LG Chocolate VX8500 Cell Phone Review - Value & Comparisons
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Alfredo Padilla Published on March 16, 2007 Comment on this |
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Value from Verizon (6.0)
The LG Chocolate can be purchased from Verizon Wireless starting at $99.99 with a 2-year contract. The phone costs $269.99without a contract. The Chocolate’s key features are the ability to play music and it’s styling. You can get a music phone nowadays for less than $99.99, that may provide the same range of functionality as the Chocolate, but it probably won’t be as stylish. At the same price point you can pick up the Motorola Q, a smart phone, from Sprint or the Motorola Slvr L7 from Cingular, another music oriented handset. Given what it does, we consider the Chocolate to be an average value.
Comparisons
Sanyo M1 - The Sanyo M1 is another music deviced that has taken a slightly different approach from the LG Chocolate by building in 1GB of storage rather than using expandable memory. The M1 provides very good functionality and ease of use compared to the Chocolate, and we liked the fact that it came with accessories the Chocolate lacked, like a stereo headset and USB cable. On the other hand the Chocolate certainly wins on the ascetics side of things.
Motorola Razr V3m - The Razr V3m is another handset with good looks but some concerns about features. Although the Razr V3m has added music support, it is not as easy to use as the LG Chocolate and with its dedicated music key. The V3m is also a little lighter on features than the Chocolate, but it makes up for this by having easier to use controls. With these two handsets it might be six of one or half a dozen of the other. Perhaps the key feature might be form factor as the Razr is a clamshell and the Chocolate a slider.
Motorola Q - The Motorola Q is a new class of smartphone that is targeted at a consumer crowd. Offering a lot of the functionality that the LG chocolate does in terms of media, the Q also comes with a lot more. Unfortunately the price is higher to match the bump in features, with the Q coming in at about $100 more than the Chocolate.
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