LG - Extravert 2 Cell Phone (US Cellular)
Model: LG-VN280
SKU: 5563224
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Customers enjoy the Extravert 2 Cell Phone's slide-out keyboard, praising its ease of use for texting. Many appreciate the phone's overall simplicity and ease of use for basic functions. However, some users experienced issues with call quality, reporting dropped calls and echoing. The phone's size and screen size were also noted as positive aspects by some users.
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I'm recently retired and do not need a smart phone. When I told the Best Buy salesman I wanted a "dumb" phone with a keyboard for my Verizon account (no one calls anymore, they text), he showed me the LG - Extravert 2 in blue; literally the only non-smart phone with a keyboard that he had to offer (and he only had one in stock). The phone is a nice size; it's pocket friendly, unlike some of the newer jumbo phones. Call quality is decent. contacts, ringtones, messages, etc. easy enough to handle. the phone has a camera but it's only 2 megapixels; not great but serviceable. There is a slot for a 8gb microSD card to store all those average photos and a bunch of tunes, too (haven't tried that). The keyboard buttons seem a little stiff after navigating around the phone on the touch screen, but you get used to it soon enough. The battery lasts me about a week between charges. THE BIG PROBLEM with this phone is that if you don't lock it with a passcode AND push the locking button, you can pocket-text anyone in your contact list (ask my wife). If you want a phone just for calling and texting and you remember to lock the phone before you put it in your pocket, you'll be fine with this phone. If you want more and better (and you want to pay for a data plan), go smart phone.
Posted by Roaddad
Good slider phone. Easy texting and basic functions to avoid the smartphone complexities and costs. Biggest down fall is no dictionary or spell check.
Posted by Davinco
I bought this phone because I didn't want a smart phone. The phone is good for calls and texting and I do like the slide-out keyboard. However, the phone has some issues such as it does not delete messages easily - I have to go through one by one to delete and there are a couple that I haven't been able to delete at all. Despite the touch screen, the phone doesn't have a lot of usable extra features -Internet and apps are tedious to navigate. The camera is average quality and the touch screen is sensitive so I have to keep the phone locked when not in use.
Posted by Norcal