I’ve had the LG 620g for a month now, and there are a handful of ways in which I’ve been disappointed. I discussed more issues like this in my LG 620g review, but ultimately I’ve concluded that I will keep the phone since it performs very well in some areas. But first, here’s what I don’t like about it:
The LG 620g does not have voice-activated dialing. I feel this is a safety issue. Many states now prohibit or somehow limit the use of phones while driving, and with good reason. One way to make them safer is through the use of hands-free headsets and voice-activated dialing. That way you wont’ have to look at the phone to make a call. Unfortunately, this model falls short. I don’t make calls while driving, but I know there are many people that do, and for this reason it’s a safety concern to omit this feature.
The headset connection is not standard. That means you’ll need to either buy a special headset made for LG phones, or perhaps find some kind of adapter, if you want to use a wired headset for calls or for listening to music. This means it will end up costing you extra money.
The shortcut keys cannot be customized. Most phones allow you do change which function is activated by the shortcut keys (usually the left, right, up and down keys from the home screen).
The keys used to change the volume during a call are the up and down keys on the face of the phone, rather than dedicated keys on the side of the phone. The vast majority of current cell phones have a couple of keys or a rocker switch on the side of the phone to make it easy to increase or decrease the volume during a call. On most phones, these keys also allow for easy adjustment of the ringtone volume.
Speaking of ringtone volume, it can be difficult to change the ringtone volume. If you want to shut of the ringer completely, you can do that easily by holding the * key for a few seconds. If it’s already off, holding the * key will return it to the previous setting before it was muted. But if you want to simply increase or decrease the ringer volume a few notches, you’ll have to navigate through several menus.
The keys on the directional pad (up, left, right, and down, right below the screen) are flat. This makes them more difficult to use compared to if they were slightly raised.
I found that the menu navigation sometimes lagged a bit behind my keystrokes, which can lead to some confusion until you get used to it.
As you can see, that’s a fairly long list of complaints. When you look at it, though, they are all fairly insignificant. What I failed to mention in the brief LG 620g review above is why I LOVE this phone. It is excellent at all the things that are most important for a phone. Signal reception, battery life, and audio quality are all very good. The screen is nice and this model has a few features that most Straight Talk and Net10 models do not.
Get more details on all of this in my LG 620g review, which you can find here: http://pbush14.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/lg-620g-review/
