Sprint Prepaid - Tribute Prepaid Cell Phone - White/Black

I happened to need a pocket-sized device that had the ability to set alarms (thus, a phone made sense, since they're almost always set up with an app to do that), and I also needed to occasionally access a certain web site, and screen size wasn't that important (which it usually is for me, and thus, I never really use tablets or smart phones, as their 'tiny' screens and horrible virtual keyboards make them all but worthless, at least to me !). This phone happened to be on sale when I went in to BB (half price !!), and a $5 off coupon I earned thru their rewards program didn't hurt anything either. The 'looks' of the phone are great (black on the face, and white on the back), and the speed is terrific. As a wi-fi device (what I bought it and use it for), it's great, and I didn't buy it as a phone, so I can't comment on reception or sound quality for phone use. I was very impressed by the sound output on apps that have sound (like games). I haven't used the camera, so I can't comment on that aspect, either. OK - to summarize - great phone, decent screen size (for the price !), great speed (a quad-core processor no doubt is the reason), and great looks. If it's on sale, you can't go wrong... P.S. The only issue to remember is that if you don't use it as a phone, every time you power it on, it tries to connect to Sprint (the 'issuing' company) and register itself. Since it's not activated, it tries for about 3 minutes or so before it finally gives you the option to cancel out. Until then, you essentially cannot use the phone for anything. Of course, this sucks, but if you're patient, it's a non-issue...

Upgraded to this phone after using a Samsung Galaxy Victory and I am very satisfied overall. I will describe the pros and cons of this phone most of which are pros. starting off with the pros. currently at $39.99!! 4.5"inch IPS screen*fits very snug in the hand*,Knock On (Double tap the screen to put your phone to sleep/wake) *Don't need to struggle looking for the on button* . 1.2 GHz Quad core processor *Very Fast*, Dual-band|3G|4G|4G LTE*fast data speeds* ,Bluetooth 4.0 LE "Low energy"*great feature to have*,1GB Ram *minimum recommended* , Android 4.4 KitKat *current latest android*......Now for the cons and this first one is the biggest one 4 GB ROM *actual phone memory, example: pictures, videos, text messages, etc.. (1.45 GB usable memory)*This is more than enough for basic apps and updating current ones on phone. You will still want to add a microsd card to save your pictures/videos,this however is NOT ENOUGH to add ALL the latest games, maybe 2-3 depending on their size* 5 MP Rear-Facing Camera *Mediocre camera with a flash. Don't expect to be taking amazing photos with this.* 0.3MP Front-Facing Camera * Same for this camera*

Simply put: this is the best value for the money. my wife loves hers. LG's implementation of Android on this phone is the only user experience comparable to pure, stock Android like on the Nexus line of devices. It's knock-to-unlock feature is really neat and gives the user a new and simply way to unlock the device - even when the screen is off. it's got a nice screen quality and nicer-than-expected audio performance. i hadn't used an LG since the flip-phone days so i was really happy to see a device like this for a price point like that. the only thing you need to know is that the back of the phone is a slick PLASTIC and has the tendency to slip out of the hand. the hardware is otherwise very good. so get a case. i found some i liked on amazon for $6. this isn't really a strike against it because it is a $40 phone. it runs smooth as butter and has plenty of space for any sensible person who knows how to couple the use of an SD card (i put a 16GB in mine) with cloud storage (you can get 50GB free, no strings attached, with MEGA: http://goo.gl/ZcAs9U)

I purchased this phone because I was fed up with how slow my previous phone ran, and with its constant restarts. This phone fulfills my expectations and runs very smoothly. It has not needed to restart while I am using it, and its battery life is phenomenally greater than my old phone. Since it ran so much better, I decided to download apps and games that I had wanted to try, but which caused my old phone to crash. However, in doing this I quickly ran up against the space limit inherent on the device. I tried moving apps to the microSD card which has ample space, and only a few of them were able to move at all, and those that are able to tend to still take up quite a bit of space on the device even after the move. The issue with moving probably has more to do with android than with this device in particular, so I am overall quite pleased with it.

I decided to purchase this after getting fed up with the slow speed of my old phone, and constant restarts. Since getting this, I have not needed to do any restarting. It runs smoothly and quickly with no problems. When I realized just how much better this phone is from my last one, I decided to download a few games. This has been my only complaint thus far: the phone has very little storage space on it, and although I have a large microSD card installed, it will not allow me to move very many of my apps. What's more, only about half of the app is moved to the SD card when it does allow it. I am quite pleased with it overall, especially since the games are just extras anyway. I certainly did not expect it to be perfect at its low price.

Bought as a quick replacement for my wife who dropped her previous phone in a pool (ugh). That one was a Tribute DUO which she was very satisfied with. This one did not suit her needs at all. Perhaps because it was a step backwards from the DUO? The main complaint is the size of the memory (4 GB). Though it is expandable with a Micro SD, she still experienced many memory warning issues after we installed a Micro SD (8 GB). Seems many things are required to fit on the phone memory and won't be directed to the Micro SD. The operating system takes most of the phone RAM and leaves less than 1 GB for anything else. After a couple of weeks we sold it and got an exact replacement of the Tribute DUO. Recommend you check out other phones and even pay a little extra if you use apps. For straight phone use and text use it seems just fine.

When I first bought this phone, it was appealing. Nice clear screen, higher resolution, snappy performance, smooth Android version. Then...I started to download apps. All was well for the first couple of apps, then the dreaded "you are running out of storage" notification appeared. I didn't think it would be that big of a problem, "I'll just go buy an SD card." Well, I did. Thanks to Android 4.4 (and several app developers), I can't move even a third of my apps to the SD card. I still have storage issues, wasted money on an SD card, and can't install anymore apps. Great phone other than this major deal-breaker. I guess I've learned my lesson. You get what you pay for.

In my opinion the screen resolution is sub par along with the camera quality. I constantly have problems with it saying my memory is full and I have 1 app and no pictures that I keep on the phone. along with me not being able to check my emails on the phone due to memory problems I have to delete texts daily or it will say text memory full incoming message denied. I have a 16 gig memory card in the phone I store everything on and i still have the same ongoing issues... It is a cheap smart phone but I would recommend getting something else. I have had this for 6 months and I would really like to throw it in the garbage.