This phone is great despite what any other reviews you read. Is it perfect, no, is it the holy grail iphone, no, does it function as great as a blackberry, no, but does it make great calls, text, video, etc absolutely yes. The biggest problem I have with the phone is the touch portion and it not always responding to your first touch, but I've used the iphone and other touch screens and you run into problems like that as well.



From a phone standpoint, nothing remarkable, it does what a phone should do, call and answer, the sound is very good, the reception is as good as the place you are in.



Texting, this is where this phone excels, very responsive, very easy and easy to use. This phone has some great features, menus, non needed stuff like a converstion chart for length, width, volume, etc but I am very pleased with my purchase. This is the first non SonyEricson phone I have had in 6 years and I could not be happier, I recomend it if you are looking for a pseudo smart phone without having to purchase all the data and text plans.
Rating: 5 / 5

Its 2009 and what LG calls as smart phone can't sync with outlook. My Nokia phone in 2000 could sync with outlook.

After buying data cable and software, I realized that LG doesn't support Xenon for outlook sync. I have wasted multiple hours on internet to find that despite all the workarounds posted you can't really sync the phone with outlook. Mine is going back.



BTW other than that:

Battery life is miserable.

Touch is un predictable

Phone hangs every now and then..
Rating: 1 / 5

I really like this phone. I'm a big texter and the full key borde is awsome because the key are big and I don't have to try to hit them. The touch screne is great, a sittle to touch sensitive, but great. The phone locks really quickly, but other than that, Really good phone.
Rating: 5 / 5

I have had this phone for almost a year. Like many people I originally had trouble with putting in my contacts (names and numbers weren't showing up correctly), but putting in the area code with each number and taking out the battery & putting it back in solved the problem within the first two hours & haven't had a problem since. I love the slide out, backlit keyboard, the ability to customize a shortcut menu, the number & variety of shortcut menus (love the menu at the top of the phone near the battery icon!), and the ability to do two things at once (begin a message or calendar entry while making phone calls). I have a cheap clear case on mine but the phone seems sturdy enough with no scratches a year later. You can adjust many things including brightness, level of feedback on touchscreen, and screenlock time under settings. You can also recalibrate the touchscreen (use a small, pointed object for better accuracy). I like that I can use my fingernails on the screen, as opposed to ones like the iphone screen which I always hit the wrong key on.

My number one complaint is that it doesn't sync with Outlook, but it turns out a lot of phones I'd expect to don't (Samsung impression) as well and I should have asked instead of assuming. #2 complaint: doesn't utilize memory card! You can't save texts,contacts, memos, tasks, or calender entries onto the memory card. You can save pictures and music though. They divide up the internal memory into 150 texts only (way too few for many people), 500 calender entries, 100 tasks, 30 memos, etc. It seems like you should be able to at least customize this if I can't save to the memory card (I don't use tasks, so I'd like to convert that to texts). Finally, it should have a headphone jack or provide a converter. My old sony w810 provided a great converter so I don't understand why this one doesn't. I used to always listen to music on my phone & have not bothered to in the last year. If LG fixed these three things, I would have given it 5 stars. With a little improvement, could be the perfect alternative to smartphones and their ridiculously priced monthly data packages!
Rating: 3 / 5

This LG Xenon is the worst phone EVER! There is no such sync software for this stupid phone and the phone always lock up....this is such a junk phone....no wonder it's a FREE phone....damn, i am stuck with this junk phone for 2 years....:( DON'T get this phone, or you'll regret it.


Rating: 1 / 5