LG Xpression - red (AT&T)

by Kent German August 8, 2012

LG

MSRP: $219.99

Price Range: $0.99 - $229.99

Overview

CNET Editors' Rating: 0.0 / 5

Design, Features & Performance (out of 10)

Review

Basic Specs

User Reviews

Average User Rating: 0.0 / 5

User Rating Breakdown

5 Star: 1

4 Star: 1

3 Star: 1

2 Star: 0

1 Star: 1

Great Phone!

Rating: 4.5 / 5

on January 5, 2013

2 out of 2 users found this review helpful

Pros: Solid construction.
Touch screen works very well.
Easy to use menus that make sense.
Good sound and reception.
Excellent battery life with the right setting.
Easy to attach bluetooth function.
Sharp colorful screen.

Cons: Phone locks too fast when on call.
Flat rubber keys on QWERTY keyboard.
Slick casing requires a cover.

Summary: I've had this phone for about one week, and I have been very pleased with it so far -- and I am very picky. Being a new phone with very few reviews, I was skeptical.

I was looking for something to replace an older Pantech Link, that I use primarily for talking hands-free while driving and for texting.

I didn't want another phone with a data plan(already have iphones around the house), so one can imagine the choices are limited. Further, although the Pantech Link wasn't bad for a simple phone, I wasn't thrilled with it and we haven't had the greatest luck with other Pantech models my family members have had in the past. Needless to say, with AT&T, my choices of non-data plan phones became even further limited.

I'm going to keep this write-up short, but in summary, everything works the way it is supposed to (keep in mind this is not a smartphone). The touch screen is not like an iphone, but it is certainly acceptable. It is accurate, sensitive enough and predictable. One nice plus, I'm a mountain biker and ride with gloves. You cannot operate the touch screen on many phones while wearing gloves, but this one works fine. The ringer and speakerphone volumes are plenty loud when you want them to be.

One thing I needed to get used to: The bluetooth volume when you make a new call always defaults to the setting you configure in the phone settings. This is ok if you have that setting where you want it. Some phones go to the volume you used during the last call, which is nice. Of course, you can always adjust the volume during the call, but it will revert back for the next call. This is a very minor thing, and can be annoying if you don't set it the way you want it in the settings.

The slide out keyboard is good however the buttons are not raised, and therefore are not as easy to feel. I haven't used the keyboard much so far-- I've found that I can text pretty fast using the touchscreen and T9 for shorter messages. This does take some getting use to, however.

All in all, I'm very pleased, the phone hasn't done anything it's not supposed to, and is a very well designed phone with many advanced features.

I recommend looking over the user manual (available online), to learn more about it's features.

It seems to me that LG and AT&T did a good job with this one.
It is a great alternative if you do not want a smartphone.

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I hope this review is helpful.

Love and hate this phone.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

on February 2, 2013

0 out of 0 users found this review helpful

Pros: Bluetooth is strong
Tethering features
Fast
Cheap phone

Cons: The keyboard sucks
The ugly red
The darn awful camera
The screen scratches easily

Summary: Great phone for the price. I love the tethering with bluetooth. I have a samsung android mp3 player and I tether to that all the time.

Too hard to use

Rating: 1 / 5

on December 28, 2012

0 out of 0 users found this review helpful

Pros: Qwerty keyboard, god quick messaging phone, doesn't need a data plan since it is not a smartphone

Cons: Too hard to use, not a very user friendly phone.

Summary: I thought I would upgrade because after 3 years, my other phone,Pantech Ease had poor sound quality. I had this phone for 3 days and returned it, it was the most frustrating phone I have ever had. Like the other reviewer, I couldn't use it to dial extensions or do keypad responses to automated calling systems. I tried to call A,T &T to pay my bill & when it asked to dial "1" to verify the number I was calling about, it was totally unresponsive, I even tried to use the qwerty keyboard to key in the number, still no response. After multiple tries, I gave up & took the phone to A T &T & was told it was defective. Also, while using the phone, the screen locks every few seconds, even if you have the screen lock turned off. Trying to get widgets off the home screen was difficult, too. The guy at AT&T actually did that, even though he did the same thing my kids & I did for 2 days, not sure why it worked for him & not us, but oh well. This is just a very hard phone to operate, I returned it & I'm going to give the Pantech Swift a try. I am very simple, I don't want a data plan & just need a phone to make calls & text. The choices of non-smart phone are dwindling & I hate that we are forced to purchase a data plan in order to have a decent phone.

Not easy to use all features!

Rating: 2.5 / 5

on November 12, 2012

0 out of 0 users found this review helpful

Pros: Nice keyboard; easy to send messages; hearing aid compatible; love the red color; takes great pictures

Cons: Must use multiple steps to dial an extension; must unlock to set on speaker; had to access a website to get a user manual that doesn't tell you how to do everything with this phone

Summary: I took this phone to AT&T to find out how to dial extensions, they could not figure it out and told me the phone was defective. Then I took it to Radio Shack, where I bought it. The fellow spent 45 minutes figuring it out for me. You must do 4 different steps after you dial a phone number to make it dial an extension; ie: Press 1 for English, etc. He said he has never seen a phone set up like this one. I would not recommend this phone!

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