<![CDATA[LG Chocolate, my review]]>So I got a LG chocolate after getting my vx9800 replaced on warranty 3 times because of glitches they are still unable to work out... Anyways, I was skeptical about the phone but I am VERY happy with it, got the phone yesterday. It has a lot less battery life than I am used to, but I charge my phone every night anyways...I got the chocolate, a 512 microSD card, and the music essentials kit... The music essentials kit is wel worth the 30 dollars... USB cable with drivers, and a pair of stereo headphones with a mic built in for hands-free...
PROS:
-Sound quality on music player is AWESOME, even with the included headphones, its just as clear as an Ipod...
-Screen is huge! and very good resolution....
-touch screen- takes a while to get used to, but I like it. I wore the paint off the front of my "v" and that cant happn with this one
-size is awesome, not to small to keep in your hand but definitly concealable, no bulge in the pocket...
Cons:
-phone is a little bit slower than my 9800.
-battery life, with normal use, lucky to get a day and a half...
-No MP3 Player, only WMA player.
-hard to text and dial with one hand, I hold it in my right hand and hitting the 3,6,9 or pund button is a task...

Overall I am impressed and if you are looking for a new phone with verizon, and like media phones, check it out!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/8206/lg-chocolate-my-reviewRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 14:20:42 GMTThu, 02 Nov 2006 14:05:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:19:32 GMT]]>I saw the white chocolate on vzw.com last night.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124665https://fargostreet.com/post/124665Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:19:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:13:53 GMT]]>there is a white chocolate and a pink chocolate coming out on cdma for verizon according to howardforums, but not any time too soon. I am gonna buy the biggest extended life battery i can find here pretty soon. yesterday i didn't even use it that much, and the battery sucked down to 2 bars (which on phones from my experience means its 1/4-1/3 left, pretty shitty...

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MisterCMK wrote:
The whole reason that I (and I'm sure many other people) buy iPods or other hard drive based MP3 players is so that they don't have to worry about swapping playlists. Its sure nice to be driving down the road and think of a song that I haven't listened to in forever and actually be able to listen to it right there. I would rather carry my ipod (which is quite small considering how much it stores) rather than have 1 device. The Chocolate reminds me of the JOAT.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Right, I understand that fact fully. I think a fair compromise would be it would work for some or maybe even most normal mp3 listeners. People who own a 40 or 60gb one would argue me to the death about it being a replacement, but honestly against that much, yeah it's not a replacement. However, there are numerous people that have Nanos or no Ipod at all, so this would be a great replacement. I do completely understand your point as well.

I would love a 40 or 60gb Ipod, and my music collection would probably grow because of it, but the truth of the matter is, if I wanted an Ipod, but also needed a new phone, I would completely bypass the Ipod to get the phone that can effectively do both.

Props on the good discussion, no one got outta control lol

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96Talon wrote:
I wouldnt be surprised if they came out with white chocolate or something as a newer version.

There is a white version of the Chocolate in GSM.

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PSiedTSi wrote:
No, I have a decent amount of music, but I don't download that often. In all honesty, why the hell do you need 40gb of music in your hand? If I really wanna change something out, then I will just do that. Most of my music is at like 128-192k anyway so it's not large. I'd be plenty happy with 2gb of music in my PHONE, a device that is always with me anyway. I'm not keen on carrying an extra device, so I'd consider it a fair replacement, because I know I'm not alone on my feelings, especially people that have ipod nanos.

The whole reason that I (and I'm sure many other people) buy iPods or other hard drive based MP3 players is so that they don't have to worry about swapping playlists. Its sure nice to be driving down the road and think of a song that I haven't listened to in forever and actually be able to listen to it right there. I would rather carry my ipod (which is quite small considering how much it stores) rather than have 1 device. The Chocolate reminds me of the JOAT.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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MisterCMK wrote:
You must not have much music...

No, I have a decent amount of music, but I don't download that often. In all honesty, why the hell do you need 40gb of music in your hand? If I really wanna change something out, then I will just do that. Most of my music is at like 128-192k anyway so it's not large. I'd be plenty happy with 2gb of music in my PHONE, a device that is always with me anyway. I'm not keen on carrying an extra device, so I'd consider it a fair replacement, because I know I'm not alone on my feelings, especially people that have ipod nanos.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124623https://fargostreet.com/post/124623Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:48:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:45:10 GMT]]>I thought I saw something somewhere where they did have a "White" Chocolate...Could have been wrong though...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124622https://fargostreet.com/post/124622Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:45:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:24:51 GMT]]>Well i bought the Chocolate to the first week it came out. I really liked the phone up until now. In the beginning it was the shit but now im not so sure. After having it for a few months i have noticed that the battery is horrible even though i have charged it every night since i have had it. Also i have noticed that it freezes and then shuts off when you click something to quickly. All together its not a bad phone but could use a little fine tuning. I wouldnt be surprised if they came out with white chocolate or something as a newer version.

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PSiedTSi wrote:
You can when it stores 2gb like a nano...

You must not have much music...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124613https://fargostreet.com/post/124613Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:17:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:49:26 GMT]]>I was going to buy the GSM version of the Chocolate, but I thought the phone was goofy after playing with it at the Verizon store. So decided to go with the Samsung SGH-D900. For the same price, I got a 3 megapixel camera versus 1.3.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124609https://fargostreet.com/post/124609Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:49:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:43:51 GMT]]>good review joel. I thought about the chocolate but i went with the kryzr. the chocolate looked like it would be to akward to hold and bulky and the touch screen thing bugged me. glad you like it tho

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124608https://fargostreet.com/post/124608Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:43:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:39:06 GMT]]>I was going to get the chocolate but ended up getting the fusic with sprint......

http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/mobile%20phones_select%20by%20carrier_sprint_FUSIC.jhtml

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124607https://fargostreet.com/post/124607Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:39:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:24:09 GMT]]>That phone is the same one that I want to pick up. Sounds like it might be the pain in the butt though because of the heat sensing buttons..

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MisterCMK wrote:
I don't see it replacing an ipod. Maybe some of the small flash memory players, but you can't keep your entire music collection on a little flash card.

You can when it stores 2gb like a nano...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124600https://fargostreet.com/post/124600Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:52:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:37:13 GMT]]>I don't see it replacing an ipod. Maybe some of the small flash memory players, but you can't keep your entire music collection on a little flash card.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124596https://fargostreet.com/post/124596Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:37:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:11:07 GMT]]>I picked up the same phone and I do like it too. One comment about the "Cons" is that it is .wma support only, but the nice thing is when you synch from Windows Media player to the phone it will convert the MP3's to WMA for the phone - no extra step on your part....

The biggest pain in the ass is that the phone doesn't seem to understand that when you're in the middle of a call, and for instance the voicemail system on the other end requests you to push 1 to continue, the Chocolate thinks you want to speed dial option #1 (vm). AND, because the "connect" or "dial" button is heat sensitive on these phones, if your cheek touches it, it will hang up your call and dial vm (or whatever speed dial number you pushed to interact with the caller\system on the other end of the line). Absolutely ridiculous!!

Other than that, its a nice phone. This could easily replace an iPod - you can play music by genre, artist, playlists, albums, etc. Plus, the phone has bluetooth - I've listened to (and ordered) the Motorola HT820 headphones and the sound is amazing!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124590https://fargostreet.com/post/124590Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:11:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:28:40 GMT]]>Wow joal you used such great words in your review. You madde me want to buy one......... HA HA That phone blows.... For sure!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124577https://fargostreet.com/post/124577Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:28:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:00:24 GMT]]>same^^

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/124532https://fargostreet.com/post/124532Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LG Chocolate, my review on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:10:13 GMT]]>Wow nice reveiw..... put this in the record books one of the few posts i like...lol

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