screen etc. I rang dialaphone who told me it
was a 3 problem. I went to the 3 shop in superdrug in Newcastle-u-Tyne
and asked them to replace it. The 1sy guy denied that it was their
problem at all and said i wasn't entitled to a repair. I asked to
speak to the manager who confirmed this, but after much pleading
he let me ring dialaphone on their phone. Dialphone confirmed that
it was a 3 warranty issue and i should send it to them. I rang 3,
the idian guy answered promptly and agredd to have it picked up
by the end of the day. However, i asked if they could pick it up
from the shop as i live in student halls and am a med student and
am nearly always in lectures. The manager swore blind that he couldn't
be responsible for the phone and i would have to have it picked
up from the halls. So in short 3 as a co-ordinated company in a
joke. The guys in the shop were talking out their arses and were
utterly useless. I hope they repair it, but if i have to keep sending
it back (more than 2-3 times) i will cancel the direct debit and
take them on. This phone has been by far the most unreliable i have
ever used and ultimately if it doesn't do what it says on the tin
(or box), then i am not gonna pay for it and will take 3 head on.
However, only time will tell if they can fix it properly and what
happens.... i will post again here soon. PS If any1 has cancelled
their contract early against 3, please email on haveareallygoodchat@hotmail.com.
Thanks. Rating:
Reviewed by d3xt3r from Romania on
9th Jan 2005
this is definitely one of the best phones out there, and definitely
the best 3g phone.i've had it for about 2 months now, and i'm very
satisfied with it. first the bad points:no memory card slot, too
many buttons, a bit heavy and no bluetooth. pro's: OUSTANDING display,
good camera, loads of utilities, never blocked on me. People, don't
blame the phone if you don't know how to use it. Dropped calls and
so on come from the faulty network, not from the phone. mp3 quality
is very good, pc syncronisation works flawleslly (JUST READ THE
DAMN MANUAL!). i've been reading out so called "reviews" based on
nothing, like "i've had the phone for 2 days and it sucks!" how
can you say it sucks if you don't even had the time to see all the
phone features? if you want a brick with a tiny screen and stupid
menus, go for a nokia 3310, and stay down there! if you want more
than a phone, go for lg u8120! Rating:
Reviewed by lou lou from england on
8th Jan 2005
this phone is the worst thing i have ever used and the service is
even worse. i have had the same problems as everyone else on here
and i am sick to death with it. does anyone know of anyone that
is doing anything about this or has managed to cancel their contract
with 3 within the year. email me at louis_starnowski@hotmail.com
coz i really want to get out of this. Rating:
Reviewed by sandra Carlsson from Sweden
on 6th Jan 2005
The best telephone on the market right now! Rating:
Reviewed by Scott from Scotland on
6th Jan 2005
this is a real good quality phone - if your gunna send it to get
repairs send it to LG - not 3 - that way it'll be done properly
- all the faults i've seen posted here seem like genuine manufacture
problems - but it is a good phone which is surprising seeing LG's
record.... Rating:
Reviewed by matt (13) from Australia
on 6th Jan 2005
This phone is da best plays mp3's and does video camera and all.
Easially the best on the market have had a couple of little problems
it has frozen on me twice and the battery life isnt great. but all
new phones have little cons. i bought this phone off ebay and it
was unloked so i put an optus sim card in it works great. one thing
that does anoy me is that to get games 4 it you have to down load
them off three coasting a fiar bit VERY GREEDY of them but thats
the network.but this is defenetly the best on the market if it wernt
for those tiny little glitches it would be perfect BEST PHONE EVER
!!!! matt Rating:
Reviewed by TUTTS08 from U.K on
5th Jan 2005
GREAT PHONE! NO PROBS Rating:
Reviewed by mike from UK on 5th
Jan 2005
My children have a phone each so we can keep in contact with them.
The phones are utterly unreliable, and both have been in twice in
5 months for repair (losing 6 working days each time). 3G callcentre
in India/Pakistan is even worse...they cannot speak English properly,
read from a script, dont give a flying fig, and score -100 out of
10. Unfortunately legally there is no way out the contract for 7
more months :0(. HOWEVER in month 12 both phones go flying, contract
ends and we will move to any other network with any other phone.
And one final point we wont be buying from carphone warehouse, they
have great marketing and lousy support !!! Rating:
Reviewed by Sexy Simon from Manchester
England on 5th Jan 2005
This phone is appauling i regret purchasing it so much... Basically
when i first got this phone i swear i thought it was amazing, it
had an mp3 player, video camera and was easy enough to use, appeared
to be lovely. Then the problems began which is basically the same
stuff that every1 else on here has mentioned (freezing, settings
changeing, front screen not working, turning its self off countless
times and the video camera and every camera setting becoming unusable)
Now i could live without the video camera and camera (apparently
there wasnt enough memory to save when there obviously was). So
i used it for about a month without a camera until today, as i was
writing a text it decided to freeze...splendid so i did the usual
routine of taking the battery out etc and when it turned it back
on it froze instantly...hmmm..so i tried again many times but every
time it froze, so now i have this appauling phone that doesnt actually
work, (but i still get to pay for it, wonderful!!)looks like im
going to have to send it off for repairs but i doubt that will do
anything. This phone is SO good i am going to open up another contract
- get a new -reliable- phone (probably a Nokia)and pay 2 contracts
just so i dont have to touch this worthless brick ever again in
my life! Trust me, dont touch LG dont touch 3,they're appalling.
Rating:
Reviewed by tazzie from n ireland on
5th Jan 2005
the phone is excellent bar the thought of getting video ringtones
onto it is a pain in the but have been trying for weeks to do this
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Reviewed by Newcastle Lass from England
on 4th Jan 2005
Excellant mobile phone but can anyone tell me if they have had the
same problem as me and my friend.I was in the middle of texting
a mesage when my phone suddenly switched off.I swithed it back on
and i had lost all my contacts and had reset everything as when
it was when i bought it.So i rang the link up said i have to take
it to carphone wharehouse for a software update so its gonna be
at least a week before i get it back and Lg knew this was going
to happen scandalous!!Which means im gonna lose all my games ringtones
pics videos the lot!.So im quite gutted to say the least.And apparently
its only a matter of time until it happens to all of them.so anyone
been in the same boat here!!Please tell me thanx. Rating:
Reviewed by dick from australia on
4th Jan 2005
omg i saw the phone i fell in love its a very low price and a really
great phone its got the best camera qulity and it looks great has
great smooth video. IT IS A GREAT PHONE I SUGEST TO EVERYONE OUT
THERE TO GET THIS PHONE Rating:
Reviewed by David from Australia on
17th Dec 2004
People who say the phone sucks is only because they suck. Just because
you don't know how to follow simple steps which then leads to it
not work doesn't mean it sucks. Just because you had bad luck, doesn't
mean it sucks. Call divert, just turn it off you moron. It's called,
Options > Deactivate all, there, no more call diverting. It just
keeps ringing now. And about the crashes, probably just you. Overusing
it. Pressing through menus to quick I mean, I has to load up the
stuff. Once the stuff has been loaded once, it's faster on the next
times. When something new in, load, but then fast again. I had no
problems what so ever with this phone. Maybe people should read
the manual? How to use the phone safely? What to do and what not
to do? HINTS!? It's all over the manual..... Rating:
Reviewed by ryan o from UK London on
15th Dec 2004
This is by far the best phone i have ever had! to see all the negatives
make no sense to me, the ONLY problem i have encountered is twice
while having it connected to my pc it cant find the files in one
of the three directories on the phone, which simply closes the connected
from the phone end. doesnt even crash anything, takes 1 second to
reconnect and away you go.. i love the features, they could have
added games but how long would you actually play them?? ive had
no problems with coverage or receiving sms's. its never crashed
or shown any signs of 'buggyness' , they could have added a higher
quality speaker for mp3 playing but its no big issue it plays very
loud and only shows signs of struggle with HIGH bass music. overall
im really impressed and love the phone, i would recommend it to
anyone.. absolutely brilliant. ignore all the bad reviews and read
the real ones, this is my summary and hope you enjoyed. email me
at ryaninwa@hotmail.com if anyone has a question, thanks alot GET
ONE!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Em from England on
15th Dec 2004
Well well well where do I begin? Not with the good points that's
for sure-there aren't any!!. I've had nothing but problem after
problem with this piece of rubbish-it starts off playfully freezing
and turning itself off, annoyingly when you've just come to the
end of a mammoth text. Next comes the death of some of the camera
functions-excellent...I can put up with these little problems as
I can still text, make/receive calls etc but after having my phone
sent in for repairs on a monthly basis, I know I've still got the
mumbled jargon popping up from nowhere-which also freezes the phone-random
requests for security numbers and fancy flashing lights where the
disappearance of my front display sets things off nicely, yet to
come!!!. The call centre peeps over in India are utterly useless
and you're only provided with a replacement phone when physical
damage occurs apparently. Oh, and they seem ever so surprised when
you call up with your fault(s) as it's a "very reliable phone"...,
what do they know. Reading down it's good to see I'm not alone here!!
Something needs to be done about this, it's very wrong! Rating:
Reviewed by james h from aussie on
15th Dec 2004
oh my god. i got this phone a few days ago and it is so awsome.
takes a while to get used to but it is really. by the way can you
take songs off a cd on ya computer and store on phone as mp3 Rating:
Reviewed by Alec from Australia on
14th Dec 2004
this is an awesome phone and i dont know why people complain about
the camera and video camera....if people want a good camera go buy
a digital camera!!!! and for the price this is a really good phone
i urge people to buy this phone today!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Rebecca from England on
13th Dec 2004
WOW!!!!! This phone is so cool!!!! How could u people say its bad!!!!!
I love this phone so much!!!! BEST PHONE I HAVE HAD IN AGES!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Simon from England on
11th Dec 2004
As with a lot of these people i have purchaced a LG u8120 on an
upgrade package from an 3 Mobile phone the LG e606, this phone has
great relaibility ana i find it fantastic, unlike the LG u8120,
thich i have had replaced seeig as i had it the first time and it
broke, all the menu changed, if i made i call it diverted me to
Netherlands, i tried to sort this out, i was sucussfull in changing
the menus back to englsih but i was still being diverted and also
if you tried to change the backlight settings it would crash the
phone rendering it un useable until you took out the battery and
replaced it, so i traded it for a new one and this worked ok until
about a day ago and all of a sudden it just decided to not work,
i tried to change the profile and it crashed completly, not i cant
charge the phone up, i cant switch the phone on, it is rather annoying
so i am going to take it back and get another one, as for the network
i find it excelent where i live, every where i go i get a 3G signal
unless i set it to 2G. Thank you for the consideration. Simon. Please
3 can you sort this known problem out. Rating:
Reviewed by Johanne from Australia,
NSW on 9th Dec 2004
BEST PHONE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The quality of the
camera is absolutely outstanding! The best telecomunication ever!
seriously!! Rating:
Reviewed by Trev from England on
7th Dec 2004
This is probably the worst Telecommunication equipment I have ever
come across. I would be better of going back to two tin cans and
a piece of string. Like thousands of others I am recieving none
of my messages I never have network coverage, the battery lasts
not even a day, the phone freezes and now has given up completely.
Three have offered to send out a new phone but by the sounds of
things will be as good as the last one, but are not offering me
a standby phone which means I am stranded without a phone and still
paying for it. All you get for customer service is patronizing really
annoying unhelpfull people from thousands of miles away I HATE THIS
PHONE AND THE NETWORK!!! has anyone tried ditching the contract
and taking them on? if so could you contact me and let me know how
you got on my email is trevdav@hotmail.com. Rating:
Reviewed by Kirk Bevins from England
on 7th Dec 2004
I am extremely annoyed with this phone. It was a great phone when
I first bought it, and loved it, but ever since I bought it, I have
been unable to use it on many occasions. I bought it at the very
end of September 2004, and for a start, they charged me a month's
payment of £15 after just 3 days! Since then, my phone has
turned off randomly whilst in my pocket - it cuts off numerous times
during calls - always has bad signal - and regularly switches itself
off when I try to turn it on, even though the battery is fully charged.
This morning I turned my phone on and it produced a bright glow,
but no symbols appeared. I closed the lid, and the light never turned
off! I tried charging it, but no message came up saying it was charging
either! I have the phone beside me now, taken the battery and sim
card out, blown the inside to remove dust, put everything back correctly
and now it won't even turn on! Just a black screen! Why does this
phone keep going wrong? The annoying thing is I changed from a good
old pay as go on another phone for no reason (just saw this cheap
deal in The Link) and kept my original number and now I have no
phone to ring home with! I am at university, and can't contact my
parents when I need to be in contact with them urgently! I'm fed
up! Get it sorted. Rating:
Reviewed by ik.|xXx| from australia
on 6th Dec 2004
champion effort Rating:
Reviewed by Paul from Newcastle on
6th Dec 2004
I have deducted a star due to the mp3 player quality throught the
phones speaker. Rubbish. Rating:
Reviewed by brent from australia on
5th Dec 2004
ive had this phone for a week and its just begun to play up on me
its annoying i love the little thing but is worthless no wonder
its price goes down like nearly every week it keeps turning its
self off it freezes all the time it wont accept my security code
so i complained to the 3 people and they are replacing it. i just
hope my new one wont be as bad Rating:
Reviewed by Lucy from Australia on
4th Dec 2004
Hey, i was lookin 4 a phone to get and looked at these reviews and
i gotta admit i thought when i got it it would break but my phone
has been supa impresive. My friend has one and we are always video
talking to each other!I think this phone is totally awsum! Especially
for me being a 13yr old! The camera and video r too cool 4 school
so i urge you to buy one they are awsum and they look extremely
sexy! Baiz!!! Lucy Rating:
Reviewed by Tasha from England on
2nd Dec 2004
Just got this phone and i love it!!! All the features are excellent.
Having the interent on the phone is great too! This phone has really
good memory! i have taken loads of videos and pictures and still
got lots of memory left. To anyone thinking of gettin git i really
recommend it!! have fun xx Rating:
Reviewed by John from England UK on
1st Dec 2004
HI I`VE GOT THIS PHONE AND ITS GREAT IT DOS SHOW PROBLEMS SOMETIMES
BUT IM NOT ANGY BOUT IT IT HAS VERY HI-TECH FEATURES..... IT HAS
A 65.536 COLOUR LCD SCREEN, VIDEO CAMERA, FLASH, NORMAL CAMERA TO
TAKE PICS, IT HAS A GREAT REAL MUSIC PLAYER, 32MB INTERNAL MEMORY,
IT HAS A AVATOR TO SHOW ANIMATED PICS OF YOUR FRIENDS (YOU HAVE
TO MAKE THEM YOURSELF) A BIG FRONT SCREEN (THE VERY FRONT) TELLING
YOU TIME AND DATE, GREAT PICTURE QUALITY, DOSENT CRASH IF YOU TAKE
PROPER CARE OF IT , A SERIES OFCOLOURS AT THE VERY FRONT SCREEN
TO CHOOSE FROM TO LIGHT UP WHEN YOU PRESS THE KEY AT THE SIDE OF
THE PHONE ETC.... I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS PHONE DUE TO ITS
RELIABILITY. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WITH THIS STUPID 3G BECAUSE ITS
LOCATED IN INDIA THESE OPERATORS SOMETIMES DONT UNDERSTAND A WORD
YOUR SAYING. BUT THAT DOSNT MATTER THE OPERATOR LINES ARE ALL FREE..
I`VE GOT IT ON A 12 MONTH 600 BUNDLE PACK THINGY... I MEAN IM ONLY
13 BUT IF I WERE YOU READ THE PHONE INSTRUCTIONS..... ANYWAY GOOD
LUCK Rating:
Reviewed by gossip from england on
1st Dec 2004
dis phone is da bomb. buy it man! got it on pay as u go but cheap
as out. tmobile sux Rating:
Reviewed by JJ from Australia on
1st Dec 2004
Referring to Stew's review, i'd think there was a reason why the
guy sold it for $20. He/she must of broken it or something? Think
about it. The phone is alright, especially if it's unlocked like
mine and can use other/better networks, if that was the main problem
people have been experiencing Though I wish that three logo wasn't
there Rating:
Reviewed by devil from scotland on
30th Nov 2004
OK MAN! DIS PHONE IS PURE QUALITY! JUST GOT IT THE DAY AND MA PALS
AD IT 4 MONTHS! WEVE BEEN SENDIN EACH OTHER PICS OF STUF AND ITS
PURE DEAD CHEAP! GOT TONS O FOTOS AND THERE BRILL MAN! BY THE WAY,
3 IS SO NOT JUNK! ITS PURE DEAD SOLID. C YA XXX Rating:
Reviewed by Stuart Myers from UK on
29th Nov 2004
I got this phone, on contract - as I am a student and I kept on
going over my free minutes on my £30 a month O2 contract - 3 seemed
to be an ideal choice! Excellent coverage they say, with a good
and reliable phone... hmmm. What I can say about the coverage is,
sure, it's not great at all but the technology is in it's infancy,
and with Vodafone etc. all bringing out their own 3G mobiles - I
can only expect the network coverage to improve over the next year
or two. My main quibble with this phone is the software and reliability.
It has crashed on me several times, and the last time it crashed
(while trying to send a text message to several receipiants) I took
the battery out, to which the phone restarted with almost all of
it's settings changed - the time, colour scheme and menu listings
and icons were all out. Gave it a reset, took the sim out and back
in to which it prompted me to enter my security code. After discovering
that it had changed the security code from what I put in myself
to something TOTALLY different I took the battery and sim out a
few times until I was able to access the phone without the need
to enter a security code. The fun and games don't stop there, the
flash and zoom on the camera no longer work, I scroll through the
arc menu on it to find the icon for messages helpfully has "Multimedia"
next to it and all the menu names have changed (eg. To write a text
message I have to select "multimedia" and then "Zoom" and then "Speed
Dials") the predictive text is botched and it likes to hang when
putting in a contact, making new calls etc... Now I have to take
it to a specific carphone warehouse in my city to get the software
upgraded. That's going to take 4 hours and is certainly a huge inconvenience
for me. bah, many friends of mine have had different problems as
well with it, whereas others have said it works absolutelty fine.
All the features are ace, but I would have sacrificed all the extra
features for it to be reliable. Rating:
Reviewed by Marcus Smith from London
Uk on 23rd Nov 2004
I have nothing against the phone. However, The 3G network is absolute
rubbish. I have never witnessed such incompetence from a network
provider. Horrendous customer service in India, poor managment,
bad reception (only works when it re-routes to 3, which is actually
the O2 network). I can go on slagging 3G off for days, but I will
stop now as I'm on the verge of smashing my laptop to pieces out
of frustration with 3G. I would be happy to hear from anyone planning
to approach Watchdog, as I know there will be thousands of users
with similar issues. All I can say is don't be fooled by their promo
offers, cheap calls etc. They have o% customer retention after 12
mths which speaks for itself. Anyone who has extended their contract
must be INSANE and probably enjoys dealing with a bunch on monkeys.
DO NOT BUY ANY PHONE ON A 3G NETWORK, IT'S MORE AGGRO THAN IT'S
WORTH. Rating:
Reviewed by Fawwad Anwar from Pakistan
on 23rd Nov 2004
I LOVE THIS Mobile because i found the best things in it which i
wish or my dream in a mobile phones. The best thing is a vedio camera
which i most wanted in a cell phone. Fawwad Rating:
Reviewed by Camber Sands from England
on 20th Nov 2004
I LOVE THIS PHONE!... However, there are some points which let it
down. The main point is the size, it's about the same size and weight
as the Samsung V200. Another point is the phone doesn't come with
any standard pre-loaded games which doesn't accomodate for people
like me who love games but hate the N-Gage. If you want to play
games you have to download them from 3's website (which is acsessable
from the LGu120 at no extra charge. Games cost money though). All
round I'd say this is a great phone for personal and business use
alike. Smooth video-recorder and crisp camera (although the flash
isn't very bright). Recomended. Rating:
Reviewed by Fab-u-las from UK on
19th Nov 2004
What is everyone going on about saying this is a rubbish phone!
I have had mine nearly 2 month and i've had no problems whatsoever!!.This
phone is fab.It's easy to download mp3 tones thru data cable onto
phone only thig is how do you get the pics on for when people call
you??I haven't the foggiest anyone know??.the memory is exceptional
only thig is when u make a call sometimes it says service unavailable!!Never
mind overall fab phone!! Rating:
Reviewed by Moza from London on
18th Nov 2004
The handset is fine, if it would work on the bloody network!!! I
strongly advise NOT to get a pay monthly contract phone on a 3G
network. Why? Because they're terrible!! They have a incompetent
call centre in India for all customer services enquiries who read
from a text screen and have hearing problems. They don't even provide
replacement phones when you send it in for repairs when it stops
working and has never been fropped/damaged. Believe me it will come
to a halt... When you do send it back, you'll need to do this 3
times to replace the handset, and for some stupid reason every time
they send the handset back to you they write a letter stating that
it's been successfully repaired and fixed. If it's been repaired
& fixed why doesn't it work then?!?!?!? 3G probably also have an
imcompetent repairs team who have not got a clue as to what they're
doing. You might as well send it off to a bunch of monkeys in a
zoo to fix it. The phone hasn't been working for 5 weeks now, so
their only solution is to send me a new sim card, which still does
not work!! This has been the most stressfull and frustrating experience
I have ever come accross with a network provider. I will be paying
the remainder of contract off & cancelling, so I can forget about
this experience and never have to liaise with a 3G person again.
3G IS FOR MUGS!!! Rating:
Reviewed by martin from england on
16th Nov 2004
dont get it it's absolutely rubbish my friend got it on contract
and it is so awful that he put it in his wardrobe and he said he
still has to pay the contract but he cant do anything Rating:
Reviewed by stew from Adelaide on
16th Nov 2004
this phone is rubbish, I got it for $20,00 of my friend. it was
only 5 days old and it had the worst looking screen that i have
ever seen. When i recorded a video on it it would always have three
white lines covering most of the screen half way through the clip,
the MP3 player was glitchy it would stop 5 seconds through the file
coulsing me to snap it on my pindik!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T GET THIS PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Jo from England on
12th Nov 2004
Well I've had this phone for 3 months now and I've just had to send
it in for the 3rd time to be repaired!!. The guys at customer service
tell me it's one of the most reliable phones around but I've had
many problems ranging from frozen functions to no front display,
to nothing working whatsoever!! And get this, they won't even let
me exchange it for a different model or a replacement handset, grrrr!!
Have another 9 months of this bloody contract to go but when she
comes back from the repair place on Tuesday she's going to be 'accidentally'
trodden on/run over/burnt-I can't take it any more!! To all of you
who have no troubles at all, lucky you!!! But don't worry, it won't
last like that for long :o) and for those of you who are thinking
about getting one, DON'T DO IT!!! A child's pretend phone is more
useful-then again, I can think of a few things I can find a use
for with the LG U8120... Rating:
Reviewed by Scott from ENGLAND on
9th Nov 2004
Does anyone know how to work the mp3 player? please help. Matthewspekls@aol.com
please Rating:
Reviewed by A sad 3G user from UK on
8th Nov 2004
This is a genuine review....I bought the LG U8110, but when I found
out that the 3G was soooo terrible I tried to return it, but my
14 day period had just expired!! A few months later I damaged my
phone and replaced it through my insurance with the LG U8120. One
thing I need to point out here before I go any further, what is
the point in offering 750 or 500 free mins if you cannot make a
call even though your signal is showing full strength. Even on the
rare occassions you can make a call it keeps cutting you off and
that includes incoming calls!!!! Text messages go astray inward
as well as out and sometimes take a day to get to their intended
destination!!! The phone I have no probs with as it is better in
size compared to the original bricks that were produced. It has
many nice features but I am in the process of going back to my old
clamshell samsung on the old technology even though I have many
months to run on my 3G contract! It is too early to join this system
and it needs to sort out the probs I have mentioned. It is a shame
as I did enjoy using the video call function when it worked. LG
phone I give 4 stars, but what star rating would I give 3G network?
0!!!!!!!!! DO NOT BUY 3G YET!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by colin from england on
7th Nov 2004
very very good phone! great for transfering mp3's from the pc to
your ringtones (cant store no more than 2 co's the phones memory
not big enough , but video callin is excellent as i bought the wife
one also its a cracker to keep in touch and its not really that
expansive. great phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Rating:
Reviewed by Pud from England on
7th Nov 2004
Just writing in to clear up the problem people have connecting the
phone to their PC. Basically, the only thing you're doing wrong
is not making sure the phone is on the main home page. If it's in
any other mode (E.G. text messaging mode) it can't connect with
Phone Manager etc) Hope this has been of help! :) Rating:
Reviewed by Jay from UK on 7th
Nov 2004
Hi i think the LG U8120 is the worst phone I have seen !!! Honestly
Go for the NEC e616V Make Sure U stay away from LG !! NEC e616Vs
are the most up to date 3 Video mobile so get one !! The NEC e616Vs
have also been reduced from 300 pound to a Whopping 45 pound wiv
15 pound credit on Threepay !! I hope I have been sum help , Jay Rating:
Reviewed by aron from uk on 6th
Nov 2004
wud sum1 please email me and tel me how to use the MP3 on my fone?
i cant seem 2 get it to connect 2 my comp Rating:
Reviewed by eddie from scotland on
6th Nov 2004
only prob is no bluetooth, apart from that excellent fone camera
is ok. best feature i like is the ability to upload mp3 files from
your pc to this and use them as ringtones Rating:
Reviewed by Vishal Kapoor from England
on 5th Nov 2004
This phone is great. Rating:
Reviewed by Gangsta from U.K. on
5th Nov 2004
IF U HAD A BRAIN, U WUD BUY DIS PHONE FOR £65 FROM DA SHOPS AND
SELL IT FOR LIKE 120 ON EBAY! I BOUGHT LIKE 5 OF DEM AND IVE SOLD
ALL OF DEM ON EBAY. IVE MADE NEARLY £300 PROFIT!! THIS PHN IS COOL.
IF U HAV ANY RPOBLEMS WITH THE 3 NETWORK, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS AFTER
BUYING THE PHONE, USE IT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AND USE UP ALL YOUR
CREDIT. THEN, GET IT UNBLOCKED, BY YOUR LOCAL PHONE DEALERS (I SEE
PLENTY OF DEM IN DA STREETS) AND YOU CAN THEN USE IT ON ANY NETWORK.
IT ONLY COSTS LIKE A FIVER TO UNBLOCK!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Nigel Smith from United
Kingdom on 5th Nov 2004
OK, Well it's a phone. I guess that would be the reason you bought
it and not the frills and bells that most exhibit these days. In
that respect you are lucky as it worked extremely well as a phone
and also the frill there were also worked fine. I thought a little
more "substance" in the battery cover would not have been remiss
since it is VERY THIN. Generaly the phone has a "quality" feel about
it but not as much as the heavier weights like the latest Sony phones.
The menue system is very easy to use. In fact if you don't like
the "Arc method" which is default you can change it to a "list"
or "Icon". The Icon style gives some very nice moving graphics but
otherwise for quick access the alternative "list" style is the best.
These are all accessed under "Settings" "Screen" then "menu style".
In each case there are number pad shortcuts. Another dissadvantage
is the lack of memeory with the 32M which I thought would have been
ample. It depends how your mp3's have been recorded. If they have
been recorded with 128bit then they are likely to be large files
and preferably need remastering to limit their size else you simply
are only going to get about 6 average length songs on it. Just forget
the collection of Beethoven Symphonies. It wasn't built for them.
the aerial is begining to look a bit dated now but what did suprise
me was network coverage. Now it could be that "3" is really strong
everywhere. - Nope. Don't think so. BUT the phone reception was
very good even better than Vodaphone which I never thought I would
ever be able to say. Certainly with 500 any network anytime minutes
and 100 free texts offer it represents excellent value for money.
You may have to get a spare battery bt hey, bearing all in mind
it is a small price to pay. Try http://www.firstphoneshop.co.uk/lg-phone-accessories/lg-u8120.shtml
I found their site which looks interesting but I have NOT tried
it. Just thought I would mention it as it shows the batteries and
phone backs for sale. Rating:
Reviewed by Zubair Younus from Pakistan
on 5th Nov 2004
I am using LG U8120 phone.This phone has a good picture quality
but some of the features which are owned by other mobile phones
are not available. Rating:
Reviewed by x.ally.x from scotland on
4th Nov 2004
hiya everyone i see mostly good points about this phone when scrolling
down the page. The phone looks really good and i wasnt sure on buying
it or not. As soon as i saw it in a catalouge for £65 i was shocked
i didnt expect a brand new phone with good reviews to be that cheap
and when i check it up on the link it was £150. So i phone up the
shop(which i saw for 65) and they said they have stop doing the
because they cant get parts for it and the catalouge was only 3
days old. If that was the case nowhere would be selling them!! three
is not a good network and not reliable. anyway just wanted to add
my say thanks bye!!. Rating:
Reviewed by BeefQueen from UK on
1st Nov 2004
Disclaimer: The rating is for the phone on the 3 network (which
is the only route by which it can currently be purchased). The phone
itself is great - not too big, acceptable battery life, beautiful
screen and impressive camera. BUT the 3 network is absolutely appalling
- poor reception, lost texts, no voicemail and terrible customer
service. I didn't realise this until after the fourteen days was
up, but I'm having to buy a new phone on a 2G network, despite having
ten months to run on the 3 contract, because I can't rely on their
network. Trust me - buy the variant on Orange when it comes out
if you want a good 3G phone. Just don't buy from 3! Rating:
Reviewed by John from England on
31st Oct 2004
Excellent phone best ive seen upto yet only probem i have had with
mine is connecting it to the computer using usb, also it does have
global positioning capacitability as i have used all you have to
do is connect to 3 map finder tells you were you are and how to
get to where you are going costs about 10-25p to use. Rating:
Reviewed by ben from england on
29th Oct 2004
this fone is very good but it does not have bluetooth and no radio
but the the looks and camara make it one of the best phones out Rating:
Reviewed by becky from wales on
27th Oct 2004
me realy stuck . im really close 2 buying this fone but heared its
realy big and the signal is poor i like a copact fone is this fone
recomended 4 a 12 year old plez reply i might buy the 02 x3 insted. Rating:
Reviewed by Martin from UK on
26th Oct 2004
I give the phone 4 stars, my reason for this is it doesnt have bluetooth
built in. But you can buy a bluetooth adaptor for it so that you
can use handsfree kits in your car. The screen on this phone is
amazing, its so bright and so clear, one downsidde to it is it eats
the battery, but you cant have it both ways. Pesonally its not a
problem for me to stick it on charge, i'd rather have a clearer
screen. The menus are excellent, even though I have only had a Nokia
previously, the address book lets you store names,numbers, address',
email etc. It works really well with Outlook for syncronising calendar,
notes, contacts and to do lists. The camera and video functions
on it are really good (including a light to light up dark pictures),
gives good quality pictures, and videos int eh .3GP format playable
from a pc with quicktime. Allows you to have MP3's as ringtones,
and has a good amount of built in storage for holding all your videos/pictures.
As for linking it up with the pc, I found this a breeze, installed
the software, plugged in teh phone and I was away. You can sync
up contacts, send/receive text messages and upload and download
pictures within a few clicks. One bad point to the software I found
was that when sending text messages you had to enter the number
manually and couldnt fillit in from the phones address book. Also
you cant charge and use the PC cable at teh same time, a better
solution might have been to charge it from the usb power, because
the power socket is also the data link socket. Its a good sturdy
feeling phone, the outer case is silver plastic, with a brushed
metal front. Inside the keys are laid out well and are a decent
size to use properly. Rating:
Reviewed by CHUKA from NIGERIA on
24th Oct 2004
Unfortunately theres no 3 service here in nigeria which makes half
of the functions on the phone useless,how do i download games when
there is no service here,and we dont use credit card here? worst
of it,d phone has refused to connect with my pc,smething about connection
in idle screen,what is that and how do i go about it since without
dat connection d phone is useless to me. if anybody know how to
connect it ,d person should forward d reply to my mail box which
is chukaeney2k a yahoo.com.I NEED THIS URGENTLY AND IT WILL BE APPRECIATED. Rating:
Reviewed by Fraser O'Donnell from AUSTRALIA
on 23rd Oct 2004
The phones great.everything works fine.I love my phone Rating:
Reviewed by Fraser from AUSTRALIA on
21st Oct 2004
The phones great.Best phone i'v ever had. Rating:
Reviewed by genno from uk on
20th Oct 2004
the word armitage house brick comes to mind.-- Rating:
Reviewed by lisa from manchester on
20th Oct 2004
i have heard the fone looks nice but i have heard the fone aint
worth the mount of money it cost for ringing texting. Rating:
Reviewed by Daniel from England on
19th Oct 2004
What a great fone!!!2 of my friends have 1 and we are always doing
cool stuff using the video camera (Huming bowling for example)If
anyone who wants a 3G mobile at a reasonable size.Get this.Anybody
else GET THIS!!!! Anyone know wer 2 get this fone on pay as you
go MSN me at footiecrazee@hotmail.com Rating:
Reviewed by brett from UK on
18th Oct 2004
Great phone, although not having Bluetooth is a little strange for
any new cutting edge phone. It is great in all other respects, and
the clamshell feature is good to prevent mis-dialing when forgetting
to lock the keypad, and protecting the screen. It was very easy
to get used to navigating, as I had been a Nokia user before. It
is easier and more intuitive than the Nokia's I have had. Rating:
Reviewed by Rob from Scotland on
16th Oct 2004
Hey Alf...sell it on Ebay that's what I'm doing. You'll get at least
£120 then you can buy a decent Nokia or something ;) Rating:
Reviewed by Alf from england on
14th Oct 2004
The phones no real different than 8110, outside scrren plastic is
wafer thin and I put my "FINGER" thr it on day one, there's no battery
life, non de nada. Worst of all is the usless network, If your moving
ie walking itr drops out, don't try to use it in a car no chance,
oh and that usful map thingy well there's no coverage out in the
sticks so its no use either. phones 4 U U suck! I wish I'd never
bought it.If some one can tell me how to get rid of it.... Rating:
Reviewed by nick from UK on 11th
Oct 2004
This is an exceptional phone with at least two severe flaws. I got
it on Three (1/2 price line rental for a year etc, etc) and sent
it back within 24 hours. DONT BE TEMPTED. Plus points: V nice menus,
easy to use, great media player and recorder, photos and video play
back g. quality. mp3 ringtones are always good, great PC conectivity.
negatives: only avaliable on the 3G Three notwork (yes notwork,
not network), which, to be quite frank is very poor indeed. Little
signal in Brighton (despite 3G website saying it was 100%). When
reverting to 2g network there was signal loss for at least 60 seconds
and it lost 3g every 5 mins. Not exactly the fault of the handset,
but, if the network is bad- whats the point? battery life on the
phone is *really* awful. you will be lucky to get 15 hours. CAN
I BE ARSED TO RECHARGE MY PHONE EVERY DAY? NO I CANNOT. Rating:
Reviewed by Pandamoniam from OZ on
11th Oct 2004
got this phone like for 2 months so far and this is the summary
of its performance. a week ago, the video camera software screwed
up (menu bar was missin som icons and indicates i hav insufficient
memory even though i had like 20megs left) i duno how this occurred,
it was jus a normal mornin wen i switched my phone to vid cam and
it was like that. okai like that wasnt enough, 5 days later, i was
typin a sms and half way through it, the phone cut dead. i tried
to turn it back on, but it wouldnt. im sure my battery was full
cos i recharged it all day b4 i unplugged it to sms som1. overall
i loved my phone but LG technology just cant seem to make somthin
without wreckages in their coding or design. (side story - bought
a VCR and the machinery was noisier than the actual video that was
playin. had this killing screech.) but worst of all, i tried to
take my phone to repairs back to the 3G i purhcased it from, this
is wot they said. "I'm sorry, i cannot do anything about it because
we only deal with defects within 2 weeks of purchase, you've got
to go to the manufacturer to repair it." - i was stoned, i mean
i cant even reach that repair place they were talkin about cos its
like an hour drive from me; and by the way, within 2 weeks?!! like
wot could happen to a phone within the 2weeks? this is just garbage.
but anyway i dunno if every phone is like that, but i would recommend
this phone if it wasnt for these faults, it does have some nice
functions at an affordable price. i would giv this phone a 5 if
it didnt screw up. -_- Rating:
Reviewed by Anish from England on
10th Oct 2004
this fone is gd but it is hard to get used to, a bit big, its hard
4 u to download mp3, video recorder i onli 10secs on the highest
resolution and no radio wich i would hav liked and hav on my other
fone. overall i think the lg u8120 is good but could hav bin much
beta Rating:
Reviewed by Stevie Boi from Scotland
on 10th Oct 2004
GOOD! Rating:
Reviewed by Mr man from OZ on
20th Sep 2004
This phone is a pretty good phone. Camera quality good. but video
quality poor. No radio (quite liked in new nokias) Mp3 player is
kool but it is rubbish . 2 many buttons is a fault. very hard to
get used 2. Durabilty average. a smidgen 2 big. Menu ok. This phone
is pretty good phone but definetly best of the 3G mobile phones Rating:
