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Written by Vikram Chand   
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
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LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 Cell Phone

Should be Called Anti-Touch Instead!

Touch screen phones are hitting the market left and right these days, but not all of them can provide the performance, features and ease of use that we all want and need. This LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 cell phone that I got for my wife was very cool at first but then got really frustrating really fast.

My wife liked the light weight and thin design with the added benefit of the touch screen.  But what we didn't know was that the touch screen was the feature that was going to give my wife and I both a lot of grief. We got the phone from a Verizon store after playing with it for about 15 minutes. It cost us about $50 after her new-every-two discount and mail-in-rebates. So, keep reading to find out why we were so frustrated with this phone.


LOOK, FEEL AND BUILD
The LG Chocolate Touch is a compact bar mobile phone that's very light weight and thin. It has only three physical buttons on the front--Send/Clear/End. It also has three buttons on the right hand side of the phone--Lock/Music/Camera. The left hand side has the volume up/down and speakerphone buttons. There is also the covered port for the charger or microUSB cable. There is a 3.5mm headset jack on the top and that's about it.

The most beautiful feature of this phone is the full color 3.0" touch screen LCD with 400 x 240 pixel resolution. The screen has both vibrate and audio feedback when you touch, and it feels reasonably responsive. But the touch is not accurate at all. When you want to scroll, it will select the item where you started your attempt to scroll. Typing with the virtual keyboard was a pain too as we had too many errors. This was even after calibrating the touch screen with the built-in tool. We used an aftermarket stylus to navigate through the menus of this phone and that seemed to work much better. It just didn't like our fingers.

It comes with two black-plates--one purple and the other black.  My wife chose the purple for some odd reason, but it was her phone so I am not complaining. I personally would have preferred the black. All of the buttons are placed in easy to reach and expected positions on the phone. The dial pad buttons are large enough so you don't make any mistakes. I personally like the quick Lock button on the top right.

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Comments (4)
  • Andrea Christian  - LG Chocolate mot what I expected
    This phone has given me nothing but problems. The week I got it the screen went black twice. Requiring me to take the battery out and resetting the phone. Now after a month of use with no phone drops the screen has vertical and horizontal lines on the screen. I would not recommend this phone to anyone. However Verizon is sending me a free replacement. We will see how this one works out.














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  • logan  - wow
    this phone is definately not like anything i've seen before. got this and an hd2 and both the screens are huge!! I thought iphone was big. anyways I like the apps and how everything is on the front screen but it sure is long, my friends don't even believe it's a phone. the camera is nice and the 3g is nice, got 2 of them and so far i'm happy. Right now I like my htc better but maybe this will grow on me! definately not a good phone to put in your pocket though :)
  • Anonymous
    I bought my mom the phone, and she too had issues with the touch function at first. However, once she learned how to scroll the screen, she likes the phone.

    To scroll, one needs to touch and press down on the screen then either slide up or down on the screen to scroll. Scrolling speed varies on how quickly one slides the finger on the screen.
  • Vikram Chand  - Re:
    Yes we figured that out after a day or two but the problem was that when you touch and press down it would select the item and then you couldn't scroll. The Samsung Rogue has almost the same software as the Chocolate Touch, but the touch works much better on it. I personally think, learning to use any device should be easy and predictable. It should work as expected unless it's some new technology.

    Anyways, I can go on and on complaining about this device. Thanks for stopping by to read and comment.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010