The LG Rumor – white (Sprint)

The LG Rumor has been rated as very good by the editor of cell review site. It has got a 7.3 on 10. The phone is very attractive. It is sliding and when one opens it one finds the keyboard hidden below the number pad. The key board resembles that of a computer. The phone has a 2 inch diagonal display. The backlight and the font size of the display can be adjusted but nor the brightness neither the contrast can be adjusted. The phone comes equipped with a 1.3 mega pixel camera; it takes pictures in three resolutions. There are other options of adjusting the brightness and also has a self timer. The camera has four shutter tones and a silent option. There is a camcorder. But the pictures taken were not good. The colors faded and the picture quality seemed poor according to a 1.3 mega pixel camera. The video recording too is not up to the mark. The other features of the set are an alarm clock, a vibrator, calculator, converter, notepad, voice recorder, stopwatch, and most importantly text and multimedia messaging facilities. It also provides a stereo Bluetooth, email and web browser facilities. The phone book of the set has space for about 500 contacts and 5 numbers can be stored against each entry along with email, web, home addresses and a memo. There are total 35 polyphonic ring tones. Groups formed can be assigned one of the ring tones and a photo can either be assigned to group or a single person for caller ID purpose. The phone comes with games like World Series of Poker, Ms. Pac-Man, Midnight Pool, Tetris and Tornado Mania. The phone also has a standard music player. It also provides GPS navigation.

It provides an easy access to Facebook and supports Sprint Navigation. The design draws attention.

Net surfing can be a bit slow due to lack of EV-DO. The screen is not very clear.