Review by Sam for LG BL40 Chocolate Black Label Series Unlocked Phone GSM Quad-Band with 5MP Camera, Wi-Fi and High Definition Touchscreen– International Version with No Warranty (Black )
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I have purchased this phone last year for my girlfriend and ever since subjected myself to misery and constant complaints. This phone is a very stylish piece of junk, so I’ll begin with listing the cons: 1) Very slow and unresponsive(very irritating) – sometimes you force yourself to tap things multiple time before it reacts, nor do you get a sense of whether it’s thinking or doing anything. 2) Battery life is very poor despite the rating and the numbers shown in the spec. 3) Camera just died on me a few weeks after the purchase and now displays an error when i try to initialize a photo software, it starts working occasionally when i tap on the back of the phone (some quality there, huh?). 4) Navigation flow is deeply flawed by inconsistent navigation patterns and abilities to jump from screen to screen when you rotate the phone. 5)Internet browser sucks, it doesn’t anti-alias text so it looks like cr@p. 6)There is no way to find any good software for it, no marketplace for it on the phone itself. These 6 items should be sufficient reasons not to get the phone, but I’ll list what it does good anyway: 1) Video Playback is awesome. 2) Ring tones are not bad. 3)Phone Speaker is loud.

I only wish that LG could realize the flaws of it’s proprietary OS and ported Android over for this otherwise capable device.