Customers regard the LG Optimus Zone 3 as a great value, particularly praising its ease of use, compact size, and 4G LTE capabilities. While some users noted that the camera quality and battery life could be improved, many found the phone's performance satisfactory for everyday needs. The ample storage and reasonable RAM were also appreciated by several users.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect for our needs
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I bought this phone for my 9 year old who spends all summer with my mom 3 hours away. It's been wonderful being able to text and call him whenever I want. He loves playing games on it and it gives him something to do on those long drives back and forth. The service is just as good as my Verizon phone under contract. My son figured out how to navigate it very quickly.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
good price for phone
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I like the design, the shipping speed and the price
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Size
Cons mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Phone for the price
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I bought this phone for my son. It has a decent size screen. Camera could be better ,but for the price i wont complain. It's a good smart phone it works fast like any other smart phone that you would pay much more for. Just buy a bigger sd card if you want more space.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
You get what you pay for
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There were only 7 choices in phones available for my pre-paid plan. Comparing operating systems, speed and features, I took a chance on this one.
It is faster than my previous Droid but really bare bones. My real disappointment is the camera. There are some fun features, mostly to do with taking selfies, but overall the camera is very limited and lacks versatility. The zoom function is very poor; and there are no settings for night, sports, steady, etc. There is no macro setting, and I have not been successful in taking a picture of a document or any other closeup shot.
For the price, I really shouldn't complain. I'll use it for a while and then do a more significant upgrade. But do understand that this is a very basic phone.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
For the price, a great phone.
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I bought the phone as a temp when my old phone died expecting to use it for a month or less. I've kept using if for a couple months now and expect to continue. It's a modern smart phone with all the expected bells and whistles. The pre-paid plans are much cheaper than post paid plans. My only issue is that it doesn't lock consistently and it ends up pocket dialing, pocket texting, taking pictures and getting into all kinds of apps from time to time. The best part is at the price, I don't worry about cases or screen protectors etc. If it lasts, great. If it doesn't I'll get another or something different.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Excellent for the price.
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I have a habit of buying cheap phones and seeing how much bang for your buck you can get. I bought this for $20 and it's pretty usable as a smartphone. Sure the camera isn't great, but If you need to do some web browsing, basic gaming and text messages, this is more than enough for you
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Cons mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Reliable, perfect size.
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This phone works for me. It is easy to set up, set the colors, etc. The battery needs charging after 2 days for me. I don't play games and am not on the web a lot. However, it is reliable, perfect size, works great and the price was right.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great phone for the money
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Not a whole lot of memory but most apps can be saved to a SD card.The camera is not the greatest but with the money saved compared to the most popular phones i could easily buy a nice camera if that was what I was looking for.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great For The Price
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The LG Optimus is a great phone for the money. It does everything that a more expensive phone does but lacks some speed, screen resolution and camera quality. Its a perfect first phone for kids and adults who are not interested in the cache of a smart phone that costs 30 times as much money.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
bought for my grandson and he loves it
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The cell phone works very well and the loaded apps are excellent. The camera is fantastic. it takes very clear pictures and stores them in the SD card which is 32 gigabytes. The sound functions very well and I love the ringtones built into the phone. It has LG quality and that counts a lot.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Lg phone..
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This is a great phone.. I paid a great price also..
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice inexpensive smart phone
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The LG Optimus Zone 3 smart phone is a very nice inexpensive smart phone. The only draw back is the screen quality, dim and not as sharp, but I can live with that. My Samsung Galaxy S4 mini has a much brighter and sharper screen.
After using it for about 4 days on WIFI, it out performs my Samsung Galaxy S4 mini in terms of speed. It comes with Android 5, which is an upgrade from my Samsung Galaxy S4 mini's Android 4.4. The battery life seems much better too.
I am impressed with this prepaid smart phone when I purchased it on sale for only $29.99 at Best Buy!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Size
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Decent phone considering the cost
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I purchased this phone on sale for just $10. And for $10 it's a good value. Not fancy in any way, but has access to all the average apps and feels snappy enough. I also appreciate that it's screen size is smaller than most Android phones these days.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Developer Phone
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I purchased this phone to use for mobile application development and for such a low price point it really exceeded my expectations. It is easy to swap batteries and storage - the screen and brightness where better than I expected from a $30 device and I liked that I could pick it off the shelf and buy it without adding it to a cell plan.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great no contract mobile phone
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Surprised that this cheap Android phone works as well as it does. Purchased it for my son to use over the summer to stay in contact with him. Slower then my high end Android phone but it does a great job. No contract is a plus as I didn't want to purchase a data plan since he is almost always on WiFi wherever he goes.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
LifeGood
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I brought this phone for my nephew, just something to get him started with. It's a good phone for the price. He love it! I get the best Auntie award
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Quality at a low price
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Going from a plain mobile phone to a smartphone can be a challenge. But this phone has been pretty easy to run so far, took me a day to figure out how to play music, otherwise it's okay. A little heavier than my old phone, you don't have to tap hard to perform any functions, very nice to have email when I'm on the go. Haven't taken pictures yet.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
It does what you'd expect
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I bought this for my son to use one wife since his other phones were lost. It was $20 on a Daily Deal and thought, why not. We opened it up, it had good build quality. It isnt comparable to a high end smart phone but not cheap either. It runs smoth, though with limited onboard memory. He has loved it ever since and it has the "knock to wake".
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Decent starter smartphone
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This phone isn't amazing by any means but it is a nice option for a cheap smartphone. I bought this for my grandmother that isn't skilled with technology at all and so far she's been able to handle it with the easy mode turned on.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Ram
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good spec phone
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Good cpu and 1.5 ram for $30. Cheap light weight quality phone. Poor color display.