ie8 fix

LG Xenon (Blue, AT&T)

Full user review

See all user reviews
  • Rating Breakdown:
  • 5 star:
    20/71
    20
  • 4 star:
    9/71
    9
  • 3 star:
    17/71
    17
  • 2 star:
    9/71
    9
  • 1 star:
    16/71
    16
My rating: 0 stars

you have not rated this yet

Write review
Results 1 of 71
  • 4.5 stars

    "Great phone, great keyboard" on by stanman0125

    Pros: Call quality, battery life, feel/quality

    Cons: The address book has some serious short comings, camera is sluggish

    Summary: Overall, I love the Xenon. I am switching to it from a Samsung Blackjack smartphone. My first try was the Samsung Eternity. I am not a huge fan of Samsung, but at the time, it was the best option I saw.
    After discovering some short comings, I decided to exchange the Eternity for the Xenon and I couldn't be happier I did.
    First, the Xenon has voice dialing/commands and speed-dial, which the Eternity shockingly lacks. The Xenon handles voice commands very well, although you have to be careful how you set up your contacts if you plan on using voice dialing. The Xenon requires you to define each number for every contact as mobile, home, work, etc... which will be fine for most people entering contacts from scratch. However, I found out that importing contacts from my old phone via Bluetooth was mostly seamless, but the categorization of the numbers got jumbled. So, some home numbers were marked as mobile or work, which throws off the voice dialing. Changing the category is easy enough however, but somewhat tedious if you have a lot of contacts.
    Speaking of contacts, the Xenon does not store information like birthdays, anniversaries, or ADDRESSES. I can understand the first two, but given the fact that ATT navigator is an option on this phone, it's curious that it can't store an address. An address could be entered in the 'notes' section for your contacts, but I find it odd.
    The camera is solid, but sluggish. No fast moving objects, please.
    That said overall, I love the phone. I have found the widgets to be useless on both the Eternity and the Xenon. Only the music play seems to be helpful to have on your home screen. The Xenon has a "favorites" button on the home screen (the star button) where you can place any application you frequently use. I put the voice command, bluetooth, and calendar there, which is great. No need for widgets for these thing. Also, the connection and profile menu, accessed by touching the very top of the screen is pretty handy, although, it does take a few tries to learn where to touch to get it to come up.
    Speaking of the touch screen, it's pretty great. I found the Eternity's operation a little smoother, but overall the Xenon's is good. The widget bar is a little sluggish to appear, which I gather is more of a processor issue than a screen issue, but the responsiveness is a little slow in some other apps as well. CNET is definitely right when they say there is a learning curve, but I say it's well worth learning.
    The size is good too. It's shorter and less wide than the Eternity, but a little thicker, due to the slide out keyboard, which by the way, is great. My only complaint is that I sometimes hit the mail app key when I mean to type an "A" (it's right next to it). I know that's not the keyboards fault, but I think they could have put a key that didn't launch an app right next to one of the most used letters in the English language.
    The phone fits easily into the front pocket of jeans or dress pants without being overly noticeable.
    Overall, I am thrilled by my choice to exchange the Eternity for the Xenon. The Xenon is a marvelous phone and texting device.

  • 6 replies to this review
  • reply on March 6, 2010 by soccer4lyfe68

    Does this phone have threaded text messaging?

  • reply on July 13, 2009 by mimicakes93

    can you have change the text message tone to a different one or do you have to stick to the ones provided?

  • reply on April 20, 2009 by stanman0125

    chaliezangel77: you can assign a music file as a ringtone but there is a 300kB size limit, so it has to be a small ringtone file, not a full blown MP3. And yes, you can assign photos/ringtones to contacts as well.

  • reply on April 17, 2009 by charliezangel77

    Are you able to designate music files as ringtones? And can you assign contacts their own ringtones and pictures? Thanks!

  • reply on April 13, 2009 by schmevdawg

    Yeah I'm in the same boat as you. i was looking at getting the Eternity but went to a store and tried it out for a while, but decided I should wait. Glad i did because the I love the xenon's slide out keyboard and overall lg's operating system is better and more interesting than samsung's (in my opinion)

  • reply on April 12, 2009 by fdriscollsbar

    Where did you get the phone? It hasn't been released in US to my knowledge and I am really wanting to get it. Thanks for the information.

Back to product review See 71 reviews

Write a Review

Quickly sign in with: or Log in or create an account to post a review.
Submit

The posting of advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks is prohibited. Click here to review our site terms of use.

Online Stores

Store Promotions In Stock Price Total Cost Initial Sort Order
Best Buy No See Site

$79.99

Tax: TBD

Ship: TBD

$79.99 Shop Now
Amazon.com Yes Yes

$175.00

Tax: TBD

Ship: TBD

$175.00 Shop Now
eBay No Yes

$73.33

Tax: TBD

Ship: TBD

$73.33 Shop Now
See all prices

Sponsored Premier Brands on CNET

ie8 fix
ie8 fix
ie8 fix
  • Recently Viewed Products
  • My Lists
  • My Software Updates
  • Promo
  • Log In | Join CNET