The LG Aloha –LX140 (Virgin Mobile)

This phone has been rated as good by the editors of the cell review site. But the users seem to be quite happy with the phone. Many have rated it as perfect. This is a flip phone with no external display. The screen can be seen when the front flap is opened. There is a red light on the phone which blinks to confirm that the phone is on, it can also be switched off. The size of the phone is average and it is of quite light weight. The internal screen is relatively small according to the size of the phone, it’s only 1.5 inches, and it only supports a text of 8 lines. The backlight and the font size can be changed and adjusted. The keypad is well designed, the buttons are large in size and there is a backlight to have a better view of the keypad. The buttons are at a distance which makes it easier to dial and type. The phone does not have space for a large phone book. It can only support 199 contacts; five phone numbers, three email addresses, one web address and notes can be supported against each contact entry. There are a total 10 polyphonic ring tones. Caller groups can be formed and each group can be assigned with one of the ring tones. There are two games included in this set, the games are, ZooZooClub and Battle Reverse. More games can be downloaded with the help of the phone’s wireless browser. The phone provides a space of 3.5 MB for storing any downloaded content. Other features are a voice memo recorder, speakerphone, alarm clock, a notepad, a scheduler, world clock, text messaging and a tip calculator. It also has voice dialing facility.

The phone is quite a simple one and is very much user friendly. The battery supports three hours of talk time.

The call quality is not too good and lacks external display.

The Kyocera Wild Card M1000 (Virgin Mobile)

The phone has a look of a box. The phone has been rated as very good by the editors of the cell review site and it has received 7.0 out of 10. The screen of the phone is 1.5 inches. The brightness of the screen can be adjusted as well as the screen savers can be set at the back of the display. The keypad is located just below the display. The keypad buttons are quite large and slippery and the navigation toggle is internal. The Wild Card offers a 1.3 mega pixel camera which takes pictures in four resolutions. There is a facility of zooming and a flash is also present. There are other features like self timer, night mode, three color tones, adjusting brightness, 10 shutter sounds, 8 fun frames, and multishot mode. The quality of the picture is pretty good but sometimes the colors are slightly faded. The memory of the phone has space for six phone numbers against each entry in the contact phone book. It also supports two email, web and street addresses and has space for notes. There are only 9 polyphonic ring tones. Caller groups can be created and photo and ring tones can be assigned against each group for caller ID purpose. Separate personal and business ring tones can be set. There is a Bluetooth and voice dialing feature included. The other features of the phone are the text and multimedia messaging as well as instant messaging and emails. Calculator, alarm clock, tip calculator, event scheduler, stopwatch, timer, voice memo are some of the important features. Speakerphone is also available with the phone. The phone is equipped with 2 games Pc-Man and Ms. Pc-Man.

The battery life of the phone supports 3.25 hours of talk time. The phone is user friendly and messaging features are well set. The alphabetic keyboard is designed in a nice manner.

The speakerphone is not good. The navigation controls are poorly designed.