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LG KP500 Cookie Unlocked Phone (Black)--International Version with No Warranty

(137 Customer Reviews)

Price: $89.99
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Technical Details

• Please note: this phone comes with an international charger and an adapter for US outlets
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900
• 3-inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition
• Camera: Yes
• Bluetooth stereo music
• MicroSD expansion to 8 GB

 

Product Details

Product Weight: 0.20 pounds

Shipping Weight: 0.70 pounds

Model: KP500EUBK

Manufacturer: LG Electronics MobileComm USA

Sales Rank: 14

 

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Customer Reviews

Amazing little phone (especially for the money),
by Victoria Bloch, 2010-07-27

I ordered this phone when my beloved but ancient Treo finally died. I didn't want to extend my contract with my carrier to get a phone I didn't particularly want, so went the unlocked route. The Cookie stood out quickly, for its look, functionality, and price.

I am very, very impressed. It's nearly weightless. The design is sleek and beautiful. The screen is huge, bright, and clear. Sound quality is good. There's a handy button on the earphone cord that allows me to answer or hang up without touching the phone. Texting is easy, particularly once I turned off interpretive typing and discovered the landscape keyboard. The stylus is neatly integrated into the frame, although since I have small hands, I don't always need it (someone with larger hands will find the stylus essential).

It has a slew of applications and utilities I haven't yet explored - calendar, memos, music player, FM radio, video, voice recorder, etc. I'm sure they will work well, given how efficiently the basics operate.

All in all, this phone is great looking, has a lot of attractive features I wouldn't expect in such a reasonably priced phone, and I'm delighted with my purchase!

 

Not a text-friendly phone, but good for the price,
by Jeffrey Hwe, 2010-07-26

I, like many others who have written a review, chose this phone because it is very cheap for a touch screen. The first thing I like about the phone is that it is really, really, really light weight. It has a good solid feel to the palm and won't suffer that much cosmetic damage. The phone came with a screen protector so that was nice.

I didn't want to spend more than a $100 dollars because all I do is text and call people. With that said, if you do not use internet or don't have a data plan, then this is an okay phone. If you do use a data plan, don't even think about buying this phone, it only uses the Edge network and not 3G. The phone came with a pre-installed firmware version 'KP500AT-V10F'. This firmware is pretty damn slow, so I had to flash the phone to the V10G_00 version. All the tutorials can be found on forums or youtube, just search it. With the new firmware, the texting is 10x better and overall speed in navigating through folders is much better as well. SO UPDATE THE FIRMWARE IF YOU GET THIS PHONE! In addition, a huge con is the amount of confirmation popups whenever you change something. For instance, trying to delete your text messages would follow this order: 'Delete selected?' ----> 'Deleting..." ----> 'Deleted'. That is really annoying and unnecessary. The call quality is pretty good, and it's bluetooth ready.

The camera is okay when there is a lot of light, if there is no light, the image quality is similar to the 'sepia' effect, yeah, its that bad. Overall, I am satisfied with this phone due to the call quality and price, but the biggest cons are definitely the initial firmware, the processing speed, and lackluster camera quality. As for music, it is loud, but who really uses their phone for an mp3 player. The phone also holds 500 total texts, 250 in inbox and outbox, more or less. All in all, if you don't want to be frustrated with the phone's speed, then update the firmware right when you get it.

 

wonderful budget international phone,
by Quyen Tang, 2010-07-24

I bought this cellphone for my sister to replace her ZN5 and she likes this one way better than her old one. the touchscreen is quite responsive, there are seldom slow downs, the games are decent, camera works fine and the battery life is great. The best part about this is the fact there are so many language options (funny how there isn't any japanese but I guess the japanese don't get to have the option since they have such nicer phones over there anyways) They even have vietnamese on this phone, which was a pleasant surprise for my family. since, go figure, we're vietnamese.

 

sleek, simple and affordable.,
by Ravi Chinnathambi, 2010-07-23

I bought this phone as a backup but proved to be a good one.
It is sleek, simple to use and affordable.
I gives value for the money you spend. For any one who hasn't used touch phones,
I am sure this will prove to be an excellent phone at the entry level.
It sits quietly inside your pocket and doesn't make your pocket bulge and look ugly.

On the performance side, I am happy with the signal reception and audio quality.
But when you are on the phone for a longer time, it heats up your ears.
However, if you are conscious and use ear phones, then it is a good decision to buy this for around $100.

Being an unlocked phone, it could be used world over wherever there is a GSM service provider.
This makes it a better phone to own and to present.

C Ravi MBA
CEO, Seyyone Medical Transcription Services
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cravi@seyyone.co.in

 

Not a good phone,
by Sonny, 2010-07-23

After I bought it from amazon after 6 weeks, it stop working properly. Party on other side of phone can hardly hear anything I talk. I have to return it. Waste of time and half of the money.