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 The LG Chocolate Touch offers a 3-inch touchscreen, a wealth of music playback features, and a 1 GB internal memory that's expandable via microSD memory cards (see a schematic of all the ports and controls). |
You'll also stay on course thanks to the VZ Navigator GPS turn-by-turn direction service. And with the optional Visual Voice Mail service, you'll be able to quickly and easily scroll through your messages and pick the ones you want to listen to. See more details on optional Verizon Wireless services below.
Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming as well as tethering to a PC for use as a modem, full HTML web browsing with RSS support, speakerphone, voice activated dialing, personal organizer tools, and up to 5.1 hours of talk time.
 Patented Dolby Mobile brings you a dramatically richer listening experience with potent bass and sparkling clarity. |
 The Touch Chocolate features organic back grip plates in black and purple. |
Vital Statistics
The LG Chocolate Touch weighs 4.23 ounces and measures 4.3 x 2.2 x 0.47 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.1 hours of talk time, and up to 470 hours (19.6 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV–DO, Rev 0 3G frequencies.
What's in the Box
LG Chocolate Touch handset, rechargeable battery, charger, extra purple battery cover, quick start guide, user manual
On PCs running the Windows XP or higher operating system, you can also browse, preview and purchase music using the V CAST Music with Rhapsody software, which is available as a free download from the V CAST Music with Rhapsody download website. Additional subscription charges applicable.
The service offers unlimited viewing of Basic Videos and the ESPN MVP channel. You can choose from 14 categories, including Entertainment, Kids, Music, Sports, Comedy, News, Pop Culture, Information, Women, Latino, Home & Leisure, Multicultural, Cutting Edge, and Hollywood. Additional subscription charges applicable.
 The Chocolate Touch's music player. |
 FM radio with up to 12 presets. |
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customer reviews)
Best. Phone. Ever.
December 2, 2009
Reviewer: Paul "Paul" (Bellingham, WA) -
I am very hard to please, and I have owned two other LG msuic phones but didn't liked either of them. This phone is different: it is the best phone I've ever owned.
It has every feature I want in a phone, in a beautiful package that is very user-friendly.
- Great battery life
- Excellent sound quality
- Good speakerphone
- A 3.5mm audio jack
- FM radio
- Music player with a well-designed user interface
- Great photo and video viewer
- USB data cable included (!)
- The ability to plug-and-sync automatically, even with non-Rhapsody music players(!) such as Windows Media Player or MediaMonkey (which supports podcasts :)
- The ability to mount the USB card as a generic device for drag-and-drop support for ringtones, photos, music, videos... you name it.
And Verizon doesn't force you to buy a data plan for this phone, which I don't neeed.
All in all, a perfect phone for me.
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Disappointment for the next 2 years...
February 3, 2010
Reviewer: J. Ho (San Francico, CA) -
... thats how I feel right now.
I purchased LG Chocolate Touch from Amazon for 1 cent in Jan 2010 with 2 year new Verizon plan.
Pros:
- Neat Music player, sounds very good with the Dobly Mobile filters. I like how it pairs with my bluetooth Motorola headphones wirelessly and the music volume, track forward controls, answering phone call buttons all work. I love listening to the mp3 player wirelessly in the gym. I got my motorola bluetooh headphones from Fry's electronics for $34.
- FM radio, my old iphone was disappointing without FM radio. (Note, FM radio will not work unless 3.5mm jack is plugged in, then your bluetooth headphones will not work.)
-Reception is ok. My iphone with AT&T did not work in my room, ground level of a 2 story house. Now, Verizon works, not great, but works in my room. I'm not sure if the phone is great or the service.
- EZ Tip Calucator! What a cool feature, you type in the amount of the bill, preset what percentage you want to tip.. and it works. Perfect when you had a bit too much to drink at dinner.
Cons:
- Touch screen is terrible. I use to own an iphone, and the navigation through the menu is sooo much better. Dragging or scrolling on the Cholocate is near impossible. Here's a tip, use your finger nail to scroll and drag, it works for me at least 50% of the time. Not to mention texting is hard. At least it is better than the iphone where the autocorrect makes me seem like a 5 year sending incoherant texts.
- The art of the artist on the now playing screen is too small.
- Contact list is hard to navigate, I have about 200 contacts and finding a specific person through the phone book can be nerve racking because of the lack of a scroll wheel or the touch screen scrolling doesn't work.
- Slow 3g applications, the browser, the navigation, the app that you can use to check your balance almost always crashes on me when I run it. In addition, be prepare to click on the back button a lot when you are using any browers, the touchscreen is not accurate.
- I'm not able to synch items like my pictures/notes or install any apps through my data cable from my pc (I could be wrong, if someone could point me to a FAQ where I can install new apps, I'm not sure if there are any)
Verizon dislikes:
- I didn't know until my first bill, that I signed up for $9.99 data plan. When ordering through Amazon, Jan 2010, it is manatory. I thought I might have inadvertatly signed up for it and went into my verizon profile to edit. No luck in opting out of the data plan. Then I tried to see what was up and went through the Amazon sign up for a new plan.. and A-HA! The radio button when you are selecting your plan on Amazon is not very clear, so be careful when you are selecting your plan. I don't think I would have gotten this phone knowing that there was a $9.99 data plan attached. It is not something I would use, considering the browsing is so slow.
- Outrageous tax - Here is San Francisco, my surcharges/taxes totaled $16.90 a month. What's up with all the hidden fees ($1.84 for an Admin charge)? Summary of my fees =Fed Universal Service Charge $2.21 + Regulatory Charge .14 + Administrative Charge $1.84 + CA State PUC Fee .07 + CA State 911 Fee .22 + CA State High Cost Fund .19 + CA Teleconnect Fund Surchg .03 + CA State High Cost Fund (A) .05 + Lifeline Surcharge CA .47 + CA Relay Srvc/Comm Device Fund .08 + SF Cnty 911 Fee $5.50 + SF City/Cnty Uut $6.10
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a capable feature phone, but not deserving the "chocolate" name
December 19, 2009
Reviewer: Calvin Wang (California, CA) -
This is marketed "LG Chocolate Touch", but not the ultra wide screen LG Chocolate (BL40?)that's marketed in Europe and Asia. I guess Verizon determined us Americans are too cheap to shell out $300+ for a phone, even with carrier's subsidy. The phone has a resistive touchscreen, therefore, no multi-touch (e.g. no zoom in/out in photo mode). The advantage of resistive touchscreen is it works witha stylus, or glove, and is less prone to accidental touches, but people who are spoiled by the iphone's feather touch will find the touchscreen to be a bit sluggish.
The call quality is decent. The built-in speaker is also quite capable. The FM radio is particularly useful and well designed. of course, being Chocolate, music is a key selling point, but don't expect it to replace your ipod.
overall, I'm neither disappointed nor impressed. If you just want a feature phone with a decent large screen, but no data plan, then this is good for you. Otherwise, I'd recommend either iPhone or one of those HTC-made Google phones.
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Easy to learn, easy to use.
December 5, 2009
Reviewer: Gaba Hey "Gaba Hey" (Palm Desert, CA) -
Great phone ---Easy to learn, easy to use. The touch screen is logical and is easy to navigate without ever referring to the manual. I just wish I bought it thru Amazon and not VZW website. I would have saved $$$. One drawback: It does not seem to be compatible with my Mac. I cannot download songs from my iTunes to the phone. But I have my iPod for music, and didn't really need the phone to play music.
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Decent at first, but breaks over time
June 8, 2010
Reviewer: J. Lugo
For the price, this phone looks like a steal: great MP3 features and 1GB storage, full touch screen, no required data plan. And when I first got the phone, I was fairly happy with it.
However, after 7 months, I cannot recommend this phone. I first started to realize faults when the ease of the unlocking mechanisms triggered several pocket calls
Later, the earpiece stopped working due to an erroneous detection of headphones. I couldn't make or receive phone calls. After several attempts at rapidly putting in and unplugging headphones to hope that it triggered it off it finally worked again, but I haven't been able to use it as an MP3 player since.
But what really just put the nail in the coffin was that the touch screen wore out over time. At first the screen was somewhat resistive to touch, but I figured I'd get used to it. However this issue got worse over time and now, 7 months later, for several hours at a time it will not register a single touch. I cannot make phone calls, read or send text messages, or use any features other than receiving (but not making) a call and taking (but not viewing) pictures. It will sporadically work for awhile again, but as the problem gets worse and worse I need to find a new replacement phone quick.
Even if you like the phone when you first use it, I strongly recommend against buying it. It sure has quantity of features, but perhaps that should trigger an alarm in your head as to the quality of them.
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