LG VX8550 Chocolate Mobile Phone review
LG VX8550 Chocolate Mobile Phone review
After the Shine series is LG’s latest fashion phone line, Today LG has announced an update to the successful VX8500 Chocolate handset for the US market, aptly named the LG VX8550 Chocolate.
LG VX8550 Chocolate’s design, it is easy to see that LG has made some smart changes to the popular Chocolate phone. The center button of LG VX8550 Chocolate is now a click wheel, similar to what you’d find on an Apple iPod, except that the wheel itself actually spins. We like this navigation method quite a bit, though we wish that scrolling was implemented in every aspect of the phone. You can pressing up and down on the wheel to move through many of the options and applications on the LG VX8550 Chocolate phone. Though the wheel of LG VX8550 Chocolate was helpful when it was used, it simply wasn’t used enough. The touch-sensitive buttons on the LG VX8550 Chocolate phone have also seen some improvement, and are now much more responsive. They also respond to your touch with a soft vibration, a very pleasant bit of haptic feedback that we liked.
The interface of LG VX8550 Chocolate is just as slick as the last Chocolate phone, and makes nice use of a circular motif to mirror the scroll wheel. LG has done the nicest job slapping some lipstick on this pig, with LG VX8550 Chocolate phone and other recent models like the LG VX8700. At least accessing LG has provided dedicated buttons to access the music player and camera, but this still doesn’t excuse the archaic, uninviting menu system. To wit, the WAP browser is hidden under the “Get it now: News and info” submenu.
The LG VX8550 Chocolate phone’s buttons are very small, but are well rounded to make typing easier. Typing was not easy, but with some care we were able to avoid most typos in messaging. Besides, we spent most of our time spinning the wheel, which has dancing lights that spin around the circumference as you spin the dial.
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S. James Said,
October 27, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
Why don’t you proof read your article before submitting? As an example I offer a quote from your article – “You can pressing up and down on the wheel to move through many of the options and applications on the LG ”
This type of “journalism” reduces reader confidence and relegates your comments worthless.