LG Chocolate Touch VX-8575 Phone
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
- 3G-enabled touchscreen music phone with Dolby Mobile technologies for potent bass and sparkling clarity; quick access to favorite social networks
- Access V Cast Music (with Rhapsody) and Video services via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; Visual Voice Mail
- 1 GB internal memory; microSD expansion to 16 GB; 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth 2.1 stereo music; access to personal and corporate email
- Up to 5.1 hours of talk time, up to 470 hours (19.6 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, extra purple battery cover, quick start guide, user manual
Amazon.com Product Description
Enjoy on-the-go audio that sounds like it came from your home theater with the LG Chocolate Touch for Verizon Wireless, which features patented Dolby Mobile technologies for a dramatically richer listening experience with potent bass and sparkling clarity. The latest in LG’s line of music-centric phones, the Chocolate Touch also offers a vibrantly colorful 3-inch touchscreen with intuitive interface and vibrating response. It’s also a great social networking companion, with a dedicated messaging key for sending quick updates to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more.
The LG Chocolate Touch offers a 3-inch touchscreen, a wealth of music playback features, and a 1 GB internal memo… More >>
Linda says:
October 21st, 2009
5:40 pm
This phone would be great except it isn’t sturdy enough to do the job it was designed for. We had one for exactly a week and a half before the screen cracked while it was sitting on the counter with no one around. We have no idea how it happened, and the phone definitely was NOT dropped. There’s not a single mark on it. The screen is not fixable, and the phone is useless without it. Verizon refuses to stand behind the phone, saying a broken screen is not a manufacturer’s defect. This phone isn’t sturdy at all and the people at Verizon were extremely rude about the whole thing. Stay away from the phone and the company!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
M. Burnett says:
October 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
I like this phone. The touch capability is OK and I find it frustrating to move quickly but as long as I have time to move slowly through screens it works. I love the FM radio. I HATE that after launch, Verizon decided to make this phone REQUIRE a data plan. I don’t use the phone for data. I use the phone as a media phone for music, txt and calls. Verizon unncessarily changed the features of the phone when they did this, and I would NOT buy this phone today.
Rating: 3 / 5
SunyStudent says:
October 21st, 2009
8:37 pm
This is the best phone I’ve ever owned. I’m an entry level audiophile and I listen to the music player with Sennheiser headphones and I’ve uploaded my own CDs ripped by WMP 12 at 192kbps WMA. I added an album cover for each album so I can cycle through them by picture when I turn the phone sideways. My ripped anime looks great on the video player. I have to thank Verizon for including a data cable and also for the 3.5mm headphone jack. My LG Env had neither of these and it remained a normal phone to me but with some research on I’ve managed to do everything I wanted with this phone. The only downside I’ve experienced is some videos slow down during playback but to be able to play videos on a music phone is a plus and this phone earned its 5 stars from me.
Since someone asked:
Loading music onto your Chocolate Touch is easier than loading anything else. First make sure you have a MicroSD card and installed it by taking the phone back plate off and clicking the card into place, then put the back plate back on. You go to your Options->USB Auto Detection settings, set it to “Ask on Plug”. Then use the data cable that came with the phone and plug it into your computer, then your phone’s USB slot. Then choose Music, and you can drag full folders into the “Music” folder. You can also do it with Data but I never tried it. For videos, pictures, and much anything else I choose Data and I go to Tools->USB Mass Storage which opens the folder of your MicroSD card(I have a 4 gig card bought separately). Then it’s self-explanatory where everything goes. I found out some of this by experimentation but most by searching on Google. Enjoy your phone as much as I am right now!
Rating: 5 / 5
Stephen Doberstein says:
October 21st, 2009
9:54 pm
This phone is great, the best i have ever had. the only problem is i dont know how to get mp3s on my phone. The way did it is by using blutooth but i have no idea what bitmap or whatever is. the phone should be getting 5 stars but i wish it was ezer to get music and stuff onto ur phone cuz blutooth is sooooooo slow. i have read how to do it with and sd card but i dont have one…yet. also dont buy ur phone at verizon’s website or stores, cuz there it is like 80 dollors where u can get it at best buy for much cheeper! the phone has a qwerty key board on the touch screen that works fairly well. Also the phone is durable! i dropped it off the top of the bleachers at my daughter’s basketball game and there wasn’t even a scratch! LG has sucseeded in making a great phone! ps if u know how to do the mp3 thing please comment and tell me!
Rating: 4 / 5
Christ T. Kazias says:
October 22nd, 2009
12:15 am
Just got the phone today. Charged it, activated it and that is when I notice the ear piece is very low volume and is distorted. Speaker phone mode works fine but when you go back to ear piece, it is very distorted.
Also, Amazon advertises this phone as a new one. Well, my phone had phone number programmed into it and also 17 phone calls that were answered on it. Used is what I call this phone.
I am going to send it back, but we will see if Amazon will send a real NEW phone to me.
Rating: 1 / 5